I am trying to install an update that fails with a report that states
"error 1324. The path My Pictures contains an invalid character"
Does anyone know what is causing this and how it might be corrected?
I am using TMPGEnc DVD Author Version 1.5.20.62 and am trying to update to 1.5.34.89. I have not used this application for some time and need to create DVD Dual layer so I might actually need a newer upgrade. I find the various versions confusing. Does anyone know if I need to purchase TDA again to get DL DVDs created?
>I am trying to install an update that fails with a report that states
> "error 1324. The path My Pictures contains an invalid character"
> Does anyone know what is causing this and how it might be corrected?
> I am using TMPGEnc DVD Author Version 1.5.20.62 and am trying to update to > 1.5.34.89. I have not used this application for some time and need to > create DVD Dual layer so I might actually need a newer upgrade. I find the > various versions confusing. Does anyone know if I need to purchase TDA > again to get DL DVDs created?
> TIA
> JS
I'm afraid that 1.5 can't author double layer disks. In fact the only real difference between 1.5 and 1.6 is that 1.6 can author double layer disks.
You can get a 30 day trial of 1.6, but it's discontinued so you can't buy a serial number for it. So for thirty days you will have an authoring program that works the way you are used to and can make DL DVDs.
>> "error 1324. The path My Pictures contains an invalid character"
>> Does anyone know what is causing this and how it might be corrected?
>> I am using TMPGEnc DVD Author Version 1.5.20.62 and am trying to >> update to 1.5.34.89. I have not used this application for some time and >> need to >> create DVD Dual layer so I might actually need a newer upgrade. I >> find the various versions confusing. Does anyone know if I need to >> purchase TDA again to get DL DVDs created?
>> TIA
>> JS
> I'm afraid that 1.5 can't author double layer disks. > In fact the only real difference between 1.5 and 1.6 > is that 1.6 can author double layer disks.
> You can get a 30 day trial of 1.6, but it's discontinued > so you can't buy a serial number for it. So for thirty > days you will have an authoring program that works the > way you are used to and can make DL DVDs.
> It would cost $90 for 3.0 with DivX Authoring and some > new input options as well as subtitles and 16:9 menus.
Thanks. That clears things up. I have not been keeping up with the software as it worked fine on 4.7 G DVDs. I guess it is time to research some of the newer applications instead of having to pay so much just to burn DLs. I have Nero 6 Ultra which I believe will do what I need.
It is certainly true that if you just author a DL-DVD in TMPGEnc DVD Author v1.5 and burn it using earlier versions of Nero such as v6.3, the result may not work at all, or very well, in your player. However, you can author in v1.5, adjust the result with free software such as PGCEdit, and burn it using free software such as ImgBurn, and the result will work, at least in my player - I've done it.
For the OP, there are some problems with DL, the two most important being:
1) The fact that older DVD Players may not recognise a DL-DVD-R, and therefore have to be conned into thinking they are playing a conventional, commercial, non-recordable, DL-DVD, which can only be done by changing the 'book type' - Nero v6 will not let you do this, ImgBurn v2.3.1.0 will. If your player is new enough to recognise the recordable version in its own right, you may not need to do this.
2) The absence or position of the 'layer-break' instruction in the DVD files as authored. PGCEdit v7.4 will allow you to insert this at a convenient point where disruption to the action can be minimised - for example, at a quiet moment when the picture is blank. AFAICT, the problem with just authoring using DVD Author v1.5 and burning with Nero is that DVD Author doesn't insert the layer-break, Nero does, and you have no control of where, so there may be a stutter at that point.
The one I made plays fine but stutters as it FastFowards, and I think the reason for this may be the difference between the media characteristics of the DL-DVD-R and of the commercial DVDs it's pretending to be. Perhaps this causes a higher than usual error rate which the player can cope with at normal speeds but not when FF-ing.
Note that all the earlier attempts that would not run in my player could be read in my PC's burner, so are useful in their own right as backups for the one that worked - that is, it could be re-made from them if the need ever arises.
> I'm afraid that 1.5 can't author double layer disks. > In fact the only real difference between 1.5 and 1.6 > is that 1.6 can author double layer disks.
Java Jive wrote: > Strictly true, as written ... or is it?
> It is certainly true that if you just author a DL-DVD in TMPGEnc DVD > Author v1.5 and burn it using earlier versions of Nero such as v6.3, > the result may not work at all, or very well, in your player. > However, you can author in v1.5, adjust the result with free software > such as PGCEdit, and burn it using free software such as ImgBurn, and > the result will work, at least in my player - I've done it.
> For the OP, there are some problems with DL, the two most important > being:
> 1) The fact that older DVD Players may not recognise a DL-DVD-R, > and therefore have to be conned into thinking they are playing a > conventional, commercial, non-recordable, DL-DVD, which can only be > done by changing the 'book type' - Nero v6 will not let you do > this, ImgBurn v2.3.1.0 will. If your player is new enough to > recognise the recordable version in its own right, you may not need > to do this.
> 2) The absence or position of the 'layer-break' instruction in the > DVD files as authored. PGCEdit v7.4 will allow you to insert this at > a convenient point where disruption to the action can be minimised - > for example, at a quiet moment when the picture is blank. AFAICT, > the problem with just authoring using DVD Author v1.5 and burning > with Nero is that DVD Author doesn't insert the layer-break, Nero > does, and you have no control of where, so there may be a stutter at > that point.
> The one I made plays fine but stutters as it FastFowards, and I think > the reason for this may be the difference between the media > characteristics of the DL-DVD-R and of the commercial DVDs it's > pretending to be. Perhaps this causes a higher than usual error rate > which the player can cope with at normal speeds but not when FF-ing.
> Note that all the earlier attempts that would not run in my player > could be read in my PC's burner, so are useful in their own right as > backups for the one that worked - that is, it could be re-made from > them if the need ever arises.
>> I'm afraid that 1.5 can't author double layer disks. >> In fact the only real difference between 1.5 and 1.6 >> is that 1.6 can author double layer disks.
> It is certainly true that if you just author a DL-DVD in TMPGEnc DVD > Author > v1.5 and burn it using earlier versions of Nero such as v6.3, the result > may > not work at all, or very well, in your player. However, you can author in > v1.5, adjust the result with free software such as PGCEdit, and burn it > using free software such as ImgBurn, and the result will work, at least in > my player - I've done it.
True, some of the time, and your post should be of great help to the OP if he gives it a try. Not all posters are willing to learn what's needed to use such an approach or expend the effort involved. But my statement above is true, the only difference between 1.5 and 1.6 is the ability of 1.6 (all by itself) to author a DL DVD.
My pick-up truck can't travel over a body of water. Just because it can cross a bridge, or board a ferry, doesn't make it amphibious. Programs like PgcEdit and DvdReMake, can let you modify an authored DVD, in many ways, but their existence doesn't mean you can say TDA itself has all the capabilities you can add, with such tools.
Great post though, and I wish I had thought to mention such an approach.
> > > I'm afraid that 1.5 can't author double layer disks. > > > In fact the only real difference between 1.5 and 1.6 > > > is that 1.6 can author double layer disks.
> > It is certainly true that if you just author a DL-DVD in TMPGEnc DVD > > Author > > v1.5 and burn it using earlier versions of Nero such as v6.3, the result > > may > > not work at all, or very well, in your player. However ...
> But my statement above is true, the only > difference between 1.5 and 1.6 is the ability of 1.6 (all by > itself) to author a DL DVD.
Point accepted ...
> Great post though
Thanks ...
BTW, if memory serves, Ken, was it not you who worked out the format of the TDA files? Around the time of my original investigation, ISTR finding a link in an old post that purported to lead to some prog or other that could manipulate the files, extract and insert images and so on, but it no longer seemed to lead anywhere. Was that you, and could you help out?
I wanted it because I wanted to make a DVD with a single menu for 25 tracks with the ability to play them randomly, whereas the TDA max on a single menu is of course 24. I've solved it by other means now, but it was rather long winded - a TDA hack might have been quicker ...
>> > > I'm afraid that 1.5 can't author double layer disks. >> > > In fact the only real difference between 1.5 and 1.6 >> > > is that 1.6 can author double layer disks.
>> > It is certainly true that if you just author a DL-DVD in TMPGEnc DVD >> > Author >> > v1.5 and burn it using earlier versions of Nero such as v6.3, the >> > result >> > may >> > not work at all, or very well, in your player. However ...
>> But my statement above is true, the only >> difference between 1.5 and 1.6 is the ability of 1.6 (all by >> itself) to author a DL DVD.
> Point accepted ...
>> Great post though
> Thanks ...
> BTW, if memory serves, Ken, was it not you who worked out the format of > the > TDA files? Around the time of my original investigation, ISTR finding a > link in an old post that purported to lead to some prog or other that > could > manipulate the files, extract and insert images and so on, but it no > longer > seemed to lead anywhere. Was that you, and could you help out?
> I wanted it because I wanted to make a DVD with a single menu for 25 > tracks > with the ability to play them randomly, whereas the TDA max on a single > menu > is of course 24. I've solved it by other means now, but it was rather > long > winded - a TDA hack might have been quicker ...
I think I know what you are referring to, but that was a program to read the .tme template files. It was written by a Brazilian IIRC, and it may have been Mark Burns who first found the program and posted in a NG. The idea was to be able to create a template to add items to be selectable when creating your own theme, but that never paned out. Besides, it was too easy to just make and keep your own menu items to use as replacements, in any theme.
There are only single page layouts of up to 24 selection items per menu page. The DVD standard only allows 36 items total (including the navigation buttons), so you could add, maybe 8 more selection items. You can have more than one page to a logical menu, though.
Luck; Ken
P.S. a google search for "tmereader" should bring up references to some of the original posts.
