I noticed though that the AC3 file or audio is at 0kb, and the second it is created when DVD maker is doing it's thing, I get an error, hmm not sure what's goin on there??? Have used Vista Media Center Decoder utility.
I've registered just for this problem as I've tried just about everything imaginable. What's happening is that when trying to make a DVD from a video file (photo slideshow plus music works fine) that Windows DVD Maker will get to around 74% encoding and then just stop and give me the error message (at this point the progress meter skips to 99%): 'Cannot create the DVD An error occured when burning the DVD' I've tried this using an avi file, (I know it works as I have used DVDFLick and its works great, the menus are no where near as nice as windows dvd maker), and the sample video file included windows (I beleive its a wmv file). I have looked at the event viewer, heres my error (which seems pretty common doing a google search): Log Name: Application Source: Dvd Maker Date: 11:48:45 AM Event ID: 1001 Task Category: None Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer:. Description: The Dvd Maker engine returned an error code (-) when burning the disc. Event Xml: 1001 2 0 0x0000 23431 Application.
AND THE OTHER ERROR LOG: Log Name: Application Source: Dvd Maker Date: 11:48:45 AM Event ID: 1002 Task Category: None Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer:. Description: Dvd Maker returned an error code (0x80040200) when burning the disc. Event Xml: 1002 2 0 0x0000 23432 Application. 0x80040200 - OK so here's what i tried: 1.
Small video files, the sample one in the public folder, other 700mb avi files. Unchecked all the codecs in the options menu, then checked one at a time, then checked both,.one is AC3Filter, the other is Avi Decompressor from memery, located in the system32 folder, so not sure why it registered there if it's a windows included codec???). Have followed this guys instructions on re-registering the required dll files (which I have checked and they are there in the System32 folder). Though when doing this using the 'Run' in the start menu for the command 'regsvr32 msmpeg2adec.dll' I get the error: 'The module 'msmpeg2adec.dll' was loaded but the call to DllRegisterServer failed with error code 0x80070005.' Then I use the command prompt (opening as 'Run as Administrator', even though I am an administrator user????) run all the same things, and everything succeeds fine, no errors (but like I said, if don't run as admin, get the same DllRegistryServer error, even though I am an administrator) Restart the comp. And what do ya know, still doesn't work, same problem, same error. Pictures and music, which burn fine and work fine on a dvd player.
Have checked the temporary file where the encoded files are dumped. Ie: C:Users.AppDataLocalTempAuthorScript.tmp Have opened the video file in WMC (Media Centre), works fine, no audio but that's still seperated at this point, so no worries there). I noticed though that the AC3 file or audio is at 0kb, and the second it is created when DVD maker is doing it's thing, I get an error, hmm not sure what's goin on there??? Have used Vista Media Center Decoder utility. Results were: Video: Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder Audio: Microsoft DTV-DVD Audio Decoder There are no other options (haven't needed to install other codec, don't use Nero either). I have Windows 7 Pro (64bit), so I have all the necessary codecs built in.
(As mentioned, I do have Ac3filter, but that's disable/unchecked in DVD maker, maybe that's the problem???). I would rather not download and install additional codecs. Oh and it gets to 74% encoding then skips to 99% and the error pops up. From experience making a 'picture and music' DVD, 74% is about when it starts burning, or when it merges the video and audio to make the vob file/s. It actually skips quickly to 80% and starts burning (slideshow DVD).
Computer is custom built, it not a HP or anything like that, so I don't have those.ax file extensions in system32 (for those who have seen an answer here: So any idea's/suggestions? I know this will help a lot of people as it seems a common problem. I'm pretty tech savvy, so will try to follow any suggestions carefully. Ohh and finally, for all those who reply thank you, thank you, thank you, even it if doesn't work, any suggestions are appreciated. And for reading my post, thank you, I realise it's a mighty long post. I hope my linking to multiple sites is okay. Hi JAG220,Came across your post when googling, as was having exactly the same problem.
DVD maker failed everytime it got to the AC3 audio (created 0kb file, then threw out the error as you described above). I tried unchecking 'AC3Filter' from the compatibility tab,but didn't help either.What did fix the problem was uninstalling AC3Filter. After a reboot, DVD Maker successfully completed the encoding and burnt the disc.Hope this helps anyone with a similar problem. Hopefully microsoft can fix this, as obviously unchecking the filter in the compatibility page doesn't do anything and the filter is still interfering.Cheers,JadEdit: This is when burning MPEG-2 files with AC3 audio by the way (from DTV). Yea, it's annoying hey.
Its never worked for me, and it doesn't even start burning! But music and picture dvd's burn and work fine!your problem sounds more like a dvd writer issue. Check the device manager, make sure all is fine (no warning! It might be the dvd discs your using too, not the best quality maybe (did you recently buy a new batch)??? In any case I would try burning with powerburn turned off, see what happens (as powerburn changes the how it burns according to the disc used, and it may be doing things wrong??
I dunno but I'd give it a go). Did you install anything in the past few days? Try burning something with your usual burning program, make a mp3 disc or something, see if it works.anyway, have posted my problem on a few other forums and may post on some more as have been getting hardly any replies, it seems many people have this problem and no one is willing to fix this issue. I just realised you posted not long ago, how lucky, I justed checked it, I almost gave up on this forum. Hi JAG220,Came across your post when googling, as was having exactly the same problem. DVD maker failed everytime it got to the AC3 audio (created 0kb file, then threw out the error as you described above).
I tried unchecking 'AC3Filter' from the compatibility tab,but didn't help either.What did fix the problem was uninstalling AC3Filter. After a reboot, DVD Maker successfully completed the encoding and burnt the disc.Hope this helps anyone with a similar problem. Hopefully microsoft can fix this, as obviously unchecking the filter in the compatibility page doesn't do anything and the filter is still interfering.Cheers,JadEdit: This is when burning MPEG-2 files with AC3 audio by the way (from DTV). Windows DVD-Maker not-unexpectedly faces problems in processing every file format.
One way of obtaining compatibility is to process downloaded files through Windows Movie Maker first. Movie-Maker will process a number of different formats but not all, andoutputs movies in.wmv format only by 'saving' the original.
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This produces a very different version even when that original is in.wmv format to begin with.Example:Original / 'Saved'size 586mb / 956mbformat wmv2 / wmv3bitrate 111kbps / 2991kbpsframerate 15fs / 29fsand so on. However once Movie-Maker finished reformatting the file, there was no difficulty with DVD-Maker processing it into a disk playable on a separate DVD Player.
So the technique is to first start Movie-Maker and select the file to be processed andyou will be advised if its format is incompatible. If it can be played then click on the 'Save movie' title (not button) and select 'Burn a DVD' from the drop-down list. When Movie-Maker is finished, it will start DVD-Maker to complete the task. I am attempting to burn a DVD from a Divx avi file with an mp3 audio track. I tried twice burning a DVD using Windows DVD Maker and had same result both times. Great picture, correct aspect etc but no audio.
I played the DVD on a DVD player and on my laptop- same result. I should add that I used the preview facility on the software and there was audio. But when I burned the DVD - no audio.I searched through a few forums, including this one, and tried the recommended procedure of going via Windows Movie Maker.
I opened the avi in Movie Maker and chose the DVD option, a message appeared saying that the video would open in Windows DVD Maker whichit did. I clicked on burn and yes, I got picture plus sound. However now the picture was stretched and distorted along the top half of the screen with a green band filling the lower half. I tried once more being careful not to make any silly errors and samething.Divx avi with an mp3 audio track is a very commonly used format so it is surprising that Microsoft haven't configured the software to accommodate this and a number of other common formats such Xvid avi, mp4, m4v etc. With mp3 audio OR ac2 audio.Surmising that Windows DVD Maker would at least be able to deal with a Windows movie file (a wmv file) I converted the avi to a wmv using AVS Video Converter (a piece of software which I use regularly). NB When converting it's wise to use advance menu to changeframe size to 'original' in order to preserve quality and aspect ratio.
There are many other video converters on the market but AVS is a good one.My supposition was correct DVD Maker produced a perfect DVD from the wmv file. It's unfortunate that Microsoft haven't found a solution to this problem because otherwise DVD Maker does a fine job.CONCLUSIONConvert your file to an hmv file and then use DVD Maker.
I have a Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV600 and I am running Windows Vista Service Pack 1.The problem I am having is that every time I try to burn a movie to a DVD using Windows DVD Maker I keep getting an error at about 79.1% complete or 81.2% complete. It happens every time I try to burn a movie to DVD no matter the size of the movie. The first couple of times I tried I got the following error:Burn Error - An Error has occurred in burning to CD/DVD.The next error message that I can consistently recreate is as follows:Windows DVD Maker cannot finish burning the project using this disc because an error occurred when writing to disc. Please insert another blank or rewritable disc, then try again.In Event Viewer it says Vista CDROM Event ID 133 but I have not been able to find out any information on it.After reading through some of the major forums, it seems that many, many people are having the same problem with Vista but no one seems to know how to fix it. They come up with the conclusion that it must be a video codec conflict but I'm not so sure that is true as I have checked all of my video codecs and there is not any unusual codec installed.
It does not appear to be a device conflict either as I have no conflicts.This same problem occurs not only with Windows DVD Maker but also happens when trying to burn a disc in Windows Movie Maker or Windows Media Player.Any help or information at all that you can provide would be greatly appreciated.Thanks!Elizabeth.