To continue the previous reply, I deleted the contents of the AuthorScriptHDMVSessions seven more times and each time the crash occurred later in the proceedings, always trying to load

importing_sessions_file_AEsf_session_2_audio.ac3 , then session_3_, then 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.  There are only Seven audio tracks (4 menus, the feature, the slideshow, and silence).

I deleted the last audio track added, thinking perhaps this was corrupting something.  I got through the audio compile and crashed on the next video element.

All files are m2v or wav and all exported from Premiere Pro cs5.

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There is no error log that I can find.

“Silence” is a file that appears in a folder for menu that has no sound.  This is apparently something Encore creates (I’ve never created it) – it appears to be a placeholder .ac3 file, and its part of the assets for the build.

The only files I deleted were in the AuthorScriptHDMVSessions folder – not the folder itself.  Each crash seems to have left behind a AuthorScriptHDMVSessions.tmp folder (numbered up to 9), which are all empty and which I did not delete.

By “crash” I mean the program shuts down and I get the windows report: “an error has occurred and windows has shut down the program” (or whatever that report is).

Incidentally, after the ninth crash I started Encore, opened the project, and switched to DVD, and burned a perfect disc image with no problems.

Where would I find an error log?  Is it generated by foul language?

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So I rebuilt my project from scratch, which took about 2-4 hours.  It compiled without a hiccup, and I built a DVD and Blu-ray image from the same project (into different directories, obviously).

The DVD works great.

The Blu-ray stalls at the “first play” menu – i.e. the copyright notice.  I thought it might be a disc problem so I tested it in my PS3 and my PC Blu-ray and still no action.  Then I tested the ISO on a virtual drive and got exactly the same result.

I went back to my blu-ray directory, deleted everything, opened the project in Encore and checked that it was working fine (it was), then burned another disc image.  This time I just tested the ISO on a virtual drive (no point in making another coaster), and it froze on the first play screen again!

Any ideas?

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