[mythtv-users] MythArchive: dvdauthor problems again

[Dom H]

I've just noticed I have left the -x flag off when running dvdauthor
manually.

I'll try again with -x and see if it works but Mytharchive still errors with
-11 though

STAT: Processing /home/dom/tmp/work/1/final.mpg...
++ WARN: [mplex] Target data rate lower than computed requirement!
++ WARN: [mplex] N.b . a 20% or so discrepancy in variable bit-rate
++ WARN: [mplex] streams is common and harmless provided no time-outs will
occur

...

PGCS STAT: VOBU 4352 at 753MB, 1 PGCS STAT: VOBU 4368 at 757MB, 1 PGCS
INFO: Video pts INFO: Audio[8] pts STAT: VOBU 4369 at 757MB, 1 PGCS
************************************************************
ERROR: Failed while running dvdauthor. Result: -11
************************************************************

Terminated


On 14/06/06, Dom H <speedsix.lists at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm also having problems with dvdauthor segfaulting on dvb recordings.
> Mytharchive quits with an error 11. If I run dvdauthor manually with the
> generated .xml file I get..
>
>
> dom at desktop:~/tmp/work$ dvdauthor dvdauthor.xml -o test2
>
> DVDAuthor::dvdauthor, version 0.6.11.
> Build options: gnugetopt magick iconv freetype
> Send bugs to <dvdauthor-users at lists.sourceforge.net >
>
> INFO: dvdauthor creating VTS
> STAT: Picking VTS 01
>
> STAT: Processing dvdauthor.xml...
>
> WARN: Partial sector read (1775 bytes); discarding data.
> STAT: VOBU 0 at 0MB, 1 PGCS
> Segmentation fault
>
>
>
> I have even tried building the latest dvdauthor from source, no joy.
>
> Thanks
>
> Dom
>
>
> On 31/05/06, Paul Harrison < mythtv at dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
> >
> > Daniel A Segel wrote:
> > > Lukas Kasprowicz wrote:
> > >
> > >> Am Dienstag, den 30.05.2006, 17:24 -0700 schrieb Daniel A. Segel:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> ************************************************************
> > >>> ERROR: Failed while running dvdauthor. Result: -11
> > >>> ************************************************************
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >> Sorry for the short message its late i have to go to bed ;)
> > >>
> > >> http://cvs.mythtv.org/trac/changeset/10059
> > >>
> > >> Please read the message.
> > >>
> > >>
> > > OK, but here's the weird thing:
> > >
> > > I have MythBurn installed separately from MythArchive on the same
> > > machine. They both use the same programs (e.g. dvdauthor) to do their
> > > job. They both offer similar choices for menus, etc.
> > >
> > > MythBurn works, all the way through to dvdauthor, and successfully
> > > creates an ISO file. MythArchive, fed the same source file and given
> > > similar options, does not - it does something that makes dvdauthor to
> > > crash. I take this to mean that it is feeding some of the upstream
> > > programs options that are resulting in a bad intermediate file.
> > >
> > > I could be wrong, but it doesn't look to me like dvdauthor is the
> > > problem. For many of my recordings in the past, and for one particular
> > > recording now, MythBurn works and MythArchive does not.
> > >
> > > That being said, I love MythArchive and much prefer it to my MythBurn
> > > installation because MythArchive integrated into Myth itself and the
> > > developer seems very helpful. I just wish it worked as well as
> > MythBurn.
> > >
> > > Daniel
> > >
> > >
> > Its an interesting observation but even so dvdauthor shouldn't segfault.
> >
> > That _is_ a serious but in dvdauthor no matter how its caused. If I can
> > figure out whats changed to cause the segfault I'll fix it. But its not
> > going to be easy because I can't reproduce it.
> >
> > Paul H.
> >
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