Okay, let's see what I can do here...
>1) Why does tcprobe recognize some mp3s and not others?
I have no idea. I don't use alternate audio files, so maybe someone
else can shed more light on this.
>2) Why does transcode think some mp3 files are AAC files?
That was probably from the DVD, since transcode couldn't recognize the
MP3 file.
>3) Why do some mp3 files cause transcode to produce content-free avi
>files?
>4) Why do some mp3 files cause transcode to produce avi files with weird
>v-hold sync video streams?
This is a side-effect of transcode not being able to probe the MP3
file; if either the video or the audio file cannot be probed, all input
parameters need to be set manually. Notice this line from transcode's
output:
>[transcode] V: import frame | 720x576 1.25:1
If your DVD is NTSC, then it's 720x480, and transcode will end up reading
1.2 frames at a time--giving you the "scrolling" problem you saw.
>5) Why does transcode sometimes not exit and need to be killed with ^C
>6) Why does transcode sometimes not exit and need to be killed with
>'killall -9 transcode'?
These are FAQs. The problem seems to be a bug in the system thread
libraries.
>7) Why does transcode not detect the correct framerate for NTSC-DVD
>files?
This has nothing to do with the DVD; see #4.
>8) What is the deal with all the "libdvdread: CHECK_VALUE failed in
>nav_read.c:207" errors?
My guess would be that either your ISO image is corrupt, your DVD is
corrupt, your DVD violates the DVD format standard, or libdvdread doesn't
handle certain kinds of DVDs correctly; seeing as a Google search turns up
a number of cases similar to yours, my guess would be that libdvdread is at
fault. In any case, there's nothing transcode can do about this.
>9) How do I get transcode to produce a MPEG v1 system stream directly?
Transcode cannot generate MPEG program/system streams directly. This
is something that is under development in CVS, but will not be finished for
a while yet.
--Andrew Church
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