Multiplexing error in iDVD

Hi

My collecting material on this. Unsorted and not 100% at all.

*Multiplexing Error*

Use of strange video/audio material eg .avi, .wmv, .mp3 etc.

I only use.
Video - StreamingDV (miniDV tape via FireWire) and
Audio = .aiff (as on audio-CDs) (else coverted to this .aiff 16-bit 48KHz)

*Using strange letters in video project name eg +,/; etc. keep to a-z and 0-9*
*strange letters in project name eg +*
as described by Donnyboy69. Does the title of your project have any symbols or decimal points in it. If so, that is why you are getting the error. I had a project that had a + sign which caused the same problem. I renamed it without the symbol and low and behold, it worked.

from Robert Modero.
"Multiplexing Error. Problem during initialization of tracks"
Simply remember to add subtitles to your Quicktime files and menu buttons.
Once I did that, I was back in business.

I always makes a DiskImage first and test this so that it runs OK

I use only - Verbatim DVDs

I use only - DVD-R

I burn at an as slow speed possibly eg x1

This gives good DVDs

Yours Bengt W

Delete all encoded assets and try again. Did you follow the advice Bengt gave you regarding a disc image to the desktop and then using apple's dvd player app to test playback? If it plays as expected, then burn to Dvd-R Verbatim at 4x and you should be ok. But if not just come on back.



Btw, make sure you have all the latest updates by running apple's disc utility. I wouldn't recommend going backwards but if this is your own choice then start by using appdelete from apple's web site prior to reinstalling iDvd. Good luck and feel free to keep us updated on your progress.



http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/systemdiskutilities/appdelete.html

From your reply I'm still uncertain if you deleted all encoded assets before burning a disc image and then using apple's dvd player to test for proper plackback. Look under the "advanced menu" in order to follow through with this procedure prior to making a disc image to the desktop.


Feel free to post back with the results.

Hi

One more new line into this.

from Boise Jim

Problem may be solved!

I did everything I've seen suggested, but a friend (who used to be an Apple Genius) suggested that I do a safe reboot (by holding down the shift key until you see the spinning gear on grey background, then release, then restart when your start-up screen appears).
It worked, and I got a clean burn from iDVD.

Hopefully this can help other people.

Via Bengt W

Well none of the above have worked, especially the safe boot. iDVD crashed seconds after the burn command. I use no unorthodox sympbols. The work I am trying to burn is exactly the same in type and format as stuff burned before my conversion to Snow Leopard. Snow Leopard is the problem it seems. Could it be Apple's answer to Vista?

Are we talking Snow Leopard on a G5? Don't think this is a very good combination (at least not from reading apple's specs on this particular OS; assuming your user profile is correct).




I posted a reply here also:




http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10203493&#10203493




Hope it helps but if not just come on back.

No. It's Snow Leopard on a MacPro with 2 X 2.8 Quad-core Intel Xeon. I'm not sure why my profile shows the G5. I replaced that nearly a year ago. Ah. I see. I forgot to change it myself in the post. Oops.

Nonetheless, I still cant burn. I removed the preference file in the user Library, repaired permissions, and got maybe a trifle farther, but still a multiplexing error. I have now removed both preference files (from the user library and the main library), repaired permissions, and a new burn has begun. I'll know in a couple of hours if that works.

We'll look for your reply. Hope it works!

Nope. It didn't work. This is a major issue, I think, and it appears to be Snow Leopard that is the problem, as everything was fine before the upgrade. The material being not being burned now is identical in format to that burned before the upgrade. Even the theme is the same.

Let's try this (if you haven't yet done so). Burn a disc image to the desktop. Then use apple's dvd player to test for proper playback (assuming we get this far). It will help narrow things down a bit (mac vs. media vs. burner / lens issues) ....

OK. Will do. The lens issue remark makes it worth doing a cleaning, although certainly the drive is reading properly even as I type this. Still, something has changed.

.... although certainly the drive is reading properly ....





most dvd burners have 2 separate lenses each (one to read the dvd and the other one burns / writes data to the dvd).







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A quality lens cleaner from Maxell or 3M often helps. But avoid low budget kits since they can serve to do more harm or further complicate matters.



In lieu of a lens cleaner kit I've been known to use compressed air but only at a safe distance (6-10 inches away from the lens itself). You can try at your own risk....





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