Hi,

I'm converting a 58 minute documentary, but it is failing to convert the whole movie for some unkown reason?? There is about 1-2 mins missing from end, i dont know why its doing this, but its quite frustrating...Heres the Log;

WNASPI32.DLL 4.6.0.1021
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- 14/11/2003 19:06:28
- AVI to SVCD Conversion
- AVI2SVCD ver. 1.2.1 build 3
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Initializing
- D:******.avi
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- 14/11/2003 19:06:31
- Free on drive D: 30377.49 mb
- AUDIO Extraction
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Audio extraction finished.

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- 14/11/2003 19:07:26
- Free on drive D: 30298.51 mb
- AUDIO conversion
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- 14/11/2003 19:07:27
- Free on drive D: 30298.50 mb
- AUDIO conversion
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Encoding Audio. Filename: D:\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
Executing BeSweet. Commandline:
"D:\DVD2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "D:\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3" -output "D:\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Encoded_audio_1.mp2" -logfile "D:\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Encoded_audio_1.log" ) -azid( -L -3db -l 0db -c normal -s surround -g max ) -shibatch( --rate 44100 ) -2lame( -e -b 112 -m d )
Audio conversion of D:\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3 finished.

Audio conversion finished.

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- 14/11/2003 19:14:11
- Free on drive D: 30252.43 mb
- Video Encoding using TMPGEnc
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- Encoding D:\DVD2SVCD\Movie\AviSynth_Script_file.avs
StreamSectors: 834285788
AudioSectors: 49038724
VideoPAPO: 12163896
ScanOffsetBytes: 20705
SeqAligningBytes: 1315936
DVDBytes: 0
VideoEndHeader: 4
SubtitleSectors: 0
EmptySectors: 238.00
PictureSectors: 0.00
PureMPEGStream: 771746523.15
Seconds: 3455.88
CalcMPEGStream: 771746523.15
Frames: 86272
CDSize: 800.00
Number of CDs: 1
Cut point 796.00
Using CQ Value: 80.00
Executing TMPGEnc. Commandline:
"D:\DVD2SVCD\DVD2KVCD2.exe" "D:\DVD2SVCD\Movie\TMPGEnc_Project_file.tpr" /Encode /Close
Video Encoding finished.

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- 14/11/2003 20:54:38
- Free on drive D: 28795.18 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
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Saving bbMPEG settings: D:\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
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- 14/11/2003 20:54:41
- Free on drive D: 28795.17 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
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Saving bbMPEG settings: D:\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
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- 14/11/2003 20:54:43
- Free on drive D: 28795.17 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
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Saving bbMPEG settings: D:\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
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- 14/11/2003 20:54:46
- Free on drive D: 28795.17 mb
- Multiplexing and cutting
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Saving bbMPEG settings: D:\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
Offset in Seconds: 2
Executing bbMPEG.
Variable Settings:
Movie offset: 2 seconds
Cut point: 796 mb

Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline:
"D:\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe" "D:\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File.mpg"
Multiplexing and cutting finished.

Image creation finished.

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- 14/11/2003 21:03:06
- Free on drive D: 27999.43 mb
- Conversion done!
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=== DVD2KVCD (2.0.8 Beta 2) ===


SELECTED TEMPLATES:
KVCD 352x288 lbr: 0
KVCD 352x288: 0
KVCD 352x576: 0
KVCD 528x576: 0
KVCD 704x576: 0
SKVCD 352x576: 0
SKVCD 528x576: 0
SKVCD 480x576: 1

MOVIE INFO:
Title:
Genre:
Time: 57 min
FPS: 25 fps
System: PAL
Worst CQ: Not in funtion! (ERROR)
Number of CD's: 1
Tot. CD size: Not in function() MB
Avisynth Script: Divx Filter

SETTINGS:
DVD2SVCD version: AVI2SVCD ver. 1.2.1 build 3
OS: WIN_XP
Output Path: D:\DVD2SVCD\Movie
Movie lenght: 57 min
Video bitrate: 1786 kbps
-Max: 2530 kbps
-Min: 300 kbps
Audiobitrate: 112 kbps
Audio mode: Dual channel

Start CQMatic: 19:14:42
End CQMatic: 20:54:34
MPV filesize: 746.378858566284 Mb
Wanted MPV filesize: 745.6201171875 Mb
Difference: 0.758741378783952 Mb

BITRATES:
+Wanted bitrate: 1786 kbps
-Video bitrate: 1830.72504795322 kbps
=Difference: -44.7250479532199 kbps
Difference percent: 102.504202013058 %

Audio bitrate: 112 kbps
New Audio bitrate: 320 => 80

Check "don't delete any file" in misc tab of DVD2SCVD and look in the destination directory when the work is finished. I'm sure you will find a xxx01.mpg file beside the xxx00.lpg one.

If I'm right then that's a bug of DVD2SVCD : it fails in file size prediction, produces a file too big, bbmpeg cuts it in two parts but DVD2SVCD ignore the second one because it thinks there is only one.

Hi Phil, thx for replying.

I always uncheck "dont delete any files", but i deleted the files manually already.

I cant quite understand how it fits a full 120 minute movie, but fails to fit a 58 minute movie? confusion!

So there is nothing i can do then?

If you read a little the threads on file size prediction problem, you will see that it is not a matter a length of the source !

For a 58 min movie or a 120 min one, the goal is the same : find the CQ that let us put the movie in exactly 800 MB.

The problems is that there is no 100% accurate method to find the correct CQ. All are based on "tests and guesses". And sometimes you think you have the good CQ, but when you encode all the movie, your video is far from 800 MB long.

I just tried encoding another film, which DVD2KVCD failed to encode the whole movie, once again!!!!

Heres Log;

WNASPI32.DLL 4.6.0.1021
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- 17/11/2003 17:08:20
- AVI to SVCD Conversion
- AVI2SVCD ver. 1.2.1 build 3
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Initializing
- D:DO NOT GIVE FULL FILENAMES
Initializing finished.

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- 17/11/2003 17:08:23
- Free on drive D: 25313.89 mb
- AUDIO Extraction
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Audio extraction finished.

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- 17/11/2003 17:10:00
- Free on drive D: 24964.68 mb
- AUDIO conversion
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- 17/11/2003 17:10:01
- Free on drive D: 24964.68 mb
- AUDIO conversion
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Encoding Audio. Filename: D:\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
Executing BeSweet. Commandline:
"D:\DVD2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "D:\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3" -output "D:\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Encoded_audio_1.mp2" -logfile "D:\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Encoded_audio_1.log" ) -azid( -L -3db -l 0db -c normal -s surround -g max ) -shibatch( --rate 44100 ) -2lame( -e -b 112 -m d )
Audio conversion of D:\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3 finished.

Audio conversion finished.

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- 17/11/2003 17:26:14
- Free on drive D: 34449.84 mb
- Video Encoding using TMPGEnc
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- Encoding D:\DVD2SVCD\Movie\AviSynth_Script_file.avs
StreamSectors: 834285788
AudioSectors: 92848448
VideoPAPO: 11485260
ScanOffsetBytes: 37624
SeqAligningBytes: 2391204
DVDBytes: 0
VideoEndHeader: 4
SubtitleSectors: 0
EmptySectors: 238.00
PictureSectors: 0.00
PureMPEGStream: 727523248.11
Seconds: 6543.46
CalcMPEGStream: 727523248.11
Frames: 156766
CDSize: 800.00
Number of CDs: 1
Cut point 796.00
Using CQ Value: 80.00
Executing TMPGEnc. Commandline:
"D:\DVD2SVCD\DVD2KVCD2.exe" "D:\DVD2SVCD\Movie\TMPGEnc_Project_file.tpr" /Encode /Close
Video Encoding finished.

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- 17/11/2003 19:29:18
- Free on drive D: 32554.91 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
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Saving bbMPEG settings: D:\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
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- 17/11/2003 19:29:20
- Free on drive D: 32554.91 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
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Saving bbMPEG settings: D:\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
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- 17/11/2003 19:29:23
- Free on drive D: 32554.91 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
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Saving bbMPEG settings: D:\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
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- 17/11/2003 19:29:26
- Free on drive D: 32554.91 mb
- Multiplexing and cutting
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Saving bbMPEG settings: D:\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
Offset in Seconds: 2
Executing bbMPEG.
Variable Settings:
Movie offset: 2 seconds
Cut point: 796 mb

Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline:
"D:\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe" "D:\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File.mpg"
Multiplexing and cutting finished.

Image creation finished.

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- 17/11/2003 19:36:41
- Free on drive D: 31759.17 mb
- Conversion done!
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=== DVD2KVCD (2.0.8 Beta 2) ===


SELECTED TEMPLATES:
KVCD 352x288 lbr: 0
KVCD 352x288: 0
KVCD 352x576: 0
KVCD 528x576: 0
KVCD 704x576: 0
SKVCD 352x576: 0
SKVCD 528x576: 0
SKVCD 480x576: 1

MOVIE INFO:
Title:
Genre:
Time: 108 min
FPS: 23.976 fps
System: NTSC
Worst CQ: Not in funtion! (ERROR)
Number of CD's: 1
Tot. CD size: Not in function() MB
Avisynth Script: Divx Filter

SETTINGS:
DVD2SVCD version: AVI2SVCD ver. 1.2.1 build 3
OS: WIN_XP
Output Path: D:\DVD2SVCD\Movie
Movie lenght: 108 min
Video bitrate: 889 kbps
-Max: 2500 kbps
-Min: 300 kbps
Audiobitrate: 112 kbps
Audio mode: Dual channel

Start CQMatic: 17:26:32
End CQMatic: 19:29:14
MPV filesize: 781.670391082764 Mb
Wanted MPV filesize: 703.212890625 Mb
Difference: 78.457500457764 Mb

BITRATES:
+Wanted bitrate: 889 kbps
-Video bitrate: 1011.90223703704 kbps
=Difference: -122.90223703704 kbps
Difference percent: 113.824773569971 %

Audio bitrate: 112 kbps
New Audio bitrate: 320 => 80


Phil, i notice theres an error on WORST CQ of dvd2kvcd2, i'm wondering if this is wot it causing the error??

I never notice you used that plugin. I never do ! It never worked for me.

As I told you the problem is there :
That is not DVD2SVCD that has the bug but the plugin : it does not take in account there is TWO files generated by bbmpeg because the actual video file is larger than expected one.

Worst CQ is out of function.
Video bitrate is wrong in DVD2KVCD 2.0.8. Try DVD2KVCD 2.0.10!

Thx