Message Layout Failed in Scenarist

[WdU]

Hello guys,

I was busy trying to make a dvd5 of the Eagles concert dvd,

I used the tutorial of "the big three" and I must say it works perfect! I like experimenting with copying dvds, but my second dvd copy failed. The problem? I dont get it. Everything goes according to plan, importing succesful in scenarist. Then I go to the layout editor, and tell scenarist to start making the dvd...... and then ..... "Layout Failed! (See message window)"


Error The track<VTS01P01> has place holder.
Error PreCheck From DB failed
Error DVD files could not be created


Does anyone have a clue what I'm missing here? Thanks in advance for helping me out!

WdU

PS. Im using Scenarist 2.7

[Dimmer]

In Data Editor, have a look at every asset (audio/video/still) included in the mentioned track. Placeholder looks like a Windows shortcut icon with an arrow in the left bottom corner and has a similar purpose. Placeholder's properties should show the file it refers to. Once you ensured that the file is in place, right-click on the placeholder and select Placeholder->Data.

[WdU]

Thank you so much for your reply! No I know what a placeholder is. I checked if the file was in place, and indeed it was! I did what you said, and tried to convertit to data. Doesnt work, it says:


Warning This DTS has different duration. [D:\dvd@work\VTS01\VTS__01_P01-89-1536K-[0ms]-ch6English.DTS]
Warning This DTS has different number of channel. [D:\dvd@work\VTS01\VTS__01_P01-89-1536K-[0ms]-ch6English.DTS]
Warning This DTS has different bitrate. [D:\dvd@work\VTS01\VTS__01_P01-89-1536K-[0ms]-ch6English.DTS]


So maybe I did something wrong ?

The placeholder settings are as follows:

Comment:
Name: VTS__01_P01_89
Resolution: PAL
Data Start Time: 00:00:00:00
Data End Time: 00:00:0924
File: D :\dvd@work\VTS01\VTS__01_P01-89-1536K-[0ms]-ch6English.DTS
Bit Rate:
Channel: 2
LFE on: [v]
Acmod: C + L + R + SL + SR

[Dimmer]

In the placeholder settings, number of channels is set to 2 and must be changed to 6 since you're working with 6-channel DTS file. Bit Rate should be set to 1536.

If you're still having troubles, I suggest you do this: add that file D:\dvd@work\VTS01\VTS__01_P01-89-1536K-[0ms]-ch6English.DTS separately to Scenarist, check its properties, and set the properties of the placeholder exactly the same. Then try to switch placeholder to data.

[WdU]

Thank you very much DImmer! You helped me a lot. Also many credits for D3s7 for helping me out. What was the solution?

I imported the DTS file in a new file, exported it to a script, copied the script dts settings to the by scenaid generated script file, and rebuilded it! It worked. It was because of a DTS limitation in Scenaid, but the newer version of Scenaid should be more compatible with DTS sound.

Thanks guys!