Hi Folks,

I am Running R5.5 and I having a problem creating a DVD archive with one particular show.
Everything goes well until dvdauthor runs. The mpeg file created is about 3GB, but dvdauthor only creates about 300MB worth of VOB and then exits normally. I have checked all the logs and I dont see dvdauthor returning any error. It just exists thinking everything is fine.

The show was captured just like my other shows (which I have no problem archiving) using a PVR-150 720x480 MPEG2/MP2 Audio (Knoppmyth Defaults). No Re-encoding. Simple Autoplayback menu. A simple 2 manual 2 point cut list marking start and end (which I have tried modifying) I haved tied both mythtranscode and project-x based projects. The result is the same. I have tried upgrading dvdauthor from R5.5 stock rev of 0.6.13 to 0.6.14 and that didn't fix anything either. I am at a loss. Any ideas or suggestions?
The mpg video plays back fine on the Mythbox from the Recordings menu (using the desired 2 point cut list).

The two log files in /myth/tmp/logs have all the details. The
small file (progress.log, mine is 40k) is just what you see in the
gui log file viewer while creating the dvd. The other file
(mythburn.log, mine is 18meg) is much bigger and is where
you need to look for error messages. These commands will
allow you to browse these two log files:
Also:
Is this show bigger than the shows that work OK? If so you
may be low on drive space on your /myth partition. I would
check both / and /myth for free space. You should have 1 gig
or more free on your / You should have 15 gig or more free on
your /myth (to allow you to create a DVD from SD source
recording). This command lists the free space ('Available'
column) on / and /myth
Also:
I think I remember it creating a dvd with reduced VOB file sizes
when it encountered a DVD burn error. Compare the size of the
files on the DVD:
with the size of the files in the dvdauthor directory:
Also:
You said that the mpeg file is ok, but the dvdauthor
(/myth/tmp/work/dvd directory) only contains about 300 meg.
My recollection of the way this works (on my system) is that
it runs mythtranscode to invoke the cutlist and copy the
recording file to newfile.mpg. It then runs ffmpeg to transcode
the resolution from the recorded size in newfile.mpg to the
desired output size in newfile2.mpg. It then splits newfile2.mpg
into separate audio and video files with mythreplex, then
creates the menus, then runs tcrequant if it needs to do so to
get it to fit the DVD, then dvdauthor to make the dvd
directory, then creates the iso from the dvdauthor files if
you asked for an iso, then uses growiosfs on the dvdauthor
files (not the iso) to burn the DVD. Watch the file sizes
through this whole process to see where it first shows a
smaller size.

Also:
Are there any files in /myth/tmp that are not writable by user
mythtv? If you run the following commands as root it will clear
out all of your temporary files at which point you can try it
again:

I see you are a new member If you don't know how to
run commands, the easiest way is to press Alt-x on your
Knoppmyth keyboard. Lower case 'q' will get you out of the
'less' command. Type in the 'exit' command to remove the
"console box" created by Alt-x.

Post back if you find a fix. It is good to edit your original
post and change the title slightly to indicate that the problem
is solved (once it is solved).

Good luck,
Cliff