As an additional comment... Current version of mjpegtools expects a different parameter from the one that kmediafactory is invoking as can be seem on this error log:
Preparing file(s) for BBC.Horizon.2005.The.Hawking.Paradox Generating menus Menu: Main 1 Menu: Chapter Page 1 1 Menu: Chapter Page 1 2 Making menu mpegs Menu: Main 1 **ERROR: [ppmtoy4m] Unknown subsampling mode option: 420_mpeg2 **ERROR: [ppmtoy4m] For usage hints, use option '-h'. Please take a hint. INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING EXTENDED MMX for MOTION! INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING SSE and MMX for TRANSFORM! INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING EXTENDED MMX for PREDICTION! **ERROR: [mpeg2enc] Could not read YUV4MPEG2 header: system error (failed read/write)! Conversion error. The options supported by ppmtoy4m are: #ppmtoy4m -h usage: ppmtoy4m [options] [ppm-file] Reads RAW PPM image(s), and produces YUV4MPEG2 stream on stdout. Converts computer graphics R'G'B' colorspace to digital video Y'CbCr, and performs chroma subsampling. If 'ppm-file' is not specified, reads from stdin. options: (defaults specified in []) -o n frame offset (skip n input frames) [0] -n n frame count (output n frames; 0 == all of them) [0] -F n:d framerate [30000:1001 = NTSC] -A w:h pixel aspect ratio [1:1] -I x interlacing [p] p = none/progressive t = top-field-first b = bottom-field-first -L treat PPM images as 2-field interleaved -r repeat last input frame -S mode chroma subsampling mode [444] '420jpeg' -> 4:2:0 JPEG/MPEG-1 (interstitial) '420mpeg2' -> 4:2:0 MPEG-2 (horiz. cositing) '444' -> 4:4:4 (no subsampling) -v n verbosity (0,1,2) [1] -B PPM image is packed with BGR pixels [RGB] Kmediafactory 0.5.2 was released on 19/06/2006, maybe upgrading will fix the problem? -- kmediafactory seems to depend on mjpegtools to work. https://launchpad.net/bugs/40628 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs