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

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On 02/06/12 17:05, John Bennett wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Tim Nicholson<tim.nicholson at bbc.co.uk>  wrote:
>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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!
>>
>>
>> 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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>> Tim
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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.
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How about converting to an intermediate format using ffmpeg like x264? 
You may even use devede, it uses mencoder to encode.