DVD studio pro4 problem!!! Help!!

[abalex]

Hey guys I'm trying to burn my demo dvd on this software, everything looks good and ready to go but after hitting the build/format button and letting the program do its job for few minutes I get a message that says : Formatting Failed. Building was not successful. See log.

Then in the log I read: video file read error
build cancelled
Formatting finished.

I've been getting this message tha last three times I've tried. I really don't know what else to do and I got this producer waiting for my demo. Please, please help me out!!

the desperate man.
G.

 

[ullanta]

Perhaps you can tell us a bit about your video file(s)? What format are they, how are you generating them?

 

[abalex]

most of the files are sorenson 3. I've tried using h264 but everytime I import the files the program tells me they're not compatible, don't ask me why. Some others are mpeg2.

Anything else?

thanks
G.

 

[ullanta]

Ummm... maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think DVDSP handles Sorensen or h264. Why are you using these? Final DVD video has to be MPEG-2. Convert the video using something else (Quicktime or Compressor), then bring it onto DVDSP....

 

[sellington]

You need to convert to MPEG-2. Its best to use compressor and use on of the "Best Quality DVD" Presets. The video in DVD's is MPEG2 nothing else will work.