I spent the morning struggling to burn a DVD and encountering an error message: DVDA had an error reading an MPEG file. This was as the Prepare Module was creating the 13th video obect of 20.

It turns out that one of the MPEG2 files I had burned in Vegas 10.0e was not to its liking.

The file in question included a track with another MPEG2 that had been burned in Vegas 10.0 (I don't know which alpha revision). I looked at the file in Media Info, and the only difference I can see between this rogue MPG2 and what I am producing today is the bitrates - they are lower on the rogue than on the MPEG2 I am producing today.

Removed the MPG2 from the Vegas project, redid the content, and rendered out ... all is well.

                                          Rogue MPEG2     OK MPEG2

General		

CompleteName                     	 : J:\VegasSou...: S:\Render\DogPak

Format                           	 : MPEG-PS	 : MPEG-PS

FileSize/String                  	 : 56.9 MiB	 : 82.4 MiB

Duration/String                  	 : 1mn 46s	 : 1mn 50s

OverallBitRate/String            	 : 4 504 Kbps	 : 6 284 Kbps

		

Video		

ID/String                        	 : 224 (0xE0)	 : 224 (0xE0)

Format                           	 : MPEG Video	 : MPEG Video

Format_Version                   	 : Version 2	 : Version 2

Format_Profile                   	 : Main@Main	 : Main@Main

Format_Settings_BVOP/String      	 : Yes	 : Yes

Format_Settings_Matrix/String    	 : Default	 : Default

Format_Settings_GOP              	 : M=3, N=15	 : M=3, N=15

Duration/String                  	 : 1mn 46s	 : 1mn 50s

BitRate_Mode/String              	 : Variable	 : Variable

BitRate/String                   	 : 4 414 Kbps	 : 6 159 Kbps

BitRate_Nominal/String           	 : 9 500 Kbps	 : 9 500 Kbps

Width/String                     	 : 720 pixels	 : 720 pixels

Height/String                    	 : 480 pixels	 : 480 pixels

DisplayAspectRatio/String        	 : 4:3	 : 4:3

FrameRate/String                 	 : 29.970 fps	 : 29.970 fps

Standard                         	 : NTSC	 : NTSC

ColorSpace                       	 : YUV	 : YUV

ChromaSubsampling                	 : 4:2:0	 : 4:2:0

BitDepth/String                  	 : 8 bits	 : 8 bits

ScanType/String                  	 : Interlaced	 : Interlaced

ScanOrder/String                 	 : Bottom Field First	 : Bottom Field First

Compression_Mode/String          	 : Lossy	 : Lossy

Bits-(Pixel*Frame)               	 : 0.426	 : 0.595

StreamSize/String                	 : 55.8 MiB (98%) : 80.8 MiB (98%)

The forum software really butchers table formats. Trying code tags. Much nicer.