having no luck in burning to a DVD using MF4

TinaW · Post by **TinaW** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 6:22 am

Hi there, I have been trying for many months now to burn to a DVD but I always seem to fail. PLEASE HELP!!

I will try to explain my steps in detail and would appreciate any advice on where I am going wrong.
(By the way, I am kinda new to this so sorry if my terminology is wrong or confusing.)
I am capturing video from my Sony HandyCam MiniDV recorder and my project settings are as follows:
MPEG files, 24 bits, 720x576, 25 fpx, DVD-PAL, 4:3. Video data rate: variable (max 7000 kbps). Audio data rate: 256 kbps. Dolby Digital Audio, 48 KHz, 2/0 (L,R). Capturing lower field first. Capture image format: JPG.
Once I have captured the video, do I need to check the box which states "Do not convert compliant MPEG files" or "Two-pass conversion"? I have no idea what these mean.
I am burning to a TDK DVD+RW 1-4X 4.7GB single sided DVD using the DVD burner which came with my PC (compliant with RW DVDs and CDs)
When I get to the burning DVD screen, the recording format I choose is "DVD-Video" (I have also tried DVD+VR). I change the recording speed from maximum to 4.0X.
When I click the "Burn" icon it starts the process and everything seems fine until it gets to the "Recording DVD" stage. After a few seconds it stops and the following error message appears:
"The target device might have some problems. Please try again or reboot (5213)." I click on OK and the following message appears:
"Failed to record data to disc. Error: DVD+RW-SPTI-2A-02-03-OC-00"
I have burned straight from my camera to DVD before and it has worked on my DVD player, but as I would like to edit my footage, this is not an option I want to take.
As I said, I'm sorry if this is confusing or long-winded, but I just want to burn to DVD the footage I have captured of my daughter over the past year. Any help you can provide is much appreciated!!!

Post by **lancecarr** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 7:30 am

Hi Tina,
Probably the best place to start is the sticky note at the begining of this forum called "Recommended Procedure How to avoid problems." read it carefully and see if there is any place you are departing from that procedure first. Then get back on here and let us know.

TinaW · Post by **TinaW** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:03 pm

I may be looking in the wrong place, but I can't find the sticky note you are talking about. I have done a search using that title, and still can't locate it. Please help!

Post by **Ron P.** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:25 pm

Hi Tina,

The sticky is located here:
Recommended Procedures

Ron P.

heinz-oz · Post by **heinz-oz** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:27 pm

TinaW wrote:I may be looking in the wrong place, but I can't find the sticky note you are talking about. I have done a search using that title, and still can't locate it. Please help!

MovieFactory does not have one but the VideoStudio one will explain it also. You will find it here http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic.php?t=27

In order to get better responses, it helps to put your questions into the relevant forum rather than a general one like DVD

Also, prior to posting your questions to the MF forum, have a read of this http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic.php?t=8960 and try to provide as much detail as possible.

I appreciate it may be a bit of a hassle trying to get all these details but, believe me, it's nothing in comparison to us having to ask the same questions again and again.

Other than that, your problem could be due to a software conflict. Do you have any packet writing software like NERO InCD installed? There are other flavours of that kind of software around also, too many to quote them here. It allows you to format a DVD so you can use it like another HDD. If yes, disable it for the times you want to burn a DVD.

heinz-oz · Post by **heinz-oz** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:29 pm

Well, vidoman beat me to it

TinaW · Post by **TinaW** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 5:16 am

I read the Recommended Procedures and, although a bit confusing because I'm using MF4 Disc Creator, after a bit of trial and error I was successful in capturing 1 minute of video and burning to DVD

. I believe the step I was missing was exporting the selected clips first. I'll have to see how I go when I try to capture an entire tape and attempt editing. Thanks for the advice - much appreciated. I do have a couple more questions though -
1. I have a widescreen TV and I think I captured the video using the aspect ratio 16:9, however it seemed a bit distorted when I played it. Should I just capture using 4:3 ratio?
2. Do I need to mark the box which states "Two-pass conversion"? I have no idea what this means.
3. If the DVD I am burning to is DVD+RW, should the recording format be DVD+VR, or can it be DVD-Video?
Again, thanks for the help. I'm sure I'll be back for more when I attempt to capture more than just 1 minute of tape!

Post by **lancecarr** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 5:26 am

Hi again Tina, sorry about my last post misdirecting you to the Video Studio forum. I must have been suffering a little brain fade and didn't realize I was in the DVD forum!
Q1. The aspect ratio, 4:3 or 16:9 will depend on the aspect ratio of your source video. Set the capture properties based on the properties of the source video.
Q2. "Two Pass Conversion" refers to the process of converting your source footage to an MPEG2 file ready for authoring to a DVD. Using that setting the program scans through the entire footage once to determine where the action sequences are or where there are big differences occurring in scenes to calculate how to compress the data most efficiently without loss of quality. Then on the second pass it encodes the footage to MPEG2.
Q3. If you are burning to DVD +RW the setting that will give you the most compatability with stand alone players will be DVD-Video.