VS6 Newbie - "Failed to encode video"

Rocketman · Post by **Rocketman** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 7:08 am

I have had difficulty with my first ever project and hope to get some direction. I manage to get through the entire editing process until trying to Create a Video File. The rendering process is performed to 100% (about 3 hours)and soon after I receive the error message "Failed to Encode Video (2000:1:1). I can't get past this point in the process.

The project properties are as follows:
PAL (25 fps)
Frame-based
MPEG files
24 Bits, 720 x 576, 25 fps
(MPEG-2)
Video data rate: Variable (Max. 6000 kbps)
Audio data rate: 256 kbps
MPEG audio layer 2, 44.1 KHz, Stereo

I am running Celeron 1.7 GHz with 264Mb Ram

I would be grateful for any assistance.

Terry Stetler · Post by **Terry Stetler** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 7:17 am

Your system is only 256 megs of RAM, which is the minimum for most editors. As such it's going to lean heavily on the system swapfile.

Now for some questions:

1. how much free space is there on the C: drive?
2. is your Working Folder on the C: drive or a separate HDD?

If your working folder is on C: both it and the swapfile can grow far larger than you may think, conspiring to almost fill it. This can, an often does, cause any number of errors....especially in long projects and when exporting.

Add limited ram and matters worsen as the software leans even more on the swapfile.

Also: is that video intended for DVD? If so you'd better up the samlping rate from 44.1 khz to 48khz as the latter is the standard.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 8:23 am

Apart from Terry's comments, do you have a program like Nero's InCD installed and active? It sometimes clashes with other programs over control of the burner.

I am also interested in why you are burning a frame-based video. What was the source of all the clips that went into it? How were they captured? And most importantly, what were their properties? Normally for a video made up of captures from a digital source, you would use Lower Field First (unless you were producing, say, a slideshow of still photos). For a video made up of clips from an analogue source, it would normally be Upper Field First.

Rocketman · Post by **Rocketman** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 9:55 am

Terry
Thanks. To answer your questions,
I am using the 40Gig C: drive which has 15Gig available.
My end goal is to create a DVD to store home moviesfrom the Panasonic MiniDV digital video camera.

Ken
Thanks also.
I captured the video directly from the camera/tape using Ulead VS6 SE. I followed the Help instructions and captured the files as MPEG2 files. I followed each of the steps as best as possible through to the "Finish" section where I attempt to Create Video File.
I have Nero Express 6 installed as the OEM for my Pioneer 109 DV burner.

Rod