Dave,
I'm using exactly the same software you are (but recently started
using ProCoder Express for the mpg conversion)and it's worked great.
I have seen the "data exceeds multipexable bit rate" error msg before
when I tried to really crank it up, but lowering it a bit always
cured the problem. I ALWAYS use the quality setting at its highest
point.
Before I start trying ot explain some of this I want you to know I am
NOT one of the "technical gurus" on this board, and if someone has a
better explaination, please jump in & correct me. Your bitrate is
basically the amount of data that is being fed per second from the
DVD to the player. Thats the "kbps" you see after the # you set it
to (KiloBits Per Second).The lower the bitrate, the smaller the file,
but... it lowers the overall quality. You can think of it as
lowering the resolution. I'm sure you've seen web video thats a bit
jumpy, and very pixelated... thats the result of a VERY low bit
rate. Sometimes you need to make something that low because maybe
you need to email it. If you turn the bit rate up extremely high,
the quality is fantastic, but imagine the results od hooking a garden
hose up to a fire hydrant. You can't get that much water (data from
a high bit rate) down the hose! You have exceeded the bitrate that a
DVD player can handle.
Now... Muliplexing is the combination of multiple files into one
stream. As you convert the files in Adobe's Main Concept DVD
encoder, you are making 2 distinct files... an audio, and a video
file. When you import them into DVDit! you should be importing both
files as individual files. When DVDit! starts processing, you will
see it say, "processing video files", then "processing audio files"
(probably a few other things) and then... multiplexing. At this
point it's linking the audio & video together, but it sees that the
combined bitrate of the 2 files exceeds the maximum level it thinks a
standard DVD player can handle.
So, hopefully I haven't confused you any more. Heres a question.
How long is the piece you are trying to put on DVD? Mine are usually
about 15 minutes, so I don't have a problem with space on the DVD.
There may be something wrong because you should have NO problem with
a file at 4000kbps. Do you know what version of the Main Concept
encoder you have? I beleive the current version is 1.3 but I could
be wrong.
Just for a test, try encoding a short piece (just a minute or two
will be fine) using the "low data rate" preset in the Main concept
encoder. Will be interesting to see what happens. We can try to
narrow the problem down, but it could be software related & have
nothing to do with what you are doing. You should be able to make
some nice DVDs with what you have.
Lee
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> Hello Lee.
>
> Thanks again for your assistance. Yes, I was mistakenly equating
> additional audio tracks with additional audio streams. so evidently
> this was not the core of the problem I thought it was.
>
> I reduced the bitrate from 8000+ to 4000, but it didn't help. I
> still get the "DATA EXCEEDS MULTIPLEXiBLE..." message, and the
burning
> process aborts before it starts.
>
> I have used an image quality setting of 49. Perhaps lowering this
> will help? I'll try that tonight.
>
> I am using the MPEG encoder in the Premiere 6.5 to convert the
time
> line to .m2v files.
>
> I'm very hazy on what the bitrate actually is. Is there some
optimal
> balance bitrate, image quality and program length that I am failing
to
> understand, or is there something else going on here?
>
> Regards,
> DAVE
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