I have a series of avi files taken with a camera which I have inserted into a homemade video. Everything works perfectly except for one file which, once burned to DVD, has the video blacked out but the sound plays just fine. I went back into Video Studio and using BATCH CONVERT selected the actual file and tried to convert it, again I end up with a black video with sound. At this point I decided to simply remove the problem avi file and continue on. Looking at the timeline in Video Studio, the file is gone and doing a preview everything seems fine BUT when I convert the file to DVD, the problem avi file is still there. I have renamed the original project file and tried to convert to DVD under a different name and it still shows, I cannot get a rid of it. I look at the timestamp where it appears and then go to the project file at this timestamp and it is not there.

Ideally, I would like to keep this file in the project but if I cannot get the video to display, I have to remove it. Any suggestions on how to either get the video to display or to actually remove the file from the project?


Thanks in advance for the support

Simply removing it from the timeline, does not mean that you are removing the video from the project. You need to make sure that you are actually deleting that portion of the video, and not simply removing it from the timeline. If you are a beginner, look at the tutorials at www.takeoneflix.com/category/ulead-videostudio

I have had a look at the tutorials (I have not gotten through all of them yet but I am working on it) but I have not seen how to ensure I actually delete the file. In my case I have removed it from the timeline so as I understand it, it should not be showing up when I convert to DVD. Is there something else I need to check to ensure the file is gone?

I would like to help, but I just started using that software myself. I do remember that the tutorial was very clear on how to do it.

Just to close the loop on this topic, I was able to get the file in question to work in 16:9 format. I noticed a setting in the SHARE/CREATE DISK/PROJECT SETTINGS option 'DO NOT CONVERT COMPLIANT MPEG FILES'. I unselected this and saved the project to an ISO and then burned the ISO to a DVD and it worked perfectly. Also, I discovered, if I left this option selected but saved the ISO as 4:3 the file also worked properly. So it appears the 'not converting' of the file when saving as 16:9 was an issue.

That solved my real problem but I am still not sure why the file stayed in my other burns as a black video with audio after it had been deleted from the timeline. If anyone can offer any insight, it would be appreciated.

16:9 is only suitable with 720x576 with VideoDVD, might be the problem.