FIXED IT!   ...for some reason - for more than a day - I was  not able to login to pinnacle to generate the keys - I used the old logon from the AS days - and that didn't work, then the new from when I purchased ps18 - and that didn't work... ...then, for some reason, it did work - (no it wasn't a password issue) - and  - it ...

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I am in the middle of moving so have my normal machine in the middle of the Atlantic - - unfortunately, I have been asked to mix two short clips by Thursday  - I found my Avis Studio install file on a backup disc ( I have AS & PS18 on my normal machine) after install for the AS on my daughters slow machine - the only one ...

well, the project was first mixed -edited in PS18. Then, I opened the project in AS - and exported it all as described - the sources were linked   NOPE - didn't make it - froze at 76%

  since I shot this on two cameras - the easy/quick way was to have two tracks, the upper track - was AVCHD, and was cut where it wasn't needed - sound muted, the second underlying track - - the XAVC S ran the entire length, and had sound on. They were both recorded in stereo - the selected format describe as MTS is 5.1 - so god knows ...

it is two separate files of different original format as mentioned - mixed in a project

  thanks   ...project is just HD 1080P video - original is a mix of one camera-XAVC S, the other -AVCHD  - - about 1 hour 15 with cuts/wipes etc     

thanks guys - appreciate it   H O W E V E R  - - now a discovery - - I took the SAME MOVIE - - opened it up in good old AVID Studio  - - and then exported it AVCHD - no problem - then - tried those settings you suggested - and yep - frozen / stopped - PS 18   ...so the export for that format - same file/project - ...

I sweaR to god - back in the day with my old DV500 - everything worked - things just get worse and worse, and I don't have time to read endless posts by other screwed over as well users over the mess they have made in PS18 with exports. I can't begin to remember how many times this POS crashed when I try to export a file - really ...

Sitting here today working on something and going through the tittles in studio 18  - then compared them with my Avid Studio - - wow - not much difference - NOT to mention - in general - they stink. When you see the kids of titles out there - just, simply, disappointing. Gosh - I remember the old 'title deko' from way back - ...