Burning DVD

nigelhaytor · Post by **nigelhaytor** » Thu May 31, 2007 3:42 pm

How can I burn a DVD from a project that has already been rendered and saved as a Disc Image without having to render the whole thing again?

Trevor Andrew · Post by **Trevor Andrew** » Thu May 31, 2007 3:49 pm

Hi

The disc image should be an Iso file contained is a rar-zip.

These can be burnt to disc using the VCD/DVD disc image recorder.

Go to Start-All Program-Video Studio-VCD/DVD disc image recorder.

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Thu May 31, 2007 3:50 pm

VideoStudio includes a disc image recorder. Click on your Windows start button and navigate to your VS folder where you should find the VCD DVD Disc Image Recorder.

wotnoshoeseh · Post by **wotnoshoeseh** » Thu May 31, 2007 8:17 pm

Hi,
I'm having a problem with burning the disk. It gets to approximately 12% on the total progress bar and 50% on the detail progress and then the machine hangs. It takes about 40-45 mins. to get to this stage and then doesn't move any further forward.
I'm new to this video editing lark having just got my first digital camcorder which had VS9 accompanying it. I have since upgraded my hard drive to 120GB, re-installed everything and am using the free downloaded version of VS11.
I'm trying to burn 4 VSP projects onto a disk (DVD+R) and have created a video menu. Perhaps the long wait is normal and the program hasn't hung. Can somebody tell me if this is normal.

Incidentally there are no other windows or other programs open.
Processor is 1.5GHz Celeron M, RAM is 768 MB, graphics card is integrated.

BrianCee · Post by **BrianCee** » Thu May 31, 2007 8:31 pm

Pity you didnt start a new thread wotnoshoeseh - your problem is not related to the original question and will now cause some confusion.

You cannot burn a .vsp file to a disc - well I suppose you could but it would be no use to you at all.

If you are loading your .vsp files into the 'Create Disc' module direct then that could well be your basic problem - you are trying to do the conversion from project (.avi ?) to mpeg to Vob and burn to DVD all in one stage and it is giving your computer problems.

You need to convert your project to mpeg2 files first by using 'Share >> Create Video File" and then author and burn the resultant mpegs to DVD.

wotnoshoeseh · Post by **wotnoshoeseh** » Thu May 31, 2007 8:55 pm

Brian,
I just have. Thanks for your help anyway. I'll try your advice and see how I fare.

At least I thought I would! The "Create Video File" option is "greyed out". Possibly because it's the free download version?
What do you think?
Should I remove the free version of VS11 and upload the VS9 that I got with my camcorder?

Cheers,
wotnoshoeseh

Post by **Ken Berry** » Thu May 31, 2007 11:02 pm

Just to be clear, each of your four projects (.vsp) has to be converted separately. Open one of them so that your video, transitions etc appear in the timeline. Share > Create Video File > DVD should then become active. The Trial version of VS11 is not crippled in this respect.

Do this for each project. Depending on how long each project is, and how complex the editing process has been in each, rendering is a relatively lengthy process. If you look at my System button below, and see my computer specifications, it usually takes me between 1 hour 10 minutes and 1 hour 20 minutes to render a one hour project. With your computer, I would estimate it could take 2 to 3 hours to do the same. So you have to accept it is a lengthy process indeed. That is possibly why you had apparently no action in the burning module -- the computer may have been busy converting the 4 projects. But equally, I suspect it may simply have given up the ghost. Why?

By putting .vsp files in the burning module, instead of the DVD-compatible mpeg-2 files you have produced following our suggested method, you are still having to convert the projects. And you are asking VS to do this, as well as the demanding tasks of building menus, converting them to video, multiplexing the video and audio, and actually burning the disk. And you are asking your computer to do all this on the fly. Again, with your computer resources, I would have to guess that this is a very big ask indeed. Probably too much, causing the whole process to crash.

Converting the projects before you even open the burning module is at least relieving the computer of one huge task, and thus allowing it more resources for the burning process.

Oh, and make sure, once you open the burning module, that the burning timeline is initially empty. (To ensure this, when you have converted your fourth file, save that project and go to File > New Project. This will clear the editing timeline. Then go to Share > Create Disc.) Use the Add Media button to add the four new files.

And go to the Project Properties icon, the middle one in the bottom left in the burning screen, and make sure 'Do not convert compliant mpeg files' is ticked. This will ensure VS does not seek to convert your already DVD compliant files once again.