Transacoding Blue Ray project in Encore CS4 gives error!

I am transcading a high def (AVCHD) project fo a Blue Ray image on my hard disk.
The transcaoding runs for about 6 hours and when done it gives me the following error:
Blue-ray Error:"device not ready", Code:"3", Note: "File can not open.(G:\MyDojo\cruise to alaska-2010\AuthorScriptHDMVSessions\-sessionFile_Asf-session_1_video.m2v.ves) -
The path is a valid path and the file exists.
Every time I try to rebuild, not having exited Encore, results in same error within seconds. Exiting Encore and re-building, starts the whole loooong process over.
Any ideas? Please help.
NOTE: I used this method once before and it worked just fine.
Running CS4 on a Vista Ultimate w/8GB Ram, plenty of disk, DELL XPS720.

Some reading, and fixes if you have not updated
Encore CS4 Roxio component problem http://forums.adobe.com/thread/400484?tstart=0
More on Encore and Roxio http://forums.adobe.com/thread/528582?tstart=0 or direct to
http://kb.roxio.com/search.aspx?URL=/content/kb/General%20Information/000070GN&PARAMS
Long File Names Cause Crashing http://forums.adobe.com/thread/588273
And #4 Here http://forums.adobe.com/thread/666558?tstart=0
And This Message Thread http://forums.adobe.com/thread/665641?tstart=0
Encore Tutorial http://www.precomposed.com/blog/2009/05/encore-tutorial/
Things and Software to AVOID when authoring/burning a DVD
Read all links/sub-links to create a "best" burned disc
Start --> http://forums.adobe.com/thread/608660?tstart=0
#2 has WHY Explained http://forums.adobe.com/thread/607390
Plus a Microsoft note http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060
And another note http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982116
http://forums.adobe.com/community/encore/encore_faq

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Hi guys, I've read this problem before on here a couple of years ago but cannot find it again now!
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Format                                   : BDAV
Format/Info                              : Blu-ray Video
File size                                : 1,98 GiB
Duration                                 : 12min
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variabile
Overall bit rate                         : 22,3 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate                 : 24,0 Mbps
Video
ID                                       : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1)
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC                   : Si
Format settings, ReFrames                : 2 frame
Format settings, GOP                     : M=2, N=13
Codec ID                                 : 27
Duration                                 : 12min
Bit rate mode                            : Variabile
Bit rate                                 : 21,2 Mbps
Maximum bit rate                         : 22,0 Mbps
Width                                    : 1.920 pixel
Height                                   : 1.080 pixel
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate                               : 25,000 fps
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bit
Scan type                                : Interlacciato
Scan order                               : Top field first
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.408
Stream size                              : 1,88 GiB (95%)
Audio
ID                                       : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1)
Format                                   : AC-3
Format/Info                              : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension                           : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness              : Big
Codec ID                                 : 129
Duration                                 : 12min
Bit rate mode                            : Costante
Bit rate                                 : 256 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 2 canali
Channel positions                        : Front: L R
Sampling rate                            : 48,0 KHz
Bit depth                                : 16 bit
Compression mode                         : Con perdita
Delay relative to video                  : -80ms
Stream size                              : 23,3MiB (1%)

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If there is a user who has some useful suggestions I would appreciate it very much.
I must complain about my bad English.
Thank you in advance.

Hi Jim,
ISO files also works for me, but that's not what I paid for.
So far I use just the previous version CS5, but hope at some point to get CS6 to work.

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I switch it to Blue Ray....change the dimension to 1920 x 1080 as that is what my video's were shot in
I leave it as MPEG 2 and leave the frame rate at 29.97
I don't touch the advance settings which are currently at Transcoding 15.0 MBPS.................Audio transcoding Dolyb Digital
then it doesn't let me change the player....Adobe player
I click OK and it brings my project into Encore.......the only thing is it starts on the build page and has it set to DVD saying i've used 3.78 gig.....i have an hour of footage, so this can't be right. I go to change it to Blu Ray on the build and it freezes everything on my computer.
I've got a decent set up.....plenty of space and power. Any thoughts? I need this for mothers day. :]

Encore Roxio component problem http://forums.adobe.com/thread/400484?tstart=0
More on Encore and Roxio http://forums.adobe.com/thread/528582?tstart=0 or direct to
http://kb.roxio.com/search.aspx?URL=/content/kb/General%20Information/000070GN&PARAMS
Long File Names Cause Crashing http://forums.adobe.com/thread/588273
Encore Tutorial http://www.precomposed.com/blog/2009/05/encore-tutorial/

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