problem with entry points in videopack 4

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Hello, I have the following problem whith creating a vcd with "entry points" in videopack 4. When I am buring the compilation I always get the error message: "Could not set entry ENTRY ..". After setting all entry points back to 00.00.00.00 the vcd is burnd without problems. What's my mistake? Dirk

-- Dirk Labusch (dsl@dds.nl), November 05, 2000

Answers

---How to see what went wrong---

When VideoPack starts to make your project it writes the data to a file called vv.scr. (This is in the temp directory of videopack) Do a search if you need to, to find it. Now open it in a decent text editor that displays a number for each line of text. Find the line number (entry point) VideoPack said had an error and that will tell you what VideoPack choked on. IE: Entry point 200 = line 200 of the vv.scr file. The error could be in an mpg entry point OR you forgot/improperly linked another source. As in a menu, etc...---see fix 3---

---Fix 1---
The most common problem is not having a sequence header before every GOP in your mpeg file. You can fix this by using tmpgenc to demux and remux your mpg with the video cd/or/video cd non-standard setting. This usually fixes it by adding the sequence headers before every GOP.

---Fix 2---
When you have more than 1 mpeg in your project VideoPack likes to sometimes crash. (Bug) When you re-open your saved file it combines all entry points for all your mpegs. (Big pain in the butt) You have to go through and delete your mpeg entry points and start over. When you make your entry points into your mpeg(s), it is a good idea to write them all done somewhere so if this happens you don't have to start from scratch. After re-doing the entry points, try again. (To save cdr's you can just burn an image file to check it first. or use cdrw for testing.)

---Fix 3---
Go back thru your project and make sure you simply didn't forgot to link a resc. properly. IE: A menu button to a mpeg file, etc.. (You can see if this is the case by viewing the vv.scr file. ---described above in "What went wrong"---

---Fix 4---
Last but not least! I don't know how much experience you have with VideoPack but a "Tip of the day!" Right click in your project area and go to [desktop] and uncheck [show menu routings] This will show an entire other set of menu routings you need to work with as well in your project.
Hope I helped!

-- Billy, boy, boy, boy (kilingspam@aol.com), November 05, 2000.

Hey Billy i have remuxed/demiuxed countless files with tmpeg, i had no idea though this gives you the sequence headers to make entry points in vp4. thanks for the tip!!!

-- Doug (mazinz@aol.com), November 07, 2000.

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	---How to see what went wrong---
	When VideoPack starts to make your project it writes the data to a file called vv.scr. (This is in the temp directory of videopack) Do a search if you need to, to find it. Now open it in a decent text editor that displays a number for each line of text. Find the line number (entry point) VideoPack said had an error and that will tell you what VideoPack choked on. IE: Entry point 200 = line 200 of the vv.scr file. The error could be in an mpg entry point OR you forgot/improperly linked another source. As in a menu, etc...---see fix 3---

	---Fix 1--- The most common problem is not having a sequence header before every GOP in your mpeg file. You can fix this by using tmpgenc to demux and remux your mpg with the video cd/or/video cd non-standard setting. This usually fixes it by adding the sequence headers before every GOP.

	---Fix 2--- When you have more than 1 mpeg in your project VideoPack likes to sometimes crash. (Bug) When you re-open your saved file it combines all entry points for all your mpegs. (Big pain in the butt) You have to go through and delete your mpeg entry points and start over. When you make your entry points into your mpeg(s), it is a good idea to write them all done somewhere so if this happens you don't have to start from scratch. After re-doing the entry points, try again. (To save cdr's you can just burn an image file to check it first. or use cdrw for testing.)

	---Fix 3--- Go back thru your project and make sure you simply didn't forgot to link a resc. properly. IE: A menu button to a mpeg file, etc.. (You can see if this is the case by viewing the vv.scr file. ---described above in "What went wrong"---

	---Fix 4--- Last but not least! I don't know how much experience you have with VideoPack but a "Tip of the day!" Right click in your project area and go to [desktop] and uncheck [show menu routings] This will show an entire other set of menu routings you need to work with as well in your project. Hope I helped!