Hi folks! I'm hoping someone out there has had this problem and found some kind of resolution.
I have the download license version of DVD MovieFactory 3. I have four MPEG videos (encoded for DVD) created with VS 8.0 on my main menu. I have a simple image (no motion background) as my DVD menu background. When I try to burn the DVD, MF churns forever when at the "Converting Video Title 1/3". The program is still responsive in that I can cancel the burn.
I have a Pioneer A06 drive, but I encounter this problem even when I simply burn to an ISO image (uncheck burn to disc).
I have Windows XP Pro with Service Pack 2.
I have a Hyperthreaded Pentium 4 running at 2.8GHz.
DVD MF churns to no avail when converting video title 1/3
Don Not Convert...
Hi,
In MF3, there is a checkbox to "Do not convert compliant mpeg files" in the project settings. I think you hit that little gear icon or maybe F6 works too.
When you check that box, the program won't re-render compliant videos...
hth,
George
In MF3, there is a checkbox to "Do not convert compliant mpeg files" in the project settings. I think you hit that little gear icon or maybe F6 works too.
When you check that box, the program won't re-render compliant videos...
hth,
George
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salvo529
Same Problem
I have been having the same problem. I tried what you suggested, but it didn't work. Any other ideas?
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Gatorboy
Re: DVD MF churns to no avail when converting video title 1/
How long did you wait to think it is churning? The rendering process can take a couple hours.NickCody wrote:When I try to burn the DVD, MF churns forever when at the "Converting Video Title 1/3". The program is still responsive in that I can cancel the burn.
What are the attributes?
When trying to make DMF NOT re-convert, you need to make sure your source videos are already compliant for the type of disc you are creating.
For instance, if you are creating an NTSC DVD, then your source video resoluton/frame rate/bitrates should fall under NTSC DVD specifications.
Also, when you edit the videos (trim, or add overlay text), I believe it has to re-encode to handle the edits. Try it without any edits to see if that helps.
George
For instance, if you are creating an NTSC DVD, then your source video resoluton/frame rate/bitrates should fall under NTSC DVD specifications.
Also, when you edit the videos (trim, or add overlay text), I believe it has to re-encode to handle the edits. Try it without any edits to see if that helps.
George
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salvo529
Thanks, but still uncertain
Thanks for your help. I let the software run for approx. 8 hours before cancelling it. It had progressed 11% on the bottom bar, but none on the top bar. At that rate it seems it could take weeks to complete. My computer is a P4 2ghz with 512 of ram and plenty of hard drive space. I can't see why it should take that long. I'm going to try to figure out the last comment, but I'm not really sure what it all means.
Thanks again for all your help.
Thanks again for all your help.
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NickCody
The real problem found
I found the real problem and I thank everyone for helping me understand where the bottleneck was.
The thing is that I wanted to import a slideshow from Photo Story 3. It seems as if the conversion from WMV to DVD/mpeg is very, very slow. If I create a 640x480 slideshow then the resulting slideshow is stretched. The conversion process is really slow (really slow), but not a bad overnight job.
In the case I reported, however, I create a 800x600 slideshow hoping to downconvert to 720x480. It turns out that converting 800x600 WMV to DVD/mpeg is INCREDIBLY slow. It never really would finish in my lifetime.
That was my extended delay.
I used MovieMaker 2 (Ships with XP) to convert the 800x600 WMV to a raw DV AVI and the resulting slideshow was created in about an hour and was very sharp.
The thing is that I wanted to import a slideshow from Photo Story 3. It seems as if the conversion from WMV to DVD/mpeg is very, very slow. If I create a 640x480 slideshow then the resulting slideshow is stretched. The conversion process is really slow (really slow), but not a bad overnight job.
In the case I reported, however, I create a 800x600 slideshow hoping to downconvert to 720x480. It turns out that converting 800x600 WMV to DVD/mpeg is INCREDIBLY slow. It never really would finish in my lifetime.
That was my extended delay.
I used MovieMaker 2 (Ships with XP) to convert the 800x600 WMV to a raw DV AVI and the resulting slideshow was created in about an hour and was very sharp.