Problem Multiplexing in I-Author

When DVD2SVCD starts to multiplex with I-Author, the application (Enreach MPEGII Mux) Closes. And all the SVCD creation stops. Doing that manually I have the same problem, it just closes. When using the TitlePicture.mpv for Video it works fine and creates the MPS file. But it closes with the MPV file that DVD2SVCD creates. Any idea please reply.

Hi Thanks you for your soon reply. I will be more clear about my problem. I downloaded the latest version of DVD2SVCD and tried using I-Author. When it got to the Multiplexing part DVD2SVCD log showed: Executing I-Author Muxer. Multiplexing: - C:\Documents and Settings\Juan Camilo\Mis documentos\tmp\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpv - C:\Documents and Settings\Juan Camilo\Mis documentos\tmp\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00 Stream 1.mp2 - C:\Documents and Settings\Juan Camilo\Mis documentos\tmp\IAuthor_Muxed_File0.MPS There it opened I-Athour (Mux) and it closed without doing the process. Nothing happened then, the log stops there. I guess the problem is of I-Author and maybe related to the video file. This because I manually tried doing the same thing and received the same error but if using instead the video file that is created for the title picture it worked fine. I did this with different DVDs and received the same thing. I used NTSC DVDs, Widescreen, Region 1. All this was done in a 733 Mhz Duron, 196MB Ram, 20GB. Running Windows XP Pro. I don't have the log neither the Avisynth_Script_file.avs but everything seems correct until that point (I think I can tell because I have used DVD2SVCD for several movies and received no problem). When using DVD2SVCD I always used VCDXBuild, this time I tried I-Author because I wanted 5.1 Audio. Can the problem be of my I-Author software? I've never use it on Win XP. Once more, I really appreciate your help and excuse me if I was rude, it was not my intention. Thank you

Hi I did all the process again and have the logs: DVD2SVCD Log: -------------------------------------------------------- - 26/06/2002 02:34:22 p.m. - DVD to SVCD Conversion - DVD2SVCD ver. 1.0.9 build 3 -------------------------------------------------------- Initializing Initializing finished. -------------------------------------------------------- - 26/06/2002 02:34:28 p.m. - DVD2AVI -------------------------------------------------------- Creating DVD2AVI INI file: - C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\DVD2AVI\DVD2AVI.INI Variable settings: iDCT_Algorithm: 32-bit SSE MMX Executing DVD2AVI. Executing DVD2AVI. Commandline: "C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\DVD2AVI\DVD2AVI.exe" -CS=2 -YR=1 -EXIT -OF=[C:\Documents and Settings\Juan Camilo\Mis documentos\tmp\DVD2AVI_Project_file] -IF=[C:\Documents and Settings\Juan Camilo\Mis documentos\tmp\vts_03_1.vob] Analyzing DVD2AVI Project file Force Film activated! Framerate: 23976 DVD2AVI processing done. -------------------------------------------------------- - 26/06/2002 02:34:42 p.m. - Free on drive C: 5237.73 mb - AUDIO Extraction -------------------------------------------------------- Found AC3 stream id: 0x80 Filename: C:\Documents and Settings\Juan Camilo\Mis documentos\tmp\Extracted_audio_1.ac3 Audio1 delay: -227 ms Audio extraction finished. -------------------------------------------------------- - 26/06/2002 02:34:52 p.m. - Free on drive C: 5234.19 mb - AUDIO conversion -------------------------------------------------------- Converting Audio to MP2. Filename: C:\Documents and Settings\Juan Camilo\Mis documentos\tmp\Extracted_audio_1.ac3 Executing BeSweet. Commandline: "C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "C:\Documents and Settings\Juan Camilo\Mis documentos\tmp\Extracted_audio_1.ac3" -output "C:\DOCUME~1\JUANCA~1\MISDOC~1\tmp\Encoded_audio_1.aif" -6chaiff -logfile "C:\DOCUME~1\JUANCA~1\MISDOC~1\tmp\Encoded_audio_1.log" ) -azid( -L -3db -c normal -g max ) -ota( -d -227 ) -ssrc( --rate 44100 ) Audio conversion of C:\Documents and Settings\Juan Camilo\Mis documentos\tmp\Extracted_audio_1.ac3 finished. Executing MPEG51 Encoding. Commandline: "C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\MPEG5.1\pub_enc.exe" -l 2 -m s -n d -r 44.1 -b 128 -L -p 3 -e -v 0 "C:\Documents and Settings\Juan Camilo\Mis documentos\tmp\Encoded_audio_1.aif" "C:\Documents and Settings\Juan Camilo\Mis documentos\tmp\Encoded_audio_1" MPEG 5.1 encoding of C:\Documents and Settings\Juan Camilo\Mis documentos\tmp\Encoded_audio_1.aif finished. Audio conversion finished. -------------------------------------------------------- - 26/06/2002 02:36:43 p.m. - Free on drive C: 5203.34 mb - Video Encoding using Cinema Craft -------------------------------------------------------- Executing Cinema Craft Encoder. StreamSectors: 834283464 AudioSectors: 1155028 VideoPAPO: 12905604 ScanOffsetBytes: 1902 SeqAligningBytes: 120883 DVDBytes: 0 VideoEndHeader: 4 SubtitleSectors: 0 EmptySectors: 238.00 PictureSectors: 1.00 PureMPEGStream: 820100043.33 Seconds: 71.11 CalcMPEGStream: 820100043.33 Frames: 1585 CDSize: 800.00 Cut point 800.00 Variable Settings: Frames: 1585 Anti Noise Filter: Off Passes: 4 Image Quality: 17 VAF file creation: Off Video Encoding Mode: One Pass VBR Q. Factor: 5 Min. bitrate: 300 Max. bitrate: 2230 Aspect Ratio: 16:9 (borders added, encoded as 4:3) ---AVS Begin--- LoadPlugin("C:\ARCHIV~1\DVD2SVCD\SIMPLE~1\SIMPLE~1.DLL") LoadPlugin("C:\ARCHIV~1\DVD2SVCD\MPEG2Dec\mpeg2dec.dll") mpeg2source("C:\DOCUME~1\JUANCA~1\MISDOC~1\tmp\DVD2AV~1.D2V") SimpleResize(480,360) AddBorders(0,60,0,60) ResampleAudio(44100) ----AVS End---- Closing program CCE Max Speed: 0.570 Video Encoding finished. -------------------------------------------------------- - 26/06/2002 02:39:22 p.m. - Free on drive C: 5185.80 mb - Video Pulldown -------------------------------------------------------- Executing Pulldown. Commandline: "C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\pulldown\pulldown.exe" "C:\Documents and Settings\Juan Camilo\Mis documentos\tmp\Encoded_Video_CCE_NTSC.mpv" "C:\Documents and Settings\Juan Camilo\Mis documentos\tmp\Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NTSC.mpv" Video pulldown finished. -------------------------------------------------------- - 26/06/2002 02:39:35 p.m. - Free on drive C: 5168.27 mb - Converting Pictures from ES to PS -------------------------------------------------------- Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini -------------------------------------------------------- - 26/06/2002 02:39:39 p.m. - Free on drive C: 5168.25 mb - Converting Pictures from ES to PS -------------------------------------------------------- Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini -------------------------------------------------------- - 26/06/2002 02:39:43 p.m. - Free on drive C: 5168.25 mb - Multiplexing and cutting -------------------------------------------------------- Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini Offset in Seconds: 2 Executing bbMPEG. Variable Settings: Movie offset: 2 seconds Cut point: 800 mb Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline: "C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe" "C:\Documents and Settings\Juan Camilo\Mis documentos\tmp\bbMPEG_Muxed_File.mpg" Multiplexing and cutting finished. -------------------------------------------------------- - 26/06/2002 02:39:55 p.m. - Free on drive C: 5150.05 mb - Demuxing -------------------------------------------------------- Demuxing: C:\Documents and Settings\Juan Camilo\Mis documentos\tmp\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg Demuxing finished. -------------------------------------------------------- - 26/06/2002 02:40:02 p.m. - Free on drive C: 5150.45 mb - Creating CD-Images using I-Author -------------------------------------------------------- Executing I-Author Muxer. Multiplexing: - C:\Documents and Settings\Juan Camilo\Mis documentos\tmp\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpv - C:\Documents and Settings\Juan Camilo\Mis documentos\tmp\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00 Stream 1.mp2 - C:\Documents and Settings\Juan Camilo\Mis documentos\tmp\IAuthor_Muxed_File0.MPS ------------------------------------------------------------------- Avisynth_Script_file.avs LOG: LoadPlugin("C:\ARCHIV~1\DVD2SVCD\SIMPLE~1\SIMPLE~1.DLL") LoadPlugin("C:\ARCHIV~1\DVD2SVCD\MPEG2Dec\mpeg2dec.dll") mpeg2source("C:\DOCUME~1\JUANCA~1\MISDOC~1\tmp\DVD2AV~1.D2V") SimpleResize(480,360) AddBorders(0,60,0,60) ResampleAudio(44100)

dvd2svcd.ini File: [Settings] XPos=245 YPos=276 UseDVDRip=0 UsevStrip=1 UseInternalRip=0 Save diskspace=0 vStrip Executable=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\vStrip\vStrip.exe vStrip Folder=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\Movie DVD2AVI Executable=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\DVD2AVI\DVD2AVI.exe DVD2AVI Folder=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\Movie iDCT=0 DVD2AVI Pause=0 WavConv=5 BitRate=7 tooLame Mode=3 Audio Folder=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\Movie Autodetect Azid Gain=1 SubMux Executable=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\WinSubMux\WinSubMux.exe MPG2Dec DLL=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\MPEG2Dec\mpeg2dec.dll InverseTelecine DLL=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\InverseTelecine\Donald Graft\decomb.dll SimpleResize DLL=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\SimpleResize\SimpleResize.dll CCE Folder=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\Movie NoOfpasses=4 CCE Image Quality=17 CCE Anti noise value=2 CCE Anti noise=0 CBR=0 One Pass VBR=1 Multi Pass VBR=0 Dont Delete Files=0 Create VAF=0 QFactor=5 Linear quantizer scale=1 Zigzag scanning order=1 Pulldown Executable=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\pulldown\pulldown.exe Pulldown Folder=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\Movie Use2Streams=0 Pri1Audio1=28 Pri1Audio2=-1 Pri2Audio1=-1 Pri2Audio2=-1 Sub1=28 Sub2=29 Sub3=34 Sub4=-1 Sub5=-1 Sub6=-1 Sub7=-1 Sub8=-1 Azid Gain Offset=6 Rip subtitles=0 Subpictures Folder=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\Movie\subs Min. Delay. Between Subtitles=100 SVCD subtitles=0 BeSweet Executable=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe MPEG51 Executable=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\MPEG5.1\pub_enc.exe Permanent subtitles=0 PAL Y-Pos=-1 NTSC Y-Pos=-1 MinsHigh1=50 MinsHigh2=76 MinsHigh3=100 MinsHigh4=125 MinsHigh5=163 NumCd1=1 NumCd2=1 NumCd3=2 NumCd4=2 NumCd5=2 NumCd6=2 CDSize 1=800 CDSize 2=800 CDSize 3=800 CDSize 4=800 CDSize 5=800 CDSize 6=800 MaxBitrate=2530 MinBitrate=300 MaxAvg=2230 MinAvg=1600 Adjust Audio Bitrate=1 Use Min. Avg.=0 Force Film=0 bbMPEG Executable=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe bbMPEG Folder=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\Movie Movie Offset=2 CDOverlap=2 I-Author Folder=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\Movie Data Preparer= VCDImager Executable=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\VCDImager\VCDImager.exe VCDXBuild Executable=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\VCDImager\VCDXBuild.exe Use I-Author=1 Use VCDImager=0 No images=0 Use VCDXBuild=0 Title Picture=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\DefaultTitlepicture.bmp Change CD Picture=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\DefaultChangeCD.bmp Length of Chapters=60 Use TitlePicture=0 Use ChangeCD Picture=0 Avisynth Bicubic b Value=0 Avisynth Bicubic c Value=0.75 SmartDeinterlace Mode=2 SmartDeinterlace Treshold=10 SmartDeinterlace Denoise=1 SmartDeinterlace Blend=0 SmartDeinterlace Fast=1 Edit Avisynth Script file=0 UseAVI2SVCD=0 UsePVA2SVCD=0 UseDVD2SVCD=1 PVA Executable= PVA Folder=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\Movie UseCDOverlap=0 Wave Length Adjust Executable=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\WLA\WLA.exe FirstRun=0 MADPlay Executable=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\MADPlay\madplay.exe Use CDMage=0 CDMage Executable= RunPerCDImage=0 RunPerCDImage Executable= RunFinal=0 RunFinal Executable= RunPerCDImage Params= RunFinal Params= bbMPEG videoDelay Adjustment=180 bbMPEG audioDelay Adjustment=180 bbMPEG audio1Delay Adjustment=180 Use MPEGAV=0 FixedChapters=1 DVDChapters=0 ForceIAuthorSupport=1 TMPGEnc Rate Control Mode=2 Subtitle DLL=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\Avisynth Subtitler.dll BMP Loader DLL=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\Avisynth BMP Loader.dll VFAPI Executable=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\VFAPI\Reader\VFAPIConv-EN.exe ResizeMethod=2 Resize AVS Position=1 TemporalSmoother AVS Position=2 Sharpen AVS Position=3 UseMPEG1=0 UseMPEG2=1 Convert to Canopus codec=0 Convert to Divx4=0 Use Frameselection=0 New Default Folder=0 Anamorphic Aspect=1 DVD2SVCD Level=0 Eject DVD=0 Luminance Gain=0 Luminance Offset=0 Audio1Downsampling=1 Audio2Downsampling=1 Audio1BitRate=7 Audio2BitRate=7 Folder Structure Source= Folder Structure Video= Folder Structure Audio= Folder Structure Muxed= Folder Structure Subs=Subs Intra=8,16,19,22,26,27,29,34,16,16,22,24,27,29,34,37,19,22,26,27,29,34,34,38,22,22,26,27,29,34,37,40,22,26,27,29,32,35,40,48,26,27,29,32,35,40,48,58,26,27,29,34,38,46,56,69,27,29,35,38,46,56,69,83 NonIntra=16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,19,20,21,22,23,24,26,27,20,21,22,23,25,26,27,28,21,22,23,24,26,27,28,30,22,23,24,26,27,28,30,31,23,24,25,27,28,30,31,33 Matrice Preset= Use deafult Matrice=1 LFEDownmixLR6Ch=-3 LFEDownmixLFE6Ch=0 CenterDownmix6Ch=0 SurroundDownmix6Ch=0 DynamicCompression6Ch=1 StereoDownmixType6Ch=0 RearChannelFiltering6Ch=0 DialogNorm6Ch=0 LFEDownmixLR2Ch=-3 LFEDownmixLFE2Ch=0 CenterDownmix2Ch=-1 SurroundDownmix2Ch=-1 DynamicCompression2Ch=1 StereoDownmixType2Ch=0 RearChannelFiltering2Ch=0 DialogNorm2Ch=0 No Audio Conversion=0 TemporalSmoother Strength=2 TemporalSmoother Radius=1 Use TemporalSmoother=0 Use Sharpen=0 Sharpen Value=0 Flip Vertival=0 Add ResampleAudio=1 Resize To=0 Use CCE=1 Use TMPGEnc=0 CCE Safe Mode=0 CCE Field Order=2 Progressive=1 Auto Intra DC=0 DVD Compliant=0 Restrict auto I frame insertion=0 Close all GOPs=0 Intra DC=2 M GOP=3 MN GOP=5 SEQ Header=1 Constrained Parameter Set=1 TMPGEnc Motion search precision=4 TMPGEnc Field Order=2 Frames pr spread=50 Spread=40 OffsetFixed CQ Value=80 Use fixed CQ Value=0 DC component precision=2 Output YUV data as Basic YCbCr not CCIR601=0 Use floating point DCT=1 No motion search for still picture part by half pixel=1 Soften block noise=0 Soften Intra=35 Soften NonIntra=35 TMPGEnc GOP I Pictures=1 TMPGEnc GOP P Pictures=4 TMPGEnc GOP B Pictures=3 TMPGEnc SEQ Headers=1 TMPGEnc Max frames in GOP=0 TMPGEnc Close GOPs=0 TMPGEnc Detect Scene Change=1 Enabled Padding=0 SubOutputPalette0=clBlack SubBlendPalette0=0 SubOutputPalette1=clWhite SubBlendPalette1=15 SubOutputPalette2=$001E1E1E SubBlendPalette2=15 SubOutputPalette3=clGray SubBlendPalette3=15 Resize Subtitles=100 CVD subtitles=1 bbMPEG MPEG1=0 bbMPEG VCD=0 bbMPEG MPEG2=0 bbMPEG SVCD=1 bbMPEG DVD=0 bbMPEG VBR=1 bbMPEG Pad VCD=0 bbMPEG Write PEC=1 bbMPEG Add Scan Offsets=1 bbMPEG Align Sequence Headers=1 bbMPEG Use Private Stream 2=0 bbMPEG Computed Bitrate=1 bbMPEG TimeStamps=0 bbMPEG Pulldown=2 bbMPEG MuxRate=0 bbMPEG Pack Size=2324 bbMPEG Packets Pack=1 bbMPEG Video Buffer=230 bbMPEG Audio 1 Buffer=4 bbMPEG Audio 2 Buffer=4 PBCType=0 Use ChangeCD Picture on All=0 Use EntrySVD=0 Save XML=1 Save Movie Info=1 ProcessPriority=1 Automatic Shutdown=0 [Executables] PVA Executable= vStrip Executable=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\vStrip\vStrip.exe DVD2AVI Executable=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\DVD2AVI\DVD2AVI.exe BeSweet Executable=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe MadPlay Executable=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\MADPlay\madplay.exe MPEG51 Executable=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\MPEG5.1\pub_enc.exe CCE Executable=C:\PROGRA~1\CUSTOM~1\CINEMA~1\cctsp.exe VFAPI Executable=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\VFAPI\Reader\VFAPIConv-EN.exe TMPGEnc Executable= Pulldown Executable=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\pulldown\pulldown.exe SubMux Executable=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\WinSubMux\WinSubMux.exe bbMPEG Executable=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe I-Author Executable=C:\Archivos de programa\Enreach\I-Author Deluxe for SuperVCD\IAuthorDlx.exe VCDImager Executable=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\VCDImager\VCDImager.exe VCDXBuild Executable=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\VCDImager\VCDXBuild.exe CDMage Executable= RunPerCDImage Executable= RunFinal Executable= MPG2Dec DLL=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\MPEG2Dec\mpeg2dec.dll InverseTelecine DLL=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\InverseTelecine\Donald Graft\decomb.dll Subtitle DLL=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\Avisynth Subtitler.dll BMP Loader DLL=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\Avisynth BMP Loader.dll SimpleResize DLL=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\SimpleResize\SimpleResize.dll Title Picture=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\cover5.jpg Change CD Picture=C:\Archivos de programa\DVD2SVCD\DefaultChangeCD.bmp [Folders] PVA Folder=C:\Documents and Settings\Juan Camilo\Mis documentos\tmp\ DVD2AVI Folder=C:\Documents and Settings\Juan Camilo\Mis documentos\tmp\ vStrip Folder=C:\Documents and Settings\Juan Camilo\Mis documentos\tmp\ Audio Folder=C:\Documents and Settings\Juan Camilo\Mis documentos\tmp\ CCE Folder=C:\Documents and Settings\Juan Camilo\Mis documentos\tmp\ TMPGEnc Folder=C:\Documents and Settings\Juan Camilo\Mis documentos\tmp\ Pulldown Folder=C:\Documents and Settings\Juan Camilo\Mis documentos\tmp\ bbMPEG Folder=C:\Documents and Settings\Juan Camilo\Mis documentos\tmp\ I-Author Folder=C:\Documents and Settings\Juan Camilo\Mis documentos\tmp\ Subpictures Folder=C:\Documents and Settings\Juan Camilo\Mis documentos\tmp\Subs Thank you

@juancamillo, sorry for being blunt the first time, but it was simply impossible to help because of lack of information. I have never used 5.1 audio, so maybe your problem is linked to that, but I don't think so. At 1st sight, I don't see a killing issue in the data you provided. A few thoughts that can maybe help : 1) you are using the final 1.0.9B3 version ? (some earlier versions had issues with audio conversion step). 2) you are using 1 pass VBR, which is known to give bad results for file size (and probably related to unpredictable peak bitrate). I know multipass VBR is time consuming (I have a PIII-450 !), but I recommend you to stick to that (preferably 4 passes, at least 2). 3) you are encoding a small clip. Strange enough, while initial .ac3 audio file is around 4 MB, the conversion step takes about 31 MB disk space. This is strange, so check size of you audio files to see if nothing went wrong.

well, 1) I am using the latest version of DVD2SVCD, anyway with earlier version I have no problem and using I-Author I have the same problem 2) I just use 1 pass when I do tests (like this one looking if 5.1 works), but normally I use 4. Anyway when I tried doing the multiplexing manually I used several files, from this one to another which I enconded in 4. The only one that worked what the title picture. 3) I tried multiplexing without audio and with normal audio and I always receive the same problem, mux closes. Do you have any idea about I-Author Deluxe 1.0 for Win XP, I suppose the problem could be I-Author and not DVD2SVCD but I find quite strange that it multiplex the TitlePicture but not the video.

I have no problem using I-Author 1.0 on my Win XP pro system. If you also have the problem using I-Author manually, then it is indeed not a DVD2SVCD issue. What audio bitrate did you use ?

I used 44.1 and 128Kb