Error 80041c21 - Need Help

virg2673 · Post by **virg2673** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 7:22 pm

New guy using VideoStudio 8. Completed edit, transitions and titles and got to 97% complete when creating DVD. Received the above error code and msg "Failed to convert video file." Repeated entire process and got exact same result. Disk space Req/Avail still read 4.2GB/4.4GB.

What gives?

Virg

roy wood · Post by **roy wood** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 7:56 pm

Hi Virg welcome to the Forum.

Repeated entire process and got exact same result

in order to help we need to know what process you followed (Workflow) and also what Project and Output Settings you used. Also if you click on the ' Profile ' icon near the top of this page and complete the details that may also prove useful.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 9:13 pm

You also need to tell us the exact properties of the video you are using in the project. I ask because that specific error code with VS 8 was usually associated with AVI files which in fact were really in an mpeg-4 format like 3ivX or XVid with which VS has problems.

virg2673 · Post by **virg2673** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:45 am

Thanks, I'll try & answer the questions for you.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:58 am

If they all came from the same source, then simply right click on one of the files within Video Studio, and copy the Properties here. If there were a number of sources, then try to copy Properties from each type. And give us an idea of where and how you obtained them.

virg2673 · Post by **virg2673** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 1:38 am

Thanks a bunch!!! The Properties are as follows;
File
File Name: Mueller Home Movies Orig DVD#2
File format: MPEG-2
File size: 3,874,848 KB
Duration: 7349.449 Seconds
Video
Video Type: MPEG-2 Video, Upper Field First
Total frames: 220,263 Frames
Attributes: 24 Bits, 720 x 480, 4:3
Frame rate: 29.970 Frames/Sec
Data Rate: Variable bit rate (MAX.3999kbps)
Audio
Audio Type: MPEG Audio Layer 2 Files
Total Samples: 352,773,574 Samples
Attributes:48000Hz, 16 Bit Sterio
Layer: 2
Bit rate: 224 kbps

Post by **Ron P.** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 2:00 am

Hi Virg,

Looking at the properties of your video file, it seems that you are trying to put right at 2hrs of video on a DVD, correct? The error code given is generally one when a files like DivX, Xvid are being used and converted to MPEG-2 for DVD. However the properties appear to be ok for a low quality, VCD like disc.

It maybe that one of your MPEG files are corrupt. This can happen, where the file plays ok, but when you try to render, it causes problems.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 2:26 am

And again can I ask: where did the video come from originally?

virg2673 · Post by **virg2673** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 4:03 pm

Regarding the question, "it seems that you are trying to put right at 2hrs of video on a DVD, correct?" Actually, I'm capturing two hour DVD's of home movies and dividing them into two edited one hour DVD's.
All are single layered DVD's.

Regarding the inquiry as to the source of the videos, the originals were from old Super 8 home movies dating back to the mid 60's, which were recently commercially converted to VHS tapes (2 hours in duration in standard play mode). Later, I transferred each of the VHS tapes to single layered DVD's, using a new "RCA Recorder+VCR Combo" (VHS tape/DVD player and VHS tape to DVD converter unit).

I then captured the first of my two hour DVD's to my PC, using the same RCA Recorder Plus, attached to my PC via an ADS Capture Wizard unit and program. I truly struggled to get the first hour of that initial DVD edited, divided into 6 Chapters with titles and burned to a new single layered DVD using VS8. The same process worked for the second hour of the intial DVD and the results played well on multiple DVD players. I was elated to say the least.

I repeated the same capture, edit, title and share process for the second two hour original DVD, but got the "Failed to convert video file" error code 80041c21 at 97% complete each time that I tried to burn the edited output of the first hour of my second original two hour DVD.

Sorry for the length of my answer, but I'm trying my best as a layman to answer your questions. I respect your time and appreciate your help more than you can imagine.

GeorgeW · Post by **GeorgeW** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 4:09 pm

virg2673 wrote:Later, I transferred each of the VHS tapes to single layered DVD's, using a new "RCA Recorder+VCR Combo" (VHS tape/DVD player and VHS tape to DVD converter unit).

I then captured the first of my two hour DVD's to my PC, using the same RCA Recorder Plus, attached to my PC via an ADS Capture Wizard unit and program. I truly struggled to get the first hour of that initial DVD edited, divided into 6 Chapters with titles and burned to a new single layered DVD using VS8. The same process worked for the second hour of the intial DVD and the results played well on multiple DVD players. I was elated to say the least.

If you transferred each of the VHS tapes to single layer DVD, you can then Import from DVD the MPEG files from the single layer DVD. The mpegs should look pretty good, and it will be alot faster than capturing again in "realtime" -- i.e. a 2-hour VHS tape will take 2 hours to transfer to your computer through Capwiz. It will take alot less time Importing from DVD.

Regards,
George

Post by **Ken Berry** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:27 pm

It also seems to me you might want to at least experiment with a different workflow. I think you are currently doing your editing and going straight to the burning module: Share > Create Disc > DVD... That of course is possible, and a lot of people do it that way successfully.

But other people -- like you -- sometimes or always hit problems of the kind you are experiencing when they do it this way.

Instead, after editing, try first producing a DVD-compatible mpeg-2 of your edited project: Share > Create Video File > DVD.

Then, when you have that file, you close the project, and, with an empty timeline, go to Share > Create Disc. The burning module opens, you insert your mpeg-2. Check in the second icon in the bottom left to make sure 'Do not convert compliant mpeg files' is ticked. Build your menu and then burn.

Separating these steps as described above puts less strain on your computer.

virg2673 · Post by **virg2673** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 12:47 am

Thank you ever so much. I will attempt to implement your suggested revised "work flow" with the effort that ended with the "Failed to convert video file, error code 80041c21.

virg2673 · Post by **virg2673** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 5:48 pm

Thanks for the suggestions. I tried the suggested revised work flow but I fear that I made a basic mistake at the beginning regarding the initiation and naming of a Project. My revised workflow consisted of VSEditor > Edit > Double click on captured movie to be edited > Clip > Multi-trim Video, to enter start and end for each of 6 Chapters > Effect, to add Transitions > Title, to insert a title for the completed DVD > Share > Create Video File > DVD.

At that point, I couldn't determine how to "close the project" and couldn't get "an empty timeline." I did find "the second icon in the bottom left to make sure 'Do not convert compliant mpeg files' is ticked." I also couldn't determine, at that specific point, how to Insert Scenes As Chapters, or to bring up the Chapters Menu page to enter a Chapter Menu Title and individual Chapter Titles, as I had been able to do with my first two DVDs.

Therefore I selected, Next > Next > Output

The "Rendering" process stopped after 1 hr and 25 min for this 59 min of edited movies, with the "Failed to convert video file" Error code 80041c21. But it failed at 98% as opposed to 97% like it did on prior attempts.

I may have made more mistakes than you have time to explain, but did my effort at trying the suggested revised work flow break down at the beginning of my process if I couldn't initiate and name a new Project?

Post by **Ken Berry** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:42 pm

Others will have their own view. Personally, I don't think what you did at the beginning of the project is causing the problem.

Rather, I think it is at the end of your editing process and beginning of your authoring/burn process. You are clearly getting a message in the burn process which indicates that Video Studio is trying to convert your project as part of the burning process and is failing to do so. This is the big no-no if you are in fact using a DVD-compatible mpeg-2 in the burning module!

But I don't think you are...

It is of course possible to go straight from the editing timeline to the burning -- a lot of people do it this way successfully. But a lot also have the sort of problem you are having. That is why we suggest that, after editing is complete, you first go to Share > Create Video File > DVD, to produce the DVD-compatible mpeg-2 file and save the computer the hassle of trying to do it as part of the burning process, which is complicated enough without that extra burden.

As for getting an empty timeline, once you have finished editing and produced your DVD-compatible mpeg-2, you Save your project. Then you simply go to File > New Project. (If you haven't saved the existing project, a dialogue box will appear asking if you want to save it. Select OK.) The existing project will disappear and an empty timeline will appear in its place.

If you don't do this, then when you open the burning module (Share > Create Disc), your project will by default appear in the burning module 'timeline'. And this is what I think is happening in your case. Proceeding to build a menu and burn based on the *project* file being in the burning timeline means that the burning module will try to first convert it to DVD-compatible mpeg-2 on the fly -- regardless of the fact that you have already done this at the end of the editing process before even opening the burning module.

So if you follow the above procedure for closing the existing project, have an empty timeline, then open the burning module, nothing should appear in the burning module timeline. The DVD-compatible mpeg-2 which you created -- which will have an icon in the Library pane -- is what you now insert into the burning timeline (using the Add Video button in the top left of the VS8 burning screen).

If you have made sure 'Do not convert compliant mpeg files' is ticked in the second icon, then the burning module will now NOT try to convert what is already a DVD-compliant video file. Instead, it will simply convert your menu to video, multiplex the video and audio and burn. If you burn at our recommended speed of 4x, then this new burning procedure should take no more than around 20 to 25 minutes.

(As a footnote, if you don't follow the empty timeline option, then when you open the burning module, you should manually remove whatever Video Studio has inserted in the burning timeline, and manually replace it with your DVD-compatible mpeg-2 from the Library.)

As for adding chapters, in the burning module -- with your mpeg-2 in the burning timeline -- you should see a button which is third down of the four icons in the top left of screen, and says 'Add/Edit Chapter'. Click on that, and another screen will appear. There will be button labelled 'Auto' to the top right of the preview screen and it should be highlighted. Click that and a new screen will appear asking whether you want to set the chapters either by a fixed interval of time or by scene. It will also offer to auto-select scenes. If you select this option, it will take some time.

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:51 pm

In addition to Ken's always excellent advice, may I suggest you read one of Steve's always excellent tutorials. It is a step-by-step guide to the suggested workflow that Ken is referring to.