Re-encode question

[NoriNYC]

Hi, thanks for the workaround, I'm going to try.

 

By the way, can someone assure that the mp4 export from VideoWave is not re-encoded by MyDVD?

 

My starting materials are mpeg2 files, and I will be re-encoding the source mpeg2's by outputting an mp4 with VideoWave. I would hate to re-encode the already re-encoded file mp4 when I loaded it onto MyDVD. Not only does it take hell a lot of time to re-encode twice, but my biggest concern is a quality drop.

 

Thanks.

[sknis]

Remember a quote sometimes attributed to Mark Twain: "I could have made this letter shorter but I did not have the time." Perhaps reminding yourself that this is consumer, not pro-sumer or pro software might make the posts more succinct and to the point. You sound very educated and knowledgeable and what I have read seems to be correct but sometime I get lost in the sheer volume. Perhaps it is only me.

[mikym]

By the way, can someone assure that the mp4 export from VideoWave is not re-encoded by MyDVD?

 

My starting materials are mpeg2 files, and I will be re-encoding the source mpeg2's by outputting an mp4 with VideoWave. I would hate to re-encode the already re-encoded file mp4 when I loaded it onto MyDVD. Not only does it take hell a lot of time to re-encode twice, but my biggest concern is a quality drop.

 

Thanks.

They will be re-encoded -- open Task Mgr & watch your CPU performance/usage. If you must encode in VideoWave your choices are put your layout together in something besides MyDVD, figure out how to create a custom template that works (passes compliance testing in MyDVD) in VideoWave, create a layout in MyDVD using smaller clips as a proxy, then see if it's possible to swap in your VideoWave encoded content using free-ware / opensource tools... I *think* the last might be possible, but haven't progressed that far in learning Blu Ray yet.

[mikym]

I am not familiar with AVC vs Bluray other than that the type of mpeg2s I have just doesn't justify the huge disk space Bluray encoding results in, so, I am using regular DVD-R and DVD+R DL disks and AVCHD (not standard blu-ray format). Is it still an option to output an Blu-ray AVC from VideoWave in this case? And if I do that, it won't be re-encoded by MyDVD?

 

AVCHD is similar but not necessarily identical to Blu Ray -- allegedly Blu Ray plays on more players, but?... If you buy the add-on you should be able to author Blu Ray layouts & burn/play those on/from DVD as well as AVCHD. If you encode in VideoWave using the BD templates as in my earlier reply, MyDVD will re-encode.

 

I have tried to load mp4 TS files from Happaugue HD-PVR directly to MyDVD but that never works. I ge thte message that the file has to be convered first to mpeg. But this time, I opened the exported mp4 with VideoWave and sent it to MyDVD from VideoWave. MyDVD seemed to have no issue taking the MPEG4/AVC, except that the 1.8GB file was suddenly going to take 7.5GB accoding to MyDVD.

 

1st you have less control over size in MyDVD, but just because it guesses at a final space requirement doesn't mean much in your case. If you want to see if it *passes* MyDVD, run a short clip through, render to a folder on your hard drive, & watch Task Mgr -- if you want to see what to look for, let MyDVD encode a short clip, then import the resulting m2ts file back into MyDVD & create another layout.

 

RE: importing into VideoWave... In part it has to do with the Direct Show filters you have installed. You might try some of the AVC/mp4 tools more commonly used with sat broadcast too, to see if you can easily make the files compatible. And you might try a freeware app to Mux (not re-encode) your video into a Blu Ray or AVCHD layout 1st, then try to import the result -- that **might** add flags etc to the file that VideoWave likes/needs.

 

 

 

[mikym]

For a full re-installation, I went by the instructions posted above. I uninstalled the software after stopping a couple of Roxio/ Sonic startup applications, deleted everything in the registry that has to do with Sonic / Roxio, and restarted the computer.

 

FWIW, it's almost certain you didn't get all the registry entries -- I forgot the numbers I posted in the install forum but Installwatch pro recorded over 5,000. Creator 2010 also puts files/folders in several locations. It can also have issues with it's own or other Windows Installer records. Since some stuff I suspect is less obvious (i.e. Macrovision), I'd suggest contacting Roxio tech to see if they can direct you on where to look for what.

 

My computer has WinRAR installed. So, I tried extracting the .exe's contents to a folder on Desktop. I then clicked on Setup.exe file inside the folder. This time I got this message.

 

I used 7zip to extract the setup files & used those to install without prob. IOW expanding them out shouldn't have done anything bad.

 

Any advice? Do I have to install Creator 2009 first in order to install 2010? I kind of doubt it but I am running out of ideas right now.

 

I had EMC9 Dlx installed/running in XP Pro SP3 32, with a broken installer/uninstaller. I do a lot with video, & wanted to go the extra mile to remove old references to DS filters etc... It took me more than a day to get rid of everything I could find, & then there were left-overs I came across. EMC9 was *much* simpler in terms of impact on Windows than Creator 2010, & I suspect 2009. I'd again suggest seeing if tech support could tell you where to look & what to look for. If that fails, if you can get your hands on another PC/laptop, after backing up, do a monitored install of the version you want to go away -- I use the free InstallWatch Pro in XP 32, but it won't work in 64 bit Windows -- there you might look for an app called Regshot2, which I believe can be set to monitor folders too. If you're real lucky the uninstall file it creates from monitoring setup will work on the rig you're having prob with.

 

 

 

[NoriNYC]

Milym, thanks for the information and ideas! the depth of your knowledge is truely amazing. At this point, however, I don't want any more "experimenting". I need to get this to work, LOL! I was actually thinking of rebuilding 7 from scratch for other reasons, just never got around to do it, so here is the chance for me to take a dive? I guess I will format and clean install, that way, all traces of Creator 2009 should be eliminated... Yes, other softwares / their installers causing the issue, that's likely a realistic possibility because i have soo many softs on it. It's just that I USED TO be able to burn AVCHDs! I'm hoping it will work again!

 

Thanks guys very much for sticking around!!!! I'll see if this is over, haha.

[NoriNYC]

Here is the cure for that.

 

Thank you Sknis!!! I tried, and in my case, that didn't work. BUT I got it to work.

 

First I remounted the image file again. Then, I disabled ALL startup applications, as expected, the unintallation went well.

 

Then WITHOUT deleting anything from the registry, I installed the software. I got no error message this time. The reason I skipped the registry step this time was that after deleting certain things with the registry, CP monitor stuff was gone from Task Manager. This time, I tried without deleting anything from the registry. CP was still showing up under Services? tab in Task Manager.

 

I then began to render using MyDVD. I let it run while I was at work to see if it succesfully creates an image file.

 

Bad news, it froze up.

 

I have TeamViewer, a remote Desktop access software, and it seems like MyDVD halts when I access my home computer remotely through it though the computer I tried to access was not the very computer that was rendering with MyDVD, it was another one that was a client to the computer in the internet connection sharing setup.

 

I was forced to restart my computer with the image making frozen at the manu making stage. I am now trying again, rendering with the same project file. I hope the freezing today didn't screw up the installation again.

 

 

#$^@, I just want to make an AVCHD disk, and it's taking foreva! What a drama!

 

Anyway, thank you very much for your help. I will report back for sure!!

 

They will be re-encoded -- open Task Mgr & watch your CPU performance/usage. If you must encode in VideoWave your choices are put your layout together in something besides MyDVD, figure out how to create a custom template that works (passes compliance testing in MyDVD) in VideoWave, create a layout in MyDVD using smaller clips as a proxy, then see if it's possible to swap in your VideoWave encoded content using free-ware / opensource tools... I *think* the last might be possible, but haven't progressed that far in learning Blu Ray yet.

 

 

Haaah! Interesting! I have another software that burns this TS files without re-encoding. It's called ArcSoft Total Media Extreme or something like that, came bundled with the Happauge HD-PVR. A good thing is that the soft burns TSs straight to AVCHD, and therefore, it's SOOO QUICK! But the software has limited menu options, and editting is pretty much limited to keyframe slicing because the soft "cannot" re-encode. It would be awesome if MyDVD could smart render those files! I will try making VideoWave projects with those TS files next time I get them!

 

AVCHD is similar but not necessarily identical to Blu Ray -- allegedly Blu Ray plays on more players, but?... If you buy the add-on you should be able to author Blu Ray layouts & burn/play those on/from DVD as well as AVCHD. If you encode in VideoWave using the BD templates as in my earlier reply, MyDVD will re-encode.

 

 

 

1st you have less control over size in MyDVD, but just because it guesses at a final space requirement doesn't mean much in your case. If you want to see if it *passes* MyDVD, run a short clip through, render to a folder on your hard drive, & watch Task Mgr -- if you want to see what to look for, let MyDVD encode a short clip, then import the resulting m2ts file back into MyDVD & create another layout.

 

RE: importing into VideoWave... In part it has to do with the Direct Show filters you have installed. You might try some of the AVC/mp4 tools more commonly used with sat broadcast too, to see if you can easily make the files compatible. And you might try a freeware app to Mux (not re-encode) your video into a Blu Ray or AVCHD layout 1st, then try to import the result -- that **might** add flags etc to the file that VideoWave likes/needs.

 

 

xx I suspected that the space meter of MyDVD might not be precise.... it sometimes changes by 5 minutes or so without me doing anything.

 

I am a lil convused about this. You mean if I used one of those tools, VideoWave might not have made the 1.8GB mp4, and it might have been bigger? I started out with close to 7.5GB mpeg2 files. Them ending up being 1.8GB was the problem for me. That means they are super compressed..... Bad for the quality.. When I loaded the mp4 (1.8GB) on MyDVD, it came out to be about 7.5GB....

 

FWIW, it's almost certain you didn't get all the registry entries -- I forgot the numbers I posted in the install forum but Installwatch pro recorded over 5,000. Creator 2010 also puts files/folders in several locations. It can also have issues with it's own or other Windows Installer records. Since some stuff I suspect is less obvious (i.e. Macrovision), I'd suggest contacting Roxio tech to see if they can direct you on where to look for what.

 

 

 

I used 7zip to extract the setup files & used those to install without prob. IOW expanding them out shouldn't have done anything bad.

 

 

 

I had EMC9 Dlx installed/running in XP Pro SP3 32, with a broken installer/uninstaller. I do a lot with video, & wanted to go the extra mile to remove old references to DS filters etc... It took me more than a day to get rid of everything I could find, & then there were left-overs I came across. EMC9 was *much* simpler in terms of impact on Windows than Creator 2010, & I suspect 2009. I'd again suggest seeing if tech support could tell you where to look & what to look for. If that fails, if you can get your hands on another PC/laptop, after backing up, do a monitored install of the version you want to go away -- I use the free InstallWatch Pro in XP 32, but it won't work in 64 bit Windows -- there you might look for an app called Regshot2, which I believe can be set to monitor folders too. If you're real lucky the uninstall file it creates from monitoring setup will work on the rig you're having prob with.

 

 

Wow! I thought Creator 2010 was a regular folk's DVD making app, I guess I was wrong, LOL! Maybe I just should reinstall Windows 7 and install Creator 2010 ONLY! I have an image of the initial 7 install plus some appo's saved, so, it would be 20 minutes plus Creator 2010 installation LOL!

 

Okay, I would be asking you for help if I ever had to go through this. HOpe you don't mind!!!

 

 

 

 

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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!! I again got the same error message at the end of the imagge making!!! soo discouraged!

 

I'm trying one more time, uninstalling and reinstalling the soft without playing with the registry. Then rendering one more time.

 

If you guys have a brilliant work around, please let me know!!

 

If not, it seems like building up from a image before any Roxio product seems like the best path to take...... Basically, reinstall Windows, apps. Never knew this app was THIS complicated, LOL!

 

 

QUESTION, during the installation of CreatorPro, I was asked to locate MSI files, various ones. One of them, I forgot what it was, I actually had to two of them. The same name, but one MSI was in whatever folder, and the other one was in the same name folder except that the folder name had _A64 or something added to its end. I figured 64 stood for x64, and my Windows 7 is 64 bit, so I picked the MSI in the _A64 folder, but should I pick the other one?

[NoriNYC]

Sorry for the late report. I have a log-in issue last night.

 

It WAS an installation problem. The MyDVD project file that I could not use to make an image, I could make an image with the same project file on another computer.

 

I mounted an image of my C drive from a few weeks ago and am running the project file again to see if it works.

[sknis]

Hi, thanks for the workaround, I'm going to try.

 

By the way, can someone assure that the mp4 export from VideoWave is not re-encoded by MyDVD?

 

My starting materials are mpeg2 files, and I will be re-encoding the source mpeg2's by outputting an mp4 with VideoWave. I would hate to re-encode the already re-encoded file mp4 when I loaded it onto MyDVD. Not only does it take hell a lot of time to re-encode twice, but my biggest concern is a quality drop.

 

Thanks.

 

I split off this topic because the original post was giving a process. It was left open for people to add to or suggest changes to the process. Your post doesn't not come under that general heading and has been posted here.

 

The process is given here.

 

Why are you encoding the mpg2 mp4 files? All files will be re-encoded to match the selections you make for a AVCHD/blu-ray disc. Leave them as project files in Video Wave and add them to MyDVD. Select HQ or same as original and make an ISO file. Copy the ISO file to the disc.

[NoriNYC]

Okie, here's what's going on right now. Not good unfortuantely.

 

First off, I originally had Roxio Creator 2009 installed, and then purchased Creator 2010 Pro upgrade online, downloaded 3 installers, and installed them all, then SP2. The downloaded installers have been saved on a DVD disk (data disk) and another partition (non-OS partition) of my hard drive.

 

The 3 installers are:

RoxioCreator2010Pro

RoxioCreator2010ProDisk2

RoxioCreatorContent

 

For a full re-installation, I went by the instructions posted above. I uninstalled the software after stopping a couple of Roxio/ Sonic startup applications, deleted everything in the registry that has to do with Sonic / Roxio, and restarted the computer.

 

I then copied the installers to the Desktop from the DVD. I first double-clicked on "RoxioCreatorPro" which was the first .exe I was instructed to install following the purchase and download if I remember correctly. I got the following message.

 

 

My computer has WinRAR installed. So, I tried extracting the .exe's contents to a folder on Desktop. I then clicked on Setup.exe file inside the folder. This time I got this message.

 

 

 

Any advice? Do I have to install Creator 2009 first in order to install 2010? I kind of doubt it but I am running out of ideas right now.

 

 

P.s. I just realized that the unintall / install page says to turn off ALL startup applications. I don't think I did that. Shoot! But that was to make the 'uninstall' go smoothly, and it tells you to turn them back on. I was able to uninstall without an issue, but now, I cannot install it back...

[NoriNYC]

Hey, thanks for your response. I made an mp4 file once because the procedure laid out in the process thread said to 'export' an mp4, close VideoWave, and load the mp4 onto MyDVD.

 

Before coming here, I made a project file with VideoWave (this project had all of the mpeg2 files I wanted to burn), and loaded the project itself on MyDVD without exporting, I still got the error after a long rendering period on MyDVD.

 

The workaround in the process thread (outputting an mp4 once and loading an mp4 to MyDVD) may successfully create an AVCHD image. It is looking like however not a viable solution for me. With the method, a 70 min footage came out to be about 1.8GB. A sign that it is extremely compressed. When I loaded the 1.8GB mp4 onto MyDVD and set the project setting to "SAVE AS ORIGIANL", it comes out to be about 7.5GB according to the space meter at the bottom of MyDVD's screen, and 7.5GB approximately corresponds to the amount I saw when I loaded the VideoWave project itself, instead of an exported mp4. I am afriad that I may be compressing a lot the source file once and then raising the bit-rate from the highly compressed file, by exporting once as an mp4 and reloading it on MyDVD as shown in the process thread. This will be an issue for me as I would like to do as few re-encodings as possible and I do care about keeping the original quality.

 

Any thoughts / comments about this?

 

 

 

[mikym]

xx I suspected that the space meter of MyDVD might not be precise.... it sometimes changes by 5 minutes or so without me doing anything.

 

I am a lil convused about this. You mean if I used one of those tools, VideoWave might not have made the 1.8GB mp4, and it might have been bigger? I started out with close to 7.5GB mpeg2 files. Them ending up being 1.8GB was the problem for me. That means they are super compressed..... Bad for the quality.. When I loaded the mp4 (1.8GB) on MyDVD, it came out to be about 7.5GB....

 

When I was running tests, I imported short [2 min.] clips into MyDVD -- it always showed the same sizes, & never representative of what the relatively tiny result would actually be. When I started a new project & imported the file MyDVD had just rendered, again everything looked the same -- the only difference was it didn't re-encode the video file... It showed the same render dialog, with the green checkmarks & all, but when it got to the encode step it just jumped to the next step.

 

RE: installation etc... TOTALLY FWIW, I like Easy Media Creator, in it's various incarnations since I got version 3 I think from Adaptec maybe a decade ago. But installing Roxio or Nero suites nowadays can cause havoc as all these added apps act in Windows like vines crawling up the side of a building -- that' why so many people stay away according to what I've read in forums, in Newegg reviews etc. That's why it took me however many versions before moving from EMC9 to Creator 2010.

 

Since you mentioned a windows reinstall...

I don't know how fast, or easy it is for you to work with image backups, or how comfortable you are doing it. I've got 2 internal hard drives, & a couple of external drives for backups, & I have LiveXP on a bootable USB stick, so please forgive me if I make it sound trivial. But if I was going to consider reinstalling Windows, or restoring a prior disc image, I would 1) get a copy of the free Regshot2 & stick it on a USB stick, then create a current disc image backup. 2) restore an earlier backup or reinstall Windows. 3) set Regshot2 to monitor the registry & as possible the User, Common Files, Program Data (in 7), & Windows folders. 4) while monitoring with Regshot2 install Creator 2010. 5) make sure Creator 2010 works. 6) I've got too much work in setting 7 up, so *I* would create another backup image, restore the image with everything installed, then try the undo &/or redo files Regshot2 created, basically trying to mimic what the install did in the virgin Windows. Assuming I had used Paragon's app to backup the virgin Windows, I'd also have the option to mount that backup image & copy over any missing files. 7) if it still didn't work I'd go back to that virgin copy of Windows, restoring that backup image. But that's me, & with Paragon or Acronis backups on my 2nd internal drive, & with the option of booting to LiveXP, it takes about 20 minutes to restore a backup image of a system partition.

 

 

QUESTION, during the installation of CreatorPro, I was asked to locate MSI files, various ones. One of them, I forgot what it was, I actually had to two of them. The same name, but one MSI was in whatever folder, and the other one was in the same name folder except that the folder name had _A64 or something added to its end. I figured 64 stood for x64, and my Windows 7 is 64 bit, so I picked the MSI in the _A64 folder, but should I pick the other one?

 

If I'm correct this is a Windows Installer caused error. Long story short, & according to writeups at the VirtualDub site & Microsoft, creating a Windows Installer setup package there are extra steps a developer should take, & if they don't, the installer's stored records can wreak havoc. I had what *sounds* similar happen with Sony software... The install called for 2 setup files from Microsoft that included their Visual Studio C++ runtime files. These files are compressed (zipped), plus they were compressed inside another file or 2 (like zipping a zip file). The Sony install routine used a temporary, hidden folder to expand these runtime setup files, deleted that folder after install, but the developer/programmer didn't delete the records of/for that nonexistent folder. From then on Windows Installer wanted to use that temporary folder that isn't there. It wanted to use it when I re-installed that Sony app, asking for files just like you reported. I gave it a couple of files that appeared to work, but things were still screwed up until I used the "Windows Install Cleanup" from Microsoft & started over. I had strange errors pointing to those same runtime setup files installing Creator 2010 in XP, months & many installations after that Sony debacle. I don't know if it was purely or partly from Creator's installation routine, &/or how much of a role that Sony install screwup had.

 

As far as those runtime files go, there are different versions, & they're often installed to sub-folders in Windows "winsxs" folder. There are also two runtimes -- 1 for visual studio 2005 & one for 2008. The runtime for Xp 32 is distributed as "vcredist_x86.exe" -- the MS download center has a 64 bit version named "vcredist_IA64.exe". However, just running it fresh won't necessarily fix the bad Windows Installer records, nor will it know to put the files in the right place if they're supposed to go under some winsxs folder *IF* that's where Roxio wants them.

 

At any rate, after you backup &/or set a restore point you might want to try that cleanup tool & see what happens if you run Creator's setup after getting rid of the C++ runtime install records. You might even get rid of Creator's install records, which in theory *should* make setup start from scratch. Could be I'm wasting your time -- some app you installed before Creator 2010 could have screwed up those installer records & that's what's causing your prob. now, causing Creator 2010 to not fully install?

 

 

[sknis]

The only time I encode in Video Wave is to make use of "Stream" on my ATI video card and then I encode to mpg2 Hiogh Definition or Blu-ray -HQ option. If Stream kicks in, it saves a lot of time.

 

I see only about 4 options for mp4 output from Video Wave. Which one are you chosing. After you select it, what is the description below what you have selected?

 

I now see the confusion regarding the information in the pinned post. That person was starting with an mp4 file. Are you?

[NoriNYC]

Here are the settings I chose in exporting the mp4.

 

 

I have mpeg2 files from my TV tuner. Each file has some TV commercials at the beginning and end of the file, so, I cut them off and connected all mpeg2 files using VideoWave.

 

I have done the same for other TV shows, and it has worked in the past, I was able to make AVCHD disks without an issue before even though I openedd My DVD and loaded mpeg files at once instead of making a VideoWave project first, elected to add multiple mpeg2s as one movie when asked. I began to get error messages a few days ago. How can I burn AVCHD from mpge2 again? I did system restore, repaired the Roxio installation from an installer. Nothing's working

[sknis]

Here are the settings I chose in exporting the mp4.

 

 

I have mpeg2 files from my TV tuner. Each file has some TV commercials at the beginning and end of the file, so, I cut them off and connected all mpeg2 files using VideoWave.

 

I have done the same for other TV shows, and it has worked, I was able to make AVCHD disks without an issue before even though I openedd My DVD and loaded those mpeg files at once, elected to add them all as one movie when asked instead of making a VideoWave project first. I began to get error messages a few days ago. How can I burn AVCHD from mpge2 again? I did system restore, repaired the Roxio installation from an installer. Nothing's working

 

OK, you are exporting as an AVCHD file - technically a type of mp4 file. "AVCHD utilizes MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 (AVC)"

 

What happened to your computer? There have been some Windows updates recently. I installed them on Vista64 Ultimate and my still works so it might be something else. Have you added or updated any software?

 

Since you have done a Windows Add/remove repair already, you may have to reinstall the program to get it to work.

 

1) Use Revo Unistaller in the MODERATE mode to remove the program. Clean up your computer with CCleaner and then defrag (Tools can be found here) prepare our computer, reboot, and reinstall.

2) If that doesn't work, you will need to do the full Uninstall/Install.

 

How much in time are you trying to put on an AVCHD disc? I thought the limit was about 40 miuntes on a single sided disc and about twice that on a DL.

[NoriNYC]

Thanks again for your thorough follow up. It's much appreciated.

 

By the way, my video editting computer is running Windows 7 Professional x64.

 

Both Windows update and install issue are my top suspects actually. What happened was that Windows update got installed during a looong rendering with MyDVD and my computer restarted. The MyDVD operation was forced to quit. That's when I began to experience the issue.

 

After rebooting the computer, I immediately noticed that the MyDVD project file that I had saved prior to the rendering was screwed up. I tossed the project file and made a new one. But I got the error message.

 

I then did system restore thinking that this would just roll back to whatever system that could produce AVCHD disks. Following the system restore, the first thing I did / was asked to do rather, was Windows update.

 

Then I proceeded to try AVCHD disk making and got the same error message. I also tried making a VideoWave project first and loading the project onto MyDVD.

 

I then repaired the Roxio installation. And as you can see, it still doesn't work.

 

I am now rendering with another computer I have (with a dual core proc, older v card, and 32-bit Windows 7 Home Premium) that also has Roxio Creator 2010 Pro SP2 installation to see if this issue is specific to my primary video editting computer.

 

 

That is sort of out of curiosity. I need this coomputer to be able to create AVCHD, so, I am definitely trying the suggestions you gave me.

 

I will report back shortly. Thank you again.

 

 

Oops, I didn't answer your question. The foootage is about 70 minutes and I am trying to make an image for a DL disk.

[sknis]

Here is the cure for that.

[sknis]

Let us know how it goes. Yes, you should be able to get 70 minutes on an AVCHD disc.

[ggrussell]

Both Windows update and install issue are my top suspects actually. What happened was that Windows update got installed during a looong rendering with MyDVD and my computer restarted. The MyDVD operation was forced to quit. That's when I began to experience the issue.

One very good reason to keep Automatic Updates turned OFF.

 

As pointed out in another thread, the AVC choices (like the one you chose) in Videowave may or may not be Bluray compliant. To be sure, choose one of the Bluray outputs (Bluray AVC).

 

I was under the impression that MyDVD 2010 could smart render MPG4/h264 files, but that has never worked for me. If your source files are Hidf MPEG 2 files, why are you converting to AVCHD? Hidef MPEG 2 is Bluray compliant and most likely would smart render making the process much faster.

[NoriNYC]

One very good reason to keep Automatic Updates turned OFF.

 

As pointed out in another thread, the AVC choices (like the one you chose) in Videowave may or may not be Bluray compliant. To be sure, choose one of the Bluray outputs (Bluray AVC).

 

I was under the impression that MyDVD 2010 could smart render MPG4/h264 files, but that has never worked for me. If your source files are Hidf MPEG 2 files, why are you converting to AVCHD? Hidef MPEG 2 is Bluray compliant and most likely would smart render making the process much faster.

 

 

Updates are supposed to be downloaded but not installed, that's my setup. I must have accidnetally clicked to initiate the installation as I have two computers connected to one monitor and I often click with a wrong mouse trying to wake up a computer. Hopefully I will be more careful in the future.

 

I am not familiar with AVC vs Bluray other than that the type of mpeg2s I have just doesn't justify the huge disk space Bluray encoding results in, so, I am using regular DVD-R and DVD+R DL disks and AVCHD (not standard blu-ray format). Is it still an option to output an Blu-ray AVC from VideoWave in this case? And if I do that, it won't be re-encoded by MyDVD?

 

I have tried to load mp4 TS files from Happaugue HD-PVR directly to MyDVD but that never works. I ge thte message that the file has to be convered first to mpeg. But this time, I opened the exported mp4 with VideoWave and sent it to MyDVD from VideoWave. MyDVD seemed to have no issue taking the MPEG4/AVC, except that the 1.8GB file was suddenly going to take 7.5GB accoding to MyDVD.

 

Let us know how it goes. Yes, you should be able to get 70 minutes on an AVCHD disc.

 

 

I will. right now, I sent the MyDVD project that didn't result in an image to the other slower computer and am rendering it on that computer.

 

Before trying CC cleaner and semi-reinstallation, I am leaning toward mounting an image of my C drive and MBR that I happened to have created with Acronis True Image a few weeks before the incident . The fact is that I do not know WHAT ELSE in the Roxio installation / registry is screwed up because of the Roxio force quit a few days ago. Something that is not related to Roxio could be screwed up as well. But if that doesn't work, I am definitely trying CC cleaner and reinstallation of Roxio.

 

I made a mistake and forgot to move the source mpeg files from the video editting computer to the slower computer, and the slower computer is now rendering from the mpegs on my editting computer. Ouch, I gotta wait till the slow computer finishes it, to start fixing the editting computer.