I am now getting a repeat message every time I use DVD Flick to start burning movies. I have tried it on several different movies, downloaded from different sites. I have tried it with nothing else running on the computer, or during normal usage. I have tried several fixes I've seen on-line, I've tried downloading and installing an FFMPEG file (although I'm not sure I was successful). I am at my wits end on how to get this fixed. I've tried uninstalling and re-installing programs, to no avail. Can someone -- anyone who understands PCs -- maybe try to help me (in regular English, would be good too!). I'm running XP Home Edition. The version of DVD Flick is ths newest Beta version (which I switched to on the advice in another forum); however it was having this problem in the old program too. This is a new development -- it was not doing it a few wks ago. I'm going to try to restore my system back to an earlier date, but I don't expect it to work. Here is a screen capture of the error message. PLEASE SAVE ME FROM MY COMPUTER! If this doesn't work, I'll take suggestion for other programs to use instead! OK -- I dont know how to attach the freaking image -- but you can see it here: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/552742 See posting on 7 December 07 by Norm for the view of the error message.
DVD Flick includes FFMPEG in it's installed folder and since it may be a custom version, replacing it might not work. A possibility is to check to see if 'FFDSHOW' is installed on the PC (Start > All programs) if it is uninstall then reinstall.
Depending on your needs there are other apps (Free) which use HCenc encoder which although slower provides superior results over ffmpeg. http://favcfavc.googlepages.com/ http://www.videohelp.com/tools/AVStoDVD http://www.trustfm.net/divx/SoftwareAvi2Dvd.php AVStoDVD also allows you to edit the script for any tweaks you may want.
The error is nothing to do with either flick or ffmpeg. I know that sounds strange but ffmpeg when presented with an invalid file will exit with error status=1. (so don't copy vobs off a dvd and add them.. it doesn't work as ffmpeg will not accept .vob as a valid input file format) You can run ffmpeg from the command line to test it. ffmpeg -i my_video.avi -target dvd -aspect 16:9 -sameq my_dvd_video.mpg which should output a whatever_you_called_it.mpg that you can throw into flick and author. x264 and certain mp4 files are also not accepted with the basic commands that are hidden within flick. ffmpeg is a very powerful tool, but needs time and patience to get it's full capabilities realised.
