transcoding probs, please help!

hi im tring to burn films i have downloaded from limewire(usually avi or mpeg) . i am using nero vision express 2. all goes fine until it is nearly finished transcoding (5-6 hours in!) then it says error and something about not enough disk space on c, even though ive still got about 20 gig left on my hard drive! it burns ok when the film is split in 2 but not when i merg the 2 halfs together? please help, im going out of my mind here!

 

What Operating System are you using and is your C drive formated to NTFS or Fat32?

 

im using xp 2002 version and im not sure how c drive is formated, fat32 i think. how would i find out? thanks 4 helping me, i really am pulling my hair out!

 

Just go to My Computer and click on the drive it will say the format. Just wanted to make sure it was not Fat32 because you will get that error with this format.

 

Yes its Fat32, does that mean im stuffed?

 

Fat32 file format does not accept file sizes over 4g, which is why it keeps crapping out toward the end and gives you the message. It will let you split because the file size is acceptable in that form. With NTFS you can have larger file sizes. If you are running XP, the standard format is NTFS and you can convert. I have converted a second drive to NTFS from Fat32 without any loss of data, but that does not mean it cannot happen. Here is all you have to do if you want to try, otherwise you will have to split. As far as I know.

http://www.ntfs.com/quest3.htm

 

ok ill give it a go then get back to you. thanks

 

Good Luck, hope this works out for you.

 

hi again, im pretty new to computers so please bare with me, i have writen down all the info from the link, but i dont no wot to do with it! do i have to download this convert? also i dont no where command prompt is?

 

Here is another guide.

http://www.tech-recipes.com/windows_tips474.html

Go to your Start Menu and click on Run and when the box comes up type in cmd. This is the old DOS format, the follow the instructions on what you type in, which should be........ convert c: /fs:ntfs

 

its saying, Enter current volume label for drive c:

 

This is from Micro$oft on conversion.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q307881

Read it carefully, because it will explain the process and tell you what will happen to this drive because it has the OS and is in use. You will see that at the volum prompt you type in FAT and then the drive letter and you then should get another message pertaining to the fact the drive is in use and then you will type Y

 

it just keeps saying An incorrect volume label was entered for this drive

 

Did you give your drive a volume name, otherwise it should just be "C". Go up to My Computer and right click on it and the pick Manage, in that screen choose Disk Management, see if your drive is just plain "C" or if there is some other volume name attached to it.

 

thanks sooo much arniebear, it worked! it was under "local disk". right time to have another go at this burning stuff! thanks again your a diamond

 

Glad it worked, If I might suggest if you plan on converting avi to dvd to try some other programs. Here is a guide and you can also dl the programs, have a look. IMHO DivXtoDVD is a much better program than NVE.

http://home.comcast.net/~bbmayo/DivXtoDVD.pdf

 

thanks i have now dl all and will give it a go

 

Again, good luck. Post back if you have problems

 

hi back again, ive been using divx2dvd and dvd shrink as recommended, and all has been going well...until now! i just burned Seed Of Chucky but all has gone wrong, the audio was about 5-10 seconds ahead of the video. please help, again!

 

This will happen from time to time with certain files and DivXtoDVD. You can try running it through the program again and seeing if it comes out okay, or you can try NVE again. Also, AVItoDVD is a free program that will convert your file, I have not tried it but others have and say it works. Here is the site you can have a look at it.

http://www.trustfm.net/divx/SoftwareAvi2Dvd.html