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Attached is what I have compiled so far into a shell script for creating
VCDs. I get a seg fault in the mplex step because it looks like the
audio file isn't being created properly. Anyone have any thoughts?

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Michael J. Sherman | Software Developer
Digital Sandbox, Inc. | http://www.dsbox.com/

After perusing through the quagmire of .nuv conversion messages on the list, I was able to create a vcd last night with the two step approach below:

mencoder -ovc copy -oac copy source.nuv -o test.avi
mencvcd test.vcd -abr 224 -asr 44100 -mpgonly -noburn -vbr 1150 -vfr 4 -vnorm n test.avi

MythTV v0.8
Mplayer v0.90_rc4 + patch

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael J. Sherman [mailto:msherman@dsbox.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 2:58 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] writing VCDs



Attached is what I have compiled so far into a shell script for creating
VCDs. I get a seg fault in the mplex step because it looks like the
audio file isn't being created properly. Anyone have any thoughts?

--
Michael J. Sherman | Software Developer
Digital Sandbox, Inc. | http://www.dsbox.com/

Hi,

I've had some success in writing the VCDs, but I
have an audio sync problem.

First, went back and reread the the MythTV
installation document where they talk about
converting files. There is an updated patch for
.90rc5 now available at:

http://dijkstra.csh.rit.edu:8088/~mdz/mythtv/mplayer-0.90rc5-mythtv-20030405.diff

I was able to apply that patch and try some
conversions.

I tried Jason Millers suggestion of

mencoder -ovc copy -oac copy source.nuv -o test.avi

I viewed the .avi file using mplayer. The audio
starts out in sync, but quickly falls behind. Longer
you watch, the farther behind the audio gets.
I went ahead and used the command:

mencvcd test.vcd -abr 224 -asr 44100 -vbr 1150 -vfr 4
-vnorm n test.avi

to see what the result was. I did get a VCD, but the
audio shows the same sync behavior as the .avi. I
really didn't expect any difference, but I thought
I'd try. I can play this using Xine on the computer,
or on my home DVD player. Audio shows same
out-of-sync behavior.

I'm trying new conversion suggested in a recent
thread. Its still running. I'll let you know
if the created .avi is any better.

Does anyone have any other ideas? I've read through
a LOT of threads on this subject. Seems the only
ones who have had good success move their files to
a Windows partition to do some steps. Don't have
one of those. Anyone successful with a full Linux
environment?

Thanks,

Mike

Mike

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An update to my previous email. I went back to the
original .nuv file I was working with. I used the
patched version of mplayer to watch it. The
.nuv file, played with patch mplayer has the
same sync problem. Audio falls behind the video.

Thanks,

Mike


--- Mike Smith <easygreenus@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've had some success in writing the VCDs, but I
> have an audio sync problem.
>
> First, went back and reread the the MythTV
> installation document where they talk about
> converting files. There is an updated patch for
> .90rc5 now available at:
>
>
http://dijkstra.csh.rit.edu:8088/~mdz/mythtv/mplayer-0.90rc5-mythtv-20030405.diff
>
> I was able to apply that patch and try some
> conversions.
>
> I tried Jason Millers suggestion of
>
> mencoder -ovc copy -oac copy source.nuv -o test.avi
>
> I viewed the .avi file using mplayer. The audio
> starts out in sync, but quickly falls behind.
> Longer
> you watch, the farther behind the audio gets.
> I went ahead and used the command:
>
> mencvcd test.vcd -abr 224 -asr 44100 -vbr 1150 -vfr
> 4
> -vnorm n test.avi
>
> to see what the result was. I did get a VCD, but
> the
> audio shows the same sync behavior as the .avi. I
> really didn't expect any difference, but I thought
> I'd try. I can play this using Xine on the
> computer,
> or on my home DVD player. Audio shows same
> out-of-sync behavior.
>
> I'm trying new conversion suggested in a recent
> thread. Its still running. I'll let you know
> if the created .avi is any better.
>
> Does anyone have any other ideas? I've read through
> a LOT of threads on this subject. Seems the only
> ones who have had good success move their files to
> a Windows partition to do some steps. Don't have
> one of those. Anyone successful with a full Linux
> environment?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
>
> Mike
>
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