Howto author AVI->DVD with menus using Linux only !

bogler · n00b Joined: 07 Dec 2002 Posts: 67

Zuki

Getting this when i try and uncomopress your matrix.tar.gz file

tar zxvf matrix.tar.gz
technikz/the dvd is under /home/me/dvd/DVD/dvd and you can test it whith:

xine dvd:/home/me/dvd/DVD/dvd/VIDEO_TS
technikz/images/
technikz/images/home.gif
tar: Skipping to next header

gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--format violated
tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

I have tried gunzip also.. just thought i'd let you know. I have tried it with a small avi file and the syncing is perfect - excellent. I don't have a /home/bogler/dvd/DVD/dvd directory with VIDEO_TS files, how are these files created? Should i get these files if i convert an avi to DVD via the script? Sorry to be such a noob
:oops:

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zuki · Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 3:56 pm Post subject:

this was a theme for the cms system postnuke....
please use the script here:
http://www.technikz.de/modules.php?op=modload&name=Downloads&file=index&req=viewdownload&cid=4
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mach · n00b Joined: 26 Jun 2004 Posts: 2 Location: french canada

Hello,
I am glad this thread is still active. I have looked but I don't find any news on the mpeg2enc bugs.

I just try to make the NTSC DVD menu but its failing. Is this a problem with mpeg2enc or the switches I use?

jpeg2yuv -n 50 -I p -f 29.97 -j matrix_menu_background.jpg | mpeg2enc -n n -f 8 -o matrix_menu_background.m2v

to debug i first try jpeg2yuv then I try mpeg2enc ...
shell# jpeg2yuv -n 50 -I p -f 29.97 -j matrix_menu_background.jpg > video 2>STDERR

STDERR is this
----------------------------------------------------------
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Parsing & checking input files.
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] YUV colorspace detected.

INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Starting decompression
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Image dimensions are 720x576
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Movie frame rate is: 29.970030 frames/second
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Non-interlaced/progressive frames.
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Frame size: 720 x 576
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Number of Loops 1
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Now generating YUV4MPEG stream.
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Processing non-interlaced/interleaved matrix_menu_background
.jpg, size 66817l.
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Rescaling color values.
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Processing non-interlaced/interleaved matrix_menu_background
.jpg, size 66817l.
--- This repeats simalar mesages
----------------------------------------------------------

Next I try

Shell# cat video | mpeg2enc -n n -f 8 -o matrix_menu_background.m2v

INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING EXTENDED MMX for MOTION!
INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING MMX for TRANSFORM!
INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING EXTENDED MMX for PREDICTION!
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Selecting DVD output profile
++ WARN: [mpeg2enc] No aspect ratio specifed and no guess possible: assuming 4:3
display aspect!
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Progressive input - selecting progressive encoding.
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Encoding MPEG-2 video to matrix_menu_background.m2v
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Horizontal size: 720 pel
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Vertical size: 576 pel
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Aspect ratio code: 2 = 4:3 display
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Frame rate code: 4 = 30000.0/1001.0 (NTSC VIDEO)
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Bitrate: 7500 KBit/s
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Quality factor: 8 (Quantisation = 9) (1=best, 31=worst)
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Field order for input: none/progressive
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Sequence unlimited length
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Search radius: 16
INFO: [mpeg2enc] GOP SIZE RANGE 9 TO 18
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Setting colour/gamma parameters to "NTSC"
INFO: [mpeg2enc] Progressive format frames = 1
**ERROR: [mpeg2enc] Sample rate is greater than permitted in specified Level

Viel dank fur diese helfpen
Thanks in advance,

Ciao
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Wyckliff · n00b Joined: 14 May 2004 Posts: 7

mach, just wondering what version of mjpegtools you are using? I prefer version >= 1.6.2-r2

mach · n00b Joined: 26 Jun 2004 Posts: 2 Location: french canada

I am not sure what version ( 1.6.2 but r2 ? I don't know )
I go it last week from
http://umn.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/mjpeg/mjpegtools-1.6.2.tar.gz

I just took a look at the site to confirm the version but it seems to be down at the moment.

Is it posible that the images I am usrng are at fault? I am trying every thing from the original post ( very cool indeed! ) .

With -n p ( pal ) and -f 8 OR -n n with out -f 8 I have no problems

Thanks you,
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wlchase · Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 9:32 pm Post subject:

This is a really incredible thread! Thanks a ton!

But....

did anybody ever come up with a fix for the problem where the transcode process tacks a 10 pel or so bar to the bottom of the resultant video? I'm working on a mpeg4 file already at 352x240, so I tried with and without the -Z option, and got the same result.

Here's the command used:

transcode -i file.mpeg4.avi -V -y mpeg -F d -Z 352x240 --export_fps 29.97 --export_asr 2 -E 48000 -b 224 -o file

My ver. transcode is 0.6.12-r1, and mjpegtools is 1.6.2-r3

Thanks, y'all!
Bill

theduke666 · n00b Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Posts: 7

@zuki:

Your script works like a charm, saves much work.
Thank you!

cya,
theduke

zuki · Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 9:49 pm Post subject:

I have updated it, now with submenus it can take up to 200 movies... Available soon at technikz.de

greetz zuki
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bogler · n00b Joined: 07 Dec 2002 Posts: 67

Zuki

I have pm'd you regarding a problem i am having.
Here are the details...

The file i am using is a movie trailer i have named Star.avi

Apologies for the hassle

I still haven't been able to burn a dvd of an avi. I have placed a small avi in directory mov. I then run the script ./mkdvd.sh -r 352x288 -f mov/* which goes off fine and transcodes the avi and places it in ready.

I encounter an error before i get to dvdauthor - it is saying -

Audio stream: 224.000 kbit/s (27999 bps) size: 4398912 bytes 157.104 secs
transcode v0.6.11 (C) 2001-2003 Thomas Oestreich, 2003 T. Bitterberg
[transcode] critical: invalid filename or host "mov/Star.avi.avi"
INFO: [mplex] mplex version 2.2.1 ($Date: 2002/02/04 19:06:14 $)
**ERROR: [mplex] Unable to open file mov/Star.avi._pre.m2v for reading.
rm: cannot remove `mov/Star.avi._*': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat `mov/Star.avi.mpg': No such file or directory
INFO: [jpeg2yuv] Parsing & checking input files.
**ERROR: [jpeg2yuv] System error while opening: "tmp/out-1.jpg": No such file or directory
**ERROR: [mpeg2enc] Could not read YUV4MPEG2 header: system error (failed read/write)!
Reading from stdin
Remember to set samplerate with '-s'.
--------------------------------------------
Input File : '/dev/stdin' 48.0 kHz
Output File: 'tmp/background.mpa'
128 kbps MPEG-1 Layer II j-stereo Psy model 1
[De-emph:Off Copyright:No Original:No CRC:Off]
[Padding:Normal Byte-swap:Off Chanswap:Off DAB:Off]
ATH adjustment 0.000000
--------------------------------------------
encode_init: using tablenum 0 with sblimit 27
1920+0 records in
1920+0 records out
Hit end of audio data
Avg slots/frame = 384.000; b/smp = 2.67; bitrate = 128.000 kbps

Done
INFO: [mplex] mplex version 2.2.1 ($Date: 2002/02/04 19:06:14 $)
**ERROR: [mplex] Unable to open file tmp/background.m2v for reading.
./mkdvd.sh: line 271: tmp/menu.mpg: No such file or directory
dvdauthor: invalid optDVD README images menu mkdvd.sh mov ready tmpion -- x
ERR: getopt returned bad code 63
dvdauthor error. Please take a look at your menu/titles.xml and correct it!
Remove temporary FILES???? [N/y]?

I am slightly confused - at this stage i have directories

DVD which is empty

images - background.jpg high.png sel.png trans.png

menu - titles.xml

mov - which is empty

tmp - background.mpa spumux.xml

ready - which has the avi

Any help greatfully received - thanks a lot, your script is amazing
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theduke666 · n00b Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Posts: 7

@zuki:

I am testing your script in the moment.
I mean, I am testing it since 19hrs....

Encoding the videos was not the problem, but jpeg2yuv and mpeg2enc is still calculating (>12hrs).
Is this normal for a xp2400+?
And the background.m2v is now 2GB huge, still growing...
I think, I stop it now...

Any hints what could have went wrong?

6 Movies á ca.700MB, background.jpg ca. 68KB.
started with "./mkdvd.sh -r 352x288 -f mov/*"
A part of the current messages:

zuki · Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 4:41 pm Post subject:

@bogler

think this was a problem in the script. I have testet it with one movie... same problem.... Please download the newer version ( i have testet it with one movi and it works) this script can take up to 400 movies ( 20 titles with each 20 subtitles).

@theduke666

have you chooce your own background.jpg or the one which comes with the script? ????????
This error is confusing....
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theduke666 · n00b Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Posts: 7

@zuki

I tried to use my own:
> http://theduke.homelinux.org/pics/background.jpg

I transformed it according to the documentation (720x576, 75/80dpi).

btw, I didn't change anything within the script.
"Confusing" is the right expression...

[edit]
I've uploaded the whole "tmp"-directory without the background.m2v (2,6GB...).

Filelist (replace with "background.jpg" in the url above):

background.jpg

highlight-1.png
...
highlight-6.png

out-1.jpg
...
out-6.jpg

selec-1.png
...
selec-6.png

I hope, it helps.
I will retry later with the new script, one small video and your pic!

cya,
theduke

theduke666 · n00b Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Posts: 7

@zuki:

I have it!
Pics are ok, your script is ok, was my fault:
I updated mjpegtools from 1.6.1.90-r2 to 1.6.2-r3... :oops:

, now it works.

Sorry for the disagreeableness and thank you for your attention.
Your script is great, keep on going!

cya,
theduke

bogler · n00b Joined: 07 Dec 2002 Posts: 67

zuki · Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 11:09 am Post subject:

Please watch out what the script says... The DVD directory holds the encoded movies (when you chooce delete temporary files it will be lost) the ready directory holds your old clear encoded movies, the tmp directory temporary files. And the dvd directory holds the dvd with VIEDEO_TS and so....

greetz zuki
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janimatic · n00b Joined: 29 Jun 2004 Posts: 1

can we read SPRMs or write GPRMs variables with any open source dvd authoring software?
If no, do you think that it would be hard to add this feature to dvd author for instance?

bogler · n00b Joined: 07 Dec 2002 Posts: 67

outspoken · Guru Joined: 14 Feb 2004 Posts: 464 Location: orlando, fl

here is the ouput i get when trying to transcode something:

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-[HC]-Fire_Fly312 · n00b Joined: 13 Jul 2004 Posts: 2

test
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-[HC]-Fire_Fly312 · n00b Joined: 13 Jul 2004 Posts: 2

test
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Pistos · Apprentice Joined: 29 Jul 2003 Posts: 175 Location: Canada

For what it's worth, I was also having the problem where the "jpeg2yuv | mpeg2enc" step was seemingly taking forever. Upgrading from 1.6.1.90-r2 to 1.6.2-r3 solved that problem.

GlennM · Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 9:47 pm Post subject:

zuki, thanks for the interesting script, but I have a few questions.

First, on aspect ratios. I have some videos in widescreen format that I'd like to make DVD's out of, will using either of the sizes "stretch" the video up and down, or will it just make it the proper width and leave the same aspect ratio?

Second, is the script smart enough to only make a 4.7Gb DVD? I've got directories with 6-10gig of compressed video files, but I'm not exactly sure how large each one will be when converted to mpeg2. Is there a good way to make it stop converting at 4.7Gb?

Thanks-

Thorir · Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 10:18 pm Post subject:

Hi Everyone,

Zuki, I have a question, too:

Why does the script convert an avi into an avi first?
Is this really necessary? Converting always reduces quality, I think.
Why can't we get the necessary mpg's in one converting-step.
Maybe the Script can recognize the Fileformat like Ripmake. http://www.lallafa.de/bp/ripmake.html

Thanks for your good work!

Thorir

GlennM · Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 4:31 am Post subject:

I see there are those of you, like me, who are not getting useful m2v files out of transcode, but instead getting something that promptly crashes mplayer. I seem to have solved it with a suggestion from earlier in the thread to use ffmpeg. The exact command I use is: