Video output not working

[iceberg]

I am failing to get any video output from P2E/VB on my Windows XP laptop though I can make a standard DVD from the P2E projects. The VB operation runs reporting 0 fps and the file produced is zero length. After failing with previous projects, I created a new project with just 2 pictures and set it up according to ronniebootwest's tutorial. Doing the same operation on a new Windows 7 desktop works perfectly so I conclude there is nothing wrong with the downloaded latest version or activation codes.

The laptop has Intel core 2 duo T2700 2 Ghz processor, ATI X1600 128Mb graphics, 3Gb memory, fully updated XP. I have Norton 2011 suite but Sonar is switched off and I tried it with AV and Firewall off and there are no relevent reports in its log. I tried removing P2E as I had updated from a previous version and re-installing it. There is plenty disc space.

HD files produced on the desktop play OK on the laptop via Quicktime but not Windows Media Player.

Is there something missing ?

[Guest Yachtsman1]

I am failing to get any video output from P2E/VB on my Windows XP laptop though I can make a standard DVD from the P2E projects. The VB operation runs reporting 0 fps and the file produced is zero length. After failing with previous projects, I created a new project with just 2 pictures and set it up according to ronniebootwest's tutorial. Doing the same operation on a new Windows 7 desktop works perfectly so I conclude there is nothing wrong with the downloaded latest version or activation codes.

The laptop has Intel core 2 duo T2700 2 Ghz processor, ATI X1600 128Mb graphics, 3Gb memory, fully updated XP. I have Norton 2011 suite but Sonar is switched off and I tried it with AV and Firewall off and there are no relevent reports in its log. I tried removing P2E as I had updated from a previous version and re-installing it. There is plenty disc space.

HD files produced on the desktop play OK on the laptop via Quicktime but not Windows Media Player.

Is there something missing ?

Check the free space on your C drive, you need 5 or 6GB free to produce a DVD

Yachtsman1.

[nobeefstu]

iceberg,

The VB operation runs reporting 0 fps and the file produced is zero length.

See this topic in Video Output forum section:

http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=10154

HD files produced on the desktop play OK on the laptop via Quicktime but not Windows Media Player

WMPlayer {by itself) on XP does not have the necessary decoders (h264) to properly playback HD Video. You need something like Windows Media Player Classic HomeCinema

Read these topics:

http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=12061

http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8954

[iceberg]

I have iTunes on the laptop where the video file functions do not work but not on the desktop where they do! I still suspect a codec problem but where should I look ?

[iceberg]

The bug in 6.5.7 which causes video output to fail under some copies of XP is still in 6.5.8 but thankfully 7.0 works using the same pte file so that is good news.