write protected ,, how ???? :roll:

[buffinoz]

vs 10 + . pentium 4, 1.25 gb ram 160gb hd
i have been filming sports events of self and freinds
i can burn dvd of edited event no prob.
my friiend would like the uncut video so he can edit it him self, does not have a dvd player so i want to place in mpeg or avi file
i get an error message
" may be write protected"
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why is my own video protected , can i stop this?

then it fails to create a disc

any help
thanks
first time poster

[DVDDoug]

Well... Your file is NOT copy protected... The software is confused. I don't know why... I've heard of this happening with an old poor-quality analog VHS tapes. Your video file may be corrupt, but if you can make a DVD, I would think you could make a video file. (Copy protection requires special software and an expensive license. It can't be done "at home".)

You didn't say what type of camcorder you have (MiniDV, direct-to-DVD, hard disk, etc.) or what format your files are. The Read This First... post tells you what we need to know in order to help you. ...For example, the more compressed the format, the more likely it is to get corrupted. If you are using an MPEG-4 variation, nothing would surprise me.

[rpwhitmore]

I have run into the same problem. I made a DVD of my home movies and burnt it to a DVD. (I no longer have the original file.) I copied the .VOB with the video I wanted from the DVD to my hard drive. I then went into VS10 with the Vista upgrade, went to EDIT, went to load video, moved the video to the edit area, did all my cutting and changes I wanted. Went to share and then create video file, clicked same as project settings and then clicked save. I get a window that says "the file may be write-protected." Some how VS knows it came from a DVD and thinks it maybe copy writed. I went into the files properties and tried to figure out the security items that Vista has for the file. There were so many possible users and options I was unable to correct the problem. I contacted Ulead and got this reply:
*****Maybe the file that you want to edit is saved from a network drive, memory stick, CD/DVD drive, any removable drive that may cause the system to read the data as non editable file. To make this editable, make sure to save it first into computer's local hard drive. Then, try to import it again to Video Studio to edit*****
So how can I change the file's properties to get this to work?

[rpwhitmore]

Well since the moderator's and Ulead are no help, I found a way that I can take the .VOB file and make my own .MPG file from it. This is what I did:
1. I have the program called DVD Decrypter, (http://www.mrbass.org/dvdrip/). I let this program copy the .VOB file from my DVD, no write protection, to my hard drive.
2. I changed the file extension from .VOB to .MPG.
3. I opened the .MPG file with VS10, vista update
4. Did all my changes to the file
5. Went to share and then create video file.
6. Clicked on same as project. (You would have to pick what you want)
7. Then named the file and clicked save, I think.
8. VS created the altered .MPG file I needed.

[etech6355]

Is this possilbe confusion between the term "Write Protected" versus "Copy Protected"? The file(s) are either write_protected or copy_protected.
Sounds more like a file / program access rights problem using the term "Write Protected".
In Vista whatever Directory you using as your assigned "Working Folder" make sure you have full rights in this directory or any directories your trying to create the new mpeg file in. Also make sure the indivual files attributes themselves have full access.

This may be related to your problem: You should be signed in under your usernames profile, not administrator. You should be running all the programs under your username profile and not running them as administrator with all the administrative priveliges.
This is why it's not suggested to use "Run As" (administrator) except for system maintenance tasks.
If a program runs with administrative rights all the files it creates are then owned by the user administrator (including temporary files).
When you or any other user wants to read/write to these files you have to assign them manually or change their group relationship.
Usually files created by a program that was run as Administrator are read_only for other users, also may have a sticky bit attached with them.
This is why you always run programs under your user profile and perform administrative tasks only for system tasks (Vista OS).
In the end if one keeps running Vista with administrative priveleges Vista and it's programs will get fluked. You won't be able to use the system except as an administrator which then leaves the complete Vista operating system open to corruption/viruses and poorly coded software. Which in turn defeats the whole purpose of running Vista.

This may or may not be related to this write_protect error but Vista is not the same as XP.

[muttley]

When you copy a file that was previously written to a CD or DVD back to a hard drive it will automatically classify that file as read only.
right click on your file and 'un-check' the read only check box!

I was too lazy to read all the above posts so forgive me if this was already posted elsewhere.

[rpwhitmore]

The file I copied from the DVD was not a read only, I checked that.
I'm not running the computer as administrator.
The security features Vista has with files and how to get what I need is confusing.
You can have...everyone or system or guest or batch or administrators or interactive or service or user or myself. The file I was working with did not have all of these.

[etech6355]

The security features Vista has with files and how to get what I need is confusing.

Yes, very confusing, new operating system, new learning curve. Having a book on Vista would help.
I would think the original source file could probably be read only anyway, VS doesn't write back to the original file. As far as I know VS only reads from it's source files. You create a new one when exporting.

I only pointed the security issues out because "Write Protect" is usually a system setting. May not be the cause of this error but something to consider.

When you goto Share -> Create Video File. Where on your harddisk are you asking VS to write the new file to, what location. I would make sure you have read/write/execute permissions for that directory, and also read/write/execute permissions for the directory that your working folder under preferences is assigned to because VS needs to read/write temporary files in the working directory.
Assigning rights to drives/directories & files is done running as administrator.

[rpwhitmore]

I checked the permissions on my working folder and compared them to my saving folder and they were the same for all groups or user names. The owner of the folder was the same. I tried to change my VS working folder to the folder I'm saving my CREATE File in and VS came up with ...Cannot write to the specified disk. Disk space may not be enough, disk may be write-protected or the file or path name is too long....
I know everything is not true, except the write-protected.
Vista has a 36 page help section on security, I guess I have some reading to do.

[Ken Berry]

Before giving you that message, did Vista do its routine of graying out the screen and putting up a dialogue box saying that if you were the one who initiated the action and have the privileges to do so, do you want to continue?

[etech6355]

I tried to change my VS working folder to the folder I'm saving my CREATE File in and VS came up with ...Cannot write to the specified disk. Disk space may not be enough, disk may be write-protected or the file or path name is too long....

You can't write to this folder to create a new video file.
You can't assign VS working directory to this folder.
Sounds to me like you have found the problem.
I guess you have to figure out why. Many times the higher up / preceding directory may override this lower directory with it's settings. No matter what you do unless the change the higher directory the lower ones will remain limited to the higher directories access rights.
I know it'a a pain in the butt, but now you can see how the rights & permissions can prevent a virus from infecting your operating system thus protecting the operating system. It can't if it doesn't have the rights. It's a good thing. Just be careful if you enable "Encryption", I think the files & folders will have a green color to them. I wouldn't use it. If you enable files to be encrypted under your usersname even the administrator cannot un-encrypt them or work with them. No one can except for you because you hold the encryption certificate.

Just as a test I would assign the working folder to a place somewhere's under "My Documents", your profile should have all the rights to the "My Documents" folder. Also try to create your new video file somewheres under "My Documents" .

[rpwhitmore]

Vista never came up with any message, just got the one from VS10.