DVD Studio Pro: The directory is not a DVD-Video directory...?

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DVD Studio Pro: The directory is not a DVD-Video directory...?

DVD Studio Pro is saying "Note: The directory ‘/Users/viviennesmith/Desktop/FLIGHT_INSTRUCTOR DVD/PAR’ is not a DVD-Video directory and will not be included in the final disc or DLT."

There are a are few other notes along the same theme!

The entire log reads:

Starting DVD Build THE_FLIGHT_INSTRUCTOR...

Compiler Initializing...

Precompiling Project THE_FLIGHT_INSTRUCTOR

Compiling VMG Information...

Created 6 PGCs in VTSM1

Created 8 PGCs in VMG.

0 Menu(s) will be created...

Compiling Menu PGCs...

Writing VTS_01_0.VOB

Writing VIDEO_TS.VOB

1 VTSs and 1 Titles will be created...

Compiling VTS#1 (The Flight Instructor_SD-MPEG-2 6.2Mbps 2-pass)...

Writing VTS_01_0.VOB

Muxing VTS_01_1.VOB

Done.

Linking VMG...

Linking VTS#1...

Writing VTS#1...

Writing VMG...

Writing Layout Info...

Compile Completed Successfully

Note: The directory ‘/Users/viviennesmith/Desktop/FLIGHT_INSTRUCTOR DVD/PAR’ is not a DVD-Video directory and will not be included in the final disc or DLT.

Note: The directory ‘/Users/viviennesmith/Desktop/FLIGHT_INSTRUCTOR DVD/The Flight Instructor.dspproj’ is not a DVD-Video directory and will not be included in the final disc or DLT.

Note: The file ‘The Flight Instructor_SD-Dolby Digital Professional 2.0.ac3’ found in the ‘FLIGHT_INSTRUCTOR DVD’ folder is not a DVD-Video file and will not be included in the final disc or DLT.

Note: The file ‘The Flight Instructor_SD-MPEG-2 6.2Mbps 2-pass.m2v’ found in the ‘FLIGHT_INSTRUCTOR DVD’ folder is not a DVD-Video file and will not be included in the final disc or DLT.

Note: The file ‘The Flight Instructor_SD.mp4’ found in the ‘FLIGHT_INSTRUCTOR DVD’ folder is not a DVD-Video file and will not be included in the final disc or DLT.

Note: The file ‘THE_FLIGHT_INSTRUCTOR.layout’ found in the ‘VIDEO_TS’ folder is not a DVD-Video file and will not be included in the final disc or DLT.

Note: The file ‘VOB_DATA.LAY’ found in the ‘VIDEO_TS’ folder is not a DVD-Video file and will not be included in the final disc or DLT.

Start formatting

Formatting as Standard DVD

Simulation mode is off

Lossless linking is on

Number of layers is 1

Doing side 1 of 1

Playable in region 1,2,3,4,5,6,8

Disc size is 12 cm

Disc has no copyright material

Writing ISO 9660 directories

Writing UDF 1.02 structures

Writing files

The recording device reported the media error: Unknown device error. (0x73, 0x03.)

How do I solve this to burn a simple dvd?! The mp4 file I want to burn is sitting in a folder on my desk top. I have made sure it's PAL. Does it need to be in the same folder as the edit project for example?!

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OnnySmith

DVD Studio Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Feb 17, 2014 6:41 PM

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Answer 1

Studio X

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Feb 17, 2014 8:12 PM in response to OnnySmith

MP4 files must be converted to m2v (video) and ac3 (audio) to build a DVD-video.

Use Compressor to create these files then bring them into DVDSP to create the disk.

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Answer 2

OnnySmith Author

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Feb 17, 2014 8:17 PM in response to Studio X

Thanks for the reply (sorry for double post)

I had used compressor which created the two files as you mentioned above. I have successfully used DVDSP in the past before... this is an absolute first that this problem has occured!

It gets half way through the "muxing process" ... looking like it's going to work and then suddenly stops generating that log report above.

Any other insights would be appreciated but thanks for the help so far.

Cheers

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Answer 3

Studio X

Level 7

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Feb 18, 2014 4:53 AM in response to OnnySmith

All the comments about files that are not of the DVD-Video are normal. Those are files that DVDSP creates and are simply ignored in the burning.

The last line is the key one. It seems either your disc was bad or your recording device is having problems.

Try with a another new disc.

fwiw - certain brands were known to have issues. It's been a while since I've built a DVD but I remember always using Taiyo Yuden and had very few coasters from bad discs.

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