"File not found" error when I try to render an animated menu (on mac)

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4 total messages Started by Stevedvd Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:18

#156

Author: Stevedvd
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:18

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I'm making a dvd with at least 2 animated menus. It means that I have a 1 movie in the background of each menu. Over my background, I have 3 thumbnail buttons which contain a small piece of movie animated movie too. When I try to to view my menus, in order to see the animation in the background and in the thumbnails I need to render the animation through File - Render - Motion menus.

The problem is that it works for the first menu but then when I continue my navigation to the second menu that has animation in background and thumbnails too, if I choose Render Motion menus,after 3/4 of the rendering it says "file not found" even if all the files are well in place in their folders.

Does anyone would have an idea of how to resolve this stupid problem that prevents me to burn my project on a DVD since the same errors will appear during the burning process (I use a mac). Thanks for answering.
Steven.

Re: "File not found" error when I try to render an animated menu (on mac) Encore CS4

#158

Author: BILL_HUNT
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:36

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SteveDVD,

I've not seen this behavior before. Recently did a Project using the Library "Projector" Main and Sub-Menus (six). Each had the "Projector.WMV" animation on it, though static Poster-frame Buttons, i.e. no animation in the Buttons. Each Rendered fine and worked well. They all Linked to the same exact Motion Menu Asset.

First thing that I would try would be to unlink the Motion Menu Video in Menu #2. Choose None. Then relink to the Asset again, and try once more.

Clearing the Media Cache might also have an effect, but I'd try the unlink/relink first.

Good luck,

Hunt

Re: "File not found" error when I try to render an animated menu (on mac) Encore CS4

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Author: Stevedvd
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:10

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Thanks Bill for your answer. I still get the problem. I noticed that I can get rid of it when I recreate the menu meaning reimporting the movies in background and thumbnail, which is not far from your unlink/relink solution. Still after 1 or 2 motion rendering it i does not work anymore, and the follwing menus get the same error. I suppose this is a bug from Encore (even i I upgraded to the 4.1 version).
Would you have anymore suggestion.
have a good day.

Re: "File not found" error when I try to render an animated menu (on mac) Encore CS4

#181

Author: BILL_HUNT
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:51

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SteveDVD,

The use of the .WMV was because that was part of the Library .EM template. I would not anticipate problems with other formats, so long as they are supported and the same for all of your Menus in the Project.

If you have done several Motion Menu Renderings, you might want to clear Encore's Media Cache, just in case it is still referencing previous Render files.

And yes, the re-Importation should yield the same result as Linking/re-Linking.

Unfortunately, I do not have CS4, so I can't test this for you. There do seem to be a few real Bugs in the various CS4 programs, and maybe this is one?

That "File Not Found" rings a bell in my feeble brain. Seems that there was a post on that, but I do not remember it being related to Motion Menus. Maybe search will yield something of use.

Good luck,

Hunt

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