GeorgeW wrote:Bottom line is this -- using VS10+ with latest SP1 installed, if I render my VideoStudio timeline (that has some little orange triangles above the timeline to indicate chapter points) to a DVD Mpeg (or mpeg2), I can then open up the Disc Authoring module, insert that rendered mpeg file, and auto-add those scenes as chapters.
George, that's fascinating, because, when I tried exactly those steps, "Auto Add" is grayed-out. The Disk Authoring module does not see the chapterpoints and sees the MPEG-2 file as just one big scene.
I will go looking for the .UPD file to see if maybe I missed something.
I have a .mpg file and a .upd file, both having the same name, both living in the same directory, and both even having the same "Modified" time stamp.
But when I call up CreateDisk, the only "Auto Add Chapters" option I have is to add chapters every so-many minutes, the default coming up as every three minutes. The other optioins are all grayed out.
That is strange. It is working fine here on my desktop and laptop.
Here is a 9mb mpeg (with chapters in the UPD file). Can you try to import the mpeg into the Create Disc module to see if you can auto-add the chapters?
It is working now from the Create Disk module in VS10+. I have no idea why this was not working before! I'm sure it was something wrong that I was doing, but I didn't take notes, so I don't remember all the steps I took and the missteps I probably made.
Movie Wizard still cannot detect the chapter points, but that facility does not seem to be as advanced as VS10+ proper.
I would not want to count how many times I've entered a problem only to find out that it was due to a dumb mistake on my part, or a misunderstanding of the VS10+ interface.
When I read the problems that others post here, I know that, for the most part, it's the same for them. Just misunderstanding or outright user error. Once in a while you'll encounter a hardware or software incompatability, but those are not as common as just plain ignorance.
Thank you for your patience with me and other dabblers and with the newbies, too.
The "hit-and-run" types who post screeds railing against Ulead are just embarassing themselves. If they took the time to try to work according to the guidance they can get here, they would not have to go out and spend another US$100 on yet another video editor.
And, NO, I am not a Ulead "plant", neither am I particularly biased for or against their products. I got VS7-SE with my Benq DW1620A and recently upgraded to VS10+ to avail myself of the richer feature set. I am not very studied in any comparative cost/performance matrix of competing products; just trying to work with what I have, and it's plenty good enough for my purposes.
