DVD Studio Pro 4 Question Please Help

Hello, i have one problem with DVD Studio Pro 4 version 4.0.2. Now the first time i go to save it lets me, sometimes when i go to save the secound or third time it will say error unable to save untitled. Can someone please tell me why it is unable to save sometimes,
Thanks in advance.

Hi,
I am having the same problem. G5 quad 4GB of memory and plenty of disk free space. DVD Studio Pro 4.0.3. Compressor is also up-to-date.
I can save the project once, but thereafter if I try to save the project I get the message "The document xxx.dspproj could not be saved."
Any help would be appreciated.
SyB

Similar Messages

Is this now where to ask DVD Studio Pro questions? If not, please let me know where. Here's my question: Using DVD Studio Pro 3, when trying to burn a disc which is 4.5GB, I get error message "Not eough disk space in target folder". What to do?

Is this now where to ask DVD Studio Pro questions? If not, please let me know where. Here's my question: Using DVD Studio Pro 3, when trying to burn a disc which is 4.5GB, I get error message "Not eough disk space in target folder". What to do?

Thanks. Unfortunately, I need to make a master DVD that can then be duplicated in bulk as a single layer disc. This surprises me because I tried burning a different DVD project that has worked in the past which is also 4.5 GB and now I could not burn that either. I also reencoded some material to get the new project down to 4.4 GB but it still would not burn. Any ideas are appreciated.

A Compressor/DVD studio pro question

Hi all.
I have a Compressor/DVD studio pro question.
I have a compressor setting that is just the standard DVD MPEG 2 best quality 120 minutes. I have only changed the video setting to Pal as I am in Australia.
When I go to import the rendered product into DVD Studio Pro I get an error message saying "incorrect format". I even tried importing the rendered file into Toast Titanium and I get the same message from that program.
Can anyone help with this problem?

In DVD SP you have to set the format, NTSC or PAL first. Then import the clip. If there is already footage from one format already in the project you cannot flip it to the other. You have to remove the footage first. Then try flipping to PAL. Sometimes it doesn't work. Generally only video footage is ID'ed as PAL or NTSC. Audio just has frequency.

DVD Studio Pro Newbie Needs Help!

I have a presentation deadline approaching and I need help desperately. I created my presentation using Keynote 3 (800*600 slides) and exported it to a Quicktime movie using H.264 compression at 29.97 fps (high quality settings). I then proceeded to use iDVD 6 and imported the Quicktime movie and created a simple menu using the templates provided.
I saved the entire project as a disk image and used the DVD player to check the disk image file. The quality of the DVD disk image file looked nothing like the original Quicktime movie. The images and text looked blurry and unprofessional.
I've spend quite some time on the iDVD and Keynote discussion forums and can't find a solution to my problem. The conclusion I've come is that the mpeg-2 encoder that iDVD 6 uses is problematic.
I don't want to start using DVD Studio Pro but I will in order to preserve the quality of my original Keynote presentation. So here are my questions...thank you in advance for your help guys....I really need it:
- I plan on playing the DVD on a 42" Plasma display at a sales office and also distributing it to potential buyers. Are my Keynote export settings optimal for iDVD use? Should I be using H.264 @ 29.97?
- If I must use DVDSP then what export/compression settings should I use in Keynote to preserve the quality? Keynote doesn't give me an option to use mpeg-2. I have ffmpegX so I can encode different formats...just need to know the correct one.
- Keynote exports separate audio and video files. I combined them using Quicktime. Is it possible to use the combined file in DVDSP or do they need to be separate.
Thanks for taking the time to read this post. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also, if you have any reading material pertaining to this matter please provide link.
~Eddie~
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.5)

You can use a mov file that contains both audio and video. DVD Studio Pro will compress the mov itself. I am not overly familiar with the codec H.264 but either way its a codec that compresses the video, and if I am right that codec is used for compressing video to web based file sizes, which means heavy compression. When I create DVD material I use M2V format which is what DVD SP wants anyways so it cuts time and drive space in half. If you export an mov and import it into DVD SP, DVD SP compresses the file again which is M2V. Now you have two files, with twice the compression time. When creating M2V the only thing that you need o be aware of is the bit rate, which needs to be adjusted pending the duration of the video. Use 29.97 if you are NTSC and full frame rate, which you should be.
If you can not create an M2V file with associated aiff audio file, than export your QT file as uncompressed or as a QT Movie. The file itself will be huge but DVD SP will compress it properly.
I hope this helps

DVD studio pro 4 encoding help!!

Hi all, i have a bit of a problem when using DVD Studio Pro 4.
I need to burn DVCPRO 1080i footage of train tracks to SD, however the encoding to MPEG2 within DVD Studio pro 4 at 7 mbps leaves a tiling effect on the tracks. The only way around this that i have found is to convert the clip to SD using quicktime then take it into DVD stuio pro and encode to MPEG2, this works however it is very time consuming and i need the footage to stay in the original format, am i missing something here or does it just not like DVCPRO 1080i footage taken straight into it? Please help!!
Many thanks, Steve

Whether you use DVDSP, Compressor, QT conversion, bitvice, etc., the media will be converted to SD mpeg2 when it goes on the SD DVD. You may find you get better results by using compressor to encode if you turn on the frame controls, which can enable better detail when the image is resampled down to SD. There are several advantages I find in my workflow to using Compressor rather than letting DVDSP do my encoding. If you are really interested, I can spell them out, but try it out and see if you get better quality on your DVD.

DVD Studio Pro burning/ building help

I am attempting to burn a project to DVD fro DVD Studio Pro. I keep getting an error message that build was not complete due to I/O error. I checked my drive to make sure that my firmaware was up to date, and it was. The file is only 3.8G and I am trying to burn to a 4.7GB disc. I am wondering if I made a mistake when importing the assets. My original media came from AVID Express Pro and I exported as a Quicktime Movie. Can anyone help???

Well, we would need to know more about your hardware configuration, but to me it sounds like a classic hardware problem... check all cables and connections, and if you have any way to run diagnostics on your system and/or burner, that might reveal the issue.
Best of luck!

HD from FCP to DVD Studio Pro...Help!

Looking for opinions in getting the BEST possible Standard Def DVD from a Final Cut Pro sequence containing heavilly effected HD DVCPro P2 footage.
My sequences settings are:
Frame Size: 960 x 720
Aspect Ratio: HD (960x720)(16x9)
Pixel Aspect Ratio: HD (960x720)
Editing Timebase: 23.97
Compressor: DVCPRO HD 720p60
Video Processing: Rendering in 8 bit YUV
I of course have Compressor and DVD Studio Pro 4, but have not gone from my HD sequence to SD DVD yet with quality results. I'm not concerned with time just highest possible quality so that it holds up well on HD televisions.

I just finished a 15-minute HD 1080i project in FCP that used AJA's DVC PRO HD 1080i 29.97 codec. I tried to make a self-contained QT movie and send it to compressor using the settings you suggested. Unfortunately, it came out with a lot of moraying and the detail around subjects eyes were pixelated.
Is there another setting you would recommend for going from 1080i to a Standard Def DVD?
thanks.

???Adobe Encore vs. DVD Studio Pro???

Hello dear Encore-forum users ;-)
I've been working with DVD Studio Pro for nine years now and never had ANY trouble with it,
no crashes, no errors, no funny behaviour of DVDs, just smooth and clean!
The only draw-back right now unfortunately is that DVD Studio Pro can't author BluRay-Discs!
But our clients are starting to demand this more and more!
So I was looking around and Adobe Encore OR Scenarist from Sonic seem to be the choice!
Now when I looked through the forum here, I was surprised how many people report lots of
crashes, unpredictable behaviours and all sorts of errors and/or bugs which gave me doubts
about ENCORE. So my question is:
Can some of you guys tell me something about your experience with ENCORE? Is it something
you would recommend? If yes, WHY? Is BluRay-authoring fine or full with problems? Can it do
Multi-Angle and/or Mixed-Angle-Tracks? Can you incorporate other files like PDFs, JPEGs,
.doc-Files etc etc and have them open directly out of the DVD-Menu when you press a button?
(In DVD Studio Pro you have the DVD@ccess-option). What would you guys say would be the
reasons to choose Encore over DVD Studio Pro? (Please no MAC- / PC-bashing since the end
result counts; a fully functional DVD!)
I'm very curious to read your answers, since it will help us to decide which system we'll switch to!
Until then I wish you all pleasant (and successful) authoring and happy clients ;-))))
Cheers,
Steven R

Steven,
I agree with Jeff, that Jon's site would be the place to start.
Also, I think that you'll find very little platform bias here. Now, there are probably many more users on PC, as Encore was PC-only for several iterations, until CS3 went X-platform. That said, the only time that Mac really comes up is when its particular OS might cause something in Encore to fail. Many of the questions get answered, with no indication of the platform being made. I think that I can say that in many years here, I have never read a negative comment against either platform. Also, we probe many of the PC OS's, if they are contributing to errors, etc. The vast majority of subscribers here are just professionals, trying to get our (and other user's) Projects out the door. We don't care if you drive up in a Yugo, or in a Bently (no platform references intended - maybe I should say if you drive up in a Maybach, or a Bently).
I'd offer my positive observations on Encore, but they would be moot, as I am not doing BD, and am using an older version - that will not help you make your decision.
Good luck, and please report what you gather, and on which program you decide. That info might help others (even if they go with a competitor) down the line.
Hunt
PS - welcome to the forum.

IDVD compatibility for DVD Studio Pro

With the new iMovie 8, how can you export a movie that will be compatible with DVD Studio Pro. Please don't tell me to use iDVD. I already have a menu that I HAVE to use in DVDSP but need to add a movie that I need to create with iMovie. I am having issues with my Final Cut and Leopard and so creating the movie with fCp is not an option. Also, I cannot use iDVD for reasons I won't take the time to explain. I need iMovie to work with DVDSP. I am assuming that there is some kind of conversion I must make. I am a DVD Studio Pro rookie. I know how to create a DVD but I usually don't have any problems because I normally make my movies with FCP when compatibility is not an issue. Any help? Nobody in the Studio Pro discussion has responded to this same question.
By the way, is anyone else having unsolveable issues and crashes with Final Cut Studio and Leopard. Is this an issue fixed with FCS 2?
Thanks, Profe07

Depends on the version of iDVD, the newer ones (after iDVD 4) will not work
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3887470
You can also access the iDVD elements similar to this for DVD SP and bring in the elements like this
http://www.dvdstepbystep.com/useelements.php

Making a .EVO and .MAP file using DVD studio Pro..............

I am trying to make a .EVO and .MAP file using DVD Studio Pro. Please dont respond to this if you have no idea what this is. Dealing in real HD situaiton....trying to find a quick and dirty way to make these files as placeholders, was hoping DVD studio Pro could do it. Thanks.

you cant make them using DVD Studi pro, since they are for TRULY 1080p (23.98fps) projects using vc1.
funny thing is if you know about these files, you would also KNOW that DVDSP does not do this!
i have seen this files on the toshiba GUI but have not seen them with the blu-ray authroing compile.
also, i am going to have to say that if you are TRULY "Dealing in real HD situaiton." you wouldnt NEED DVDSP.
so ease up with the chip and if you have a REAL question ask it, if yo uare just here to show your feathers.. not interested!

Dvd studio pro 4 and motion

I have to create corporate dvd and the want really fancy things. For example..on a menu they want the link buttons..to fly in from the left..then when a link is selected..they want the links to fly out to the left..then have the menu jump.. someone said i could create it in motion..but im havin trouble incorporating motion with dvd studio pro..from saving to exporting to importing in dvd studio pro can anyone help me?..and suggestiong to other resources as well..?

Hi:
You can just use the Motion project itself in DVDSP with no exporting at all, with the advantage that when updating the project you'll see the changes in DVDSP automatically. But your animations could run slow because DVDSP uses AFAIK the Motion engine to render the Motion project.
Another option is exporting your Motion project as Animation and use that file in DVDSP to keep the most of the quality.
Hope that helps !
Alberto

Will dvd studio pro solve my disc playback problems?

Hi folks-
I have to say I love my G5 and the very easy to use iDVD and Imovie apps. However I find that dvds I make will not play in many dvd players. This seems to be a known issue and I have tried various fixes without consistent results. Anyway, what I want to know, if anyone can tell me, is if upgrading to dvd studio pro will solve/help with this at all. As you all know it is very very disappointing to spend many hours and $$ creating a great video only to discover it is unplayable on random dvd players. It is also makes me look stupid, and I don't need any help in that regard.
Thanks for your attention.

Need more details. Do they freeze and stutter or not do anything at all in these players?
If they freeze and stutter, are you sticking on labels? If so, this is most likely your problems. If they do nothing at all it could be a number of issues such as: bad drive, cheap media, etc.
Dual G5, iMac G5, PowerBook G4, IBook G4, G3, 604e Mac OS X (10.3.4)

Modifying DVD Studio Pro Apple template's

I have a DVD Studio Pro question regarding how to modify DVD Studio Pro Apple template's with out loosing their key atributes of menu page quantity calculation and button advance direction flow. The Apple templet I was trying to modify was "Portfolio".

To what extent did you need to change it?
If you are wanting to add additional items to the existing template, then this is not a problem... just add what you need. If you want to change the background image then this too is probably possible. Apply the template, look in the assets tab, open the folder called 'Templates' and look for the file you want to change, then control+click on it, select 'reveal in finder'. From now on make a backup of the original and then change it as you see fit. Revert to backup when you need to
Not all templates are customisable, but the Portfolio one appears to be.

DVD studio pro will not burn menus PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PLEASE HELP!!!
I have created a project, a DVD with menus and subtitles in 2 languages, yet when I burn the DVD (both using build/format option and build format options separately)the resulting DVD has no main menu, actually it has no menus at all! it goes straight into the DVD film where I can change subtitles language only from the remote buttons. The project compiles successfully but once formatting it gives me two hilghlighted errors in the log (which I gather are the layouts/menus)HERE IS THE LOG (highlighted part is error message):
Building Project Treesitting DVD with sub+menu
17/12/2007 14:12:01
Build Folder /Users/adelitahusni-bey/Library/Caches/DVD Studio Pro Files/HVDVDTS/HVDVDTS/nomad/treesit dvd
Starting DVD Build TREESITTINGDVD_WITHSUB...
Compiler Initializing...
Precompiling Project TREESITTINGDVD_WITHSUB
Compiling VMG Information...
Created 15 PGCs in VTSM1
Created 8 PGCs in VMG.
2 Menu(s) will be created...
Compiling Menu PGCs...
Compiling Menu#1 (Menu 1)...
Skipped Rendering Menu:Menu 1,Language:1.
Compiling Menu#2 (Menu 2)...
Skipped Rendering Menu:Menu 2,Language:1.
Writing HV000M02.EVO
1 VTSs and 1 Titles will be created...
Compiling VTS#1 (Track 1)...
Preparing Subtitles...
Muxing HV001T01.EVO
Done.
Linking VMG...
Linking VTS#1...
Writing VTS#1...
Writing VMG...
Writing Layout Info...
Compile Completed Successfully
+*Warning: The file ‘TREESITTINGDVD_WITHSUB.layout’ found in the VIDEO_TS or HVDVD_TS folder will not be included in the final disc.*+
+*Warning: The file ‘VOB_DATA.LAY’ found in the VIDEO_TS or HVDVD_TS folder will not be included in the final disc.*+
Start formatting
Formatting as Standard DVD
Simulation mode is off
Lossless linking is on
Number of layers is 1
Doing side 1 of 1
Playable in region 1,2,3,4,5,6,8
Disc size is 12 cm
Disc has no copyright material
Writing UDF 2.50 structures
Writing files
Writing final UDF information
Formatting finished.
Formatting finished.
DOES ANYONE PLEASE KNOW THE REASON FOR THIS???? AND HOW TO SOLVE IT???? PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE...HAVE TO SEND THIS PROJECT OFF SOON.
I have burned another project with menus succesfully..

Hi
FIRST check that your Play Movie button in your menu has NOT an Auto Action selected that make it plays automatically your movie when the Menu loads. You'll find that setting in the Advanced tab of Inspector. If not . . .
You can try a workaround, no matter that if you have your Menu as First Play it must work. Try yhis:
- Create a simple black JPG file i.e. in Photoshop
- Create a Slideshow
- Add a the JPG to the slideshow, set duration 2 secs
- Set the Slideshow as First Play
- Set Slideshow End Jump to your Main Menu
Build and burn again.
Alberto

Please Help!!! DVD studio Pro Aspect ratio problems!

Please Help!!! I am using DVD studio Pro (Ver 4.1.0) to make a dvd using SD DV format 4:3 videos. After I burn the dvd and play the dvd on my 4:3 televison the video does not fill up the whole screen of the television, and also when I Simulate the DVD in Studio Pro it does not fill up the whole simulation screen (however the simulation screen is in 16:9 ratio and I also do not know how to change it to a 4:3 simulation screen). Can anyone please help me My family really wants the family videos but I cannot send them videos that look bunched up on the TV, I want it to be perfect!!. Thank you so much in advance for any help/advice, Darin.

Hi and wellcome to the forums !
Check if your tracks are set to Display Mode 4:3.
however the simulation screen is in 16:9 ratio and I also do not know how to change it to a 4:3 simulation screen
While simulating look for the Display Mode settings in the left lower corner of the Simulator.
I want it to be perfect!!
I think that's too much for these forums !
Hope that helps !
Alberto

DVD Studio Pro 4 Question Please Help

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for