X7 and creating 5.1 surround sound

gmlotkow wrote on 6/13/2015, 3:40 PM

So I took the bait, and upgraded from X6 to X7 yesterday. Editing was ok, few changes, but now after spending 8 hours editing, I cannot render to AC3 or 5.1 surround sound. My audio track was extracted correctly, everything looks ok, untill I create the DVD when I get the error:

ERROR: PrepareDVDVideoFiles() failed with errNo 5 - encoding failed

Going thru the forum, I see it was an earlier problem, and even tho I adjusted the bit rate, no fix.

Anyone else see this and have a fix?

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johnebaker wrote on 6/14/2015, 6:25 AM

. . . . . ERROR: PrepareDVDVideoFiles() failed with errNo 5 - encoding failed . . . .

Can you post the section of the error log from the time the Export was started to the line including the error?

The most common cause for this error is an object on the movie timeline - see here

John EB

gmlotkow wrote on 6/14/2015, 1:49 PM

Thanks John, I'm finding that out. I'll let you know more later. Thanks again.

gmlotkow wrote on 6/14/2015, 7:42 PM

John, I've been working on a recording of a senior recital. The event starts off with a social hour, appetizers, drinks and chit chat. I edited that into about 2 minutes of hugs and kisses, and set it to "edit" - "wizards" - "soundtrack maker". I saved it, and also exported it to a Video Pro X arrangement. Either mono or stereo audio track.

I then did edit of the recital, 40 minutes, and also exported that to a Video X arrangement. This was 5.1 audio, extracting all the tracks.

Putting these two together caused the export error.

I've been trying to export to dvd surround sound and it kept failing. I did some rearranging on the timeline, and got it to work. Then I can create a Blu-Ray 1980x1080i, but not a 1280x720p.

Something seems goofy. I dont think something like the mix of audio tracks.

browj2 wrote on 6/16/2015, 10:29 AM

Hi Greg,

Did you update to the latest patch 14.0.0.143?

It may not help but worth trying if you did not yet update. I'll post the changes in a separate thread.

johnebaker wrote on 6/16/2015, 12:26 PM

Hi greg

Can you export this project to DVD with normal stereo sound, instead of Surround Sound, succesfully?

John

gmlotkow wrote on 6/17/2015, 5:19 AM

Johnebaker, indeed I can export it stereo.

browj2, the patch is installed.

johnebaker wrote on 6/20/2015, 4:35 AM

I have been able to reproduce this.

The problem appears to be with the sound card settings. Try this:

Right click the speaker icon bottom right of your Windows screen
Select Playback devices - this will open the Sounds dialog
Select Speakers then Configure
In the dialog that opens select 5.1 Surround as shown below (1).
Select Next 3 times and then OK.
Open VPX and load the project.
Press the M key to open the Mixer
Check that 5.1 Surround sound is turned on (2)
Burn again - use the Image recorder to avoid wasting discs.

NOTE: if you do not have a surround sound audio card or chipset then AFAIK you cannot create surround sound audio.

HTH

John EB

Scenestealer wrote on 7/2/2015, 6:30 AM

Hi John EB

NOTE: if you do not have a surround sound audio card or chipset then AFAIK you cannot create surround sound audio.

I can export surround sound on my Surface Pro which is only Stereo in the windows properties. I just can not preview it obviously.

FWIW you can also export it with 5.1 in tact by using smart copy but in most cases I have never been able to get a reliable Smart render / copy export without crashing in any version of MEP!

Peter