cannot burn or copy captured mpeg2 files

[DirtBikeMike]

I am capturing some old VHS tapes for a friend of mine to my PC's hard drive. XP SP3. I have a Pinnacle PCI capture card, and Pinnacle Studio 9 software. So far I have captured (4) 2hr tapes using the mpeg capture SVCD compatable setting. The files are approx 2 gb and 2 hrs long. The specs are: mpeg2 480X480 29.970 fps NTSC 4:3 2400 kbps.

Here is the problem: The files play fine on my PC using WMP and MPC. I can copy the files from folder to folder on my HDD with no problems. I am unable to burn the files to data DVD-R, or copy to a USB thumb drive for transfer to my buddies PC. When I try to do this I get error messages that read "unable to find file" or "unable to copy file".

I am stumped.

[aedipuss]

post the video information that mediainfo gives in text mode. weird. sounds like some program has locked them as being in use.

[hech54]

If your intention is indeed to burn the files as data (and not a playable DVD)....the standard answer is use ImgBurn. If you want a playable DVD then you have one more step to follow....authoring.....then burn with ImgBurn.

[DirtBikeMike]

here ya go....thankx for the help......

Complete name : F:\Cole VHS\Koua.mpg
Format : MPEG-PS
File size : 2.53 GiB
Duration : 2h 15mn
Overall bit rate : 2 671 Kbps
Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=15
Duration : 2h 15mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 2 500 Kbps
Width : 480 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.362
Stream size : 2.26 GiB (90%)
Audio
ID : 192 (0xC0)
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 2
Duration : 2h 15mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 224 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : -34ms
Stream size : 217 MiB (8%)

[aedipuss]

looks pretty standard svcd mpg. try right clicking on the file properties/security and see if you have write permissions.

[DirtBikeMike]

looks pretty standard svcd mpg. try right clicking on the file properties/security and see if you have write permissions.

In MPC it says "none" under copyright

In WMP is says "file is missing media usage rights"

More info: I did not mention in my OP that I want to burn or copy these files in data format and give them to my buddy so he can load them on his computer for editing and authoring to DVD.

[aedipuss]

what i'd try is making a new folder, right click copy the video file, paste it in the new folder and then try to copy that entire new folder to the usb stick.

[DirtBikeMike]

what i'd try is making a new folder, right click copy the video file, paste it in the new folder and then try to copy that entire new folder to the usb stick.

Yup, tried this when I was trying to figure out what was wrong. I created a second separate folder and copied the files into the new folder. Got the same error message "cannot find file" when trying to copy or burn. Double click on the file and it plays fine.

[classfour]

It's a shame the two of you couldn't share a couple of hard drives (or one) for this venture. It seems a waste of dvd media - and a hard drive transfer would be easy.

[DirtBikeMike]

It's a shame the two of you couldn't share a couple of hard drives (or one) for this venture. It seems a waste of dvd media - and a hard drive transfer would be easy.

Yup, we may have to end up doing something like this. I would still like to work through this problem.

Can anybody help me figure out why I cannot copy these files to a USB thumb drive or burn them to DVD data disc? I tried ImageBurn as suggested and at the end of the burn I get a "I/O error" message.

Thankx to all

[aedipuss]

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Miscellaneous/Unlocker.shtml

you may have to "kill" a process that is locking the file.

[DirtBikeMike]

I was able to burn these files to blank DVD-R using ImageBurn. ImageBurn would not work with DVD-RW. I would still like to figure out why I cannot copy these files to a USB thumb drive, or burn to DVD-RW.

Anyone??

[jman98]

I was able to burn these files to blank DVD-R using ImageBurn. ImageBurn would not work with DVD-RW. I would still like to figure out why I cannot copy these files to a USB thumb drive, or burn to DVD-RW.

Anyone??

This is a fairly long thread so I apologize in advance if I missed something, but it seems that you did not specify your OS. Are you using Windows 7 or Vista by any chance? I'm fairly new to Windows 7 and I've noticed some weird problems in trying to write to USB sticks. There are some weird permissions things going where the sticks get mounted in some kind of read only type mode. However, doing a Copy from the original file and a Paste to the USB stick has worked for me. I do get prompted asking me if I really want to do it, but the paste does happen when I click to go ahead and do it.

ImgBurn will burn to DVD-RW discs, but do note that re-writable discs can go bad. I find Nero easier to work with to erase re-writable discs. If you have Nero you might try using it to see if you can erase them. If the DVD-RW is being written to for the first time it has to be initialized before you can write to it.