This page describes known bugs and their work-arounds for tovid.
tovid 0.30
tovid GUI: DVD does not burn
When making a DVD with the GUI, the author process fails on the Burn tab with:
STAT: Processing -noask... ERR: Error opening -noask: No such file or directory
This is a GUI bug and can be fixed by editing the xml file created in the process. You don't need to re-encode your videos or remake your menus.
Work around
Look for an xml file named after your disc (if you didn't change the disc settings, it will most likely be called "Untitled_disc.xml" and will be in /tmp). Remove these lines (5-13):
<titleset>
<titles>
<video />
<pgc>
<vob file="-noask" chapters="0" />
<post>call menu;</post>
</pgc>
</titles>
</titleset>
and re-author and burn with:
makedvd -author -burn -device DEVICE XML_FILE
changing DEVICE and XML_FILE to suit your needs.
When using makemenu, the process fails with:
Creating 4-second silent ac3 audio... expr: syntax error /usr/local/bin/makemenu: line 778: test: -eq: unary operator expected Converting menu image to video. This may take a while... Multiplexing video and audio streams... Adding the DVD buttons to menu... /usr/local/bin/makemenu: line 816: /media/sda3/300/menu.0/menu.mpg: No such file or directory Cleaning up... ========================================================= It looks like something went wrong, because there is no output file. Please submit a bug report on the tovid homepage: add -debug to your command (makemenu -debug ...) and post the log file and terminal output. Sorry for the inconvenience. http://www.tovid.org
This is most likely caused by an update in ffmpeg syntax, which is more strict. This was fixed on 26 March 2007 in subversion revision 2034.
Workaround
Either use a slightly older ffmpeg that recognizes the syntax; or edit makemenu lines 758 and 765, changing -ab 224 to -ab 224k