Hello Scott, By changing the color model to YUVA-8 Bit and after 9 hours of rendering I got an m2v file that showed video. Then I used mplex:
mplex -f 3 -b 2000 output.mp3 output.m2v -o output.mpg It lead to this: INFO: [mplex] mplex version 1.9.0 (2.2.7 $Date: 2006/02/01 22:23:01 $) INFO: [mplex] File output.mp3 looks like an MPEG Audio stream. INFO: [mplex] File output.m2v looks like an MPEG Video stream. INFO: [mplex] Found 1 audio streams and 1 video streams INFO: [mplex] Selecting generic MPEG2 output profile INFO: [mplex] Multiplexing video program stream! INFO: [mplex] Scanning for header info: Audio stream c0 (output.mp3) INFO: [mplex] MPEG AUDIO STREAM: c0 INFO: [mplex] Audio version : 1.0 INFO: [mplex] Layer : 2 INFO: [mplex] CRC checksums : no INFO: [mplex] Bit rate : 49152 bytes/sec (384 kbit/sec) INFO: [mplex] Frequency : 48000 Hz INFO: [mplex] Mode : 0 stereo INFO: [mplex] Mode extension : 0 INFO: [mplex] Copyright bit : 0 no copyright INFO: [mplex] Original/Copy : 0 copy INFO: [mplex] Emphasis : 0 none INFO: [mplex] Scanning for header info: Video stream e0 (output.m2v) INFO: [mplex] VIDEO STREAM: e0 INFO: [mplex] Frame width : 1920 INFO: [mplex] Frame height : 1088 INFO: [mplex] Aspect ratio : 16:9 display INFO: [mplex] Picture rate : 25.000 frames/sec INFO: [mplex] Bit rate : 28000000 bits/sec INFO: [mplex] Vbv buffer size : 229376 bytes INFO: [mplex] CSPF : 0 INFO: [mplex] SYSTEMS/PROGRAM stream: INFO: [mplex] rough-guess multiplexed stream data rate : 28976496 INFO: [mplex] Setting best-guess data rate. INFO: [mplex] Run-in delay = 25200 Video delay = 25200 Audio delay = 28800 INFO: [mplex] New sequence commences... INFO: [mplex] Audio c0: buf= 0 frame=000000 sector=00000000 INFO: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 0 frame=000000 sector=00000000 ++ WARN: [mplex] Stream e0: data will arrive too late sent(SCR)=12412838 required(DTS)=12412800 ++ WARN: [mplex] Audio c0: buf= 107 frame=005734 sector=00003275 ++ WARN: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 157213 frame=003441 sector=00114469 ++ WARN: [mplex] Stream e0: data will arrive too late sent(SCR)=12428105 required(DTS)=12427200 ++ WARN: [mplex] Audio c0: buf= 111 frame=005741 sector=00003279 ++ WARN: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 2025 frame=003445 sector=00114765 ++ WARN: [mplex] Stream e0: data will arrive too late sent(SCR)=12443371 required(DTS)=12438000 ++ WARN: [mplex] Audio c0: buf= 0 frame=005746 sector=00003282 ++ WARN: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 2025 frame=003448 sector=00115062 ++ WARN: [mplex] Stream e0: data will arrive too late sent(SCR)=12458638 required(DTS)=12452400 ++ WARN: [mplex] Audio c0: buf= 0 frame=005753 sector=00003286 ++ WARN: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 2025 frame=003452 sector=00115358 ++ WARN: [mplex] Stream e0: data will arrive too late sent(SCR)=12473904 required(DTS)=12463200 ++ WARN: [mplex] Audio c0: buf= 0 frame=005758 sector=00003289 ++ WARN: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 2025 frame=003455 sector=00115655 ++ WARN: [mplex] Stream e0: data will arrive too late sent(SCR)=12489170 required(DTS)=12474000 ++ WARN: [mplex] Audio c0: buf= 0 frame=005762 sector=00003291 ++ WARN: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 2025 frame=003458 sector=00115953 ++ WARN: [mplex] Stream e0: data will arrive too late sent(SCR)=12504437 required(DTS)=12488400 ++ WARN: [mplex] Audio c0: buf= 0 frame=005769 sector=00003295 ++ WARN: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 2025 frame=003462 sector=00116249 ++ WARN: [mplex] Stream e0: data will arrive too late sent(SCR)=12519703 required(DTS)=12499200 ++ WARN: [mplex] Audio c0: buf= 0 frame=005774 sector=00003298 ++ WARN: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 2025 frame=003465 sector=00116546 ++ WARN: [mplex] Stream e0: data will arrive too late sent(SCR)=12534970 required(DTS)=12513600 ++ WARN: [mplex] Audio c0: buf= 0 frame=005781 sector=00003302 ++ WARN: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 2025 frame=003469 sector=00116842 ++ WARN: [mplex] Stream e0: data will arrive too late sent(SCR)=12550236 required(DTS)=12528000 ++ WARN: [mplex] Audio c0: buf= 0 frame=005788 sector=00003306 ++ WARN: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 2025 frame=003473 sector=00117138 ++ WARN: [mplex] Stream e0: data will arrive too late sent(SCR)=12565503 required(DTS)=12542400 ++ WARN: [mplex] Audio c0: buf= 0 frame=005795 sector=00003310 ++ WARN: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 2025 frame=003477 sector=00117434 **ERROR: [mplex] Too many frame drops -exiting The result was a file lasting a few minutes. Something is definitely not all right. Ed On Wed, 2010-02-03 at 22:57 +0100, Ed Vaessen wrote: >> > mpeg2enc --multi-thread 8 --verbose 0 --aspect 3 --format 3 >> --frame-rate >> > 5 --video-bitrate 24000 --nonvideo-bitrate 384 --interlace-mode 0 >> > --force-b-b-p --video-buffer 448 --video-norm n --keep-hf >> > --no-constraints --sequence-header-every-gop --min-gop-size 6 >> > --max-gop-size 6 -o $NEW.m2v > >> mpeg2enc --multi-thread 8 --verbose 0 --aspect 3 --format 3 --frame-rate >> 3 >> --video-bitrate 28000 --nonvideo-bitrate 384 --interlace-mode 0 >> --force-b-b-p --video-buffer 448 --video-norm p --keep-hf >> --no-constraints >> --sequence-header-every-gop --min-gop-size 6 --max-gop-size 6 -o % >> > Ed, > No I don't. I see the only changes you've made are: > - output a PAL video (--video-norm p) > - frame rate should be 25fps (--frame-rate 3) > - video bitrate is higher 28000 > > I don't work with PAL. But the changes you made don't seem terribly > much different than mine. > > FYI - A sample tcprobe of my source video and audio that mplex likes > reads like this: > [sfr...@ogre lab]$ tcprobe -i test.m2v > [tcprobe] MPEG elementary stream (ES) > [tcprobe] summary for test.m2v, (*) = not default, 0 = not detected > import frame size: -g 1920x1088 [720x576] (*) > aspect ratio: 16:9 (*) > frame rate: -f 30.000 [25.000] frc=5 (*) > no audio track: (use "null" import module for audio) > > [sfr...@ogre lab]$ tcprobe -i test.m2a > [tcprobe] MP2 stream > [tcprobe] summary for test.m2a, (*) = not default, 0 = not detected > audio track: -a 0 [0] -e 48000,16,2 [48000,16,2] -n 0x50 [0x2000] > (*) > bitrate=384 kbps > > Did google provide any answers to the errors you see? As well, you > might try emailing the user list at mjpegtools > (https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mjpeg-users) > > Alternatively, do you have a website or pastebin where you could upload > a short piece of video and audio (10s) that we could try to stitch > together? > > scott > > > > _______________________________________________ > Cinelerra mailing list > Cinelerra@skolelinux.no > https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra > _______________________________________________ Cinelerra mailing list Cinelerra@skolelinux.no https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra