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gandjcarr wrote on 8/26/2012, 2:37 PM

Hi,

What OS are you running?  How much RAM do you have, how many applications are running when you are trying to burn to DVD.  These things are all important when trying to burn to DVD as the burning process is memory intensive and does require that if you have a small amount of memory, that you not try to do other things (like read email, download files, search the web, etc.) while that process is executing.  Burning to low quality DVDs will also fail often as will trying to burn to DVD with a hard drive that is almost full.

johnebaker wrote on 8/26/2012, 4:34 PM

Hi

In addition to George's answer can you post the section of the error log from the begiining up to the point where the first error occurs.

Also what type of files are on the timeline including eg mpg, jpg, wav, mp3 etc.  There are certain types of file combinations which have been known to cause problems.

Is you MX patched up to version 11.0.5.0 (UDC2) - see Help, About for the information.

John

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VPX 16, Movie Studio 2025, and earlier versions 2015 and 2016, Music Maker Premium 2024.

PC - running Windows 11 23H2 Professional on Intel i7-8700K 3.2 GHz, 16GB RAM, RTX 2060 6GB 192-bit GDDR6, 1 x 1Tb Sabrent NVME SSD (OS and programs), 2 x 4TB (Data) internal HDD + 1TB internal SSD (Work disc), + 6 ext backup HDDs.

Laptop - Lenovo Legion 5i Phantom - running Windows 11 23H2 on Intel Core i7-10750H, 16GB DDR4-SDRAM, 512GB SSD, 43.9 cm screen Full HD 1920 x 1080, Intel UHD 630 iGPU and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB GDDR6)

Sony FDR-AX53e Video camera, DJI Osmo Action 3 and Sony HDR-AS30V Sports cams.

terrypin wrote on 8/27/2012, 2:13 AM

It might be worth trying the burn with a different program.

I've never had reliable burning using MEP over the years (MEP11 to MEP MX). I don't think its burning software supports a wide enough range of CD/DVD drives.

So, my solution is to leave the disk out when I start the MEP burn routine. When MEP has finished the encoding stages (which it always does successfully unless I've made some sort of mistake) it then asks me to insert a disc. I don't do that, but instead hit Cancel and then Close.

I then go to the folder of DVD files which MEP will have written to the location I specified in Program Settings >  Folder > Disc images and play the DVD from there to satisfy myself it's OK. Then finally I burn the folder to disc with the excellent ImgBurn (free).

If or when I get my next PC, then I'll try MEP's burner again, as it's obviously more convenient to do the whole thing in MEP.

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Terry, East Grinstead, UK

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Terry, East Grinstead, UK. PC: i7 6700K, 4.0 GHz, 32GB with Win 10 pro. Used many earlier versions of MEPP, currently mainly MEPP 2016 & 2017 (Using scores of macro scripts to add functionality, tailored to these versions.)

ianandjake wrote on 9/1/2012, 11:59 AM

Thanks for all the advice and suggestions.

George - it's a fairly new PC with Windows 7 as the OS and lots of hard drive and RAM capacity, and it was only MEP that was running at the time.

Terry - I guess I've been lucky as previous versions have worked fine for me however I will try your idea of encoding without a DVD in the drive, and if that works I can burn using ImgBurn as you suggest.

John - if it fails again I will post a screenshot of the error log to see if you can spot anything; the files in my project are a mix of MOD, JPG and AVI (video clips from my digital stills camera) and I have also added a separate music track imported from Magix Audio.  I'm afraid I don't understand the question about being patched up to 11.05.0.0?