MEP 2013 Pro - BD Burn process - what does each Cut represent?

shannock66 wrote on 2/6/2014, 10:04 AM

I have an issue with the Blu-Ray burn process in MEP 2013 Pro.

I have a video project about 1hr 45 mins long. All the video footage is 1920x1080i AVCHD from a Sony camera.

My project simply adds a menu at the start with links to a few chapter markers, some simple transitions (e.g. cross-fades), a little music and some pictures (.jpg's).

I can successfully burn the project to a single DVD. Everything is there and the menu works correctly.

However, when I attempt to burn to a Blu-ray, with H.264 & smart rendering options (output is to be the same quality as input video files), the burn process stops after "cut 1", which I assume is the rendering process. An ".m2ts" file is created in the output folder containing the video, transitions, music & pictures as expected. However, there is no disc menu at the start. I can play the ".m2ts" file with Windows Media Player. However, it's frustrating that there's no menu and the BD disc structure has not been completed (so I can't do the burn to BD).

The BD burn dialogue box shows "Cut 2 ot 4" but Cut 2 doesn't appear to be happening, not even after 5 more hours. The overall progress bar has stays the same and the lower progress bar has nothing. I've also tried this without smart rendering and also with a smaller version of the project (15 mins) but same problem.

Anyone know what each "cut" does (especially cut 2), as it may help me find the problem? Cut 1 is obviously rendering.

As I said, works OK for DVD but not for BD/H.264. I haven't tried BD/MPEG-2 as I'm sure the HD quality will be retained.

Any help greatly appreciated.

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johnebaker wrote on 2/7/2014, 2:36 PM

Cut 2 is Encoding the movie menu. There have been issues with some movie templates randomly failing to encode properly.

Which menu template did you select and was it a DVD or HD menu?

Try using a different menu template to see if it burns successfully.

The actual steps for a single movie with chapters are:

Step 1 of 5, Encoding movie 1 ... render timeline to intermediate file

Step 2 of 5, Encoding movie menu... render menu video

Step 3 of 5, Encoding chapter menu 1 ... render chapter menu video

ConvertMovie() - encoded file: Tour\VTS_01_1.VOB . . . converts intermediate file to VOB

Step 4 of 5, Creating DVD image... puts VOB, IFO and BUP files into the correct DVD structure

Step 5 of 5 . . . Burns to disc

Note: steps may be added or removed depending options you select for the disc menu and how many movies are in the project.

HTH

John