[Danick Sierras]

I wrote that about 4 years ago and can’t remember the exact details. But I think I had just downloaded a trial version of Architect Pro and installed it. Then just copied those missing files over to my Studio version. Then you could un-install the pro version. But I can’t believe that this is still an issue after all these years. There should have been a patch for studio from Sony like they for their Pro version by now.

Good luck…

[Danick Sierras]

Well actually, if you read my post just above yours, you’ll see that the problem I was having was with Studio, not with Pro. But instead of un-installing everything as Sony suggested, I simply copied and pasted the missing files into my DVDA Studio folder.

The files that were missing in my case were:

StatusCodeTable.xml
statusCodeTable.xsd
udf_image.xsd
ess.dll
OpcPcmImporter.dll
Sony.MediaSoftware.ExternalVideoDevice.dll

I’m not sure which one finally fixed the problem. But everything works now. And it did save me a lot of time in having to re-install the whole Studio Suite and Microsoft .net software.

[Danick Sierras]

Well after looking at your screen capture, I could see a few files that are missing in my folder. But since you are using the Pro version, I wasn’t sure if I needed to get all the files in your folder. So I just downloaded the files that I was getting the error message on and copied them into the DVDA Studio 5 folder. Then I tried to prepare another test Blu Ray image. This time I got a different error which referred to a missing udf_image.xsd file. But after downloading and copying that file into the folder, DVDA Studio seems to be burning blu ray images now.

So to recap, the files that seem to have been missing were:
StatusCodeTable.xml
StatusCodeTable.xsd
udf_image.xsd

I’ll have to do a real Bly Ray to make sure, but so far so good.
If this works, it will have saved me from having to completely un-install the whole suite as well as re-download the whole Production suite (as per Sony instructions) just for 30 kbs of missing files.

Thanks again for your help.

[Danick Sierras]

Thanks Kelly,

I’ll compare it to my installation and check for differences. But my problem is with DVDA STUDIO. I don’t have the Pro version. But I wonder if I would just temporarily install the trial version of the pro version and then copy those two files into the Studio version.

Maybe worth a shot before un-installing everything. I sure would have liked to have gotten a screen shot of the Studio version to see if there are any other files missing.

[Danick Sierras]

Kelly,

Great to hear that you were able to fix the problem.
I may also try starting from scratch with a fresh install of everything. I had already tried this once with DVDA Studio only without touching any other Sony programs, MS .net apps, or the registry keys. But if it worked for you, then it might indeed be a corrupt installation as Sony has been stating all along.

Would you be able to take a screen shot of your working DVDA Studio 5.0 Program Files folder and post it here or send it to me by email? I’d like to compare it to mine to see if anything is missing.

Thanks

[Danick Sierras]

If you look at one of the links in my previous posts, you will see that this error has already been reported to Sony as of Sep 8, 2011. Here is a link to that thread.

https://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?MessageID=776390&Replies=16

It will show you that the problem can only be fixed by Sony in the same way they had already fixed the their DVD Architect Pro version which had exactly the same problem.

Here is an excerpt of one of the posts:

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I can tell you that it is definitely a Studio version problem.
I tried the Pro version and it worked flawlessly. Just make sure to save your project with a different name cause you will not be able to open it with Studio.
I’ve since un installed the Pro version as I only make home movies every once in a while. (Actually I accumulate my home videos on my hard drive all year long so I can burn just one Blu Ray at the end of the year). So I can wait for an update to Studio. There is no way I’m going to spend that much money on an upgrade that I don’t even need.

Just can’t believe that Sony is just ignoring my e-mails about their software not working as stated on the packaging. And I’m not going spend more money on phone support for something that only they can fix with an update. Hopefully they’ll have it fixed by the time I’m ready to burn another Blu Ray.

——–

Good Luck

[Danick Sierras]

[Aleksey Tarasov] “Vegasaur (it requires Pro version of Vegas) contains Auto Rotate Digital Photos command for that”

WOW!! This is exactly what I’m looking for!!
Unfortunately, I don’t have Vegas Pro. Isn’t there something for Vegas Movie Studio that does something similar?

I don’t want to have to rotate them before bringing them into Vegas Movie Studio. After all, except for Windows Explorer, every other program I am using is able to recognize orientation the way they are.

Otherwise, I may just make a simple montage in Photoshop Elements and then import the montage video into Movie Studio to polish it up with effects and music. Not my preferred method, but beats having to rotate each picture!!

[Danick Sierras]

[John Rofrano] “Look at File | New and see if you can set your project audio to AC3.”

Just like Jorma, the Blu-ray projects only have the selection for PCM. For DVD projects, I can select PCM, AC-3 Stereo or Surround.

But that’s fine for Sony to have these settings as defaults for new projects. The issue I’m having is why Studio wants to re compress the AC-3 audio that was passed down from Movie Studio for Blu ray movies.

So the question is, is anyone able to prepare a Bly ray movie with DVD Architect Studio that was rendered from Vegas Movie Studio with AC-3 audio WITHOUT re compression.

[Danick Sierras]

Still haven’t heard anything from Sony on this issue.
But I checked other sites and noticed this thread on the Sony Creative Forum – DVD Architect Software:

https://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?MessageID=776390&Replies=12

These people are having the exact same issue with DVD Architect Studio when trying to make a Blu Ray disc on a Windows 7 64 bit OS. And the post is over 3 months old!!!

I can’t believe that Sony has not fixed this bug yet.

For those of you working on a Windows 7 Pro – 64 bit OS, do yourself a favor and stay away from this software. It’s turning out to be a very expensive coaster for me.

[Danick Sierras]

[John Rofrano] “Are you sure it’s your program audio and not just the audio that you added to the menus?)”

I did a test with a video that had no menus, just audio and it did the same thing.

[John Rofrano] “Also, does your version of DVD Architect Studio support AC3? (some earlier versions did not)”

I just bought this version. Vegas Movie Studio HD 11 Platinum (build 283) which came with DVD Architect Studio Version 5 (build 157).

Note that this is the Studio version – NOT the Pro version.

The reason that I have to use the two steps in creating a video file and then an audio file, is because if I click on the “Make Movie” in Vegas Movie Studio, and then select the “Blu-Ray Disc with Menus”, the program selects a .w64 audio format that I can not change.

I am now coming to the conclusion that DVD Architect STUDIO is not able to render an AC-3 audio file when creating a Blu-ray disc. Maybe this is just for the pro version.

However, there is no mention that AC-3 should be used for DVD authoring only.

See Avoiding re compression in DVD Architect
https://www.custcenter.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/84/kw/architect

I would like to know if anyone who has DVD Architect STUDIO able to create Blu-ray movies with AC-3 audio without having to re compress the audio.