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  • Still having problems

    Posted by Diego Villalba on September 22, 2005 at 8:20 pm

    As I put in a post before I sitill having problems when I try to create DVD’s.
    I give up, trying to use the create DVD an the export as m2v functions, so now I’m exporting as Uncompressed AVI (because I use Encore DVD), and guess what!… another problem!!! Is it possible to create AVI’s bigger than 2GB? Please tell me why!!!

    Thanks a lot…

    diego

    PS: below you will se my post before… Bye and thanks again…

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    Name: DieGo
    Date: Sep 15, 2005 at 3:42:18 pm
    Subject: Xpress DV export problem

    Hi there!

    I’m having problems when I try to use the “Create DVD” or export to “mpeg 2” functions… I received the following error messege…

    “AS_EncodeQTVideo() returned -1.”

    Does anybody Knows what I’m doing wrong?
    Thanks a lot!!!

    diego

    Jon Zanone replied 20 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Jon Zanone

    September 25, 2005 at 1:30 pm

    The 2GB limit is an OS problem – not an Avid problem.

    Export your video as either a QT reference or a QT same as source, and compress it with a 2d party application with something like like Sorenson, Procoder, or Cleaner.

    I never had luck with Avid’s export option, and I’m pretty sure that’s why the option disapeared in later versions. If you buy a new Avid, Soreneson comes bundled with it.

    Jon

  • Diego Villalba

    September 26, 2005 at 12:39 pm

    Thanks Jon

    But if the problem is the OS, why can I export AVIs bigger than 2Gb with Premiere Pro? (I have Win XP Professional SP1).

    About the export as a QT Reference… I can’t too…
    I think all the problem with the export has to be with QT… Because the only format that I can export is .AVI files. I tried with QT 5 and 7 and the problem is still there.

    Could be an incompatiblity with my video card or with my motherboard?

    diego

  • Jon Zanone

    September 26, 2005 at 5:40 pm

    I guess the first question I should have asked was what is your system? Avid is notorius for over promising and under delivering in the mpeg department, IMHO. The best success I’ve had is exporting a QT and compressing it with a 2d party program (Sorenson / Procoder / Cleaner). As long as you are running an Avid-approved system, there should be no conflicts.

    Jon

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