HELP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RafalK wrote on 12/14/2004, 5:02 AM

I never had any problems with DVDA until recently.
I have just completed a wedding video and it's about 2 hours 7 minutes long. As I have done for the last few years, I render the file to an AVI and than use it inside the DVDA. Everytime I burn a DVD the operation times out during the burning of lead out. The message I get is:
'SFMMCX'-(17)
'atapi'-(1)
-'_NEC DVD+RW ND-1100A 10GE'-(0)
Module mmc.cpp Line 1262

Status: 00000000
Command:
Sense: 00 00 00
Info: 00 00 00 00
Specific: 00 00 00
Extra:

I know this might be pointing to the DVD drive itself but here is a twist. This happenes on one particular project only. I have other projects I've done, projects of same length and they burn just fine, but this one for some reason refuses. Help folks, what gives?????
This is what I tried so far:
1 I tried rendering directly to mpeg2 and audio to AC3 and than using it in DVDA
2.I rerendered the project and tried the new file
3. I moved the whole project to another drive and rerendered everything to the new drive
4.I prayed a lot and drank heavily
5 I upgraded the firmware on the DVD drive
6. I bought another drive (external SONY which after loading it into the system actually started crashing Vegas)

Anyone? SONY?

Comments

ScottW wrote on 12/14/2004, 5:26 AM

Out of curiosity, if you total up the file sizes of all the files in the VIDEO_TS folder, how large are they?

Have you tried some other burning software to see if it also has problems, such as Nero or CopyToDVD (you can pick up a fully functional trial version of CopyToDVD)?

While you say you have other projects of similar length that burned fine, have you tried actually re-burning one of those other projects now that you are having this problem? Maybe your burner is DOA.

RafalK wrote on 12/14/2004, 6:35 AM

Hi Scott
Yep, the other projects I actually took care of the other projects to give myself a distraction from the "problem". One DVD after another came out with no problem.
The total size of the files is under 4 gigs and the only thing I haven't tried was other software, partially because when I did load Nero, it started crashing my Vegas. I guess I will have to try this option regardless.
Any other ideas?

ScottW wrote on 12/14/2004, 6:39 AM

I've not tried Nero with Vegas, and really can't think of any reason why it would impact Vegas. However, CopyToDVD and Vegas/DVDA all co-exist on my laptop without problem - so you might give the trial version a try: http://www.mediachance.com/dvdlab/vso/

RafalK wrote on 12/14/2004, 8:13 AM

Thanks again Scott. I downloaded, installed, and made an attemp with CopyToDVD. Unfortunately, I had to leave for my full time job about seven minutes prior to completion so I won't know the results until I get home.
I will post the results later.

RafalK wrote on 12/14/2004, 8:05 PM

Good news Scott. Your suggestion to use copyToDVD worked. I still don't know what happened but for now I have this nightmare behind me.
Thanks a million man.