How? Video "still" with audio track...

[r0lZ]

Thanks! I'll try again...

[goonix]

@Zeul

My first DVDPlanner project:

A slideshow with 3 pictures imported as 3 tracks.
Every picture has AC3 audio and 5 BOVs.

DVDPlanner makes this mini DVD without an error message.
The result is not playable in PowerDVD.
PgcEdit and VobBlanker complain about bad navpacks.
But the DVD structure seems to be OK.

goonix

[Zeul]

@goonix
Your script loads fine for me - and substituting my own assets also works (except the highlight duration which needs amending). Can you please zip up your aseets and send them to me to dvdplanner (at) btinternet (dot) com. If necessary zip each audio seperately.

thanks

[goonix]

@Zeul

sent...

goonix

[Zeul]

Ok I found the problem. The Bitstream ID of your Audio files are 4. My understanding was that the Bitstream ID must be 6 or 8. This confused the multiplexor. Looking at the Audio Header info on Mpucoders site, the ID should be 6 or 8, but Muxman, Scenarist both allowed your files - so I have updated the code accordingly. It now muxes fine. Because of this important development an update will be released very soon.

An Extend Final SubPicture/Highlight flag is perhaps in order also, for slideshow projects such as yours.

[bigotti5]

@zeul

Decoders must be able to decode AC-3 bitstreams with bsid values 0 through 8. There should be a warning for Bsid > 8

@goonix

You have to modify your subpicture and highlight length, it has to span cell boundaries.

[Zeul]

Thanks bigotti5

[goonix]

@Zeul

Thanks for the investigation!
The audio was converted with the TMPGEnc AC3 plugin.

@bigotti5

You are right. Subpicture and highlight length are not correct. They should have the same length as the audio stream in this case. So an "Extend Final Subpicture/Highlight" checkbox would be nice.

goonix

[Zeul]

Ok All done
A new flag exists to force the final subtitle/highlight to Cell_End; perfect for your music DVD.

[MPUCoder]

@Goonix - could you send a copy of that audio file to muxman (at) mpucoder (dot) com as well? TIA

[goonix]

@MPUCoder

Sent...

MuxMan accepts these ac3 audio files.

But it crashes if the number of tracks becomes too big.

goonix

[blutach]

Welcome to the mighty mpucoder, the daddy of all DVD expertise!!!



Regards

[MPUCoder]

There is an internal limit of 2^32 clock ticks per titleset. This is not a DVD limitation (each VOB is limited to 2^32 clock ticks as that is the limit of all timestamps, however each vob resets the clock)
For PAL this amounts to 1193046 frames, or 13:15:21:21
For NTSC this is 1430225 frames, or 13:14:34:05 non-drop timecode (13:15:21:27 drop-frame timecode)
Limit each titleset's duration to 13 hours 15 minutes and 21 seconds and everything should work

[r0lZ]

Thanks!
Is it possible to force several VOBs in the same titleset (with seamless discontinuity of course)? Is it sufficient to avoid this problem?
Should be nice anyway if Muxman could issue an error message in this case instead of crashing.

[goonix]

@MPUCoder

Thanks for the investigation.

For PAL this amounts to 1193046 frames, or 13:15:21:21

This corresponds exactly to my finding:

MuxMan 0.17 crashes while working on title 14

Every title is arround 1 hour.

So when I distribute the titles over several VTS, it should solve the problem.

goonix