HELP

Bprisk wrote on 3/8/2004, 2:56 AM
When ever I try to make a movie (regaurdless of format i.e. mpeg, avi) I get an error thats says "An error occured while creating the media file. The reson fro the error could not me determined."

I tried to make an mpeg file o fthe movie to both my hard drive and my DVD burner (Sony DRU-510A) and my CD-R Burner but get the same error. Please help as I can not burn any movies!!!!!!!

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Roadkyng wrote on 3/8/2004, 8:53 AM
What other programs are running at the same time and what are your system specs.
Does this error occur immediately after selecting "Make Movie" or after rendering is complete and it initiates the save?

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Bprisk wrote on 3/8/2004, 4:03 PM
I close everything including my anti-virus and spamgaurd. THe error occures almost immediatley after selecting make a movie. I am running WinXP Pro, 3.06 Intel Pentioum 4, 2 gig memory, Nvidia GeForce 5600, Creative Audigy2 sound card.
IanG wrote on 3/9/2004, 12:54 AM
I've not seen this error, but you could check that all the file locations, including temp files, are valid. You could also check the system log for errors.

Ian G.
MStar wrote on 3/9/2004, 1:23 AM

try re-install MS.
could be miss located some sys file.

Des
Roadkyng wrote on 3/10/2004, 6:36 AM
I agree with MStar. The fact it is occuring immediately after selecting 'Make Movie' tells me the program is missing a sys file, codec or other needed app. When you delete the program, make sure you go into your registry file and delete all of the associated keys. I would search the knowledgebase and find out if there are any articles on how to do a clean install. I would also do a clean install on MyDVD if you installed it. I had to do a clean install on that program due to conflicts it caused with other software (the other software WinDVR was acting up). There is a lengthy list of registry keys to delete for MyDVD. Send me an email at racerp51@comcast.net if you want the tech response I received on the subject. One thing to note, if you are reluctant to editing the registry - don't. Just be prepared to reload the entire computer if you get it corrupted. I Ghost my entire system once a month for the inevitable crash fix.
Bprisk wrote on 3/10/2004, 11:56 AM
OK, I uninstalled every thing and reinstalled it and I get the same error but what I now notice is that it is only when I try to create a video in MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Format.
JReed wrote on 3/11/2004, 4:18 AM
Racer, if you get a chance would you email me info on "Ghosting" my system. I need some kind of backup in anticipation of the inevitable crash. I'm running Windows XP Pro, IBM Intellistation 1.6mhz, 1 gig ram. You can email me at direx3d@mindspring.com

I appreciate it.
John Reed
Roadkyng wrote on 3/11/2004, 10:11 AM
Hi John,
I'll answer here first for the list's benefit.

Ghost is a program by Norton that does virtual images of your hard drives. These images can be stored on other hard drives, CD's or DVD's. When started, the program restarts the computer in DOS mode so all system files are free when the program is running.
I have two drives in my system - 60gig and 80 gig. The 60 gig drive is partitioned with C set at 10 gig and a D drive at the rest. I install all programs in the D partition with Windows residing in the C partition. The 80 gig drive is my PVR / video drive that I reformat after completetion of my projects.

I just did a ghost of my C and D drives that stored a total of 10 gig of data on three DVD's. I use DVD+RW discs as they burn faster (4x) than -R discs. It took a total of 1.5 hours to do the backup. Restores are easy. This method also works for imaging hard drives to duplicate installations. Handy if you rebuild your system and install new drives.

Ghost is $50 to $60 depending on where you buy. There are other products out there as well, but I have had good luck with Norton's product.

Drop me a line at racerp51@comcast.net if you need additional info.

Cheers
Racer