The hard disk is formatted as NTFS.  To clarify, I am not having a problem loading the file onto my computer, I am having a problem opening the file in Movie Edit.

Hi

What is your computer specification and how much free disc space do you have on your drive(s)?

Use GSpot to analyse the movie then select in turn the 1 2 3 buttons bottom left of GSpot under Video and Audio to see which codecs are being used

John

Intel Core Duo CPU 2GHz with 2Gb RAM.  32-bit operating system.  100Gb hard drive / 25Gb free.  

The 1 2 3 buttons under GSpot Vid Aud are disabled.  The 1 button under MS A/V is enabled.  I clicked it and the following message displays in the text box:

Rendering failed.  Following is the error reported by DirectShow:

0x80040265: [unknown]

This was a TIVO file that I converted to MP4 using Brorsoft Video Converter.  

I am trying to get the TIVO file onto a DVD.  Perhaps there is a better way?

Hi

Were those test results on the mp4 or the original TIVO file, can you play the mp4 on the computer and is it High Definition or Standard?

Which codec did you specify or use for the converter?

I think you are actually running out of disc space trying to load the 10Gb file with only 25Gb free, as the original error message states.

The GSpot error could also  be because it is running out of disc space or memory.

Is the final output to be a standard DVD or Blu-ray?

John

The tests were done on the mp4 file.  I can play the mp4 on the computer.  It is High Definition.  

Sorry, i do not know which codec I used.  I did not specify anything, so it used whatever the default is. 

I can move the video files to an external drive, freeing up 20Gb.  How much space do you think it would require?  One other thing I should point out, the error occurs immediately.

The final output is to be standard DVD.

Thanks so much for your help!

Eric