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[archivistscott]

Could anyone give me a simple step by step about how to convert a VideoStudio version 9 file onto a DVD?

[archivistscott]

I have the Videostudio 9 on a laptop, but I know that it's something I am not doing in the coreect order such as create video file then create disc, etc.

[AstroMikaku]

Well, generally speaking, one would normally import the source video either by capturing or from some other means such as a DVD. Then, one would place the clips on the time line and then edit it. Obviously having already done this, the simple solution is to first RENDER your edit out to the specified format you want (in this case DVD Video (MPEG-II)) then open the create disc wizard, delete the thumbnail for the original video (which is the timeline version) and add the rendered version back in to the disc creation wizard. Next, select and design which chapters you want and their associated menus using one of the pre-defined templates that come with the program (by the way Im using VS8 but cant see how the two versions would differ in this question). Next, insert a blank DVD-R or DVD-RW into your burner then select create disc. It will first compile your menu images and audio, then it will multiplex the video and audio of the video clip (main movie) then finalize the VOB (Video OBject - i think is what it stands for) then start burning the disc. I found if you render the video first before trying to burn it works ALOT faster than allowing the wizard to "convert" the video. Seeing as the source clip is already in MPEG-II and rendering is faster than converting (dont ask why). It can take upto an hour to convert a 30 minute AVI and only 40 minutes to render the same thing. Have fun, hope this has helped.

[archivistscott]

I save the file as a vsp it does a rendering bar where it slowly displays the project then do I go and create the disc? I think that I have done that but it still says error. I do not need a menu created or inro clip, etc. I just want to burn what I have on a dvd. If someone could guide me through step by step. I have already completed the edit of the project.

[Ken Berry]

Please note that a VSP file is NOT/NOT a video file -- it is merely a Video Studio Project (hence VSP) file. It is small, and merely tells the program what video clips are included in the project, where they are on the computer, and what editing has been done to them.

As Astro says, you have to import or capture your original video, preferably in DV format where possible. Then you do your edits in this format. And then you go to Share > Create Video File > DVD to create a DVD-compatible mpeg-2 file. This is the rendering part that Astro was talking about.

Then, to vary Astro's suggestion a little, you close your project completely by going to File > New Project. Don't bother about giving the new project a name -- the objective is merely to completely clear the timeline.

Then you click on Share > Create Disc > PAL (or NTSC) DVD. (Do NOT/NOT select mpeg-2 here.) A new window (the burning one) will appear. Up in the top left corner of that screen is a sign saying 'Add Media' and near it are a number of icons. Select the first one -- 'Insert Video Files'. Insert your newly created mpeg-2 file (do NOT/NOT insert your VSP file). First go to the icon in the bottom left of screen -- the one with the cogwheel on it, and make sure the box with 'Do not convert compliant mpeg files' is checked.)

Construct your menu and either burn direct to a blank DVD, or else burn either an image of your final DVD (.iso file) or else a DVD folder (Video_TS) file. With the latter you can test how the project came out by playing it with a software DVD player on your computer, before actually burning the disc. Or else, if you have one, first burn to a rewritable +/-RW disc. This way you can go back and correct your project without making a drink coaster out of a normal DVD. Good luck!