HELP - DVD Architect 2.0a error during prepare
 

When trying to create the latest disc, I am getting an error at 92% complete, apparently mid way through a scene selection motion menu. It occurs 4.5 hours in... :(

The entire disc uses .avi video imports, with .avi's for motion backgrounds.

I optimized using recommended fit to disc guides.

After I close the error dialog, DVD Architect shuts down.

Here is the error message:

Sony DVD Architect
Version 2.0b (Build 130)
Exception 0xC0000005 (access violation) WRITE:0x5C7F50A IP:0x110FE0A
In Module 'dvdarch20k.dll' at Address 0x1000000 + 0x10FE0A
Thread: FileThread ID=0xC14 Stack=0x3E7D000-0x3E80000
Registers:
EAX=03e7d05c CS=001b EIP=0110fe0a EFLGS=00010202
EBX=0619f7d8 SS=0023 ESP=03e7d020 EBP=00000870
ECX=05c7f508 DS=0023 ESI=03e7d230 FS=003b
EDX=00000065 ES=0023 EDI=00000000 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
0110FE0A: 88 51 02 8A 50 3F 88 51 .Q..P?.Q
0110FE12: 01 8A 50 3D 88 11 8A 50 ..P=...P
Stack Dump:
03E7D020: 010F4AE4 01000000 + F4AE4 (dvdarch20k.dll)
03E7D024: 03E7D05C 03D80000 + FD05C
03E7D028: 00000870
03E7D02C: 051C96E8 05160000 + 696E8
03E7D030: 0619F7D8
03E7D034: 061A0048 061A0000 + 48
03E7D038: 0619F7D8
03E7D03C: 0619EF68
03E7D040: 05C7F508
03E7D044: 000000B4
03E7D048: 061A0048 061A0000 + 48
03E7D04C: 000000B4
03E7D050: 00000000
03E7D054: 000001E2
03E7D058: 00000B40
03E7D05C: 030001F0 02EC0000 + 1401F0
> 03E7D068: 0110D190 01000000 + 10D190 (dvdarch20k.dll)
> 03E7D06C: 0110D7B0 01000000 + 10D7B0 (dvdarch20k.dll)
> 03E7D070: 0110AF50 01000000 + 10AF50 (dvdarch20k.dll)
> 03E7D074: 0110C5F0 01000000 + 10C5F0 (dvdarch20k.dll)
> 03E7D078: 0110E5C0 01000000 + 10E5C0 (dvdarch20k.dll)
- - -
03E7FFF0: 00000000
03E7FFF4: 7C3494F6 7C340000 + 94F6 (MSVCR71.dll)
03E7FFF8: 016216B8 01610000 + 116B8
03E7FFFC: 00000000

It is best to contact Sony support on such errors. Are you sure your not
running out of disc space for example? It sounds like something is going
wrong during MPEG-2 encoding. What happens if you encode the MPEG-2
files in for example Vegas and then author your disc?

although I still am unsure what caused the error, the solution seemed to have come from deleteing the scene selection menu, and re-creating it without the animated video clips.... odd indeed..