Burning Avchd To Dvd+r Failure

[sgammans]

I'm having no success burning high definition content to a DVD with MyDVD (Creator 2009 SP3). I keep getting

 

Project_BuildToDevice() AuthorScript call failed. Error while  Writing Format

 

messages. The source content being burned is a 5.1 GB MPEG-2 file approximately 19 minutes in length encoded at 1920 x 1080 60 fps (interlaced) with a maximum bitrate of 30 Mbps.

 

MyDVD appears to have created all the files necessary to burn a disc--if I peek in the /bdmv subfolder I see a whole bunch of subfolders and files totalling over 455 MB in size. But no joy actually burning a disc.

 

The media I'm using are Memorex double-layer DVD+R 8.5 GB discs. The burner is a Philips SPD SPD7000P Blu-ray burner (and yes, I have burned DVD+R discs on this burner with success in the past, though not with Roxio MyDVD).

 

I've had success with burning Blu-Rays with MyDVD, but a major reason for buying Creator 2009 was its ability to burn hi-def content to DVDs. This is very disappointing, and I'd appreciate any suggestions anyone can offer. Thanks.

 

 

[grandpabruce]

I'm having no success burning high definition content to a DVD with MyDVD (Creator 2009 SP3). I keep getting

 

Project_BuildToDevice() AuthorScript call failed. Error while  Writing Format

 

messages. The source content being burned is a 5.1 GB MPEG-2 file approximately 19 minutes in length encoded at 1920 x 1080 60 fps (interlaced) with a maximum bitrate of 30 Mbps.

 

MyDVD appears to have created all the files necessary to burn a disc--if I peek in the /bdmv subfolder I see a whole bunch of subfolders and files totalling over 455 MB in size. But no joy actually burning a disc.

 

The media I'm using are Memorex double-layer DVD+R 8.5 GB discs. The burner is a Philips SPD SPD7000P Blu-ray burner (and yes, I have burned DVD+R discs on this burner with success in the past, though not with Roxio MyDVD).

 

I've had success with burning Blu-Rays with MyDVD, but a major reason for buying Creator 2009 was its ability to burn hi-def content to DVDs. This is very disappointing, and I'd appreciate any suggestions anyone can offer. Thanks.

 

Part of your disappointment is the media you are using. Dump the Memorex, and get some Verbatim DL discs.

 

And, burn your production to a Folder Set first. Don't try burning directly to a DVD.

 

[JVV]

I'm having the same problem with the "Authorscript Call Failed". I was able to get two discs to work out of about 8 tries. Media has been Fuji discs and Sony discs. I have tried to write to folders first and it failed there as well. So far this is looking like a very unreliable plugin. Any advice?

[sgammans]

Part of your disappointment is the media you are using. Dump the Memorex, and get some Verbatim DL discs.

 

And, burn your production to a Folder Set first. Don't try burning directly to a DVD.

Thanks, I will give that a try and report my findings.

[Jim_Hardin]

Some people see that error and we haven’t pinned down the reason…

 

Make sure you have the SP3 update for 2009 in place and also the latest firmware for your Burner installed.

 

Gary and I have burned many HD DVD’s and never had a problem. Yet Steve has encountered this error when burning to file.

 

I would get some better quality media even with RW’s.

 

You might try re-rendering the file in VideoWave to make sure it isn’t something in your source. (if it is, the render will fail)

 

[sknis]

Some people see that error and we haven’t pinned down the reason…

 

Make sure you have the SP3 update for 2009 in place and also the latest firmware for your Burner installed.

 

Gary and I have burned many HD DVD’s and never had a problem. Yet Steve has encountered this error when burning to file.

 

I would get some better quality media even with RW’s.

 

You might try re-rendering the file in VideoWave to make sure it isn’t something in your source. (if it is, the render will fail)

 

I have been playing around with it and now am able to burn AVCHD discs pretty regularly without having that error. I have no idea why I can do it now but got the errors in the past. Most of the stuff I did should not have solved the issue.

 

I have better luck if I use a menu even if it is for one movie. I select LP (1440*1080) since that is close to my captured mpg2 files. I encode to an ISO file and encode to a new empty folder rather than to one that already has files in it.

 

I think encoding to a file set may be the best way but I prefer ISO.

 

Also make sure you are not trying to put too much on that DL disc. Keep it below about 80 minutes. That suggestion is based on getting about 40 minutes on a single sided disc.

[sgammans]

Some people see that error and we haven’t pinned down the reason…

 

Make sure you have the SP3 update for 2009 in place and also the latest firmware for your Burner installed.

 

Gary and I have burned many HD DVD’s and never had a problem. Yet Steve has encountered this error when burning to file.

 

I would get some better quality media even with RW’s.

 

You might try re-rendering the file in VideoWave to make sure it isn’t something in your source. (if it is, the render will fail)

Thanks. I definitely have Creator 2009 SP3 (bought and downloaded the system from Roxio's website just last week and immediately installed the SP3 update before first use).

 

I haven't had time to go buy the suggested Verbatim discs but will try to do so sometime this weekend (I have company here through tomorrow afternoon).

 

I'll also look into re-rendering in VideoWave, although I hope that's not necessary. I do all of my editing in Adobe Premiere Pro CS2 and export my completed production to the MPEG-2 file described above. (The reason I don't use Adobe's system for burning discs is that CS2 doesn't support Blu-Ray or AVCHD-->DVD burning, and I'm a cheap SOB who didn't want to upgrade to CS4!)

[sgammans]

I have been playing around with it and now am able to burn AVCHD discs pretty regularly without having that error. I have no idea why I can do it now but got the errors in the past. Most of the stuff I did should not have solved the issue.

 

I have better luck if I use a menu even if it is for one movie. I select LP (1440*1080) since that is close to my captured mpg2 files.

Ah, now that's very interesting. I have been encoding to HQ (1920 x 1080) but my original source is an HDV tape from my Sony HDR-HC3 camcorder, which is only 1440 x 1080, and I've been uprezzing to 1920 x 1080 when I edit my production in Adobe Premiere Pro CS2 and export to MPEG-2 for burning with MyDVD. The reason I was doing that was only because I thought MyDVD's HQ setting also had the least compression--when I've successfully burned Blu-Rays I've been seeing a lot of compression artifacts in dark areas of my movie that aren't there in the original captures, and that's even at HQ resolution--and I thought it would help MyDVD's HQ setting to work with a source MPEG that was encoded at the same resolution. One thing I'm afraid of is that the 1440x1080-->1920x1080 re-encoding performed by the Adobe Media Exporter is introducing artifacts, which only get worse when MyDVD RE-re-encodes to AVCHD for burning.

 

I'm going to try a little experiment--I'll just take one of my unedited HDR-HC3 1440 x 1080 MPEG-2 captures and try using that with MyDVD's AVCHD-->DVD burning process at the LP setting like you're doing. If that works, I'll also see if that improves picture quality when burning a Blu-Ray disc (I'll use one of my Blu-Ray RE discs--learned THAT lesson the hard way after creating three expensive write-once Blu-Ray coasters!). This will at least prove two things: that something in the Adobe Premiere Pro workflow is interfering with MyDVD's AVCHD-->DVD process, and that re-encoding from 1440 to 1920 is the compression artifact culprit (even though I'm re-coding the 1920 x 1080 MPEG-2 at a very high bitrate -- 30 Mbps).

 

I encode to an ISO file and encode to a new empty folder rather than to one that already has files in it.

Yep, I've been doing that... always start with a fresh folder.

 

Also make sure you are not trying to put too much on that DL disc. Keep it below about 80 minutes. That suggestion is based on getting about 40 minutes on a single sided disc.

The test production I've been struggling with is only 19 minutes long and the MPEG-2 file size is only a tidge over 5 gigs.

 

Thanks!

[Jim_Hardin]

Thanks. I definitely have Creator 2009 SP3 (bought and downloaded the system from Roxio's website just last week and immediately installed the SP3 update before first use).

 

I haven't had time to go buy the suggested Verbatim discs but will try to do so sometime this weekend (I have company here through tomorrow afternoon).

 

I'll also look into re-rendering in VideoWave, although I hope that's not necessary. I do all of my editing in Adobe Premiere Pro CS2 and export my completed production to the MPEG-2 file described above. (The reason I don't use Adobe's system for burning discs is that CS2 doesn't support Blu-Ray or AVCHD-->DVD burning, and I'm a cheap SOB who didn't want to upgrade to CS4!)

The Adobe should not be any part of the equation, you are mixing a variable into it that doesn’t need to be there…