WMV to Vegas to AVI?

JackW wrote on 3/19/2006, 4:03 PM

Got a file in the WMV format on Friday and need to burn it from the CD it's on to a DVD. I use DVD Workshop for authoring and burning. DVDWS won't import the WMV file -- doesn't recognize the format.

I brought the WMV file into Vegas without difficulty, but when I attempt to render it as an AVI file so I can import it into DVDWS the render crashes after over an hour and only 5% completion. I've tried this twice, with the same results.

Any suggestions?

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dibbkd wrote on 3/19/2006, 4:22 PM

How large is your WMV file?

I've imported and rendered WMV's in Vegas to AVI without any problem, and most of my WMV's are 30-70MB.

Does it give you any error message, or just freeze up your PC or what?

JackW wrote on 3/19/2006, 4:49 PM

File is only about 15 minutes long.

No error message. Just total freeze up, followed by the computer re-bootint itself and then an error message saying that Windows experienced a serious problem and has had to re-boot.

JJKizak wrote on 3/20/2006, 5:13 AM

I had a similar problem and it turned out to be a defective hard drive on the secondary buss with the burner as primary.

JJK

JackW wrote on 3/20/2006, 3:37 PM

Not sure what happened, but when I rendered it a second time it completed the render o.k. Took about 3.5 hours for the 15 minute file, but it burned to DVD without any problems.

Thanks for your input.

Jack