error with dvdauthor
 

hey im using q dvdauthor to make a dvd but when it executes the dvdauthor command i get this error

ERR: No .IFO files to process


the command is :

dvdauthor -x "/tmp/dvd/dvdauthor.xml"

any help please?

i nfact, when i look at other errors they are:


INFO: [mplex] mplex version 1.6.2 (2.2.3 $Date: 2004/01/13 20:45:26 $)
INFO: [mplex] File /tmp/dvd/Main Menu VMGM/menu.m2v looks like an MPEG Video stream.
**ERROR: [mplex] File unrecogniseable!
**ERROR: [mplex] Unrecogniseable file(s)... exiting.


hope this can help someone help me :D

Is that the latest version of mplex?

i believe so

I somehow fixed it ( i think i got the upgraded version cause i resintalled it using an RPM) and now iget this error:

it seems to work but when it tries to burn it on a dvd iget this error:

WARN: Partial sector read (1236 bytes); discarding data.
STAT: VOBU 0 at 0MB, 1 PGCS

/home/mark/temp/execute.sh: line 3: 7221 Segmentation fault /usr/bin/dvdauthor -x "/home/mark/temp/Unnamed/dvdauthor.xml"
Executing 'mkisofs -dvd-video /home/mark/1// | builtin_dd of=/dev/hdd obs=32k seek=0'
INFO: UTF-8 character encoding detected by locale settings.
Assuming UTF-8 encoded filenames on source filesystem,
use -input-charset to override.
mkisofs: No such file or directory. Faild to open /home/mark/1///VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO
mkisofs: Can't open VMG info for '/home/mark/1//'.
mkisofs: Unable to parse DVD-Video structures.
mkisofs: Unable to make a DVD-Video image.
:-( write failed: Input/output error

Found this on a board solved the guys problem

hmm ok
now this is the error i get =\

INFO: [mplex] mplex version 1.6.2 (2.2.3 $Date: 2004/01/13 20:45:26 $)
INFO: [mplex] File /tmp/dvd//Main Menu VMGM.m2v looks like an MPEG Video stream.
**ERROR: [mplex] File unrecogniseable!
**ERROR: [mplex] Unrecogniseable file(s)... exiting.
/tmp/execute.sh: line 3: /tmp/dvd//Main Menu VMGM.mpg: No such file or directory
DVDAuthor::dvdauthor, version 0.6.11.
Build options: gnugetopt magick iconv freetype
Send bugs to <dvdauthor-users@lists.sourceforge.net>

INFO: Locale=en_US.UTF-8
INFO: Converting filenames to UTF-8
INFO: dvdauthor creating table of contents
ERR: No .IFO files to process
Executing 'mkisofs -dvd-video /home/mark/1/ | builtin_dd of=/dev/hdd obs=32k seek=0'
INFO: UTF-8 character encoding detected by locale settings.
Assuming UTF-8 encoded filenames on source filesystem,
use -input-charset to override.
mkisofs: No such file or directory. Faild to open /home/mark/1//VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO
mkisofs: Can't open VMG info for '/home/mark/1/'.
mkisofs: Unable to parse DVD-Video structures.
mkisofs: No such file or directory. Faild to open /home/mark/1/VIDEO_TS//VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO
mkisofs: Can't open VMG info for '/home/mark/1/VIDEO_TS/'.
mkisofs: Unable to parse DVD-Video structures.
mkisofs: No such file or directory. Faild to open /home/mark/1/VIDEO_TS//VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO
mkisofs: Can't open VMG info for '/home/mark/1/VIDEO_TS/'.
mkisofs: Unable to parse DVD-Video structures.
mkisofs: Unable to make a DVD-Video image.
:-( write failed: Input/output error



ive been playing around all night and nothing seems to work

hmm in fact i dont even have the VIDEO_TS.IFO in my VIDEO_TS folder

how would i go about making one?

Here is a decent link, could prove useful
http://dvd.chevelless230.com/index.html

Oh try running this for the VIDEO_TS.IFO

do i include the [ ]? and how about the directory? will this be the temp or the dvd one?

Create ifo files via dvdauthor

dvdauthor -T -o ~/DVD

k, i type that and i get this:

mark@linux:~> dvdauthor -T -o ~/DVD
DVDAuthor::dvdauthor, version 0.6.11.
Build options: gnugetopt magick iconv freetype
Send bugs to <dvdauthor-users@lists.sourceforge.net>

INFO: dvdauthor creating table of contents
ERR: No .IFO files to process
mark@linux:~>

Alright, this is what you do

dvdauthor -o ./DVD new_file.mpg

dvdauthor -T -o ./DVD

good luck!