A little help needed with VS 10+ DVD Authoring

jwillb · Post by **jwillb** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 6:49 pm

I have encoded three short MPEGs from MemoriesOnTV 3.x Pro. I then tried to author my DVD using the module in VS10+ with a SmartScene menu and keep getting an error "Converts got problems" right as it first tries to create the menu for the disc. Any ideas?

Post by **Ken Berry** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:23 pm

You only get that sort of message if Video Studio does not recognise the file(s) you are trying to burn as being DVD-compliant, and thus needing to be converted. What are the exact properties of those files? Right click on one of them within Video Studio (a file either in the library pane or in the timeline) and copy down its properties here.

Quite often, capture devices may capture in a frame size which is not DVD-compliant (e.g. 640 x 480 instead of 720 or 704 x 480), but there can be a variety of other possibilities. We will only be able to tell when we see the file properties.

jwillb · Post by **jwillb** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 12:49 pm

Hi Ken, I'll be a little more specific now that I am at home.

I generated what should be DVD-compliant MPEG-2 files from MOTV 3. As you suggested, here are the media clip properties of one of the files:

MPEG files
24 bits, 720 x 480, 29.97 fps
Lower Field First
(DVD-NTSC), 4:3
Video data rate: Variable (Max. 8000 kbps)
Audio data rate: 256 kbps
Dolby Digital Audio, 48 KHz, 2/0(L,R)

Do not convert compliant files is checked

When I get to the burn step, the message comes up "This action will take some time to render" I then click OK, the status says "converting menu" and then the error "Convert step got some problems" comes up then.

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 2:13 pm

Can you burn the project if you do not include a menu? If so, then, as Ken has suggested, there is something in that menu that is trying to be converted. I was getting that error and found that if I unchecked Auto Fade Out First Play To Menu it solved my problem. Your problem may be different (motion menu, music, etc.)

gordonwd · Post by **gordonwd** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 8:38 pm

Black Lab wrote:I was getting that error and found that if I unchecked Auto Fade Out First Play To Menu it solved my problem.

I've had trouble with that option, also. I think that the way the VS has to fade the menu into the movies actually causes it to re-render the movie clip even though the original was compliant. It it basically adding a cross-fade transition between the menu video and the other videos that comprise the DVD.

jwillb · Post by **jwillb** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 5:16 am

OK, so removing the menu allowed the project to go forward. BUT, this is a major reason I purchased VS10 was for the authoring capability. How do I get this to work with one of the nice menus?

htchien · Post by **htchien** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 5:24 am

Update pack for VS 10 installed?

http://www.ulead.com/tech/vs/vs.htm

H.T.

bigd2525 · Post by **bigd2525** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 6:36 am

I am having the same issue burning my MPEG2 video file on a DVD when I try to design a DVD menu. When I do not add menus it burns the project fine, but when I add a menu and try burn I am getting the same exact message "Convert Step Has Some Issues".So apparently it has something to do with the add menu feature..I have already installed VS SP1, and still does not work. Any other suggestions?

jwillb · Post by **jwillb** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 12:43 pm

OK, installed the SP1 and still having the same exact issue.
Any other ideas? Should I have purchased DMF5+ instead?
I guess I'm failing to see why the authoring module will not process its own menus....

htchien · Post by **htchien** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 2:42 pm

Maybe you can contact Ulead Tech Support for further help.

http://www.ulead.com/tech/techsupport.htm

Hope this helps.
H.T.

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 3:09 pm

There have been a few posts lately regarding this same issue. In most cases the project burns fine when not using a menu, but inclusion of a menu causes the dreaded Convert Step error. As Ken has pointed out, this is due to something in the menu not being recognized and, therefore, a conversion process is being attempted.

In my earlier example I had the Fade Out First Play To Menu selected when I got the error. Deselecting that solved my problem. In another thread Steve mentioned he had moved some buttons on his menu and they were overlapping, which caused his problem. Once he moved the buttons he was able to burn.

The point is, this problem apparently is not specific. Any number of things can cause you to get the Convert Step error when using a menu. I'm sorry to say that trial and error may be the only way to solve this problem.