I created a project about 3 years ago - my first somewhat complicated one.
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As I now have 3 years more experience and a particle generater, I wanted to make the menus more like I had originally envisioned them. Also, I wanted to correct some navagation problems I have learned how to get around.
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This project is has 2 video streams, AC3 audio and 2 sub titles - it is about 50 min long.
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I updated some of the clips in stream 1 (more things I had learned over time). And added 2 seconds of black to the end of both streams (for the navagation corrections) - both streams are the same length.
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Rendered both streams with Vegas 8.0 as uncompressed AVI.
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Created the DVD with DVDA4.5 in Vista 32. Which took about 2 hours. Came back to a box saying: "Warning: An error occurred while writing a file.
Invalid data was encountered when processing an MPEG file."
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As the only MPEG files I had were 4 separate short ones, I copied the project, deleted the main 2 video stream item (and audio and sub titles) and created the DVD - all was OK. What was left played back OK with Windows Media Player.
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Next I copied the project and deleted the second video stream - all was again OK. Another copy of the project and remove the first video stream (requires deleting the second stream and replacing the first with the second video - you can't delete the first video strem!) Again, all was OK.
So thought it might be DVDA45 (I had a problem with multiple video streams and chapters a while back and it took me a year to convence Sony there was a problem - they fixed it the next version (with no mention in the release notes). So, I created a short (6 sec.) 2 video stream with 2 chapters - that worked OK.
Next I tried it with DVDA5 in Vista 64 on the same PC - took 3 hours this time, but with the same message. (Took longer??? Yes, it did!)
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Next I went to another PC and tried with DVDA4.0b (created the original on that). It took 3 1/2 hours (partly because it was going across a GIGA bit switch). But got the same message again.
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I had been watching it during the last 2 tries and saw it was in the 'processing 41 of 47 video items' part and about 80% done.
#41 was taking the most tme so I gathered it was for the main 50 min. item (building the multiple angle part).
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So, as the MPEGs I had (created by Vegas by the way) worked OK and each stream worked OK, I can only gather that the MPEG it's talking about is the one DVDA is creating.
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Any idea as to what to try next? Or how I can 'fix' it?
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Thanks for any comments.
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Paul Masters
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As I now have 3 years more experience and a particle generater, I wanted to make the menus more like I had originally envisioned them. Also, I wanted to correct some navagation problems I have learned how to get around.
.
This project is has 2 video streams, AC3 audio and 2 sub titles - it is about 50 min long.
.
I updated some of the clips in stream 1 (more things I had learned over time). And added 2 seconds of black to the end of both streams (for the navagation corrections) - both streams are the same length.
.
Rendered both streams with Vegas 8.0 as uncompressed AVI.
.
Created the DVD with DVDA4.5 in Vista 32. Which took about 2 hours. Came back to a box saying: "Warning: An error occurred while writing a file.
Invalid data was encountered when processing an MPEG file."
.
As the only MPEG files I had were 4 separate short ones, I copied the project, deleted the main 2 video stream item (and audio and sub titles) and created the DVD - all was OK. What was left played back OK with Windows Media Player.
.
Next I copied the project and deleted the second video stream - all was again OK. Another copy of the project and remove the first video stream (requires deleting the second stream and replacing the first with the second video - you can't delete the first video strem!) Again, all was OK.
So thought it might be DVDA45 (I had a problem with multiple video streams and chapters a while back and it took me a year to convence Sony there was a problem - they fixed it the next version (with no mention in the release notes). So, I created a short (6 sec.) 2 video stream with 2 chapters - that worked OK.
Next I tried it with DVDA5 in Vista 64 on the same PC - took 3 hours this time, but with the same message. (Took longer??? Yes, it did!)
.
Next I went to another PC and tried with DVDA4.0b (created the original on that). It took 3 1/2 hours (partly because it was going across a GIGA bit switch). But got the same message again.
.
I had been watching it during the last 2 tries and saw it was in the 'processing 41 of 47 video items' part and about 80% done.
#41 was taking the most tme so I gathered it was for the main 50 min. item (building the multiple angle part).
.
So, as the MPEGs I had (created by Vegas by the way) worked OK and each stream worked OK, I can only gather that the MPEG it's talking about is the one DVDA is creating.
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Any idea as to what to try next? Or how I can 'fix' it?
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Thanks for any comments.
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Paul Masters