Just burned two DVDs, both from the same m2v and ac3 files, but each with different menus. One a plain PSD file, the other a motion menu.
On the former, the ac3 file I used for the background music has been replaced by an awful electronic tone. It does vary in pitch, but sounds nothing like the track I originally used.
On the latter, the main timeline frequently pauses for half a second or so, then resumes, but not from where it paused, instead from where it would be had it not paused, thus skipping half-seconds here and there. It also, at one point (approximately where I put the layer break, though I can't be sure if it's the break or not), it repeats the same half-second five or six times before moving on. Then, later and definitely not the layer break, does the same thing. Except instead of moving on, it goes to the next timeline, thus skipping the remainder of the main timeline.
All I did was delete the menus and replace them with the new ones. Why on earth is this screwing up an m2v that wasn't touched and is on a timeline that wasn't touched? Could it be the disc?
TMPGEnc to produce the m2v and ac3 files (except for the menu music, which came from an mp3 file originally but was exported to ac3 when I needed to decrease the volume). Encore to put the DVD together and build an ISO. ImgBurn to burn. Verbatim inkjet printable DVD+R DL.
ETA: Just checked the ac3 file used as the menu music. It works fine in VLC. Also checked the two ISOs. The menu music is still screwed on the first disc, the second disc still diverts to the second timeline prematurely, but the first skip is gone so that looks like it might be the disc. Still no idea why the menu music doesn't work and why the second disc skips out on the end of the main timeline.
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I used an ac3 file for the other menu, and it worked fine.
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I just created a test DVD with TDA (an older version) that included a motion menu. The clip I chose for the motion menu contained AC3 audio. TDA converted the audio from the background clip to LPCM audio.
I do have many newer, factory pressed DVDs that contain AC3 audio for the menu item audio....but at one time that "avoid AC3 audio for menu items" was the rule.
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Nah, Almost all retail DVDs use AC3 audio and every one I've ever made myself uses the same. The AC3 audio isn't the problem. However, I wonder about this:
All I did was delete the menus and replace them with the new ones. -
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I deleted the menu I didn't need, then imported a new menu, set up the buttons to do what I wanted them to do, set the end action of the pre-menu timeline to go to the new menu. I don't need to do any more than that, do I?
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As I said in the first post, I'm using Adobe Encore to make the DVDs. I'm just using TMPGEnc to convert the mp4 files to an m2v file and an ac3 file. TDA isn't involved at any point.
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i'd have to agree with manono, it exhibits the problems a dvd has when anything is changed in the structure and it hasn't been re-authored. the nav packs are all messed up.
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And I'll retire from this since getting information out of koberulz is like pulling teeth and I have yet to hear anything to contradict my first suspicion. Good luck.
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The fact that I'm not using the software you thought I was using completely contradicts your suspicion. I'm not using TDA, so you're not going to get an answer that makes sense when applied to the use of TDA. I used Encore. My answer is exactly what I did in Encore. That works in Encore. In theory.
I've no idea what 're-authoring' is. I deleted the old menu. Since I already had the chapter points and whatnot set up in the main timeline, instead of just deleting that timeline, I simply linked the buttons of the new menu to the chapters of the old timeline. I then built an ISO file from Encore, and burned with ImgBurn. The skipping and whatnot is not present on the ISO file, which leads me to suspect it's a bad disc, but the timeline does cut off early, instead of playing all the way through. This makes no sense, as it still had all its behaviour set up from the previous disc, which worked fine except for the menu music. -
Well, I just previewed in Encore and it worked fine. But when I build an ISO, it chops off the last half hour or so.
The iso is 7.07 GB, but Encore says the finished product will be 7.67 GB, so I'm not sure what the deal is there. -
Did the original project work properly ? (before the menu swap) ?
Exactly how are you "checking the ISOs" ? Are you mounting them and using some software ? If so, which software ?
To clarify, you're saying the PSD menu swap version has screwed up menu music , and the motion menu swap version has a timeline issue ?
Did you re-save each project with new changes and clear your temp files before rebuilding the ISO ? Adobe has a nasty habit or mixing up temp files -
Mounted with Virtual Clone Drive, played in Cyberlink PowerDVD.
To clarify, you're saying the PSD menu swap version has screwed up menu music , and the motion menu swap version has a timeline issue ?
Did you re-save each project with new changes and clear your temp files before rebuilding the ISO ? Adobe has a nasty habit or mixing up temp files -
If you've every visited the Adobe forums, the 1st thing they recommend for various problems is to clean the media cache . Look for a button in the options or preferences, it's called something like "clean media cache". Do this before you render any project (in any Adobe product)
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"Check Project" comes back fine. Tried emptying the media cache, same problem. When it's done, Encore says 7.6 of 7.6 GB written, but the ISO is still only 7.07 GB. Additionally, chapter markers aren't where I put them (though they're probably correct as far as what percentage of the timeline has gone past before they're hit, so that all the chapter points can fit in despite the timeline being a half hour short).
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Not sure whats going on . I think the way you described it should work, especially if it previews ok on Encore
What version of Encore ?
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CS4.
Only other thing I can think of is a disc capacity issue (it should, in theory, be 7.67 GB), but if that were the case surely it'd say something, instead of chopping it to fit? -
by now i would have just started a new project and been done.
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Deleted the motion menu, replaced it with the still menu and had another go at burning the version the ac3 file screwed up on (except after converting the ac3 file to mp3). Worked perfectly. Put the motion menu back in, and that half hour got chopped off the end of the main timeline again.
So it's clearly the motion menu that's the problem. Though I have NFI why.
EDIT: Removed the video from the menu, left the audio in and everything else exactly the same. Worked perfectly.
So how do I have the video in the menu and the full timeline?Last edited by koberulz; 1st Jul 2011 at 23:43.
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Retranscoded the main timeline to make it smaller, and it works now. So it was obviously over disc capacity, but instead of telling me this Encore decided to randomly delete things.
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...or not. Tried the same thing with a different main movie, first authoring a still menu followed by a motion menu, and despite the latter being 6GB it chopped off 20 minutes. Created a new project, authored it, it worked fine. I then removed the m2v and ac3 files used in the main timeline, replaced them with different files that were two minutes longer, and it had 20 minutes chopped off the end again.
Why is Encore doing this? Is there any way I can avoid setting up the same menus, pre-menu and post-movie timelines, and so on for all 14 discs and do as I did with the earlier 10-disc set: just replace the files in the main timeline and do new chapters?
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