authoring trouble with Nerovision Express 3.0.1.4

[brownstem]

Having trouble with the newest version of NVE (yes, I upgraded from an "honest" copy). After completing my menus I try to then render the project. Whether I choose to burn an image or just to a dvd folder NVE hangs about 10 minutes into "Creating menus and transcoding streams." I've rebooted and retried several times with the same results.

My source files are a bunch of mpg files I've transferred to my PC after burning them to dvd from a Panasonic DMR-E85H standalone recorder. I load them all into the project then merge them to one title for ease of adding chapters (they're the World Series games, and it's easier to add inning chapters if you merge them all first). Adding the chapters and making the menus all went well. Any tips? Thanks.

[ProfessorTomoe]

I've had NVE hang on me under several different scenarios, but not specifically when using MPG files made externally. However, I have found the easiest way to kick-start it is to use the Make Movie function. I use it to export a movie and then feed that into the Make DVD function. It's kludgy, but it usually works.

In extreme cases when I'm transcoding AVIs to MPGs, I've had to recode the AVI into another compression format (Huffyuv lossless) and then let the Make Movie function take over from there. If you can't get the MPG files to cooperate, you might want to consider this as an absolute last resort.