hi i trying to convert some mpeg that i downloaded from the net. i'm using stand alone panasonic to convert to vcd/ntsc streem (i think this is the right way to convert) but when its just about done it stated "can not set frame data from a material file" conversion will be aborted. ant ideas ? thanks for any help

-- pat hartin (haggen29@hotmail.com), May 09, 2000

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oh yeah that happens all the time. What this means is lets say your in putting an avi instead of an mpeg file. Most of or the majority of avis let you instal something called a "keyframe" for however many frames you want. a keyframe is kind of like a starting point sort of. Well anyway most mpegs have them but you cannot readily instal them however many frames you want. So when the panasonic is in its final stages of converting and cannot find the final keyframe, this message comes up. What this will do though is cut off the last 2-3 seconds of your clip. to avoid this you could convert it to an avi (and instal keyframes for every 1 frame) OR record an exact same layout clip (audio, video etc same as original file) of black space or whatever you want and make it about 3 seconds long. then join this new clip and the older one. When the panasonic gets towards the end and you get that message instead of your clip being cut, the "new' clip gets cut instead

-- Doug (mazinz@aol.com), May 09, 2000.

Hi, I got the same message "Can not get a frame data from a material file Encoding aborted" using Panasonic MPEG1 Encoder v2.51 when converting 15minutes DVSost AVI file. This message arrived alwayes after mpeg file size get to 95,795Kb (about 9 minutes), and not just the last 3 seconds. Any better ideas ? Shlomi

-- Shlomi (4z5ds@inter.net.il), December 28, 2000.