DVDA 5 b150 not working

habed wrote on 8/18/2011, 5:43 PM

First, let me mention that I've being working with VMS and DVDA for 4 or 5 years now.

I always render my videos as .avi both the ones I create in VMS and ohers created in Blufftitler and ProShow Producer and had never have a problem. Never.

2 Days ago I upgraded to VMS Platinum 11 and DVDA 5. Yesterday a customer called me to ask me for a copy of their wedding DVD because they wanted to give it to someone on the family. I'm telling you because the first 2 DVDs I delivered to them last friday I made using the exact same files types as always and using VMS 10 and DVDA.

As a note, because I have looked in the internet, I need to make it clear that I haven't installed any codecs. My computer is the same as it was before the upgrade. No program has been installed or upgraded between the last time I used VMS 10 and the first time I try to use VMS 11.

The thing is, as soon as I start to create the video using the same files used for the DVD already delivered it stops and send the unsopported file message. But it won't point to which file is unsopported. Altough, since it states a "writting problem" seems more like a problem creating the output file than reading the files.

I saw that another guy solved this by getting DVDA Pro, but I don't think that I should pay more for something that I already paid for and that always has worked for me until now.

Definetly there's something wrong with DVDA 5 and I really need to fix it now because my customers can't wait.

Sorry I posted this long but I wanted to answer in advance all the questions made to people with the same problem in this and other forums. And none has been solved but the person who purchased the Pro version.

Thank you

Comments

Steve Mann wrote on 8/18/2011, 5:59 PM

"I always render my videos as .avi both the ones I create in VMS and ohers created in Blufftitler and ProShow Producer and had never have a problem."

Why avi when the proper file for DVD is MPEG2 and AC3? You encode the compliant MPEG and AC3 files in VMS (in the "render as" menu and use a DVDA template) then use DVDA to make the menus and prepare the VIDEO_TS folder and finally to burn the DVD's.

AlanADale wrote on 8/19/2011, 12:25 AM

Without wishing to drag this thread off topic too much I have a question regarding the rendering from VMSP. Let me first explain the situation and then the question will hopefully become more understandable.

After watching a Sony DVDA webinar I am hoping that in the future to become somewhat more creative with the buttons in DVDA and to achieve this the webinar advises rendering 2 separate files from VMSP.............an mpeg2 file and a separate ac3 file. Even when doing this it is obvious that by rendering out the mpeg2 file first and then opening it in another application (say VLC player) that the mpeg2 file also contains audio because audio can be heard.

So the first question is - in what format is this audio file?

OK, moving on - if I now bring into DVDA both the VMSP rendered files (mpeg2, ac3) and drop them into the project window of DVDA I now obviously have 2 files ....... the mpeg2 file with whatever audio file it contains plus the ac3 file.

The question now is, when I come to burn the DVD does DVDA recognise that the project window contains 2 different audio files and automatically selects the ac3 audio file disregarding the audio file of whatever format that is embedded within the mpeg2 file when the DVD is created?

GaryDZ wrote on 8/21/2011, 10:09 AM

The mpeg2 file should not have embedded audio. When you choose "Main Concept MPEG-2" be sure you choose the proper template for a DVD. (I use "DVD Architect NTSC widescreen video stream".) You can confirm that there is no audio stream by choosing the "Custom" button and selecting the "Audio" tab.

When I go to Render As, the template I use has an equal sign (=) next to it. This denotes that my Project Properties matches my render settings.

PeterDuke wrote on 8/23/2011, 7:44 AM

I use DVDA Pro, not Studio, so don't know if they behave the same. I seem to recall with an older version, if you presented DVDA with a combined video and audio file, DVDA would accept it but rerender the audio. With the latest version it just ignores any audio with the video and you must provide a suitable separate audio file to get audio.

rabsamir wrote on 8/23/2011, 9:02 AM

I've had problems w/ b150 (no sound and a warning about FILE.ac3) Not only MS11 but also an older MS10
I installed Build 128 back and everything seems to be working properly now
My two cents

TOG62 wrote on 8/23/2011, 9:02 AM

I suppose it depends upon the source, but I regularly create combined video with AC3 audio from another editor and DVDAS has no trouble with it.