VS11+ Trial Crashes when making DVD files

[Eric137]

Using: VS11+ TRIAL
WinXP 2GHz PC

I'm this close >> << to buying VS11+, but if I can't make a DVD file with the trial, I'm going to look elsewhere.

I fixed my "preview" problem by installing DirectX9c (thanks for the info in another topic in this forum!)

My issue now is that I'm trying to create the DVD files. After about 2:30 minutes of crunching numbers, VS11+ crashes. The dialog says nothing much other than the application caused a shutdown.

I tried saving the files to a different path and different drive, but no luck. I even install VS11+ Trial on a different PC and got the same problems (it won't make the DVD files.

[Black Lab]

What are your clip properties (right click and post them here)? What are the project properties (File > Project Properties)? Are you trying to burn straight from your project in the timeline? If so, have a look at the Suggested Workflow.

[Eric137]

To verify that the VS11+ was working correctly, I generated a simple video of two images. The Create Disc operation worked fine

I suspected that my issue was a bad video file (it worked find in the editor, but failed when performing the Create Disc feature?). To verify this, I created a Disc of each video. No problems.

After reading your work flow, I reviewed my project and found it was a mix of .wmv, mov, avi files. I converted everything to .avi and the problem seemed to disappear.

I guess it would be more user friendly to have VS11 say, "problem between video #5 and #6" as opposed to just crashing. Just my $0.02.

BTW: I'm still a 90% sure I'll be purchasing VS11+.
Thanks.

[Black Lab]

By following the Suggested Workflow you avoid many of the curve balls that video editing (and VS in particular) can throw at you.

I stick with AVIs and the Suggested Workflow and I have very, very few problems.