bakerlite Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 I have previously been able to produce DVD videos from PTE of some of my slide presentations without any problem. Today I had an 11 minute presentation with an MP3 continuous music track (synchronous) which ran sweetly in preview (and as an exe file) but would not create an AVI file. I could see a preview but it would not create a full AVI file. The error message that came up was: catCantcreate file Anybody out there had this problem or can offer advice. I have spent hours on getting a really nice presentation and find this very frustrating! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 Mikep2e version?i am having problems with ver 5 b5 burning properly yet the exe is perfect ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerlite Posted August 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 Mikep2e version?i am having problems with ver 5 b5 burning properly yet the exe is perfect kenp2e 4.48. I have the beta version of p2e 5 on my machine but have been careful to saty with p2e 4.48 for this particular job. It's a wedding with about 160 pics all scaled down to 1600 pixels max dimensions producing a p2e file of about 40 Mbytes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 try making the avi without music this will eliminate one variableken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerlite Posted August 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 try making the avi without music this will eliminate one variablekensorry, I should have said; I did try that; same error message! I appreciate your advice, I am new to using this forum, as you will see,Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerlite Posted August 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 sorry, I should have said; I did try that; same error message! I appreciate your advice, I am new to using this forum, as you will see,MikeI do believe I may have solved it! I was trying to save it with a name like this: lucy-pte-4 I have now changed it's name to just Lucy and it seems to be coding as I type! lets hope so. I am puzzled as to how saving it with some - symbols in causes problems, but I will report back if it's OK.Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Techman1 Posted August 29, 2006 Report Share Posted August 29, 2006 Mike,I haven't had problems with the name issue (especially just adding a "-" between names). I know I have several files with the dash in the project/avi name. Was the error you were getting from PTE or from your burning/encoding software?Ken,What problems are you having with the Beta 5 version? I just completed a slideshow for a client and went to DVD without issue. In fact they loved the new features that I was able to add due to PTE 5 capabilities. If I can help in any way, please let me know (although I know you have probably burned even more DVD's using this software than I have). Regards,Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerlite Posted August 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Mike,I haven't had problems with the name issue (especially just adding a "-" between names). I know I have several files with the dash in the project/avi name. Was the error you were getting from PTE or from your burning/encoding software?Ken,What problems are you having with the Beta 5 version? I just completed a slideshow for a client and went to DVD without issue. In fact they loved the new features that I was able to add due to PTE 5 capabilities. If I can help in any way, please let me know (although I know you have probably burned even more DVD's using this software than I have). Regards,FredThe - sign in the name does seem to have been the cause of the problem. When I gave it a new name without symbols, it created an AVI file and I was able to burn a DVD without any problem. Strange but there we are. The error was from P2E. Thanks for your advice and thougts on the matter. I do hope the full version of P2E 5 comes out soon; I will be an instant convert!Mike Mike,I haven't had problems with the name issue (especially just adding a "-" between names). I know I have several files with the dash in the project/avi name. Was the error you were getting from PTE or from your burning/encoding software?Ken,What problems are you having with the Beta 5 version? I just completed a slideshow for a client and went to DVD without issue. In fact they loved the new features that I was able to add due to PTE 5 capabilities. If I can help in any way, please let me know (although I know you have probably burned even more DVD's using this software than I have). Regards,Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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