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GOTGALLOWS
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November 22, 2022
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Encore CS6: Blu-ray build error 13: <button> invalid duration

  • November 22, 2022
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I haven't used Encore for a while but was called upon to create a DVD and Blu-ray. I'm hoping there might still be some users out there with some insight into my issue. I can't fidn any reference to this error online.

My project has one timeline with multiple chapters of a dance performance. There's a main menu, chapter selection menu, performer bio menu, and a menu with info about the dance studio. The first three menus have motion backgrounds and their buttons all have a 2 second transition.

I built a DVD without issue, but the Blu-ray is failing (I'm using exactly the same project). After transcoding and importing assetss the build dialog shows the following error:

I went to the menu stated in the error and removed that button, but got a similar error referencing a different button on a different menu. All the buttons on every menu are the same style: a text layer with a single highlight. I tried removing the motion backgrounds, and that didn't help.

Removing the transitions did allow me to build successfully. I see in the Help that transitions are not supported for pop-up menus, but mine are normal menus.

 

Are button transitions not supported for normal menus either?

 

 

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Correct answer GOTGALLOWS

That did the trick!

Using untranscoded files for the motion backgrounds and transitions and setting Encore to transcode them allowed me to build succesfully.

I wonder if because Encore is so old it doesn't work well with files transcoded with a much newer version of the h264/Blu-ray presets.

Anyway, I'm happy to have it working.

Thanks everyone for chiming in.

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Stan Jones
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Stan JonesCommunity Expert
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November 22, 2022

I do not find in my notes any other report of this error re a button. The error is  being applied to a button object (not the menu), so it makes sense that the motion background is not the issue but the transition.

 

I would assume that the duration of the transition video is off by one frame - just as the error says, it must be even fields.

 

Have you looked at the transition video? Can you tell if Encore is transcoding it?

 

Stan

 

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GOTGALLOWSAuthor
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November 23, 2022

Thanks Stan.

 

The transition and motion bg videos were exported from AE using media encoder and the h264/Blu-ray preset. They are m4v files with no accompanying sound. The transitions are exactly 2 seconds 0 frames and the menu bgs are 20 seconds and 0 frames.

 

They are set to "Don't Transcode" in Encore. I'll try creating AVIs for them and let Encore encode to see if that helps.

Stan Jones
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Stan JonesCommunity Expert
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November 23, 2022

Hmm. Fields vs frames as an issue? And there is always the odd  Encore bug.

 

In any event, I like trying to let Encore transcode it.

 

You'd have other issues if this matters, but BD's always needed Encore being run "as administrator." Can't hurt.

 

Let us know.

 

Stan

 

 

 

Averdahl
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AverdahlCommunity Expert
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November 22, 2022
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...but the Blu-ray is failing (I'm using exactly the same project).

 

By @GOTGALLOWS

 

The problem is probably just that, iow that you use the same project. Use one project for the DVD and a new one for the Blu-ray, ideally with HD menues, HD media and HD transitions instead of the SD material.

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GOTGALLOWSAuthor
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November 22, 2022

Thanks Averdahl, but I don't think that is the issue. All my menu and transition assets are FHD (1920x1080). Video assets were exported from AE/ME using the H24/Blu-ray preset.

Averdahl
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AverdahlCommunity Expert
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November 22, 2022
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Thanks Averdahl, but I don't think that is the issue.


By @GOTGALLOWS

 

So if you create a new project you get the very same error message?

 

Trying to find/fix issues in existing projects has been and is still doomed to fail. It is much quicker and easier to create a new Blu-ray project.

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