On Saturday 24 June 2006 21:57, wmeler wrote:
On 6/24/06, Ken Jennings <ken_jennings@bellsouth.net> wrote:
On Saturday 24 June 2006 19:43, wmeler wrote: [snip ... everything else] [... snip old dvd transcode, encode, etc versions ... ]
I don't even see an AVI file...is it in some temp directory somewhere? I have the same thing...my vob files look ok on the hard drive, just no AVI from the transcode.
I usually encode to avi/xvid with two passes (the results are playable with Kino2 on my zaurus). The avi is generated on the second pass. If the transcoding hangs on the first pass (it happens here sometimes too) then you'll never see the avi file appear.
I just did an update of all the DVD Rip related packages I could find on packman and it all still seems to be functioning. Right now I'm retesting Bambi which has the same encoding problems as Dumbo -- it hangs while encoding right at the end of the second pass. Its not a fast computer -- this will take until sometime tomorrow.
I am using version 0.52.7 and I cannot even get to the second pass right now...it always hangs on the first pass.
I've been transcoding Bambi, Dumbo, and the animated shorts included on the DVDs in different ways and this is turning into one of those Your Mileage May Vary or Phase of the Moon problems. (All of these videos have issues transcoding.) It appears this is based on problems the encoders have understanding the vob abuse done in the name of copy protection. How this is done and how to solve it depends on the video. Somewhere between picking different container types, encoding types, turning on or off PSU core, or choosing a range of frames to drop either the first few or last few frames I was able to get every problem video to transcode, though sometimes the only success was in a format/container I don't want. (Oddly, Xine/mplayer/Kaffeine will play the original, ripped, raw VOB just fine. I don't care about menus and extra DVD crap. I just want a single, smaller version of the VOB file(s) to play. So, I don't know why this should be so difficult to achieve.) The MPEG container option gives me several video CD types of formats to pick from. (Why doesn't it just let me put mpeg in an mpeg file?) It seems to be geared for making content intended to burn on media (discs) as multiple files are created to represent the video. I hadn't experienced the transcoding hang with any file using this option, but the results look horrible, and I just want a single, playable file, not disc(s). The AVI container option and an xvid encoding is usually what I use, since it is compatible with Kino2 on my Zaurus. Usually this works. When it doesn't work it is usually because it hangs at the start or end of the first or second pass. When it hangs, using the range option to skip the first few or last few frames usually DOESN'T fix it. The problems seem to be related to confused indexing information for the encoding format. I tried the OGG container (with xvid) and it seems to only require one pass. Also, whenever I found it hanging at the end of the transcoding if I switched it to use a range, eliminating the last few frames, then it finished. This is the Phase of The Moon part: IF transcoding hung at the start then using a range to skip the first frames wouldn't always fix the problem immediately, but if I cancelled the transcoding and restarted it, then it might work (maybe 25% of the time), so eventually, I could get this to work. (The bad part is I haven't found anything that plays OGM on my zaurus.) -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com