Issues making a DVD, Error Message

Burgmeier wrote on 6/18/2013, 10:47 AM

I have DVD Architect 5.0. I am trying to make a DVD with 1 film that I made, a scene selection menu and a special features menu with 2 trailers for the film. The video is all MPEG2 and the audio is W64, which are both supported file types, yet when when I go to "MAKE DVD" and render the video, it stops almost instantly and says "Warning: An error occurred while writing a file. The file is an unsupported format" This is very frustrating b/c I'm doing everything right. I've checked and rechecked the files and they're definately that right file types. HELP!

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Burgmeier wrote on 7/12/2013, 2:46 PM

The studio version is all thats available in "render as" templates

Arthur.S wrote on 7/13/2013, 6:14 AM

No idea what's going on there, in my list the Pro version and the Studio version are together in the list. If AC3 Pro really is missing, somethings wrong with your installation. Personally, I'd try a complete re-install of both DVDA and Vegas. What version of Vegas are you using??

Try following these 2 tutorials, they should help.

TOG62 wrote on 7/13/2013, 6:22 AM

If the OP is using Movie Studio there won't be an AC3 Pro option.

Burgmeier wrote on 7/13/2013, 10:01 AM

What is an OP??

Burgmeier wrote on 7/13/2013, 10:03 AM

I am using Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11.0

TOG62 wrote on 7/13/2013, 10:03 AM

Original Poster - you.

Burgmeier wrote on 7/13/2013, 1:30 PM

Oh ok

Burgmeier wrote on 7/13/2013, 1:35 PM

Well I followed what they said in the tutorials and now the error message pops up as soon as I hit "Burn" seriously thinking about giving up

Arthur.S wrote on 7/13/2013, 1:49 PM

As I said. Un-install, then clean re-install. Have you installed any codecs lately? Or has windows done an update? Either of these can mess up rendering.

As a last option before doing that, render your file with audio attached. (Tick the box in the audio tab of the render template that you use.) Then drop the whole thing into DVDA. What are the properties of your project set to in DVDA? Show us another print screen.

Burgmeier wrote on 7/14/2013, 2:47 PM

Yes, as a matter of fact I just installed many updates. ( also installed codecs, but did a system restore soon after ). How might I reverse the process? System restore?

Burgmeier wrote on 7/15/2013, 8:12 PM

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Arthur.S wrote on 7/16/2013, 1:22 PM

You're in a bit of a minefield. It's probably the cause of the strange problems you're having. Most video editors avoid unnecessary updates and codecs - leads to headaches! System restore should sort it, but it's not infallible. Try uninstalling whatever you've installed. The printscreen you've got there is 'optimize disc'. There's a button there for project properties.