I'm trying to generate DVD-compatible MPEG2. I used these commands to create the video and audio streams:
mpeg2enc -v 0 -f 8 -b 9800 -F 4 -n n -o "test".m2v -q 7 -a 2 -I 1 -4 2 -2 1 -P mp2enc -v 0 -r 48000 -b 224 -s -o "test".mpa The generated files seem to be ok. In fact, the quality of the video stream is pretty good. Then i tried to mux them together, using this command: mplex -f 8 -o test.mpeg2 test.mpa test.m2v (i tried to add -V, but no change) But after a couple dozen megabytes, it failed. I included the warnings and errors at the end of this message. What could be the cause of it? What needs to be changed to avoid the error? The source is an amateur video, made with a DV camcorder, NTSC 29.9 fps interlaced, 720x480. It has lots of motion (camera sweeping left and right a lot), but doesn't have noise. INFO: [mplex] mplex version 2.2.1 ($Date: 2002/02/04 19:06:14 $) INFO: [mplex] File test.mpa looks like an MPEG Audio stream. INFO: [mplex] File test.m2v looks like an MPEG Video stream. INFO: [mplex] Found 1 video streams 1 MPEG audio streams and 0 AC3 streams INFO: [mplex] Selecting DVD output profile (INCOMEPLETE!!!!) INFO: [mplex] Scanning for header info: Video stream e0 (test.m2v) INFO: [mplex] VIDEO STREAM: e0 INFO: [mplex] Frame width : 720 INFO: [mplex] Frame height : 480 INFO: [mplex] Aspect ratio : 4:3 display INFO: [mplex] Picture rate : 29.970 frames/sec INFO: [mplex] Bit rate : 9800000 bits/sec INFO: [mplex] Vbv buffer size : 229376 bytes INFO: [mplex] CSPF : 0 INFO: [mplex] Scanning for header info: Audio stream c0 (test.mpa) INFO: [mplex] AUDIO STREAM: INFO: [mplex] Audio version : 1.0 INFO: [mplex] Layer : 3 INFO: [mplex] CRC checksums : no INFO: [mplex] Bit rate : 28672 bytes/sec (224 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] SYSTEMS/PROGRAM stream: INFO: [mplex] rough-guess multiplexed stream data rate : 10189600 INFO: [mplex] target data-rate specified : 10080000 ++ WARN: [mplex] Target data rate lower than computed requirement! ++ WARN: [mplex] N.b. a 20% or so discrepancy in variable bit-rate ++ WARN: [mplex] streams is common and harmless provided no time-outs will occur INFO: [mplex] Sectors = 89 Video delay = 13019 Audio delay = 13019 INFO: [mplex] New sequence commences... INFO: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 237568 frame=000000 sector=00000000 INFO: [mplex] Audio c0: buf= 4096 frame=000000 sector=00000000 ++ WARN: [mplex] Stream e0: data will arrive too late sent(SCR)=1319350 required(DTS)=1319324 ++ WARN: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 192131 frame=000436 sector=00008792 ++ WARN: [mplex] Audio c0: buf= 2619 frame=000607 sector=00000202 ++ WARN: [mplex] Stream e0: data will arrive too late sent(SCR)=1370404 required(DTS)=1370375 ++ WARN: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 186964 frame=000453 sector=00009132 ++ WARN: [mplex] Audio c0: buf= 2587 frame=000631 sector=00000210 ++ WARN: [mplex] Stream e0: data will arrive too late sent(SCR)=1427456 required(DTS)=1427432 ++ WARN: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 191480 frame=000471 sector=00009513 ++ WARN: [mplex] Audio c0: buf= 3899 frame=000655 sector=00000218 ++ WARN: [mplex] Stream e0: data will arrive too late sent(SCR)=1478509 required(DTS)=1478483 ++ WARN: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 189001 frame=000488 sector=00009853 ++ WARN: [mplex] Audio c0: buf= 3867 frame=000679 sector=00000226 ++ WARN: [mplex] Stream e0: data will arrive too late sent(SCR)=1529563 required(DTS)=1529534 ++ WARN: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 189730 frame=000506 sector=00010193 ++ WARN: [mplex] Audio c0: buf= 3835 frame=000703 sector=00000234 ++ WARN: [mplex] Stream e0: data will arrive too late sent(SCR)=1586614 required(DTS)=1586591 ++ WARN: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 190761 frame=000524 sector=00010573 ++ WARN: [mplex] Audio c0: buf= 3127 frame=000730 sector=00000243 ++ WARN: [mplex] Stream e0: data will arrive too late sent(SCR)=1630646 required(DTS)=1628633 ++ WARN: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 235543 frame=000538 sector=00010867 ++ WARN: [mplex] Audio c0: buf= 4096 frame=000748 sector=00000249 ++ WARN: [mplex] Stream e0: data will arrive too late sent(SCR)=1674678 required(DTS)=1673678 ++ WARN: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 235543 frame=000553 sector=00011160 ++ WARN: [mplex] Audio c0: buf= 4096 frame=000769 sector=00000256 ++ WARN: [mplex] Stream e0: data will arrive too late sent(SCR)=1718857 required(DTS)=1718723 ++ WARN: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 203299 frame=000568 sector=00011454 ++ WARN: [mplex] Audio c0: buf= 3719 frame=000790 sector=00000263 ++ WARN: [mplex] Stream e0: data will arrive too late sent(SCR)=1763913 required(DTS)=1763768 ++ WARN: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 199841 frame=000583 sector=00011754 ++ WARN: [mplex] Audio c0: buf= 3691 frame=000811 sector=00000270 ++ WARN: [mplex] Stream e0: data will arrive too late sent(SCR)=1808822 required(DTS)=1808813 ++ WARN: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 201640 frame=000598 sector=00012053 ++ WARN: [mplex] Audio c0: buf= 3663 frame=000832 sector=00000277 **ERROR: [mplex] Too many frame drops -exiting -- Florin Andrei http://florin.myip.org/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. 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