introduction media not working for DVD iso. (Help with solution)

marie-adler wrote on 11/20/2020, 7:56 PM

PROBLEM with dvd architect

It works fine in preview but when i make a the dvd ISO and play it there is no Introduction media. 

In the program it does have a star icon indicating it an introduction media. 

The blu-ray iso works but it is a diffrent format .m4v. The one for dvd is in .m2v

If tried to recreate and re-encode the introduction media again and that didn’t work. 

MY SOLUTION (NOT WORKING)

The introduction media is a anti-piracy video but its really just an image with text.

  • So I made a menu and made the the anti-piracy image the back ground image. I'm trying to set it to run for 7 seconds then automatically go to the main menu. I have a way of doing this but I need help in finding a better way.

SO HERE IS WHAT I DID. It won't let it go from the menu with the anti-piracy image to the main menu, without a button. If you make a button to go to the main menu then you can click it and skip the warning. So I added two buttons. With the first button, I made it so you can't move to the second button which is the button for going to the main menu (in. button properties - navigation). if you cant move to it then you can click it to skip it.

So then with the second button, I've linked it to the main menu (button properties - action). Then In the menu with the anti-piracy picture to automatically activate the button to go to the main menu after 7 second (Menu Page properties - End action).

I tested it in preview and it works well but when I make The DVD ISO it doesn't go from the anti-piracy menu to the main menu. ITs just suck forever.

Why isn't the preview matching the Made DVD? isn't preview supposed to be a preview of how the real dvd will work?

Comments

Former user wrote on 11/20/2020, 10:37 PM

I would create an MPEG file of the graphic and use that as a source, much easier than creating a fake menu. I don't know why your set up works on one format and not the other, it could be a programming error or a limitation of the format. Creating an MPEG at the length you want will simplify the process.

marie-adler wrote on 11/23/2020, 1:01 PM

I would create an MPEG file of the graphic and use that as a source, much easier than creating a fake menu. I don't know why your set up works on one format and not the other, it could be a programming error or a limitation of the format. Creating an MPEG at the length you want will simplify the process.

That doesn't work in the first place. That is why I need to find a work around. Or find a solution why introduction media isn't working.

Former user wrote on 11/23/2020, 6:09 PM

What I gave you was a workaround. Why does it not work? You can fight the program if you want, but easier to work around it.

marie-adler wrote on 11/23/2020, 6:26 PM

What I gave you was a workaround. Why does it not work? You can fight the program if you want, but easier to work around it.

Okay MPEG format. I'll try that. What exact render settings for Adobe Premiere pro? The file I have now is using the MPEG2-DVD preset which makes a .m2v file. Its the same file settings for the main movie and it works fine. But I use the same file as a introduction media and it doesn't work.

Thanks for your help.

Osyrangel wrote on 11/24/2020, 9:51 PM

same problem here, only solution I've found is to attach the intro media to the main menú and then loop the menú so the intro never repeats again unless you restart the whole dvd

marie-adler wrote on 11/27/2020, 6:39 PM

same problem here, only solution I've found is to attach the intro media to the main menú and then loop the menú so the intro never repeats again unless you restart the whole dvd

I get what. you are saying but how exactly do I do that. Please and thank you.

Bruno-Martin wrote on 12/3/2020, 2:06 PM

Hi, having the same problem, my files comes from mac, as we're trying to find an alternative to Encore. So i've read on a post, that someone having the same problem of the authoring suddenly stopping due to mpeg, was because he had 2 .m2v files coming from an apple computer... He said he changed it to .mpg and was ok. Still wrapping my head around this one, as .m2v is default when you seperate video and audio for authoring in Compressor and in Media Encoder....

I got rid of the intro media, to see if it was my file that was corrupted or something, the authoring went on for a while, and then suddenly stopped again with the same message ;

"Warning: An error occurred while writing a file.
Invalid data was encountered when processing an MPEG file."

But there is no info/log data or whatever, pretty hard to find out what is wrong...

I'm trying directly with mp4 files now, but the encoding of DVDA is really long, so i don't know if the result will even be acceptable...

Anyone know of this MPEG file problem ?