rcurzon wrote:Using advice from VS8 days... I used VS10 to build my MPG parts of a DVD. Then I emptied my timeline, and went to Share tab, Create Disc.
I spent a half hour collecting MPGs, trimming, chosing menus, inserting chapters in each one, and just when I was done... I hit escape... evidently, "oops" is what you say when you do that.
Richard, it certainly sounds like it is gone forever.
Your description of your process however is somewhat questionable. I have been on this forum since the "VS8 days" and don't recall any recommended work flow that matches what you describe. The recommended workflow is to do all your editting (collecting MPGs, trimming) and then save that as a project - this is the edit phase of your job. Some people then "Share" the results to a single MPG file (see the "Create Video File Phase" in the Recommended Procedure Post at the top of the forum). Then they create a new project which they then use the single MPG file and create menus/chapter points etc.
Personally I deviate from the recommended procedure at this point and create a new project and just insert the project that contains my edit output i.e. I don't create a separate MPG file. I create/add the menu/chapter points during this phase (and to this project). I never burn directly to disc at this point, I always do a "Create DVD folders" and "Create disc image file".
I save this "project" as a separate file (usually appended with the name of the project and the word "menu" - to separate it from the project file that contains the assembled avi, transitions, images, sound etc). This allows me to archive all the source files and the two project files to DVD(s) (using "Image for Windows") for later recall and possible edit/change of the originals.
Hope this makes sense
If it doesn't then please read the "Recommended Procedure" post carefully (read it anyway - it contains much more than I have included here!
) - I believe that you will see where you have "gone wrong" from perusing that post carefully.
Peter
