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Glitch in FC Sequence - DVD Burn Error Message (Ahh!!)

mwieser
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Jan 11, 2006, 7:10 PM

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I'm well on my way to having a new set of coasters, many times over. Something in my FCP5 sequence that iDVD and DVDSP do not like - When I reach end of the burn process I get "errors encountered" message. I've tried self contained movies, reference movie, even output sequence to tape, recaptured, exported again, opened in QUickTime and exported,tried to burn, same error message. I thought I should be able to flatten movie and override any glitch by compressing - Sequence plays fine from FInalCut....How can I find what the problem is, or override the glitch to burn my dvd?

Here's a maybe: I view item properties of audio clips and the sample rate varies. 48.0, 44.1, 48.005, this doesn't seem right BUT I have 2 other sequences and audio clip sample rates vary but I burned DVD no problem! The problem clip is 17 minutes....I can comb through clip but aside from audio clips I'm not sure what to look for....
FRUSTRATION....Help?

Renny
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Jan 11, 2006, 7:16 PM

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How are you compressing and what settings are you using? I find it hard to believe that the problem is deriving in Final Cut. Have you compressed your audio to AAC? Or is it still Aiff. You might try burning a disc without audio and see if the errors go away. That would at least isolate the problem. Also, is your total DVD 17 minutes? Or longer?
Renny
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RatVega
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Jan 12, 2006, 3:23 PM

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I'm with Renny in doubting that the problem is in FCP5.

It's hard to diagnose much without info on your system, encoding methodology, error statements, etc. so the following comments are all general.

Mixing audio bitrates in the FCP timeline is possible, but not too smart. It is a simple proposition to correct this disparity before the clips are imported into FCP. In the end, FCP should do this for you but it's just another thing to go wrong.

Make sure that you mix down audio after rendering, then export. This can help even when you onlt have two channels.

DVDSP does not support multiple audio bitrates in the same timeline. The preferred audio format for DVDSP is Dolby AC-3, AIFF requires several times more bandwidth and can affect playback compatibility.

iDVD doesn't support primary MPEG-2 streams or AC-3 audio, so it is likely to show problems first.

Neither DVDSP nor iDVD directly support reduced speed burning. Burning at 1-2X can cure many ills.

Nothing in FCP, DVDSP, or iDVD can fix sub-standard media. If you're using cheap substrate, the probability of bad burns is high.

Please post more info, especially your machine info and the comments in the DVDSP log.

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RatVega
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Jan 12, 2006, 3:26 PM

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Have you compressed your audio to AAC?

I assume you meant AC-3...

AAC is an MPEG-4 thing and not supported in the DVD spec.

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mwieser
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Jan 12, 2006, 6:09 PM

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er, well, uh, seems my hard drive was maxed, soon as I cleared room, voila, error free burn (beating myself up as appropriate)...thanks for your replies....

RatVega
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Jan 12, 2006, 8:15 PM

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Don't beat yourself up - we all goof from time to time. Besides, it's refreshing to see someone own up to an error instead of leaving it as an "unsolved mystery"

Applause!

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