475 - large number of underflows in 19 GB file

[CharlesC]

I had a search in this forum and found some stuff on this for earlier version of VRD, but nothing recently.

I don't usually capture such large files, maybe up to 12 GB on occasion. Not sure if that had anything to do with it. Captures usually process fine, with only an occasional 'error' noted in the VRD processing.

After noticing VRD taking forever to open a capture from last night, I ran QSF on it. It found 103,455 PTS underflow errors in the 9 hours of recording, with the 19.5 GB file. Capture is in TS-mux with WebScheduler.

The VRD log file is below. The log just ahead of this showed VRD finding lots of PTS errors as it was trying to open the file 'normally'. The QSF run is in this log, as well as VRD opening the file after the QSF.

The fixed file appears to play back OK. Should I be concerned there are errors in there?

My settings for capturing and for VRD have not changed in quite a while. As mentioned, this is the first time I have seen so many PTS underflows.

Any ideas?
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06/19/06 11:15:23 Buffer status: Frame Accurate: No Final Encode, #2, E:\CAPTURE\FIFA Soccer Matches 28- 27- 29 SBS Illawarra Sun (2006-06-18 22-25).ts
VideoBuffer Pointers, start:77 end:77
AudioBuffer Pointers, start:87 end:87, Frame errors:0
Segment Start (sec):0.000 End:450359962.737 Length:450359962.737
Video Frames: 817358 (32694.320 sec), Audio Frames: 1362264 (32694.336 sec)
Current VideoPTS: 32694480.00, Audio PTS:32694512.00, diff: -32.00
At Start: Video PTS: 32694440.00, Audio PTS:32694512.00, diff: -72.00
SOB original PTS: video: 47513262.17, Audio: 47513327.40, diff: -65.23
At EOB: Video PTS: 32694440.00, Audio PTS:32694512.00, diff: -72.00
EOB original PTS: video: 47513262.17, Audio: 47513327.40, diff: -65.23
Audio Video Sync: 6.60

06/19/06 11:15:24 Output complete. Input file: E:\CAPTURE\FIFA Soccer Matches 28- 27- 29 SBS Illawarra Sun (2006-06-18 22-25).ts
Output file: F:\CAPTURE\QSF FIFA Soccer Matches 28- 27- 29 SBS Illawarra Sun (2006-06-18 22-25).mpg
Mode: Frame Accurate
-Video output packets: 9574925
-Audio output packets: 388448
-Padding output packets: 0
Video output frames: 817358
Audio output frames: 1362264
Processing time (secs): 2477
Processed frames/sec: 329.89
Actual Video Bitrate: 4.73 Mbps
* PTS underflows: 103455
* Input Sequence Errors: 1
* Video resync frames removed: 42
* Audio resync frames removed: 1

06/19/06 11:23:07

***** Loading: F:\CAPTURE\QSF FIFA Soccer Matches 28- 27- 29 SBS Illawarra Sun (2006-06-18 22-25).mpg


06/19/06 11:23:08 Opening file: F:\CAPTURE\QSF FIFA Soccer Matches 28- 27- 29 SBS Illawarra Sun (2006-06-18 22-25).mpg, filetype is: MPEG2 PIDs: x00 / x00
06/19/06 11:23:08 Startup - Number of PTS checks: 8

[phd]

Load the output file into VideoReDo and press Ctrl+L to list the properties of the file.

It could be the bitrate of the file exceeded the header bitrate and you need to increase it in the file save dialog box by pressing the Options button.

[CharlesC]

Thanks Pat.

Interesting. The data rate from the QSFxed file is indeed high. I have posted a similar recording or two, and they are both lower. I suppose this means they upped the bitrate for the transmission.

EDIT: And the one from last night was back to the normal 6 Mbps.

I went into VRD and changed the default bit rate in the Save As options from 10 to 15 Mbps. Made sure it remembered it. Then tried opening the original capture file again. It still took forever to load, so I terminated it. Would you have expected it to open OK if the default bitrate was increased in the Save As options?



File Name: F:\CAPTURE\QSF FIFA Soccer Matches 28- 27- 29 SBS Illawarra Sun (2006-06-18 22-25).mpg
File Size: 20404989956 ( 19.00 GB )
Program Duration: 09:04:54.07
File Type: PS - MPEG2
Encoding: MPEG 2
Video stream Id: xE0
Encoding Dimensions: 720 x 576
Display Size: 720 x 576
Aspect Ratio: 16/9
Frame Rate: 25.00 FPS
Bit Rate: 9.608 Mbps
VBV_Buffer: 224 KB
Profile: Main/Main
Progressive: Prog or Int
Chroma: 4:2:0
Audio Format: Layer 2
Audio Stream Id: xC0
Audio Bit Rate: 192 Kbps
Audio Sampling Rate: 48000 Hz




File Name: \\Gig2\TS.320GB1\FIFA Matches 18 19 20 SBS Illawarra Thu (2006-06-15 22-25).ts
File Size: 19857891328 ( 18.49 GB )
Program Duration: 08:44:55.01
File Type: TS Stream
Encoding: MPEG 2
Video stream Id: 161 (xA1)
Encoding Dimensions: 720 x 576
Display Size: 720 x 576
Aspect Ratio: 16/9
Frame Rate: 25.00 FPS
Bit Rate: 6.000 Mbps
VBV_Buffer: 224 KB
Profile: Main/Main
Progressive: Prog or Int
Chroma: 4:2:0
Audio Format: Layer 2
Audio Stream Id: 81 (x51)
Audio Bit Rate: 192 Kbps
Audio Sampling Rate: 48000 Hz




File Name: E:\CAPTURE-Hold\FIFA Soccer Match Replays Day 9 SBS Illawarra Sun (2006-06-18 16-55).ts
File Size: 4406599680 ( 4.10 GB )
Program Duration: 01:49:54.00
File Type: TS Stream
Encoding: MPEG 2
Video stream Id: 161 (xA1)
Encoding Dimensions: 720 x 576
Display Size: 720 x 576
Aspect Ratio: 16/9
Frame Rate: 25.00 FPS
Bit Rate: 6.000 Mbps
VBV_Buffer: 224 KB
Profile: Main/Main
Progressive: Prog or Int
Chroma: 4:2:0
Audio Format: Layer 2
Audio Stream Id: 81 (x51)
Audio Bit Rate: 192 Kbps
Audio Sampling Rate: 48000 Hz

[CharlesC]

There were a couple of questions perhaps a bit lost in all the detail.

Having run the QSF on the file, and having made the 100,000+ corrections, is that file OK in terms of quality? What was done to it with VRD fixing it?


Also, if the error was because the bitrate exceeded the header bitrate, why didn't the problem go away when I upped the header bitrate in the Save As options?

Thanks.

[johnk]

I'm having a similar problem with my ~9GB files (.TP (transport stream) format, recorded on MyHD). I have tried several input files with the same result (none work). It doesn't matter if I make any edits to the file before saving (the logs below are for no edits). (Though I just tried the older version 2.1.2.417, and it has the same problem.)

When I save as .MPG, the output is extremely jerky (unwatchable). Saving as VOB is less jerky, but not good enough.

Trying to save as .TS almost immediately gives the following error:

"Mpeg stream error: Transport Muxer Buffer Underflow, details in VideoReDo.log."


The Ctrl-L properties of the input file are:


File Name: [filename.tp]
File Size: 9550520320 ( 8.89 GB )
Program Duration: 01:05:39.19
File Type: TS Stream
Encoding: MPEG 2
Video stream Id: 49 (x31)
Encoding Dimensions: 1920 x 1088
Display Size: 1920 x 1080
Aspect Ratio: 16/9
Frame Rate: 29.97 FPS
Bit Rate: 14.990 Mbps
VBV_Buffer: 914 KB
Profile: Main/High
Progressive: Prog or Int
Chroma: 4:2:0
Audio Format: 5.1
Audio Stream Id: AC3: 52 (x34)
Audio Bit Rate: 384 Kbps
Audio Sampling Rate: 48000 Hz



The VideoReDo.log for the MPG save attempt says:
-------------------------------------------------
06/20/06 10:33:22 Opening file: [filename.tp], filetype is: MPEG2 TS PIDs: x31 / x34
06/20/06 10:33:22 Startup - Number of PTS checks: 8
06/20/06 10:33:23 Bumping mux rate to: 15.000 Mbps to accomodate video bit rate of: 14.990
06/20/06 10:33:23 Bumping mux rate to: 15.000 Mbps to accomodate video bit rate of: 14.990
06/20/06 10:33:23 Horizontal size of: 1920 indicates HD stream. Forcing YUV acceleration.
06/20/06 10:33:23 HDTV material detected, switching on YUV acceleration, width: 1920, height: 1088
06/20/06 10:33:23 Display open status: Using YUV with overlays.
06/20/06 10:33:24 Bumping mux rate to: 15.000 Mbps to accomodate video bit rate of: 14.990
06/20/06 10:33:31 Bumping mux rate to: 15.000 Mbps to accomodate video bit rate of: 14.990
06/20/06 10:33:31 Program Information
File Name: [filename.tp]
File Size: 9550520320 ( 8.89 GB )
Program Duration: 01:05:39.19
File Type: TS Stream
Encoding: MPEG 2
Video stream Id: 49 (x31)
Encoding Dimensions: 1920 x 1088
Display Size: 1920 x 1080
Aspect Ratio: 16/9
Frame Rate: 29.97 FPS
Bit Rate: 14.990 Mbps
VBV_Buffer: 914 KB
Profile: Main/High
Progressive: Prog or Int
Chroma: 4:2:0
Audio Format: 5.1
Audio Stream Id: AC3: 52 (x34)
Audio Bit Rate: 384 Kbps
Audio Sampling Rate: 48000 Hz

06/20/06 10:35:10 Bumping mux rate to: 15.000 Mbps to accomodate video bit rate of: 14.990
06/20/06 10:35:10 Starting new Frame Accurate Output Segment: start:0.000 (00:00:00.00), end:7539652.400 (02:05:39.19)
06/20/06 10:35:18 AC3 (Unpacked) Audio Frame Error 1 at: 00:00:59.17
06/20/06 10:35:18 AC3 (Unpacked) Audio Frame Error 2 at: -22:00:00.00
06/20/06 10:35:18 AC3 (Unpacked) Audio Frame Error 3 at: -22:00:00.00
06/20/06 10:35:18 AC3 (Unpacked) Audio Frame Error 4 at: -22:00:00.00
06/20/06 10:35:19 Resync: removed 19 video frames, at video 00:01:00.07, original (00:00:59.29), sync changed from -655.28 to -21.31
06/20/06 10:39:51 AC3 (Unpacked) Audio Frame Error 5 at: -22:00:00.00
06/20/06 10:39:51 AC3 (Unpacked) Audio Frame Error 6 at: -22:00:00.00
06/20/06 10:39:51 AC3 (Unpacked) Audio Frame Error 7 at: -22:00:00.00
06/20/06 10:39:51 Resync: removed 20 video frames, at video 00:30:26.26, original (00:30:27.09), sync changed from -469.31 to -25.98
06/20/06 10:42:45 AC3 (Unpacked) Audio Frame Error 8 at: -22:00:00.00
06/20/06 10:42:45 AC3 (Unpacked) Audio Frame Error 9 at: -22:00:00.00
06/20/06 10:42:45 AC3 (Unpacked) Audio Frame Error 10 at: -22:00:00.00
06/20/06 10:42:45 Resync: removed 19 video frames, at video 00:49:15.29, original (00:49:17.02), sync changed from -537.98 to -15.33
06/20/06 10:45:19 Output complete. [filename.tp]
Output file: [filename.mpg]
Mode: Frame Accurate
-Video output packets: 3650379
-Audio output packets: 77965
-Padding output packets: 0
Video output frames: 105681
Audio output frames: 164051
Processing time (secs): 605
Processed frames/sec: 174.55
Actual Video Bitrate: 16.75 Mbps
* PTS underflows: 77838
* Audio frame errors: 10
* Video resync frames removed: 58




The VideoReDo.log for the TS save attempt says:
-------------------------------------------------
06/20/06 10:56:32 Opening file: [filename.tp], filetype is: MPEG2 TS PIDs: x31 / x34
06/20/06 10:56:32 Startup - Number of PTS checks: 8
06/20/06 10:56:32 Bumping mux rate to: 15.000 Mbps to accomodate video bit rate of: 14.990
06/20/06 10:56:33 Bumping mux rate to: 15.000 Mbps to accomodate video bit rate of: 14.990
06/20/06 10:56:33 Horizontal size of: 1920 indicates HD stream. Forcing YUV acceleration.
06/20/06 10:56:33 HDTV material detected, switching on YUV acceleration, width: 1920, height: 1088
06/20/06 10:56:33 Display open status: Using YUV with overlays.
06/20/06 10:56:34 Bumping mux rate to: 15.000 Mbps to accomodate video bit rate of: 14.990
06/20/06 10:56:59 TS->Mux rate manually set to: 15.00000 Mbps
06/20/06 10:56:59 Bumping mux rate to: 15.000 Mbps to accomodate video bit rate of: 14.990
06/20/06 10:56:59 Starting new Frame Accurate Output Segment: start:0.000 (00:00:00.00), end:7539652.400 (02:05:39.19)
06/20/06 10:57:00 TS->PTS Underflow in: Video Stream @ PTS: 8582.57 (00:00:08.17), Underflow: 26.27 msec, Count: 1
06/20/06 10:57:00 TS->PTS Underflow in: Video Stream @ PTS: 8615.93 (00:00:08.18), Underflow: 13.24 msec, Count: 2

[Then it goes on report another 498 "PTS Underflow"s, followed by the 501st underflow, below, at which it aborts]

06/20/06 10:57:03 TS->PTS Underflow in: Video Stream @ PTS: 26333.63 (00:00:26.09), Underflow: 902.57 msec, Count: 501
06/20/06 10:57:03 TS->Too many underflows. Aborting output.

[zaphod7501]

Have you tried setting the "Output Mux Rate" to "Automatic" and increasing the number of samples to 16 - 20 or more?

Also with a MyHD, you generally need to save as .ts, not .mpg for gracefull playback.

These two things have worked for me (just edited "Toy Story" that had all the SD filler from ABC)

[hdtv]

I have a couple of files that have similar problems but worse in some ways...

I see "Mpeg stream error: Transport Muxer Buffer Underflow, details in VideoReDo.log." and "<><><> TS Mux Error: BufferOverflow in Percolate <><><>" at the same point in the same files depending on the setting I chose.
I set samples from 4 up 100, no improvement. I tried changing the rate from 12Mbps to 35Mbps, without any luck. The higher rates caused overflow and lower rates caused underflow. Somewhere between 19Mbps and 20Mbps the error would transfer from underflow to an overflow. Never found a rate that worked.

In this case I was joining two files via VRD. When I manually merged them and ran it through QSF it finally worked without issue. QSFing each file and using VRD to merge always failed.

Also, I still have the problem that merging TS files manually still produces different results than using VRD to merge the files. VRD will state the same input file size for both the manual merge and VRD merge, but QSFing will result in different outputs. The file are definitely TS and split at 100MB boundaries, which means the TS stream is cut at the byte level. Playing the files at the boundaries in VRD never has any issue. But letting VRD merge causes the output file size to grow about 1%-5% versus manually merging the files.

Here are several logs of merged files that has both has overflow and underflow at same point in the file.

05/29/06 00:00:52 TS->PTS Underflow in: Video Stream @ PTS: 2703442.63 (00:45:03.25), Underflow: 1.12 msec, Count: 1
05/29/06 00:00:52 TS->PTS Underflow in: Video Stream @ PTS: 2704043.23 (00:45:04.01), Underflow: 9.59 msec, Count: 2
05/29/06 00:00:52 TS->Too many underflows. Aborting output.
05/29/06 00:00:52 Joiner, CMpegStreamExcept: Mpeg stream error: Transport Muxer Buffer Underflow, details in VideoReDo.log.
05/29/06 00:08:04 Sampled peak video bit rate of 10.64660 (Mbps) exceeds sequence header rate of 9.42000 (Mbps)
...
05/29/06 00:08:06 Sampled peak video bit rate of 10.64660 (Mbps) exceeds sequence header rate of 9.42000 (Mbps)
05/29/06 00:08:06 Sampled peak video bit rate of 10.64660 (Mbps) exceeds sequence header rate of 9.42000 (Mbps)
05/29/06 00:08:06 TS->Auto Mux with 16 samples: Mux Mbps: 12.85569, avg video: 9.556, peak video: 11.830, audio: 0.420, PSI: 0.015
05/29/06 00:08:06 Advanced Stream Parameters:
Resync: Remove Audio
Max Audio Frame Erorrs: 32000
Double Video Buffer Memory: Yes
Skip Encoder Conformity Checks: Yes
Align Each VIdeo Frame To Pkt Boundary: No
Start Pkt Data On Word Boundary: No
Add Padding To Short Packets: No
Output PTS With Each Video Frame: Yes
Output PS Pack Header With All Packets: Yes
Elementary Stream Packet Length: 2028 (2028)
Program Stream Mux Rate (Mbps): 10.080
Maximum GOP Size: 0
Encoder Quality: High

05/29/06 00:08:06 Program Information
File Name: U:\ready\LOST.221.¿.720p.DD5.1.ts
File Size: 3393316152 ( 3.16 GB )
Program Duration: 00:44:37.39
File Type: TS Stream
Encoding: MPEG 2
Video stream Id: 17 (x11)
Encoding Dimensions: 1280 x 720
Display Size: 1280 x 720
Aspect Ratio: 16/9
Frame Rate: 59.94 FPS
Bit Rate: 9.420 Mbps
VBV_Buffer: 578 KB
Profile: Main/High
Progressive: Progressive Only
Chroma: 4:2:0
Audio Format: 5.1
Audio Stream Id: AC3: 20 (x14)
Audio Bit Rate: 384 Kbps
Audio Sampling Rate: 48000 Hz

05/29/06 00:08:06 Starting new Frame Accurate Output Segment: start:0.000 (00:00:00.00), end:2677658.600 (00:44:37.39)
05/29/06 00:08:06 >>> Video Buffer: Predecoding load, start:-1, end:24, count: 25, End videoPTS: 693.31
* 1, 0, V-PTS: 309.59 (00:00:00.18), [ 0.01 (00:00:00.00 )], GOP, temporal: 0, pict:1, Diff: -309.58 P 47153 1501
...
* 25, 24, V-PTS: 743.34 (00:00:00.44), [ 433.78 (00:00:00.26 )], GOP, temporal: 2, pict:1, Diff: -309.57 P 48741 6016
** End of Video buffer

...

05/29/06 00:08:06 Segment starts on a GOP, no decoding required.
05/29/06 00:08:06 >>> Video Buffer: Post decoding, start:-1, end:24, count: 25, End videoPTS: 693.31
* 1, 0, V-PTS: 309.59 (00:00:00.18), [ 0.01 (00:00:00.00 )], GOP, temporal: 0, pict:1, Diff: -309.58 P 47153 1501
...
* 25, 24, V-PTS: 760.16 (00:00:00.45), [ 433.78 (00:00:00.26 )], GOP, temporal: 2, pict:1, Diff: -326.38 P 48741 7529
** End of Video buffer

05/29/06 00:08:06 >>> Video Buffer: FA - first audio, start:-1, end:25, count: 26, End videoPTS: 709.99
* 1, 0, V-PTS: 309.59 (00:00:00.18), [ 0.01 (00:00:00.00 )], GOP, temporal: 0, pict:1, Diff: -309.58 P 47153 1501
* 2, 1, V-PTS: 326.28 (00:00:00.19), [ 16.70 (00:00:00.01 )], , temporal: 1, pict:2, Diff: -309.58 P 11978 1502
...
* 25, 24, V-PTS: 760.16 (00:00:00.45), [ 433.78 (00:00:00.26 )], GOP, temporal: 2, pict:1, Diff: -326.38 P 48741 7529
* 26, 25, V-PTS: 709.99 (00:00:00.42), [ 400.41 (00:00:00.24 )], , temporal: 0, pict:3, Diff: -309.58 P 11205
** End of Video buffer

...

05/29/06 00:12:02 Buffer status: Frame Accurate: No Final Encode, #2, U:\ready\LOST.221.¿.720p.DD5.1.ts
VideoBuffer Pointers, start:237 end:237
AudioBuffer Pointers, start:218 end:218, Frame errors:0
Segment Start (sec):0.000 End:2677.659 Length:2677.659
Video Frames: 160494 (2676.683 sec), Audio Frames: 83675 (2677.600 sec)
Current VideoPTS: 2677867.81, Audio PTS:2677877.59, diff: -9.78
At Start: Video PTS: 2677851.12, Audio PTS:2677877.59, diff: -26.47
SOB original PTS: video: 2677541.81, Audio: 2677568.01, diff: -26.20
At EOB: Video PTS: 2677851.12, Audio PTS:2677877.59, diff: -26.47
EOB original PTS: video: 2677541.81, Audio: 2677568.01, diff: -26.20
Audio Video Sync: -0.54

05/29/06 00:12:03 Opening file: U:\ready\LOST.221.¿.720p.DD5.1.END_SECTION.ts, filetype is: MPEG2 TS PIDs: x21 / x24
05/29/06 00:12:03 Startup - Number of PTS checks: 8
05/29/06 00:12:03 Starting new Frame Accurate Output Segment: start:0.000 (00:00:00.00), end:59889.900 (00:00:59.52)
05/29/06 00:12:03 >>> Video Buffer: Predecoding load, start:-1, end:4, count: 5, End videoPTS: 2677934.54
* 1, 0, V-PTS:2677884.49 (00:44:37.52), [ 0.01 (00:00:00.00 )], GOP, temporal: 0, pict:1, Diff:-2677884.48 P 21393 1501
...
* 5, 4, V-PTS:2677984.58 (00:44:37.58), [ 100.08 (00:00:00.06 )], GOP, temporal: 2, pict:1, Diff:-2677884.50 P 49168 4505
** End of Video buffer

05/29/06 00:12:03 >> Audio Buffer: Predecoding load, start:-1, end:1, count:2, End audioPTS:2677941.59
- 1, 0, A-PTS:2677909.59 (00:44:37.54), [ 0.01 (00:00:00.00)], PTS Diff: -2677909.58 1536
- 2, 1, A-PTS:2677941.59 (00:44:37.56), [ 32.01 (00:00:00.01)], PTS Diff: -2677909.58 1536
**End of Audio Buffer

05/29/06 00:12:03 Segment starts on a GOP, no decoding required.
05/29/06 00:12:03 >>> Video Buffer: Post decoding, start:-1, end:4, count: 5, End videoPTS: 2677934.54
* 1, 0, V-PTS:2677884.49 (00:44:37.52), [ 0.01 (00:00:00.00 )], GOP, temporal: 0, pict:1, Diff:-2677884.48 P 21393 1501
...
* 5, 4, V-PTS:2677984.60 (00:44:37.58), [ 100.08 (00:00:00.06 )], GOP, temporal: 2, pict:1, Diff:-2677884.52 P 49168 4507
** End of Video buffer

05/29/06 00:12:03 >>> Video Buffer: FA - first audio, start:-1, end:5, count: 6, End videoPTS: 2677951.22
* 1, 0, V-PTS:2677884.49 (00:44:37.52), [ 0.01 (00:00:00.00 )], GOP, temporal: 0, pict:1, Diff:-2677884.48 P 21393 1501
...
* 6, 5, V-PTS:2677951.22 (00:44:37.56), [ 66.72 (00:00:00.04 )], , temporal: 0, pict:3, Diff:-2677884.50 P 22002
** End of Video buffer

05/29/06 00:12:03 >> Audio Buffer: FA - first audio, start:-1, end:1, count:2, End audioPTS:2677941.59
- 1, 0, A-PTS:2677909.59 (00:44:37.54), [ 0.01 (00:00:00.00)], PTS Diff: -2677909.58 1536
- 2, 1, A-PTS:2677941.59 (00:44:37.56), [ 32.01 (00:00:00.01)], PTS Diff: -2677909.58 1536
**End of Audio Buffer

05/29/06 00:12:05 TS->PTS Underflow in: Video Stream @ PTS: 2700673.92 (00:45:00.39), Underflow: 2.23 msec, Count: 1
05/29/06 00:12:05 TS->PTS Underflow in: Video Stream @ PTS: 2700774.02 (00:45:00.45), Underflow: 4.82 msec, Count: 2
05/29/06 00:12:05 TS->Too many underflows. Aborting output.
05/29/06 00:12:05 Joiner, CMpegStreamExcept: Mpeg stream error: Transport Muxer Buffer Underflow, details in VideoReDo.log.
05/29/06 00:13:08 TS->Mux rate manually set to: 15.00000 Mbps
05/29/06 00:13:08 Advanced Stream Parameters:
Resync: Remove Audio
Max Audio Frame Erorrs: 32000
Double Video Buffer Memory: Yes
Skip Encoder Conformity Checks: Yes
Align Each VIdeo Frame To Pkt Boundary: No
Start Pkt Data On Word Boundary: No
Add Padding To Short Packets: No
Output PTS With Each Video Frame: Yes
Output PS Pack Header With All Packets: Yes
Elementary Stream Packet Length: 2028 (2028)
Program Stream Mux Rate (Mbps): 10.080
Maximum GOP Size: 0
Encoder Quality: High

[hdtv]

I have a couple of files that have similar problems but worse in some ways...

I see "Mpeg stream error: Transport Muxer Buffer Underflow, details in VideoReDo.log." and "<><><> TS Mux Error: BufferOverflow in Percolate <><><>" at the same point in the same files depending on the setting I chose.
I set samples from 4 up 100, no improvement. I tried changing the rate from 12Mbps to 35Mbps, without any luck. The higher rates caused overflow and lower rates caused underflow. Somewhere between 19Mbps and 20Mbps the error would transfer from underflow to an overflow. Never found a rate that worked.

In this case I was joining two files via VRD. When I manually merged them and ran it through QSF it finally worked without issue. QSFing each file and using VRD to merge always failed.

Also, I still have the problem that merging TS files manually still produces different results than using VRD to merge the files. VRD will state the same input file size for both the manual merge and VRD merge, but QSFing will result in different outputs. The file are definitely TS and split at 100MB boundaries, which means the TS stream is cut at the byte level. Playing the files at the boundaries in VRD never has any issue. But letting VRD merge causes the output file size to grow about 1%-5% versus manually merging the files.

Here are several logs of merged files that has both has overflow and underflow at same point in the file.

05/29/06 00:00:52 TS->PTS Underflow in: Video Stream @ PTS: 2703442.63 (00:45:03.25), Underflow: 1.12 msec, Count: 1
05/29/06 00:00:52 TS->PTS Underflow in: Video Stream @ PTS: 2704043.23 (00:45:04.01), Underflow: 9.59 msec, Count: 2
05/29/06 00:00:52 TS->Too many underflows. Aborting output.
05/29/06 00:00:52 Joiner, CMpegStreamExcept: Mpeg stream error: Transport Muxer Buffer Underflow, details in VideoReDo.log.
05/29/06 00:08:04 Sampled peak video bit rate of 10.64660 (Mbps) exceeds sequence header rate of 9.42000 (Mbps)
...
05/29/06 00:08:06 Sampled peak video bit rate of 10.64660 (Mbps) exceeds sequence header rate of 9.42000 (Mbps)
05/29/06 00:08:06 Sampled peak video bit rate of 10.64660 (Mbps) exceeds sequence header rate of 9.42000 (Mbps)
05/29/06 00:08:06 TS->Auto Mux with 16 samples: Mux Mbps: 12.85569, avg video: 9.556, peak video: 11.830, audio: 0.420, PSI: 0.015
05/29/06 00:08:06 Advanced Stream Parameters:
Resync: Remove Audio
Max Audio Frame Erorrs: 32000
Double Video Buffer Memory: Yes
Skip Encoder Conformity Checks: Yes
Align Each VIdeo Frame To Pkt Boundary: No
Start Pkt Data On Word Boundary: No
Add Padding To Short Packets: No
Output PTS With Each Video Frame: Yes
Output PS Pack Header With All Packets: Yes
Elementary Stream Packet Length: 2028 (2028)
Program Stream Mux Rate (Mbps): 10.080
Maximum GOP Size: 0
Encoder Quality: High

05/29/06 00:08:06 Program Information
File Name: U:\ready\LOST.221.¿.720p.DD5.1.ts
File Size: 3393316152 ( 3.16 GB )
Program Duration: 00:44:37.39
File Type: TS Stream
Encoding: MPEG 2
Video stream Id: 17 (x11)
Encoding Dimensions: 1280 x 720
Display Size: 1280 x 720
Aspect Ratio: 16/9
Frame Rate: 59.94 FPS
Bit Rate: 9.420 Mbps
VBV_Buffer: 578 KB
Profile: Main/High
Progressive: Progressive Only
Chroma: 4:2:0
Audio Format: 5.1
Audio Stream Id: AC3: 20 (x14)
Audio Bit Rate: 384 Kbps
Audio Sampling Rate: 48000 Hz

05/29/06 00:08:06 Starting new Frame Accurate Output Segment: start:0.000 (00:00:00.00), end:2677658.600 (00:44:37.39)
05/29/06 00:08:06 >>> Video Buffer: Predecoding load, start:-1, end:24, count: 25, End videoPTS: 693.31
* 1, 0, V-PTS: 309.59 (00:00:00.18), [ 0.01 (00:00:00.00 )], GOP, temporal: 0, pict:1, Diff: -309.58 P 47153 1501
...
* 25, 24, V-PTS: 743.34 (00:00:00.44), [ 433.78 (00:00:00.26 )], GOP, temporal: 2, pict:1, Diff: -309.57 P 48741 6016
** End of Video buffer

...

05/29/06 00:08:06 Segment starts on a GOP, no decoding required.
05/29/06 00:08:06 >>> Video Buffer: Post decoding, start:-1, end:24, count: 25, End videoPTS: 693.31
* 1, 0, V-PTS: 309.59 (00:00:00.18), [ 0.01 (00:00:00.00 )], GOP, temporal: 0, pict:1, Diff: -309.58 P 47153 1501
...
* 25, 24, V-PTS: 760.16 (00:00:00.45), [ 433.78 (00:00:00.26 )], GOP, temporal: 2, pict:1, Diff: -326.38 P 48741 7529
** End of Video buffer

05/29/06 00:08:06 >>> Video Buffer: FA - first audio, start:-1, end:25, count: 26, End videoPTS: 709.99
* 1, 0, V-PTS: 309.59 (00:00:00.18), [ 0.01 (00:00:00.00 )], GOP, temporal: 0, pict:1, Diff: -309.58 P 47153 1501
* 2, 1, V-PTS: 326.28 (00:00:00.19), [ 16.70 (00:00:00.01 )], , temporal: 1, pict:2, Diff: -309.58 P 11978 1502
...
* 25, 24, V-PTS: 760.16 (00:00:00.45), [ 433.78 (00:00:00.26 )], GOP, temporal: 2, pict:1, Diff: -326.38 P 48741 7529
* 26, 25, V-PTS: 709.99 (00:00:00.42), [ 400.41 (00:00:00.24 )], , temporal: 0, pict:3, Diff: -309.58 P 11205
** End of Video buffer

...

05/29/06 00:12:02 Buffer status: Frame Accurate: No Final Encode, #2, U:\ready\LOST.221.¿.720p.DD5.1.ts
VideoBuffer Pointers, start:237 end:237
AudioBuffer Pointers, start:218 end:218, Frame errors:0
Segment Start (sec):0.000 End:2677.659 Length:2677.659
Video Frames: 160494 (2676.683 sec), Audio Frames: 83675 (2677.600 sec)
Current VideoPTS: 2677867.81, Audio PTS:2677877.59, diff: -9.78
At Start: Video PTS: 2677851.12, Audio PTS:2677877.59, diff: -26.47
SOB original PTS: video: 2677541.81, Audio: 2677568.01, diff: -26.20
At EOB: Video PTS: 2677851.12, Audio PTS:2677877.59, diff: -26.47
EOB original PTS: video: 2677541.81, Audio: 2677568.01, diff: -26.20
Audio Video Sync: -0.54

05/29/06 00:12:03 Opening file: U:\ready\LOST.221.¿.720p.DD5.1.END_SECTION.ts, filetype is: MPEG2 TS PIDs: x21 / x24
05/29/06 00:12:03 Startup - Number of PTS checks: 8
05/29/06 00:12:03 Starting new Frame Accurate Output Segment: start:0.000 (00:00:00.00), end:59889.900 (00:00:59.52)
05/29/06 00:12:03 >>> Video Buffer: Predecoding load, start:-1, end:4, count: 5, End videoPTS: 2677934.54
* 1, 0, V-PTS:2677884.49 (00:44:37.52), [ 0.01 (00:00:00.00 )], GOP, temporal: 0, pict:1, Diff:-2677884.48 P 21393 1501
...
* 5, 4, V-PTS:2677984.58 (00:44:37.58), [ 100.08 (00:00:00.06 )], GOP, temporal: 2, pict:1, Diff:-2677884.50 P 49168 4505
** End of Video buffer

05/29/06 00:12:03 >> Audio Buffer: Predecoding load, start:-1, end:1, count:2, End audioPTS:2677941.59
- 1, 0, A-PTS:2677909.59 (00:44:37.54), [ 0.01 (00:00:00.00)], PTS Diff: -2677909.58 1536
- 2, 1, A-PTS:2677941.59 (00:44:37.56), [ 32.01 (00:00:00.01)], PTS Diff: -2677909.58 1536
**End of Audio Buffer

05/29/06 00:12:03 Segment starts on a GOP, no decoding required.
05/29/06 00:12:03 >>> Video Buffer: Post decoding, start:-1, end:4, count: 5, End videoPTS: 2677934.54
* 1, 0, V-PTS:2677884.49 (00:44:37.52), [ 0.01 (00:00:00.00 )], GOP, temporal: 0, pict:1, Diff:-2677884.48 P 21393 1501
...
* 5, 4, V-PTS:2677984.60 (00:44:37.58), [ 100.08 (00:00:00.06 )], GOP, temporal: 2, pict:1, Diff:-2677884.52 P 49168 4507
** End of Video buffer

05/29/06 00:12:03 >>> Video Buffer: FA - first audio, start:-1, end:5, count: 6, End videoPTS: 2677951.22
* 1, 0, V-PTS:2677884.49 (00:44:37.52), [ 0.01 (00:00:00.00 )], GOP, temporal: 0, pict:1, Diff:-2677884.48 P 21393 1501
...
* 6, 5, V-PTS:2677951.22 (00:44:37.56), [ 66.72 (00:00:00.04 )], , temporal: 0, pict:3, Diff:-2677884.50 P 22002
** End of Video buffer

05/29/06 00:12:03 >> Audio Buffer: FA - first audio, start:-1, end:1, count:2, End audioPTS:2677941.59
- 1, 0, A-PTS:2677909.59 (00:44:37.54), [ 0.01 (00:00:00.00)], PTS Diff: -2677909.58 1536
- 2, 1, A-PTS:2677941.59 (00:44:37.56), [ 32.01 (00:00:00.01)], PTS Diff: -2677909.58 1536
**End of Audio Buffer

05/29/06 00:12:05 TS->PTS Underflow in: Video Stream @ PTS: 2700673.92 (00:45:00.39), Underflow: 2.23 msec, Count: 1
05/29/06 00:12:05 TS->PTS Underflow in: Video Stream @ PTS: 2700774.02 (00:45:00.45), Underflow: 4.82 msec, Count: 2
05/29/06 00:12:05 TS->Too many underflows. Aborting output.
05/29/06 00:12:05 Joiner, CMpegStreamExcept: Mpeg stream error: Transport Muxer Buffer Underflow, details in VideoReDo.log.
05/29/06 00:13:08 TS->Mux rate manually set to: 15.00000 Mbps
05/29/06 00:13:08 Advanced Stream Parameters:
Resync: Remove Audio
Max Audio Frame Erorrs: 32000
Double Video Buffer Memory: Yes
Skip Encoder Conformity Checks: Yes
Align Each VIdeo Frame To Pkt Boundary: No
Start Pkt Data On Word Boundary: No
Add Padding To Short Packets: No
Output PTS With Each Video Frame: Yes
Output PS Pack Header With All Packets: Yes
Elementary Stream Packet Length: 2028 (2028)
Program Stream Mux Rate (Mbps): 10.080
Maximum GOP Size: 0
Encoder Quality: High

[hdtv]

05/29/06 00:13:08 Program Information
File Name: U:\ready\LOST.221.¿.720p.DD5.1.ts
File Size: 3393316152 ( 3.16 GB )
Program Duration: 00:44:37.39
File Type: TS Stream
Encoding: MPEG 2
Video stream Id: 17 (x11)
Encoding Dimensions: 1280 x 720
Display Size: 1280 x 720
Aspect Ratio: 16/9
Frame Rate: 59.94 FPS
Bit Rate: 9.420 Mbps
VBV_Buffer: 578 KB
Profile: Main/High
Progressive: Progressive Only
Chroma: 4:2:0
Audio Format: 5.1
Audio Stream Id: AC3: 20 (x14)
Audio Bit Rate: 384 Kbps
Audio Sampling Rate: 48000 Hz

...

05/29/06 00:13:08 >> Audio Buffer: FA - first audio, start:-1, end:8, count:9, End audioPTS:526.10
- 1, 0, A-PTS: 270.10 (00:00:00.16), [ 0.01 (00:00:00.00)], PTS Diff: -270.09 1536
...
- 9, 8, A-PTS: 526.10 (00:00:00.31), [ 256.01 (00:00:00.15)], PTS Diff: -270.09 1536
**End of Audio Buffer

05/29/06 00:13:42 <><><> TS Mux Error: pre percolate buffer <><><>
Stream: , lastFree: 0, Packet Count: 1775079, PCR: 262870.82, MUX Rate: 15.00000, Underflow Count: 0
Buffer: Transport, Bytes: 0, Size: 0, ExitRate: 0, Count: 0, LastIn: 0
Buffer: Mux Buf, Bytes: 0, Size: 0, ExitRate: 0, Count: 0, LastIn: 0
Buffer: Elem Buf, Bytes: 0, Size: 0, ExitRate: 0, Count: 0, LastIn: 0

05/29/06 00:13:42 <><><> TS Mux Error: BufferOverflow in Percolate <><><>
Stream: Video Stream, lastFree: -131, Packet Count: 1775079, PCR: 262870.82, MUX Rate: 15.00000, Underflow Count: 0
Buffer: Transport, Bytes: 520, Size: 512, ExitRate: 10000000, Count: 1, LastIn: 188
0, 263366.27, Stored: 520, Out:512
Buffer: Mux Buf, Bytes: 13321, Size: 13333, ExitRate: 1236375, Count: 1, LastIn: 120
0, 263366.27, Stored: 13321, Out:13321
Buffer: Elem Buf, Bytes: 570635, Size: 591872, ExitRate: 0, Count: 30, LastIn: 123
0, 262882.46, Stored: 9931, Out:9931
1, 262899.13, Stored: 6987, Out:6987
2, 262915.82, Stored: 80776, Out:80776
3, 262932.50, Stored: 10299, Out:10299
4, 262949.19, Stored: 7539, Out:7539
5, 262965.87, Stored: 34592, Out:34592
6, 262982.56, Stored: 14347, Out:14347
7, 262999.23, Stored: 8459, Out:8459
8, 263015.92, Stored: 36432, Out:36432
9, 263032.60, Stored: 23363, Out:23363
10, 263049.29, Stored: 16923, Out:16923
11, 263065.97, Stored: 24472, Out:24472
12, 263082.66, Stored: 9011, Out:9011
13, 263099.33, Stored: 11219, Out:11219
14, 263116.02, Stored: 26128, Out:26128
15, 263132.70, Stored: 9747, Out:9747
16, 263149.39, Stored: 7171, Out:7171
17, 263166.07, Stored: 31464, Out:31464
18, 263182.76, Stored: 10667, Out:10667
19, 263199.43, Stored: 9563, Out:9563
20, 263216.12, Stored: 34776, Out:34776
21, 263232.80, Stored: 11035, Out:11035
22, 263249.49, Stored: 7355, Out:7355
23, 263266.17, Stored: 37168, Out:37168
24, 263282.86, Stored: 21523, Out:21523
25, 263299.53, Stored: 16739, Out:16739
26, 263316.22, Stored: 25760, Out:25760
27, 263332.90, Stored: 8827, Out:8827
28, 263349.59, Stored: 11403, Out:11403
29, 263366.27, Stored: 6959, Out:6959

05/29/06 00:13:42 Joiner, CMpegStreamExcept: Mpeg stream error: Transport Muxer Error, details in VideoReDo.log.
05/29/06 00:15:01 TS->Mux rate manually set to: 19.20000 Mbps
05/29/06 00:15:01 Advanced Stream Parameters:
Resync: Remove Audio
Max Audio Frame Erorrs: 32000
Double Video Buffer Memory: Yes
Skip Encoder Conformity Checks: Yes
Align Each VIdeo Frame To Pkt Boundary: No
Start Pkt Data On Word Boundary: No
Add Padding To Short Packets: No
Output PTS With Each Video Frame: Yes
Output PS Pack Header With All Packets: Yes
Elementary Stream Packet Length: 2028 (2028)
Program Stream Mux Rate (Mbps): 10.080
Maximum GOP Size: 0
Encoder Quality: High

05/29/06 00:15:01 Program Information
File Name: U:\ready\LOST.221.¿.720p.DD5.1.ts
File Size: 3393316152 ( 3.16 GB )
Program Duration: 00:44:37.39
File Type: TS Stream
Encoding: MPEG 2
Video stream Id: 17 (x11)
Encoding Dimensions: 1280 x 720
Display Size: 1280 x 720
Aspect Ratio: 16/9
Frame Rate: 59.94 FPS
Bit Rate: 9.420 Mbps
VBV_Buffer: 578 KB
Profile: Main/High
Progressive: Progressive Only
Chroma: 4:2:0
Audio Format: 5.1
Audio Stream Id: AC3: 20 (x14)
Audio Bit Rate: 384 Kbps
Audio Sampling Rate: 48000 Hz

05/29/06 00:15:01 Starting new Frame Accurate Output Segment: start:0.000 (00:00:00.00), end:2677658.600 (00:44:37.39)
05/29/06 00:15:01 >>> Video Buffer: Predecoding load, start:-1, end:24, count: 25, End videoPTS: 602.03
* 1, 0, V-PTS: 218.31 (00:00:00.13), [ 0.01 (00:00:00.00 )], GOP, temporal: 0, pict:1, Diff: -218.30 P 47153 1501
...
* 25, 24, V-PTS: 652.07 (00:00:00.39), [ 433.78 (00:00:00.26 )], GOP, temporal: 2, pict:1, Diff: -218.29 P 48741 6016
** End of Video buffer

...
05/29/06 00:15:40 <><><> TS Mux Error: pre percolate buffer <><><>
Stream: , lastFree: 0, Packet Count: 2938474, PCR: 435439.61, MUX Rate: 19.20000, Underflow Count: 0
Buffer: Transport, Bytes: 0, Size: 0, ExitRate: 0, Count: 0, LastIn: 0
Buffer: Mux Buf, Bytes: 0, Size: 0, ExitRate: 0, Count: 0, LastIn: 0
Buffer: Elem Buf, Bytes: 0, Size: 0, ExitRate: 0, Count: 0, LastIn: 0

05/29/06 00:15:40 <><><> TS Mux Error: BufferOverflow in Percolate <><><>
Stream: Video Stream, lastFree: -185, Packet Count: 2938474, PCR: 435439.61, MUX Rate: 19.20000, Underflow Count: 0
Buffer: Transport, Bytes: 601, Size: 512, ExitRate: 10000000, Count: 1, LastIn: 188
0, 435936.93, Stored: 601, Out:589
Buffer: Mux Buf, Bytes: 13325, Size: 13333, ExitRate: 1236375, Count: 2, LastIn: 94
0, 435920.24, Stored: 9314, Out:9314
1, 435936.93, Stored: 4011, Out:4011
Buffer: Elem Buf, Bytes: 572215, Size: 591872, ExitRate: 0, Count: 29, LastIn: 96
0, 435453.11, Stored: 6987, Out:6987
1, 435469.80, Stored: 38088, Out:38088
2, 435486.48, Stored: 10115, Out:10115
3, 435503.17, Stored: 10667, Out:10667
4, 435519.84, Stored: 37904, Out:37904
5, 435536.53, Stored: 12507, Out:12507
6, 435553.21, Stored: 6987, Out:6987
7, 435569.90, Stored: 59064, Out:59064
8, 435586.58, Stored: 24283, Out:24283
9, 435603.27, Stored: 20419, Out:20419
10, 435619.94, Stored: 29624, Out:29624
11, 435636.63, Stored: 5699, Out:5699
12, 435653.31, Stored: 11587, Out:11587
13, 435670.00, Stored: 28888, Out:28888
14, 435686.68, Stored: 12691, Out:12691
15, 435703.37, Stored: 8827, Out:8827
16, 435720.04, Stored: 34960, Out:34960
17, 435736.73, Stored: 12691, Out:12691
18, 435753.41, Stored: 7539, Out:7539
19, 435770.10, Stored: 34040, Out:34040
20, 435786.78, Stored: 14531, Out:14531
21, 435803.47, Stored: 6619, Out:6619
22, 435820.14, Stored: 34040, Out:34040
23, 435836.83, Stored: 18763, Out:18763
24, 435853.51, Stored: 14347, Out:14347
25, 435870.20, Stored: 28520, Out:28520
26, 435886.88, Stored: 6987, Out:6987
27, 435903.57, Stored: 12139, Out:12139
28, 435920.24, Stored: 22702, Out:22702

05/29/06 00:15:40 Joiner, CMpegStreamExcept: Mpeg stream error: Transport Muxer Error, details in VideoReDo.log.
05/29/06 00:17:27 TS->Mux rate manually set to: 20.00000 Mbps
05/29/06 00:17:28 Advanced Stream Parameters:
Resync: Remove Audio
Max Audio Frame Erorrs: 32000
Double Video Buffer Memory: Yes
Skip Encoder Conformity Checks: Yes
Align Each VIdeo Frame To Pkt Boundary: No
Start Pkt Data On Word Boundary: No
Add Padding To Short Packets: No
Output PTS With Each Video Frame: Yes
Output PS Pack Header With All Packets: Yes
Elementary Stream Packet Length: 2028 (2028)
Program Stream Mux Rate (Mbps): 10.080
Maximum GOP Size: 0
Encoder Quality: High

05/29/06 00:17:28 Program Information
File Name: U:\ready\LOST.221.¿.720p.DD5.1.ts
File Size: 3393316152 ( 3.16 GB )
Program Duration: 00:44:37.39
File Type: TS Stream
Encoding: MPEG 2
Video stream Id: 17 (x11)
Encoding Dimensions: 1280 x 720
Display Size: 1280 x 720
Aspect Ratio: 16/9
Frame Rate: 59.94 FPS
Bit Rate: 9.420 Mbps
VBV_Buffer: 578 KB
Profile: Main/High
Progressive: Progressive Only
Chroma: 4:2:0
Audio Format: 5.1
Audio Stream Id: AC3: 20 (x14)
Audio Bit Rate: 384 Kbps
Audio Sampling Rate: 48000 Hz

[hdtv]

...
05/29/06 00:21:30 Buffer status: Frame Accurate: No Final Encode, #2, U:\ready\LOST.221.¿.720p.DD5.1.ts
VideoBuffer Pointers, start:237 end:237
AudioBuffer Pointers, start:218 end:218, Frame errors:0
Segment Start (sec):0.000 End:2677.659 Length:2677.659
Video Frames: 160494 (2676.683 sec), Audio Frames: 83675 (2677.600 sec)
Current VideoPTS: 2677769.13, Audio PTS:2677778.91, diff: -9.78
At Start: Video PTS: 2677752.44, Audio PTS:2677778.91, diff: -26.47
SOB original PTS: video: 2677541.81, Audio: 2677568.01, diff: -26.20
At EOB: Video PTS: 2677752.44, Audio PTS:2677778.91, diff: -26.47
EOB original PTS: video: 2677541.81, Audio: 2677568.01, diff: -26.20
Audio Video Sync: -0.54

05/29/06 00:21:30 Opening file: U:\ready\LOST.221.¿.720p.DD5.1.END_SECTION.ts, filetype is: MPEG2 TS PIDs: x21 / x24
05/29/06 00:21:30 Startup - Number of PTS checks: 8
05/29/06 00:21:30 Starting new Frame Accurate Output Segment: start:0.000 (00:00:00.00), end:59889.900 (00:00:59.52)
05/29/06 00:21:30 >>> Video Buffer: Predecoding load, start:-1, end:4, count: 5, End videoPTS: 2677835.87
* 1, 0, V-PTS:2677785.81 (00:44:37.46), [ 0.01 (00:00:00.00 )], GOP, temporal: 0, pict:1, Diff:-2677785.80 P 21393 1501
...
* 5, 4, V-PTS:2677885.90 (00:44:37.52), [ 100.08 (00:00:00.06 )], GOP, temporal: 2, pict:1, Diff:-2677785.82 P 49168 4505
** End of Video buffer

05/29/06 00:21:30 >> Audio Buffer: Predecoding load, start:-1, end:1, count:2, End audioPTS:2677842.91
- 1, 0, A-PTS:2677810.91 (00:44:37.48), [ 0.01 (00:00:00.00)], PTS Diff: -2677810.90 1536
- 2, 1, A-PTS:2677842.91 (00:44:37.50), [ 32.01 (00:00:00.01)], PTS Diff: -2677810.90 1536
**End of Audio Buffer

05/29/06 00:21:30 Segment starts on a GOP, no decoding required.
05/29/06 00:21:30 >>> Video Buffer: Post decoding, start:-1, end:4, count: 5, End videoPTS: 2677835.87
* 1, 0, V-PTS:2677785.81 (00:44:37.46), [ 0.01 (00:00:00.00 )], GOP, temporal: 0, pict:1, Diff:-2677785.80 P 21393 1501
...
* 5, 4, V-PTS:2677885.92 (00:44:37.52), [ 100.08 (00:00:00.06 )], GOP, temporal: 2, pict:1, Diff:-2677785.84 P 49168 4507
** End of Video buffer

05/29/06 00:21:30 >>> Video Buffer: FA - first audio, start:-1, end:5, count: 6, End videoPTS: 2677852.54
* 1, 0, V-PTS:2677785.81 (00:44:37.46), [ 0.01 (00:00:00.00 )], GOP, temporal: 0, pict:1, Diff:-2677785.80 P 21393 1501
...
* 6, 5, V-PTS:2677852.54 (00:44:37.50), [ 66.72 (00:00:00.04 )], , temporal: 0, pict:3, Diff:-2677785.82 P 22002
** End of Video buffer

05/29/06 00:21:30 >> Audio Buffer: FA - first audio, start:-1, end:1, count:2, End audioPTS:2677842.91
- 1, 0, A-PTS:2677810.91 (00:44:37.48), [ 0.01 (00:00:00.00)], PTS Diff: -2677810.90 1536
- 2, 1, A-PTS:2677842.91 (00:44:37.50), [ 32.01 (00:00:00.01)], PTS Diff: -2677810.90 1536
**End of Audio Buffer

05/29/06 00:21:32 TS->PTS Underflow in: Video Stream @ PTS: 2697071.74 (00:44:57.03), Underflow: 1.21 msec, Count: 1
05/29/06 00:21:32 TS->PTS Underflow in: Video Stream @ PTS: 2697572.24 (00:44:57.33), Underflow: 2.64 msec, Count: 2
05/29/06 00:21:32 TS->Too many underflows. Aborting output.
05/29/06 00:21:32 Joiner, CMpegStreamExcept: Mpeg stream error: Transport Muxer Buffer Underflow, details in VideoReDo.log.
05/29/06 00:21:55 TS -> PAT shows program number: 1, PMT PID: x20
05/29/06 00:21:55 TS->program Info Descriptor: PID: 21, Program Number: 1, Stream Type: 2
05/29/06 00:21:55 TS->program Info Descriptor: PID: 24, Program Number: 1, Stream Type:81
05/29/06 00:21:55 TS -> Program MAP, Program: 1, stream_type:x2, elem PID: x21, Desc: MPEG2 Video
05/29/06 00:21:55 TS -> Program MAP, Program: 1, stream_type:x81, elem PID: x24, Desc: AC-3 Audio
05/29/06 00:21:55 TS->program Info Descriptor: PID: 21, Program Number: 1, Stream Type: 2
05/29/06 00:21:55 TS->program Info Descriptor: PID: 24, Program Number: 1, Stream Type:81
05/29/06 00:21:55 TS->program Info Descriptor: PID: 21, Program Number: 1, Stream Type: 2
05/29/06 00:21:55 TS->program Info Descriptor: PID: 24, Program Number: 1, Stream Type:81
05/29/06 00:21:55

***** Loading: U:\ready\LOST.221.¿.720p.DD5.1.END_SECTION.ts


05/29/06 00:21:55 HDTV material detected, switching on YUV acceleration, width: 1280, height: 720
05/29/06 00:21:56 Display open status: Using YUV with overlays.
05/29/06 00:22:32 TS -> PAT shows program number: 1, PMT PID: x20
05/29/06 00:22:32 TS->program Info Descriptor: PID: 21, Program Number: 1, Stream Type: 2
05/29/06 00:22:32 TS->program Info Descriptor: PID: 24, Program Number: 1, Stream Type:81
05/29/06 00:22:32 TS -> Program MAP, Program: 1, stream_type:x2, elem PID: x21, Desc: MPEG2 Video
05/29/06 00:22:32 TS -> Program MAP, Program: 1, stream_type:x81, elem PID: x24, Desc: AC-3 Audio
05/29/06 00:22:32 TS->program Info Descriptor: PID: 21, Program Number: 1, Stream Type: 2
05/29/06 00:22:32 TS->program Info Descriptor: PID: 24, Program Number: 1, Stream Type:81
05/29/06 00:22:32 TS->program Info Descriptor: PID: 21, Program Number: 1, Stream Type: 2
05/29/06 00:22:32 TS->program Info Descriptor: PID: 24, Program Number: 1, Stream Type:81
05/29/06 00:22:32 Opening: U:\ready\LOST.221.¿.720p.DD5.1.END_SECTION.ts in QuickStream Fix Mode.
05/29/06 00:22:32 Opening file: U:\ready\LOST.221.¿.720p.DD5.1.END_SECTION.ts, filetype is: MPEG2 TS PIDs: x21 / x24
05/29/06 00:22:32 Opening: U:\ready\LOST.221.¿.720p.DD5.1.END_SECTION.ts in QuickStream Fix Mode.
05/29/06 00:22:32 Advanced Stream Parameters:
Resync: Remove Audio
Max Audio Frame Erorrs: 32000
Double Video Buffer Memory: Yes
Skip Encoder Conformity Checks: Yes
Align Each VIdeo Frame To Pkt Boundary: No
Start Pkt Data On Word Boundary: No
Add Padding To Short Packets: No
Output PTS With Each Video Frame: Yes
Output PS Pack Header With All Packets: Yes
Elementary Stream Packet Length: 2028 (2028)
Program Stream Mux Rate (Mbps): 10.080
Maximum GOP Size: 0
Encoder Quality: High

05/29/06 00:22:33 Program Information
File Name: U:\ready\LOST.221.¿.720p.DD5.1.END_SECTION.ts
File Size: 80312660 ( 0.07 GB )
Program Duration: 00:00:00.00
File Type: TS Stream
Encoding: MPEG 2
Video stream Id: 33 (x21)
Encoding Dimensions: 1280 x 720
Display Size: 1280 x 720
Aspect Ratio: 16/9
Frame Rate: 59.94 FPS
Bit Rate: 10.000 Mbps
VBV_Buffer: 448 KB
Profile: Main/High
Progressive: Progressive Only
Chroma: 4:2:0
Audio Format: 2.0
Audio Stream Id: AC3: 36 (x24)
Audio Bit Rate: 384 Kbps
Audio Sampling Rate: 48000 Hz

05/29/06 00:22:33 Starting new Frame Accurate Output Segment: start:0.000 (00:00:00.00), end:102481911520608.610 (-165917:-39:-44.36)
05/29/06 00:22:33 QuickStream fix flag is ON.
05/29/06 00:22:33 >>> Video Buffer: Predecoding load, start:-1, end:4, count: 5, End videoPTS: 250.06
* 1, 0, V-PTS: 200.00 (00:00:00.11), [ 142.62 (00:00:00.08 )], GOP, temporal: 0, pict:1, Diff: -57.38 P 21393 1501
...
* 5, 4, V-PTS: 300.09 (00:00:00.17), [ 242.69 (00:00:00.14 )], GOP, temporal: 2, pict:1, Diff: -57.40 P 49168 4505
** End of Video buffer

05/29/06 00:22:33 >> Audio Buffer: Predecoding load, start:-1, end:1, count:2, End audioPTS:232.00
- 1, 0, A-PTS: 200.00 (00:00:00.11), [ 142.62 (00:00:00.08)], PTS Diff: -57.38 1536
- 2, 1, A-PTS: 232.00 (00:00:00.13), [ 174.62 (00:00:00.10)], PTS Diff: -57.38 1536
**End of Audio Buffer

05/29/06 00:22:33 Segment starts on a GOP, no decoding required.
05/29/06 00:22:33 >>> Video Buffer: Post decoding, start:-1, end:4, count: 5, End videoPTS: 250.06
* 1, 0, V-PTS: 200.00 (00:00:00.11), [ 142.62 (00:00:00.08 )], GOP, temporal: 0, pict:1, Diff: -57.38 P 21393 1501
...
* 5, 4, V-PTS: 300.11 (00:00:00.17), [ 242.69 (00:00:00.14 )], GOP, temporal: 2, pict:1, Diff: -57.42 P 49168 4507
** End of Video buffer

05/29/06 00:22:33 >>> Video Buffer: FA - first audio, start:-1, end:5, count: 6, End videoPTS: 266.73
* 1, 0, V-PTS: 200.00 (00:00:00.11), [ 142.62 (00:00:00.08 )], GOP, temporal: 0, pict:1, Diff: -57.38 P 21393 1501
...
* 6, 5, V-PTS: 266.73 (00:00:00.15), [ 209.33 (00:00:00.12 )], , temporal: 0, pict:3, Diff: -57.40 P 22002
** End of Video buffer

05/29/06 00:22:33 >> Audio Buffer: FA - first audio, start:-1, end:1, count:2, End audioPTS:232.00
- 1, 0, A-PTS: 200.00 (00:00:00.11), [ 142.62 (00:00:00.08)], PTS Diff: -57.38 1536
- 2, 1, A-PTS: 232.00 (00:00:00.13), [ 174.62 (00:00:00.10)], PTS Diff: -57.38 1536
**End of Audio Buffer

05/29/06 00:22:40 >>> Video Buffer: Segment end, start:239, end:4, count: 21, End videoPTS: 60059.80
* 1, 240, V-PTS: 59759.50 (00:00:59.45), [ 59682.29 (00:00:59.40 )], GOP, temporal: 2, pict:1, Diff: -77.21 P 64340 4504
...
* 21, 4, V-PTS: 60043.12 (00:01:00.02), [ 59965.81 (00:00:59.57 )], , temporal: 1, pict:3, Diff: -77.31 P 10158
** End of Video buffer

05/29/06 00:22:40 >>> Video Buffer: At EOS, No final Encode, start:239, end:4, count: 21, End videoPTS: 60059.80
* 1, 240, V-PTS: 59759.50 (00:00:59.45), [ 59682.29 (00:00:59.40 )], GOP, temporal: 2, pict:1, Diff: -77.21 P 64340 4504
...
* 21, 4, V-PTS: 60043.12 (00:01:00.02), [ 59965.81 (00:00:59.57 )], , temporal: 1, pict:3, Diff: -77.31 P 10158
** End of Video buffer

[hdtv]

Sorry for the long log

[johnk]

Have you tried setting the "Output Mux Rate" to "Automatic" and increasing the number of samples to 16 - 20 or more?

Also with a MyHD, you generally need to save as .ts, not .mpg for gracefull playback.

These two things have worked for me (just edited "Toy Story" that had all the SD filler from ABC)


Yes, that made a huge difference, setting Automatic in the Transport Stream pref category and saving as TS. The video is still not perfect, but no jerkiness anymore. I'll play around with it and post my results later (and try with an older version for comparison).

Thanks!

[CharlesC]

Pat, there were a number of unanswered questions raised in this post that have perhaps again been buried in long logs.
Could you please comment on them? Thanks.



There were a couple of questions perhaps a bit lost in all the detail.

Having run the QSF on the file, and having made the 100,000+ corrections, is that file OK in terms of quality? What was done to it with VRD fixing it?
Also, if the error was because the bitrate exceeded the header bitrate, why didn't the problem go away when I upped the header bitrate in the Save As options?
Thanks.

[phd]

It may not play back correctly if the bitrate in sections of the file exceed the header bitrate.

How many errors did you get the second time around with upping the header bitrate. Remember, this is the average bitrate displayed in the output complete not the maximum found in the files.