DVD-lab / CopyToDvd - defected disc / quick help pls

alexauwa · Newbie Joined: 29 Jul 2005 Posts: 10

Gday everyone, I am simply desperated. I have recreated a dvd menu with audio and movies. It tried burning with the normal aspi writing module. it work all fine until all of a sudden it said: Video_Ts doesnt exist,has no vaild video files or some files are missing so i tried burning with copyToDvd (demo version), which works fine. the dvd is succesfully burned. but when i insert the disc to pc or dvd-player it says: no disc, defected disk. on pc the disk is empty. what can i do? So i know u guz are pros so pls help me out, as u know it takes ages to create all that dvd-lab stuff Smile

thx!

rubicat · Moderator Joined: 30 Sep 2004 Posts: 816

Hello alexauwa and welcome to the forums. Please don't cross-post (posting the same message in more than one forum). You posted the same message in the CopyToDVD forum. Cross posting is against forum rules. The DVD-Video files must be in a directory called "VIDEO_TS" (must be all caps). Perhaps this is the problem. Some burning aps will create the VIDEO_TS directory for you and some don't.

alexauwa · Newbie Joined: 29 Jul 2005 Posts: 10

yeah sure wont happen again, just want sure about the right forum. thx a lot for u replying. i will try to do that. is this also the reason why the burned dvds are defected and doesnt work on my dvd player. Ps: i am quite new to al that dvd-lab stuff, so wat do u excatly mean by caps? Smile

thx

rubicat · Moderator Joined: 30 Sep 2004 Posts: 816

alexauwa · Newbie Joined: 29 Jul 2005 Posts: 10

thx mate, well i as i know dvd-lab, splits mpeg into mpa and mpv files. so the original mpeg are in the smae folder. i copied all file into the video.ts filder which is created when i start compele dvd... when finished dvd-lab detected non-dvd files in the video.ts folder and asked me to delete them. when i took a look all files have been deleted, even the mpa and mpv file. so stil started burning. while burning i saw the video and audio.ts folder created on the dvd on my dvd drive. when the burning process is complete and i checked again for the folder the disc was blank. so same error: bad disc so both folder to nero burn dvd files and burned them with all my mpeg, wav, mpa and mpv files. once all file in video.st and the all audio file copied in audio, which think was bullshit i tired in case. the dvd player cant read the dvd. i just dont know what to do? do i have a driver problem as i installed copytodvd. did they get massed up with my nero drivers? Smile

pls help me out mate, i appreciate ur help

rubicat · Moderator Joined: 30 Sep 2004 Posts: 816

shiftymotion · Newbie Joined: 11 Nov 2005 Posts: 4

Hi, I have the same problem except i think it may have been my own fault. the first time i used dvdlab i made a dvd with menus and movies and it worked fine. then i wanted to do another project so i foolishly deleted the .vob, .ifo, and .bup files. i then made a new project, and now it sails through compiling with no problems, but then when it comes to burning i get the same message; Video_Ts doesnt exist,has no vaild video files or some files are missing The dvdvolume folder is still created, with VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders, but both are completely empty. I've tried compiling in a new folder (e.g. dvdvolume2) but still it finishes and the folders are empty. ive also tried reinstalling dvdlab, not that it made any difference. can anyone help me with this please, i would be extremely grateful. can i download the 3 .ifo .vob etc files or anything?? cheers, fred

Statler6 · Newbie Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 21

As long as you have saved your project and you still have all your assets (i.e. the source files you've used) your can re-open your project. Start a new project, in the wizard click on "Open recent project" and select the saved project file. You can then compile the DVD again. But it only works if all your assets are still in the same location where they used to be when you compiled for the first time. Make sure that you select an empty folder for compiler output. You will need to burn this folder to the DVD, including the resultant sub folders AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS and all the files in it. Smile

shiftymotion · Newbie Joined: 11 Nov 2005 Posts: 4

this is my problem unfortunately, regardless of the project and how many times i compile it to whatever folders, it still doesn't create any files in the output folder.

Statler6 · Newbie Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 21

When you re-open the original project, DVD Lab shows all of your assets, movies and menus? When you compile the project, it should take 10 to 30 minutes, depending on your PC and HD speed. Have you tried to upgrade to the latest version of DVD Lab?

shiftymotion · Newbie Joined: 11 Nov 2005 Posts: 4

yeh it does show all of my movies & assets etc and i believe ive got the latest version. i have now solved the problem and incase anyone else has it, i had to uninstall dvdlab pro and then delete a couple of registries for it from regedit, and then reinstall (carefull not to delete any improtant regs obviously). appears to be working fine again now as i made a test dvd that worked fine. thanks for your advice tho

shiftymotion · Newbie Joined: 11 Nov 2005 Posts: 4

saying that, i am now experiencing exactly the same problem again. i have noticed that in the compile process it says "Source video vertical frame is not 480 or 576 pixels" in a yellow outline. i have so many short movies on the dvd i don't know where to start looking for the problem as the majority of them arent that size but have worked before. what shall i do? many thanks

Statler6 · Newbie Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 21

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