Problem with mplex in video archive

[trashcan]

Not sure if it is related to the new version of video archive I downloaded the other day But I'm getting a message the mplex completed with a non zero error code

12/22/2005 12:06:26 PM[1459] Renaming F:\Temp Folder\VTS_01_1 - 0xE0 - Video - MPEG-2 - 720x480 (NTSC) - 16~9 - Letterboxed.M2V

12/22/2005 12:06:26 PM[1459] Creating MPEG image E:\Video Library\Suff\movie.mpg

12/22/2005 12:06:26 PM[1459] Start Process: path is: C:\Program Files\DV Tools\

12/22/2005 12:06:26 PM[1459] Start Process: filename is: mplex.exe

12/22/2005 12:06:26 PM[1459] Start Process: args are: -f 8 -o "E:\Video Library\Stuff\movie.mpg" "F:\Temp Folder\audio.mp2" "F:\Temp Folder\video.m2v"

12/22/2005 12:06:27 PM[1459] Process C:\Program Files\DV Tools\mplex.exe complete

12/22/2005 12:06:27 PM[1459] Process completed with a non zero error code
12/22/2005 12:06:27 PM[1459] In CleanupStep

[trashcan]

OK running the mplex command manually I get some more detail

[INDENT]C:\test>mplex -f8 -o movie.mpg audio.mp2 video.m2v
INFO: [???] mplex version 2.2.2 ($Date: 2003/05/13 20:27:15 $)
INFO: [???] File audio.mp2 looks like an MPEG Audio stream.
INFO: [???] File video.m2v looks like an MPEG Video stream.
INFO: [???] Video stream 0: profile 8 selected - ignoring non-standard option
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INFO: [???] Found 1 audio streams and 1 video streams
INFO: [???] Selecting dvdauthor DVD output profile
INFO: [???] Multiplexing video program stream!
INFO: [???] Scanning for header info: Audio stream c0 (audio.mp2)
INFO: [???] MPEG AUDIO STREAM: c0
INFO: [???] Audio version : 1.0
INFO: [???] Layer : 2
INFO: [???] CRC checksums : yes
INFO: [???] Bit rate : 24576 bytes/sec (192 kbit/sec)
INFO: [???] Frequency : 48000 Hz
INFO: [???] Mode : 0 stereo
INFO: [???] Mode extension : 0
INFO: [???] Copyright bit : 0 no copyright
INFO: [???] Original/Copy : 0 copy
INFO: [???] Emphasis : 0 none
INFO: [???] Scanning for header info: Video stream e0 (video.m2v)
INFO: [???] VIDEO STREAM: e0
INFO: [???] Frame width : 720
INFO: [???] Frame height : 480
INFO: [???] Aspect ratio : 16:9 display
INFO: [???] Picture rate : 29.970 frames/sec
INFO: [???] Bit rate : 8000000 bits/sec
INFO: [???] Vbv buffer size : 229376 bytes
INFO: [???] CSPF : 0
INFO: [???] SYSTEMS/PROGRAM stream:
INFO: [???] rough-guess multiplexed stream data rate : 8320800
INFO: [???] target data-rate specified : 10080000
INFO: [???] Setting specified specified data rate: 10080000
INFO: [???] Run-in Sectors = 89 Video delay = 13019 Audio delay = 0
INFO: [???] New sequence commences...
INFO: [???] Audio c0: buf= 4096 frame=000000 sector=00000000
INFO: [???] Video e0: buf= 237568 frame=000000 sector=00000000
INFO: [???] Scanned to end AU 16
INFO: [???] Scanned to end AU 32
INFO: [???] Scanned to end AU 48
INFO: [???] Running out...
INFO: [???] Audio c0: buf= 1187 frame=000028 sector=00000008
INFO: [???] Video e0: buf= 206007 frame=000048 sector=00000029
**ERROR: [???] Need to split output but there appears to be no %d in the filename pattern movie.mpg[/INDENT]


I ran the command again manually with the outfile movie%d.mpg. It created 2 files movie1.mpg was very small and movie2.mpg was the file that I needed and plays correctly through my mvp

[Jeff]

This means you have end of sequence makers embedded in the m2v file. There is a program called restream that you can run to remove these. You should be able to find it with a google search. If you search the forum here I think there is also a pointer to it. It needs to be run before the mplex step. When I have this problem I do the final steps manually, as you are doing.

Jeff