New User Questions........

[dy369]

Hi,

I apologize if this has been covered (and I'm sure it has). I searched the forums and got some info regarding following the correct steps to burn a DVD.

I am using the Video Studio 9.o SE that came with my ADS capture device. I have a new Dell PC with a DVD burner, Win XP Pro.

I have been able to capture and create Mpegs that work great when viewing in Windows Media Player. The sound is good and the video fine too.

The problem I am having is taking those Mpegs (about 10 Mpegs
) and getting them on the DVD. When sharing and creating a DVD, I've tried adding them by themselves, adding them as Video Studio Projects. Everything looks great but then when I go to burn the DVD, it takes forever and end the end does nothing........I think it says "creating menus" or something like that, I let it run overnight and it still did nothing.

I was able to use a program that came with the computer from Roxio and I actually was able to make a DVD by inserting the 10 Mpegs. Problem is that in several of he chapters, video and or audio was distorted and voices did not match the video. I double checked the original Mpegs on Windows Media Player and those same Mpegs had no problems with Audio sync or video jumping.

Again sorry if this is a big rehash. I am very experienced in design and graphics but very new to video. I had no idea that it would take me 10+ hours of time invested to make a 2 hour DVD

Thanks for your help

[Ken Berry]

Hopefully, your problem is a simple one. And I think it comes when you say that you inserted your video into the burning module as 'Video Studio Projects'. In other words, you committed the no-no of inserting VSP files, rather than the actual mpegs themselves.

After you have produced all your mpegs, which you now have, you close whatever project you were working on, and open a new one. You will now have a clean timeline. Do NOT insert anything there. Instead, open the burning module (Share > Create Disc). Now, the burning module screen will appear, with nothing in its own 'timeline'. (If you do this with a project in your main timeline, the current project will be inserted automatically in the burning module timeline, and you DON'T want this...)

Then, up in the top left corner of the burning module, you choose the first icon 'Add Video', and NOT/NOT 'Add Video Studio Project'. Point the program to where your mpegs are stored and insert them in the order in which you want them on your final DVD. Make your menus and burn.

As for the long (and fruitless) time the program has taken so far, by using the VSP project file instead of what are already DVD-compliant mpeg-2s, the burning module is actually first having to convert the projects into DVD-compliance, then do the multiplexing etc, all at the same time. This is a big ask of any computer, and if your own computer is not overly well endowed with resources, it is a bridge too far.

Try my suggested workflow instead. That way, you are inserting already compliant mpeg-2 files, so the burning module has no conversion to do on them. It will then take a while (but, say 10 - 15 - 20 minutes or even a little more, depending on your computer) to convert the menus and do the audio/video multiplexing, and then another 14 or 15 minutes to burn an entire single layer DVD at 4x speed (our recommended maximum burning speed, regardless of the rating of the discs you use above that limit).

Good luck!

[sjj1805]

dy369
Following on from what Ken has already mentioned above.
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[dy369]

Thanks,

I appreciate your advice. I will try the new work flow.