VideoStudio 10 SE

jt002 · Post by **jt002** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 6:02 am

I am running VS 10 on a Vista 32 machine. This software came with my purchase of the VC 500 One-Touch Video Capture from Diamond Multimedia. I have created several projects using the VS editor but, when I try to create a DVD video disc, I get the following error message: File or Folder not Found [533:-2147216501:0]. In 6 attempts, it correctly burned the disc 2 times. However, I now seem to be getting the error message on every attempt. The most frustrating part is that the error message only shows up after approx 2 hours of burn time just prior to finalization. My machine has a Core 2 Duo 1.8 processor and 4 G of memory. The videos are being captured on an external hard drive with 400 G of available space. Thanks in advance for your help.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:03 am

Welcome to the forums!!

By the sounds of it -- from what you say about the 2 hours plus burn time -- I am assuming you are editing your project, then jumping straight into the burning module and burning the project file to DVD. (Share > Create DVD)

Instead, when you finish editing, choose instead Share > Create Video File > DVD (if your project is one hour or less long). That will produce a DVD-compatible mpeg-2 of your project. Then you close the project. Then select Share > Create DVD. The burning module will open and you insert the new mpeg-2 file in it (NOT the project file).

Click on the middle icon in the bottom left of the burning screen and make sure the box is ticked beside 'Do not convert compliant mpeg files'. Then build your menus and burn. It should not take nearly as long. And hopefully will not return those error messages.

jt002 · Post by **jt002** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:39 pm

Thanks for your reply, Ken. Apparently I am doing something incorrectly. I followed your instructions and created a video file rather than direct to disc. This took approx 1.5 hrs. When I then tried to create a disc using the video file, the process again took 2 hrs before giving me the same error message. I'm wondering if I need to uninstall/reinstall VS 10. The other thought is to upgrade to VS Pro and hope that it will run error-free. The really frustrating part is that I have been able to create several DVDs with VS 10 before this error message started popping up.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:59 pm

Can you please right click on the video file you produced before going to the burning module, and copy down ALL the Properties. Then we will at least know what we are talking about.

Can you also please confirm that once you inserted that new file in the burning module, you made sure that 'do not convert compliant mpeg files' was ticked.

Normally, with a compliant mpeg file in the burning module, when you click on burn it should say 'converting menu', then 'multiplexing video and audio'. It should NOT say 'converting title'. If it does, then something is wrong. The converting menu and multiplexing might that 10 minutes or a little longer, depending on how complex your menu is. And then the actual burn will depend on the speed selected. I always use 4x, and that takes just on 14 minutes to burn a full project to a single layer DVD. So all up, using that speed, it should only take under 30 minutes...

jt002 · Post by **jt002** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:21 pm

File format: NTSC DVD
Size: 4,308,490 KB
Duration: 4012.779 seconds
Video Type: MPEG-2, Lower Field First
Total Frames: 120,663
Video Attributes: 24 bits, 720x480, 16:9
Frame Rate: 29.97 frames/sec
Data Rate: Variable bit rate (Max 8000 kbps)
Audio Type: LPCM Audio
Total Samples: 192,613,413
Audio Attributes: 48000 Hz, 16 Bit, Stereo

jt002 · Post by **jt002** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:27 pm

Also, this is to confirm that the box "Do not convert compliant MPEG files" is indeed checked. Interestingly, the display aspect ratio shows as 4:3 rather than 16:9. Is that an issue?

jt002 · Post by **jt002** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:46 pm

Ken - I just tried to burn the disc again and this time it seemed to be working as you suggested. Burn time was much quicker and it showed that it was "converting menu" rather than "converting title" and then moved to audio video multiplexing. However, at about the 15 min mark when it was showing progress 99% complete, I got the same error message and it failed to finalize. Not sure where to go from here.

Trevor Andrew · Post by **Trevor Andrew** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:23 am

Hi jt002

You seem to be on the size limit of 4.3 Gb to fit your video to disc.

Your properties show the video to be 120,663 frames, equates to about 69 minutes.
You also show the size as 4.3 Gb
This is on the limit to fit to a 4.3 Gb disc.
In addition you would have used a menu adding to the size.

You would be best to reduce the video size, aim for 4 Gb, giving a little space for the menu.

Options.
Changing the audio type to Digital Dolby may, probably will reduce the file sufficiently.
Re render the video.

If you wish to keep LPCM Audio then reducing the bit rate from 8000 to 7000 will also reduce the size.
Re-render the video.

Trevor Andrew · Post by **Trevor Andrew** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:25 am

jt002 wrote:Also, this is to confirm that the box "Do not convert compliant MPEG files" is indeed checked. Interestingly, the display aspect ratio shows as 4:3 rather than 16:9. Is that an issue?

Before going Share Create Disc change your project properties to match your video files properties.

see my guide here:- http://lata.me.uk/video_studio/guides/q ... e_mpeg.htm

burn to disc section

jt002 · Post by **jt002** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 6:00 pm

Thanks Trevor. Those user guides are VERY helpful. I will play around with this a little more and see if I can make this work.

jt002 · Post by **jt002** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 3:20 am

Well, I think I did everything in accordance with Trevor's guides and I also uninstalled and reinstalled the VS 10 SE software. Unfortunately, on every attempt, I still get the "File not found" error. Unless anyone has any further ideas, I am thinking it is time to abandon this software and try something different.

Trevor Andrew · Post by **Trevor Andrew** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 10:18 am

Hi

Did you create a new video file using 7000kbps. making sure the size was under 4.3 Gb.

Does this happen every time, even when using a different video file?

jt002 · Post by **jt002** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 4:34 pm

Yes - I used a 6000 max rate so the file size was only 2.3Gb. I get the error message on each of the 3 different files that I am trying to burn.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 6:55 pm

Unless I missed it I can't seem to see where you are burning your DVD to and presumably a disc.

If that is correct then instead of doing this, try burning to a hard drive folder.
If it completes this without error then you will have narrowed the problem down to either the DVD Burner or to the blank discs that you are using.

Should that be the case then please view
DVD Burning / Playback issues

Trevor Andrew · Post by **Trevor Andrew** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 7:25 pm

Hi

Good point Steve