[FFmpeg-user] FW: Converting AVI files and creating a DVD

[John Bennett]

On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Tim Nicholson <tim.nicholson at bbc.co.uk> wrote:
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> On 05/02/12 08:57, John Bennett wrote:
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>>> From: hornetster at hotmail.com
>>> To: ffmpeg-user at ffmpeg.org
>>> Subject: Converting AVI files and creating a DVD
>>> Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:55:40 +1000
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>>>
>>> Trying to convert AVI files in Opensuse12.1 x64, kde4.7.2, ffmpeg 0.9.1-1.1
>>>
>>> ffplay info:
>>> Input #0, avi, from 'FILE0018.AVI':
>>>   Metadata:
>>>     date            : 2009-10-21
>>>     ICRT            : 15:52:44
>>>     comment         :
>>>   Duration: 00:00:11.91, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 12362 kb/s
>>>     Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (Main) (H264 / 0x34363248), yuv420p, 1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 29.97 tbn, 59.94 tbc
>>>     Stream #0:1: Audio: adpcm_ima_wav ([17][0][0][0] / 0x0011), 48000 Hz, 2 channels, s16, 384 kb/s
>>>   14.00 A-V: -0.013 fd=  24 aq=    0KB vq=    0KB sq=    0B f=0/0   f=0/0
>>>
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>>> so I can create a DVD.
>>> They are off a Kogan video camera (read: pretty cheap, generic from SE Asia). Have tried various things to convert/publish and always seem to get a DVD that starts playing OK, but after a minute or 2 starts faltering, won't FF or jump to next chapter etc.
>>> Couple of command lines I have tried:
>>> ffmpeg -i<input filename>  -target pal-dvd -sameq<output filename>
>>> ffmpeg -i<input filename>  -target pal-dvd<output filename>
>>> etc (not very inventive... Know next-to-nothing about ffmpeg, but willing to learn!)
>>> Have then tried to author/burn the DVD with kdenlive/devede.
>>> Any help appreciated!
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> Try using DVD Styler to author the DVD. This uses ffmpeg for transcoding source material, if required, and does proper indexing so seeking etc sghould work.
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Thanks for the reply, Tim, really appreciated!
But.... when I try using DVDStyler, trying to do a really basic DVD,
it either crashes on me totally, or cutting it back even more and
running from a terminal, I get:
*************************************************************************************

decode_slice_header error
no frame!
get_buffer() failed (-1 0 (nil))
decode_slice_header error
no frame!
Input #0, avi, from '/home/bigun/Movies/ErinWed/AVI/FILE0001.AVI':
  Metadata:
    date            : 2009-10-21
    ICRT            : 13:53:08
    comment         :
  Duration: 00:00:10.81, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 12289 kb/s
    Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (Main) (H264 / 0x34363248), vda_vld,
1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 29.97 tbn, 59.94
tbc
    Stream #0:1: Audio: adpcm_ima_wav ([17][0][0][0] / 0x0011), 48000
Hz, 2 channels, s16, 384 kb/s
Incompatible sample format 's16' for codec 'ac3', auto-selecting format 'flt'
auto-inserting filter 'auto-inserted scale 0' between the filter 'src'
and the filter '(null)'
Impossible to convert between the formats supported by the filter
'src' and the filter 'auto-inserted scale 0'
Error opening filters!
Error transcoding of /home/bigun/Movies/ErinWed/AVI/FILE0001.AVI
*************************************************************************************
Any ideas?
Thanks, John.