I have panasonic mpeg encoder 2.5

im trying to convert my avi file to mpeg1. the problem im having is that it doesnt convert the whole AVI file when its almost at the end of the file i get this message.

"Can not get a frame data from a material file Encoding Aborted".

does anyone know why im getting this. Im trying to convert a 1.2 Gig avi file.

-- Dave Johnson (andez@mindspring.com), August 22, 2000

Answers

I GET THE SAME MESSAGE. THE FILE IS STILL THERE AND IS GOOD JUST OPEN IT.

-- BEN ROD (BENEDICTO.RODRIQUEZ@GFI.GENSIG.COM), August 22, 2000.

Thanx for the help.

the problem is the last portion of my AVI file is not encoded. when i clik on the mpeg file that was created from the source AVI file. The last few minutes of my AVI are not encoded.

Can You tell me why its not encoding the end portion of the AVI file?

-- Dave Johnson (andez@mindspring.com), August 23, 2000.

I have this problem , too. Who can help me ? Thanks

-- Jimmy Chang (jimmy@kane2000.net), December 02, 2000.

Well, Have you guys tried playing the AVI (not skim throug, but actually play it). Can you play pass the point where Panasonic fail to get frame? I suspect it is the AVI that is broken.

I use AVI_IO or ReelCap to do capture at high bit rate on my Broadway card, and sometimes it ends with a broken frame somewhere.

Maybe Panasonic just refuse to read pass it, unlike TMPEG which simply produce black frames.

The way I fix it is by opening the AVI in VirtualDub, then put a mark- in before the broken frame, and mark-out after the broken frame, then delete the frame. Save the AVI using direct stream copy.

-- Rusman E. Priyana (priyana@eudoramail.com), December 03, 2000.

I use to use Panasonic and it gave me the message. I used the pmeg anyway (it played ok but) SOMETIMES it would hang in the bad spot using windows media player. (OR) play a blank black screen with just sound until the end of the movie. I agree about AVI_IO. It is the best capture and NEVER have I had it make a nackerd avi for pansonic or tmpeg.

-- Surfer (www_user@web.web), December 03, 2000.