VS X3 No Valid Content on Import Digital Media

[dcdowden]

I am unable to import some previously created DVD's using VS X3. I have been able to import a couple of DVD's, but I have several other DVD's that VS X3 reports 'No Valid Content' when I go through the Import Digital Media. I select the VIDEO_TS folder either on my hard drive or on a burned disk and I get the error message. I am able to play the DVD on both my computer and on regular DVD player. Any idea what is going on here? I created some of these DVD's using VS X2.
Thanks,
Doug

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi Doug

Did Vs create the DVD.s ?????????

I don’t know what’s going on here but as a work-round

Save the dvd disc content to your hard drive.
Re-name the Vob files with the extension Mpg

Import to the timeline

[dcdowden]

Trevor,
Some of the DVD's that won't import were created with VS X2. A couple were created by Roxio Easy Media Creator 10 (VideoWave10). When I tried to import using VS X2, I got a more specific error message so this problem may exist prior to X3. The X2 error message says:
Failed to read DVD information.
Report ID: 0x80040901(2305)

I was able to import the DVD using VideoWave10. I will try your workaround with renaming the VOB files. That would be quicker than going through another piece of software.
Thanks,
Doug

[dcdowden]

Trevor,
Renaming the VOB files to .mpg works fine for me. Thanks for the tip.
Doug

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi Doug

Glad that worked

By the way, have you manually updated Direct X, there is a link at the top of this forum.
The update is in three parts, Download, Extract files then Install extracted files.

[dcdowden]

Trevor,
I just installed the Direct X Updates and I still have the original problem. So it looks like I will use the work-around you provided.
Thanks,
Doug