VS8 Dual Layer burner Question

ARJRER · Post by **ARJRER** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 5:07 pm

I just purchased a new computer with a dual layer DVD burner. Can someone tell me if VS-8 supports the use of 8.5 GB discs?

Thanks.

rebatefraud · Post by **rebatefraud** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 6:03 pm

If you specify the purpose for the need for this information, users may be able to provide you most relevant information.

e.g. do you already have VS8 and just want the info? Or do you want to consider buying VS8 and your decision depends on answer to this question?

THoff · Post by **THoff** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 7:44 pm

Yes, UVS V8 supports dual-layer drives through a free update that can be downloaded from Ulead's support site.

ARJRER · Post by **ARJRER** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 10:09 pm

Thank you for the information THoff.

scoutmaster5 · Post by **scoutmaster5** » Mon May 16, 2005 6:36 pm

I use VS 8. I installed the patch that allows burning on dual layer dvds. I have a Dual Layer DVD burner put in a dual layer DVD and tried to burn a dvd. The required space was 6.0 GB and the space available was 8.0 GB. After rendering, the error message said not enough disc space available.

Is there a setting I am missing in VS8 in order to burn dual layer dvds?

tecstar · Post by **tecstar** » Mon May 16, 2005 7:26 pm

is that hard disk space or dvd disc space?
before you start the burn process, it should say the required/available sizes for both.

scoutmaster5 · Post by **scoutmaster5** » Mon May 16, 2005 7:29 pm

It was dvd space. There was plenty of space available on the hd also.

THoff · Post by **THoff** » Mon May 16, 2005 8:24 pm

DLA (Drive Letter Access) utilties like Nero's InCD or Roxio's Drag-To-Disk can cause misleading error messages and burning problems because these utilties take control of the drive and media as soon as the blank disk is inserted.

Drag-To-Disk can be exited by right-clicking on the icon in the System Tray, but InCD reportedly has to be uninstalled. If you don't have any such software on your system or have tried this and it doesn't help, output to an ISO file instead, and write that to a blank disk using the program of your choice.

scoutmaster5 · Post by **scoutmaster5** » Tue May 17, 2005 3:19 pm

The iso file is only about 3 GB, but in VS 8 it said that I would need 6.7 GB on the dvd. Did something go wrong in creating the iso file?

Also, there is an iso file and a dvd.iso.adp file. Does the adp file need to be copied onto the dvd also.

THoff · Post by **THoff** » Tue May 17, 2005 6:09 pm

The only thing I can imagine that could have caused this problem is that the temporary directory that the ISO file is assembled from contained left-over files from another session, possibly ones that you renamed to try to preserve them.

I would delete the Convert and BurnTemp directories that UVS creates to ensure that no old files are picked up and incorporated into the ISO file, and then try it again.

The 1KB ADP file can be deleted, it isn't needed for the actual burning.

scoutmaster5 · Post by **scoutmaster5** » Tue May 17, 2005 6:40 pm

I don't see a BurnTemp directory, but there is a BurnOther directory. Is this the one I should delete?

scoutmaster5 · Post by **scoutmaster5** » Tue May 17, 2005 6:51 pm

I noticed that I was looking at the wrong file. The iso file size is 9.1 GB. In VS 8 it says that the required space is 6.7 GB.

Why the difference?

Now the movie won't fit on one dual layer dvd.

Suggestions

THoff · Post by **THoff** » Tue May 17, 2005 7:17 pm

Yes, sorry, it's BurnOther and not BurnTemp. Those directories are safe to delete, they get recreated if they are missing.

I cannot fully explain the difference between the ISO file size and the disk space requirement shown by UVS, but I think it's related to the ISO file including additional material that isn't normally present on a DVD.

There are two things you can try:

1. Open the file using ISO Buster to see what directories and files it contains. If you see anything other than a VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folder and their contents, that's your problem right there. Furthermore, the AUDIO_TS folder should be empty, while the VIDEO_TS folder should only include .VOBs, .IFOs, and one .BUP file.

2. Try opening the ISO file using DVD Shrink, and see if it can process it. This would tell you whether the file is damaged or otherwise invalid, and if it isn't, it would allow you to reduce it to fit onto either a single-layer or dual-layer disk. It will also optionally initiate the burning process using DVD Decrypter if it is installed.

scoutmaster5 · Post by **scoutmaster5** » Tue May 17, 2005 8:59 pm

There were two BUP files - Video _TS.BUP and Video_01_0.BUO. The ten VOP files are very large. Eight of them were larger than 1 GB.

I recreated the iso file. Once again the file is 9.1 GB while VS 8 said that only 6.7 was needed.

I very much appreciate your help.

THoff · Post by **THoff** » Tue May 17, 2005 9:40 pm

Try unchecking the "Don't convert compliant MPEG files" option.

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VS8 Dual Layer burner Question

VS8 Dual Layer burner Question

I think you should clarify if you already have VS8

Dual Layer / VS 8

Space

Small ISO file

Directories

file size

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