Almost There – Help with .m2v conversion

[John Rofrano]

Is there a reason you are not using DVD Architect 5? It works fine making Blu-ray’s from these files.

~jr

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[Jeff Mcguire]

Hi John

You may read my recent posts regarding the troubles I have had with DVD Architect Pro. For some reason, it doesn’t want to work with this HP computer I bought. I actually took the time to exchange it for a brand new one just to see if I had a lemon. Architect continued to lock up the system when searching for the drives.

I am now attempting to use Cyberlink but it doesn’t recognize .m2v files.

Sony Creative just had me render a Sony AVC file, changing the render format to .mp4 but Cyberlink came back with an error message about conflicting tv formats “downgrading on import” – plus the audio file did not come through.

I did discover a known issue with 8.1 and that the MainConcept will not produce a Blu-Ray at 1920×1080; otherwise, I would have used that.

Do I have the guts to download 8.0 on a 64bit Vista system? I’m not sure.

One human should not have to go through this to get an HD Blu-Ray disc. : )

Jeff

Jeff

[John Rofrano]

> For some reason, it doesn’t want to work with this HP computer I bought.

Sometimes buying the latest hardware is bad because the software hasn’t caught up. Did you buy an HP Workstation or a PC from their consumer line? The HP Workstations are designed to be used for application like video editing so their components should be compatible. In general it’s a good idea to stay away from consumer PC’s.

You could always swap out the incompatible burner for one that’s known to work. I’m using the Pioneer Blu-ray BD-RW BDR-220 and it works fine with DVD Architect Pro 5 on my home built Intel QuadCore system.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[Jeff Mcguire]

Hi John

Thanks for the reply – sorry for the slight delay.

I got a great deal on a high end consumer model with a 25.5 monitor. Everything seems to be working now except for the problem with DVD Arch Pro. I switched to Cyberlink’s product but I wish I didn’t have to. I tried two drives with it but still locks up the computer whenver I click on Create DVD.

I took your advice and bought UpShift to handle the AVCHD files. Big improvement on playback stuttering.

Thanks again!

Jeff