Burning problems

[philip1982]

I can set up an FTP client here. Would you be able to upload the file?

I can upload the file - let me know where (i have a 3.5mb file that fails that I can send you).

[pastro]

I can upload the file - let me know where (i have a 3.5mb file that fails that I can send you).

I PM'ed my email. Please send the file to me.

[philip1982]

have emailed a file that fails - all being well.

[pastro]

The trouble is in the ffmpeg line. For some reason, dvdauthor does not like the data that ffmpeg generates when I use the acodec and vcodec copy parameters. If I leave those parameters out, then it works fine. The trouble is, it is really, really slow without using the codec copy. I looked at the media info and it is very different on the one that doesn't work.
I'll keep searching for a fix that won't take forever to create a DVD.

[pastro]

According to ffmpeg, that file you emailed has a timestamp error. Check your other files and see if that is true. Look in the ffmpeg log that is created in the temp\burndvd dir. (There are two calls to ffmpeg and this one logs the second call)

It seems that ffmpeg errors out on the file when the vcodec copy is used and there is a timestamp problem.
I'll keep checking to verify this is true.

[pastro]

I ran retime on the file and then created the DVD and it worked fine. (and was fast) Can you try running retime on another file that has this trouble and see if that fixes it for you?
retime is available from the wiki from the hauppage timestamp error area.

[philip1982]

ok - ran one of the clips quickly - looks fine!

One problem - on the PC the DVD is excellent.

On the TV there is lots of green blocking on the picture!

Thanks so far...any ideas why? Will try some other recordings tomorrow.

[pastro]

ok - ran one of the clips quickly - looks fine!

One problem - on the PC the DVD is excellent.

On the TV there is lots of green blocking on the picture!

Thanks so far...any ideas why? Will try some other recordings tomorrow.

Might be your DVD is not compatible with the player and is causing read errors. You might try the other type -r or +r and see if that is better or try a different player with the same disk. I'm guessing it isn't in the authoring since it does work somewhere.

[philip1982]

good point - I'll try and buy some new discs today!

[pastro]

Let me know what happens with the new disks.