Conversion Premature Cutoff

[Seven]

I'm probably missing something really stupid here; but I'm trying to convert a movie and DivX to DVD keeps saying it's done exactly 4 minutes and 36 seconds into a 1.4 hour movie. What do you think I could be missing here? ~Seven

[JJ]

Check log. Are there any errors? Or better, put that log here.

[Boo]

I am having the same problem. I have sucessfully converted (from AVI) and burned (to DVD+R) 8 movies. Then, on the last two .avi files DIVX to DVD gets part way into the conversion and I get the "Conversion Complete" message. At first I thought maybe my .avi file was screwy, so I tried it with another, same error. So, I rebooted, and tried again. Same problem. I am going to try again, so I can get the log and post it here.

[BOO]

Ok, Here's the log. I can see the error, but am not sure what to do about it. It seems statisticlly unlikely that my first 8 conversions would be error free then the last two would have the same error. *****LOG************ 12/26/2004 3:36:47 PM info conversion completed in 00:12:30 12/26/2004 3:36:47 PM warning Due to frame rate conversion, 5641 frames have been duplicated. 12/26/2004 3:36:47 PM info Avg. quantization factor 0.0 (smaller is best) 12/26/2004 3:36:45 PM info Error while decoding stream #0.0 12/26/2004 3:36:45 PM error Exception raised in the video decoder. Can't continue. 12/26/2004 3:24:17 PM info MSG Level #0 - rc buffer underflow 12/26/2004 3:24:17 PM info Output Stream#1 - Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s 12/26/2004 3:24:17 PM info Output Stream#0 - Video: mpeg2video, 720x480, 29.97 fps, q=2-31, 6143 kb/s 12/26/2004 3:24:17 PM info Stream #0.1 --> #0.1 12/26/2004 3:24:17 PM info Stream #0.0 --> #0.0 12/26/2004 3:24:17 PM info Stream mapping 12/26/2004 3:24:17 PM info Set Avg. video bitrate 6143.0 kb/s 12/26/2004 3:24:17 PM warning the input frame rate 24000/1001 doesn't match the output frame rate(29.97Fps). Rate conpensation will be used. 12/26/2004 3:24:17 PM info 16:9 automatically selected 12/26/2004 3:24:17 PM info NTSC 29.97 FPS output format set by user 12/26/2004 3:24:17 PM info MSG Level #2 - : Audio: mp3, 44100 Hz, stereo, 159 kb/s 12/26/2004 3:24:17 PM info MSG Level #2 - Stream #0.1 12/26/2004 3:24:17 PM info MSG Level #2 - : Video: msmpeg4, 640x360, 23.98 fps 12/26/2004 3:24:17 PM info MSG Level #2 - Stream #0.0 12/26/2004 3:24:17 PM info MSG Level #2 - 12/26/2004 3:24:17 PM info MSG Level #2 - 1040 kb/s 12/26/2004 3:24:17 PM info MSG Level #2 - , bitrate: 12/26/2004 3:24:17 PM info MSG Level #2 - 0.000000 12/26/2004 3:24:17 PM info MSG Level #2 - , start: 12/26/2004 3:24:17 PM info MSG Level #2 - 01:27:54.2 12/26/2004 3:24:17 PM info MSG Level #2 - Duration: 12/26/2004 3:24:17 PM info MSG Level #2 - Input #0, avi, from 'D:\Movies\Heavy Metal 2000.avi': 12/26/2004 3:24:17 PM info conversion started 12/26/2004 3:24:17 PM info audio #1 lag = -115 mS 12/26/2004 3:24:17 PM info Stream#1 - Audio: mp3, 44100 Hz, stereo, 159 kb/s 12/26/2004 3:24:17 PM info Computed Frame Aspect Ratio : 1.7778 12/26/2004 3:24:17 PM info Stream#0 - Video: msmpeg4, 640x360, 23.98 fps 12/26/2004 3:24:17 PM info Found 2 Stream(s) - movie duration 01:27:54.269 12/26/2004 3:24:17 PM info Input file "D:\Movies\Heavy Metal 2000.avi"

[JJ]

You can play that file ok with BSPlayer or similar? So that there is no hard error on file... Or check it with VirtualDubs check-function. Otherwise; if there has not happened anything serious; like CPU overheating, diskspace running out or something, that error is weird. Log looks ok, except for that part:

[Boo]

I have been able to play both of the files which game me errors. I use WinAmp as my player. I will check them with virtualDub, though I do not know the program well. I'm sure I can figure it out.

[Smuka]

I've played around with the a bit now and I think I've tracked the problem down. I've tried all combinations of input and output formats, fps i/o, ntsc to pal and visa versa, etc. None of this nailed the problem down. The only thing I could find that was constant was repeated attempts to convert the same movie resulted in the conversion cutting off at the same point each time. I used "Divx Avi Asf Wmv Wma Rm Rmvb Fixer" from http://www.video-fixer.com to test one offending file. It reported: Corrupted data detected at frame 69520 Error offset: 448554388 ($1ABC6594) Corrupted data detected at frame 69524 Error offset: 448579458 ($1ABCC782) I used the same program to ~fix the file and then did a conversion with DivxtoDVD again. This time there was NO PROBLEM! The conversion completed all the way to the end without problem. I've temporarily posted a piece cut out of the offending AVI file around the above quoted error offsets. It can be found at: http://www.webstuff.zapto.org/robinhood_chunk.avi You can see the small video error at about the 21 second mark. An attempt to convert this file with DivxtoDVD will stop at this same point. So, I guess that the lines in the VSO DivxtoDVD log file that quote: Error while decoding stream #0.0 Exception raised in the video decoder. Can't continue. are the dead give away. VSO DivxtoDVD V0.3.0.13 is not tolerant of errors in the video stream. I don't know if its all video decoder errors or just some types of errors. Hummm. More testing required. Cheers...

[SirQUK]

Hi Smuka Welcome to our forums. This is great info and well bug tracked Would also make a great guide for cdr-zone on fixing broken avi files b4 processing with divxtodvd. Let me know if you are interested.

[JJ]

Good if that fixed your problems. I tried that program, and it claims to have fixed that file, but as it is trial-version, it did not allow checking file, only fixing. No reports, just "fixed" and saved new file. When comparing that with original, there is a mistake in picture that still exists in "fixed" version. (where those arrows are shot at chicken) VirtualDub is showing that error on both versions, (original and fixed) and DivXtoDVD is failing with BOTH files at same point. HINT; try conversion with preview on. I managed to convert that avi to mpg with TMPGEnc, it fixes that error. (or ignores, picture still has garbage in it but it works) Problem is as usual with TMPGEnc and DivX - sound has to be processed separately. There might still be other FREE tools available to fix that kind of error. I'm looking and reporting here when (if) found.

[Guest]

[JJ]

Hmm.. I would not compare these two programs; as they perform quite different tasks. Both are needed and valuable tools. And yes, it would be good to find free tools to use. Very often there IS free alternatives, just have to look for them. Like once when I neede a tool to repair/salvage OutlookExpress mailfolders, commercial ones cost way too much and NONE of them could not even repair on their "preview before buy" mode... Then I asked a programmer friend; and he wrote a tool that did asked task easily. No cost. Ok, that data is almost pure ascii, but there was 18000 mails to sort ...

[Smuka]

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