DVD Architect ISO Building Error

[DarianG]

Hello. I am trying to render an ISO for a Blu-Ray project I have been working on in MAGIX DVD Architect Build 100.
The error is "Warning: An Error occurred while writing a file. An invalid pointer was specified". I did some research and the fixes I found and tried were, running the program in administrator mode, saving the ISO to a different hard drive than where the project file lived, making sure chapter points were not to close to the end of the video files (which I really thought would do the trick), removing any potentially problematic video files (like AVIs that I lazily threw in rather than converting to a better format). None of it worked. I really can't imagine what the issue is. All the main video files after the pre-menu videos are proper .ts files that I used avidemux to make. They all load in fine and give me no warnings before it lets me prepare the ISO. The ISO gets about 40 - 50% through and then shoots that message at me. Does anyone know what this might be and what else I should try?

If you need any more information, please let me know, thank you so much!

[johns0]

Thread moved to the blu-ray authoring forum where you can get more help.

[usually_quiet]

Hello. I am trying to render an ISO for a Blu-Ray project I have been working on in MAGIX DVD Architect Build 100.
The error is "Warning: An Error occurred while writing a file. An invalid pointer was specified". I did some research and the fixes I found and tried were, running the program in administrator mode, saving the ISO to a different hard drive than where the project file lived, making sure chapter points were not to close to the end of the video files (which I really thought would do the trick), removing any potentially problematic video files (like AVIs that I lazily threw in rather than converting to a better format). None of it worked. I really can't imagine what the issue is. All the main video files after the pre-menu videos are proper .ts files that I used avidemux to make. They all load in fine and give me no warnings before it lets me prepare the ISO. The ISO gets about 40 - 50% through and then shoots that message at me. Does anyone know what this might be and what else I should try?

If you need any more information, please let me know, thank you so much!

If creating the Blu-ray files and folders don't cause any errors, you could create a Blu-ray ISO using Imgburn.

[DarianG]

Hello. I am trying to render an ISO for a Blu-Ray project I have been working on in MAGIX DVD Architect Build 100.
The error is "Warning: An Error occurred while writing a file. An invalid pointer was specified". I did some research and the fixes I found and tried were, running the program in administrator mode, saving the ISO to a different hard drive than where the project file lived, making sure chapter points were not to close to the end of the video files (which I really thought would do the trick), removing any potentially problematic video files (like AVIs that I lazily threw in rather than converting to a better format). None of it worked. I really can't imagine what the issue is. All the main video files after the pre-menu videos are proper .ts files that I used avidemux to make. They all load in fine and give me no warnings before it lets me prepare the ISO. The ISO gets about 40 - 50% through and then shoots that message at me. Does anyone know what this might be and what else I should try?

If you need any more information, please let me know, thank you so much!

If creating the Blu-ray files and folders don't cause any errors, you could create a Blu-ray ISO using Imgburn.

How exactly would I do that? I can't transfer all that work over.

[usually_quiet]

Hello. I am trying to render an ISO for a Blu-Ray project I have been working on in MAGIX DVD Architect Build 100.
The error is "Warning: An Error occurred while writing a file. An invalid pointer was specified". I did some research and the fixes I found and tried were, running the program in administrator mode, saving the ISO to a different hard drive than where the project file lived, making sure chapter points were not to close to the end of the video files (which I really thought would do the trick), removing any potentially problematic video files (like AVIs that I lazily threw in rather than converting to a better format). None of it worked. I really can't imagine what the issue is. All the main video files after the pre-menu videos are proper .ts files that I used avidemux to make. They all load in fine and give me no warnings before it lets me prepare the ISO. The ISO gets about 40 - 50% through and then shoots that message at me. Does anyone know what this might be and what else I should try?

If you need any more information, please let me know, thank you so much!

If creating the Blu-ray files and folders don't cause any errors, you could create a Blu-ray ISO using Imgburn.

How exactly would I do that? I can't transfer all that work over.

Did DVD Architect create a BDMV folder and a CERTIFICATE folder for your Blu-ray? Those folders (including their contents) are what you need to add to ImgBurn to create the ISO.

[DarianG]

Hello. I am trying to render an ISO for a Blu-Ray project I have been working on in MAGIX DVD Architect Build 100.
The error is "Warning: An Error occurred while writing a file. An invalid pointer was specified". I did some research and the fixes I found and tried were, running the program in administrator mode, saving the ISO to a different hard drive than where the project file lived, making sure chapter points were not to close to the end of the video files (which I really thought would do the trick), removing any potentially problematic video files (like AVIs that I lazily threw in rather than converting to a better format). None of it worked. I really can't imagine what the issue is. All the main video files after the pre-menu videos are proper .ts files that I used avidemux to make. They all load in fine and give me no warnings before it lets me prepare the ISO. The ISO gets about 40 - 50% through and then shoots that message at me. Does anyone know what this might be and what else I should try?

If you need any more information, please let me know, thank you so much!

If creating the Blu-ray files and folders don't cause any errors, you could create a Blu-ray ISO using Imgburn.

How exactly would I do that? I can't transfer all that work over.

Did DVD Architect create a BDMV folder and a CERTIFICATE folder for your Blu-ray? Those folders (including their contents) are what you need to add to ImgBurn to create the ISO.

No, it did not.

[usually_quiet]

No, it did not.

Can you try authoring the Blu-ray without creating an ISO? If that fails then the error occurs during the authoring process and is not specifically related to ISO creation.

[DarianG]

No, it did not.

Can you try authoring the Blu-ray without creating an ISO? If that fails then the error occurs during the authoring process and is not specifically related to ISO creation.

I will try that and get back, thank you.

[DarianG]

No, it did not.

Can you try authoring the Blu-ray without creating an ISO? If that fails then the error occurs during the authoring process and is not specifically related to ISO creation.

When I go to try and do that, like click the burn button, it still wants to create an iso to continue so it will give me the same error.

[Cornucopia]

I suggest starting with just one or 2 assets, build an iso, delete it, add another asset, build, delete, add another etc until you find what is causing the problem. It may take quite a while, but you will at least be sure of the culprit (unless there is more than 1).

Scott

[DarianG]

I suggest starting with just one or 2 assets, build an iso, delete it, add another asset, build, delete, add another etc until you find what is causing the problem. It may take quite a while, but you will at least be sure of the culprit (unless there is more than 1).

Scott

Alright, thank you.

[bawev]

Ensure that you have the latest updates for DVD Architect, as this might resolve the issue if it’s a known bug. Even though .ts files are generally compatible, re-encoding them to a standard format used by DVD Architect, like MPEG-2, might help. Buy Autodesk AutoCAD Architecture 2023 with ProCADIS.com exclusive savings. A user reported that having two buttons with “Resume” actions set in a single menu caused a similar error. Ensure that there is only one Resume action per menu. Try building your project incrementally. After adding each element (video, audio, menus, chapter points, buttons), create a new ISO. If the error occurs, you’ll know which addition is causing the problem.