DVD Authoring with DVD LAB PRO doesnt create all files

[SSJ4Thiran]

Hello,
I am trying to author a dvd for a show my student organization held. I imported my movie [.mpg] and had dvd lab pro demux it into .mpv and .wav files. I have a main menu page that links to the video and scene selection menus. There are 3 scene selection menus. The scene selections are linked to chapter points that i set in dvd lab pro. I then go to the compile dvd option in DVD Lab pro and let DVD lab pro do its thing. The problem is, the compile dvd does not make any bup or ifo files. Thus when I go to burn the dvd with nero burning rom it gives me the warning that my files are not dvd compliant files. I burned anyway to see if the dvd would work in a dvd player and it doesn't. Does anyone know why DVD Lab Pro's compile dvd is not making these files? Here is the verification that DVD lab pro gives:

*** DVD Lab Pro Verification Log ***
2 - 16 - 2008 -- 22:25:35


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* VMG Verification *
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Number of VTS - 1
Number of Menus: 1


Menu 01 - Type - Dummy

Number of imported VTS: 0

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* VTS Verification *
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<<< VTS Number 1 >>>
Number of Titles: 1


Title 01 - Type - ES or PES
Segment 1, Video File E:\DiwaliDVD\DVDDiwali2007.mpv
Frame Size: 720 X 480
Frame Rate 4 [1--23.976, 2--24, 4--29.97, 3--25, 5--30]
Aspect Ratio: 43 [43--4:3, 169--16:9]
MPEG Video Type: 2 [1--MPEG 1, 2--MPEG 2]
Chroma: 1 [1--4:2:0, 2--4:2:2, 3--4:4:4]
GOP 1, size - 201390
GOP 2, size - 280878
GOP 3, size - 292191
Segment 1, Audio File E:\DiwaliDVD\DVDDiwali2007_conv.wav
Audio type: PCM_16, Channel: 2, Sampling: 48000, Bitrate: 1536000
Segment 1, Subtitle File : None




Number of Menus: 5


Menu 01 - Type - Dummy


Menu 02 - Type - Still
nMenu cell count - 1

Menu Image File E:\Mac OS X\55196640_tmp1.bmp
Picture size - 720 x 480
Menu Audio File E:\DiwaliDVD\10 Hot in Herre1.wav
Audio type: PCM_16, Channel: 6, Sampling: 48000, Bitrate: 4608000
Menu Sub-Picture File E:\Mac OS X\55196640_tmpsub1.bmp
Picture size - 720 x 480


Menu 03 - Type - Still
nMenu cell count - 1

Menu Image File E:\Mac OS X\55952040_tmp1.bmp
Picture size - 720 x 480
Menu Audio File - None
Menu Sub-Picture File E:\Mac OS X\55952040_tmpsub1.bmp
Picture size - 720 x 480


Menu 04 - Type - Still
nMenu cell count - 1

Menu Image File E:\Mac OS X\342477680_tmp1.bmp
Picture size - 720 x 480
Menu Audio File - None
Menu Sub-Picture File E:\Mac OS X\342477680_tmpsub1.bmp
Picture size - 720 x 480


Menu 05 - Type - Still
nMenu cell count - 1

Menu Image File E:\Mac OS X\332716040_tmp1.bmp
Picture size - 720 x 480
Menu Audio File - None
Menu Sub-Picture File E:\Mac OS X\332716040_tmpsub1.bmp
Picture size - 720 x 480

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* Status Messages *
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Start building Video Title Set ( VTS ) ... - 2001
Title - 1
Start building VOB streams - 2210
Muxing elementary streams is in process ... - 2220
Initializing audio packets ... - 3005
Initializing PCM (16 bits) audio packet ... - 3011
[INFO] - No subtitle stream is provided - 3739
Verifying Closed Caption file is in process ... - 3750
Muxing is in process ... - 2300
Audio packetizing ends - 3025
Creating PGC for the title is in process ... - 2500
Creating dummy menu is in process ... - 2790
Creating still menu is in process ... - 2700
Start encoding bitmap ... - 2750
Reading bitmap is in process ... - 2740
Initializing audio packets ... - 3005
Initializing PCM (16 bits) audio packet ... - 3011
Audio stream is provided - 3017
Encoding bitmap and building VOBU is in process ... - 2450

[guns1inger]

Which version of DLP are you running ?

Are you running under XP on hardware, or XP under parallels or virtual PC ?

[SSJ4Thiran]

xp on hardware

[ntscuser]

Was the "Test Compile" box ticked by any chance?

[SSJ4Thiran]

what do you mean ticked?

[ntscuser]

Like this:

[SSJ4Thiran]

no it wasnt.
should i try with that checked?

[ntscuser]

no it wasnt.
should i try with that checked?

No. I thought maybe you might have checked it by mistake and that's why the DVD failed to compile fully.

[guns1inger]

Which version of DLP are you using ?

[GeorgeW]

That 6-channel menu audio could be causing a problem. Try removing that audio to see if it helps. If that works, I would change it to 2-channel wav...

Regards,
George

[SSJ4Thiran]

I have dvd lab pro 2
I will try removing the menu audio and see if it works. Thanks for the help so far!

[guns1inger]

2. what ?

There have been several patches release to DLP 2, some of which specifically address this type of problem

[SSJ4Thiran]

the exe file of dvd lab pro (where i installed the program)
says file version 1.0.0.1

I believe that is what you are asking for guns1inger?

[guns1inger]

Start up DVD Lab Pro and open a project (new/old - doesn't matter). Click on Help -> About DVD-Lab Pro. It should open the splash screen and show you the version. It should say Version : Pro 2.??

It is the ?? that I am after.

[dadrab]

SSJ4Thiran wrote:

I imported my movie [.mpg] and had dvd lab pro demux it into .mpv and .wav files.

When I import a movie into DVDLabPro, it demuxes to .mpv and .m2v files. A regular .wav file won't work for DVD. It must be converted to be compliant. Now you CAN take that .wav file and convert it to AC3. That will be equally compliant and should work just fine.

The second thing I'd try is to burn with or build a .iso file with IMGBurn instead of Nero. I've never had any luck with anything Nero.

[ntscuser]

SSJ4Thiran wrote:

I imported my movie [.mpg] and had dvd lab pro demux it into .mpv and .wav files.

When I import a movie into DVDLabPro, it demuxes to .mpv and .m2v files. A regular .wav file won't work for DVD. It must be converted to be compliant. Now you CAN take that .wav file and convert it to AC3. That will be equally compliant and should work just fine.

Uh? Loads of compliant DVDs have pcm soundtracks. I only convert from .wav to AC-3 to save disc space.

The second thing I'd try is to burn with or build a .iso file with IMGBurn instead of Nero. I've never had any luck with anything Nero.

Agree with the not using Nero. My copy of DVD Lab (2.18 ) has its own built-in burner which works perfectly well in most cases.

[dadrab]

Uh? Loads of compliant DVDs have pcm soundtracks. I only convert from .wav to AC-3 to save disc space.

True, but when I think of standard .wav files, I think CD audio, which is 44.1Khz 16Bit. DVD needs 48Khz to work.

In the case outlined above, I don't know how or why DVDLab was demuxing to .mpv and .wav anyway. My version doesn't work that way.

Now if I try to feed DVDLab a .wav file alone (for a menu or something) it will pop an error message and tell me the file isn't compatible. It will then open the built-in audio transcoder and wait for my command. The conversion (just like demuxing) comes out to be .m2v.

So, where'd the .wav file come from?