Thanks for the quick reply Jim!    Would you recommend creating 1 video outside of Encore, OR using multiple timelines with 1 clip each.  (I'm assuming that is possible?).  The end goal is 1 contiguous video with the ability to select specific chapters from the menu if desired.

I tried putting each clip on a separate timeline.  Encore did author the DVD without error.  Unfortunately there are now noticeable pauses between the timelines.  

I'll see if I can author the fuil video in ProShow and then import into Encore.  Not sure ProShow can handle the total file size though.

Either way I'm curious why this error started happening.  I've been creating videos in this manner for a long time.  In fact, I created THIS video, sans one chapter a few days ago without problem.   Now, even building without the new chapter results in an error.   hmm. . . .

Exactly.  Even wierder (ok, not really a word ) - if I order them Chapter 1 - Chapter 2, I'll get the error.  However, if I put Chapter 2 first, then Chapter 1 - no error.    The errors don't even follow a specific video clip around. 

.... she puzzled and she puzzled until her puzzler was sore...

Well, unfortunately even though Encore authored the DVD image without throwing an error, the audio had glitches, and pops throughout, and was actually slightly off frame here and there throughout the video.    

Let's see what else might work. . . .

Hey Stan,

Thanks for following up and trying to help me sort this one out!

 

And when you created a single movie out of Proshow, you had audio and sync issues?

 

Yes, the single movie had audio stutters and was slightly off sync.

When you made single timelines for the chapters and a playlist for the play all (and got pauses), were there audio or sync issues?

Nope. The audio worked just fine.  The only problem there was the pauses between the timelines.

I kept thinking about the audio glitches, and the error Encore was throwing talking about data bit rates.  I found out that when ProShow builds a video file, it uses the audio bit rate of the audio included in the assets used.  I have several audio files, plus voice over snips that came from ACVHD video.    I went into ProShow and forced it to render 128 bit audio as one large file and the aforementioned audio stutters and synch issues went away.  

I tested a DVD build in Encore using 2 chapters rebuilt in ProShow with forced 128-bit audio, and no error!   

So it looks like I must have had some odd audio bit rates in my original assets, which carried over in the original ProShow builds.  Encore didn't like those rates and threw the errors.   Forcing ProShow to generate 128-bit audio for this project was much easier than trying to identify which of the original asset pieces had funky audio rates.

SOLUTION:  Ensure that the assets imported into Encore have the correct audio bit rates.

Thanks to Stan and Jim for pitching in and helping me resolve this issue.

Cheers all,

Kathy