mplexhi - output problem.
 

No flames please. This is posted at sourceforge for cinelerra, but I have not had any response in a couple of days.

I am running RH 9.0 on 2.4.20-18smp kernel on dual 1.4 athlons. with cinelerra I can edit ok.
rendering audio and video ok. Each will play as they should independently.

Thanks in advance to the creators of GNU software and those who help idiots like me. Truly a remarkable piece of software that is professional quality.

I try to create a SVCD with

mplexhi -f 3 *.m1v *.mp2 2003.12.07.parade.%d.mpg

The player I am using to test is VLC

I can't tell if I have a cinelerra,mplexhi, or vlc idiot issue.

+------------------ VIDEO STREAM INFORMATION -----------------+

Stream length : 792570924
Sequence start : 1
Sequence end : 1
No. Pictures : 41282
No. Groups : 918
No. I Frames : 918 avg. size 31229 bytes
No. P Frames : 40364 avg. size 18925 bytes
No. B Frames : 0 avg. size 0 bytes
No. D Frames : 0 avg. size 0 bytes
Horizontal size: 480
Vertical size : 480
Aspect ratio : 1.0000 VGA etc <<---- possible issue?
Picture rate : 29.970 frames/sec
Bit rate : 5000000 bits/sec <<----- possible issue?
Computed rate : 4603200 bits/sec
Peak rate : 10422000 bits/sec
Vbv buffer size: 1222656 bytes
CSPF : 0

Scanning Audio stream for access units information.
Got 41129 frame headers. 78%

During playback of the final production, the video and audio will play for a brief moment 2 to 3 sec, then the video freezes. The audio will continue to play. I have noted two things that I am unsure about in the above capture.

questions:

1. What is happening to generate the screen freeze during play back?

2. Which idiot error am I making?

3. How and where can I find out more about video editing? I see that I do not know as much as I once did.

For whatever stupid reason, I had the file set ouput from cinelerra to mpeg1 instead of mpeg2

Problem solved.