Problem with DVD Architect

Mario Murderer wrote on 6/3/2007, 1:20 AM
Hello.
I am having a problem putting video files onto DVD Architect.

When I put the files onto the menu screen (drag and drop, insert, ect) the picture inside the graphic of the image is displayed for about a minute, and then a little message comes on the screen of the graphic that says either

Render Failure

or

Offline.

There is no problem with the video file. I play them on every program I have and the files work always perfect. The file type is Windows Media Audio/Video file (WMA) used on Windows Media Player.

I don't know why it should do this. Does Architect only support certain file types? Or do I have to save the video from Vegas Studio first and then put it on Architect?

Please help!

Comments

Chienworks wrote on 6/3/2007, 4:37 AM
It's probably better to render them as MPEG2 from Vegas first. That will be more trouble-free. However, WMA generally isn't a video file; it's normally audio-only. If you know that they are video files then try renaming them to .wmv instead of .wma as this might be confusing DVDA. More worrisome yet is that if whatever software created them got the name wrong, i suppose there's a chance that they aren't even Windows Media files at all and might be using some codec that DVDA doesn't support.

Can you open them in Vegas?
OhMyGosh wrote on 6/3/2007, 7:17 AM
You said they are video files, but isn't wma for audio? Here is a little something until someone smarter shows up:

DVD Architect software supports a wide variety of file formats. However, some formats will require transcoding to another format or recompression during the DVD preparation process, increasing the amount of time needed to complete this operation and possibly degrading quality.

To avoid unnecessary transcoding or recompression, save your media files in the following formats prior adding them to your DVD Architect project.

The Sony Media Software AC-3 and MainConcept MPEG-2 encoders provide templates that will produce files that do not require recompression (unless the file size is too large to fit on a DVD).


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AC-3 audio (.ac3)
Number of channels: stereo or 5.1 surround

Bit rate: 64 kbps to 448 kbps inclusive


This feature is available only in the full version of DVD Architect software.


PCM audio (.wav)
Sample size: 16, 20, or 24 bit

Sample rate: 48 or 96 kHz

Number of channels: stereo

Compression: uncompressed

NTSC MPEG video (.m2p, .mp2, .mpg, .mpeg)
If you're using the MainConcept MPEG-2 encoder in Vegas software, use the DVD Architect NTSC video stream or DVD Architect 24p NTSC video stream template to render your video stream (you'll need to render your audio stream separately according to the parameters listed in the AC-3 audio or PCM audio headings).

Aspect ratio and frame size:

Aspect ratio
Frame size

4:3
720x480

4:3
704x480

4:3
352x480

4:3
352x240

16:9
720x480

16:9
704x480


Frame rate: 29.97 fps or 23.976 fps + 2-3 pulldown


24p video support is available only in the full version of DVD Architect software.


Maximum GOP (group of pictures): 36

Maximum bit rate: 9.8 Mbps

No low delay

PAL MPEG video (.m2p, .mp2, .mpg, .mpeg)
If you're using the MainConcept MPEG-2 encoder in Vegas software, use the DVD Architect PAL video stream template to render your video stream (you'll need to render your audio stream separately according to the parameters listed in the AC-3 audio or PCM audio headings).

Aspect ratio and frame size:

Aspect ratio
Frame size

4:3
720x576

4:3
704x576

4:3
352x576

4:3
352x288

16:9
720x576

16:9
704x576


Frame rate: 25 fps

Maximum GOP (group of pictures): 30

Maximum bit rate: 9.8 Mbps

No low delay

Good Luck. Cin
OhMyGosh wrote on 6/3/2007, 7:18 AM
Ooops. Someone smarter did show up while I was typing :O Thanks Kelly. Cin
4eyes wrote on 6/5/2007, 3:59 AM
I think if your source file has video & audio in it and the file extension is wma then the file has the wrong extension. You should rename the file to wmv.
Sounds to me like your telling the program to use only the audio in the source file & not the video.
You can do this in DVD arch studio by file extension associations.

Try renaming the source file to wmv if it does contain a valid windows video & audio stream.
If your loading a file such as Birthday.wma then I think DVD arch trys to lookup the Birthday.wmv file to get the video track.

Just rename the file to wmv and see what happens.
RamonaDon wrote on 6/11/2007, 8:08 AM
I have the same problem. It happens every time I include something in DVD Architect V.3 that was created with Movie Studio V.4. The thumbnail will show for a while, but eventually gets a “render failure” error. I get around it by clicking “Help,” bringing up the Help Screen, then closing it. The thumbnail is then OK and all works as advertised.

I re-rendered one problem video in Movie Studio V.6. It works OK in DVD Architect V.3. I suspect there is a little incompatibility between the older VMS and the newer DVDA. This is not a problem if you do not have a lot of old videos that you want to reuse. I do not have that many, but if I have to render each one again, it will take a LOT of time. So far, I have avoided re-rendering by using the “Help” trick.