Burning DVDs with VS11 plus

[bmori]

has anyone had any problems trying to burn a dvd with vs11 +

It worked fine for me with VS8 but when I try to burn a dvd with vs11 I get an error

I have a fully rendered file - but the wizard seems to want to try and re render it and gives an error

any thoughts greatly appreciated

cheers
Bill

[Ken Berry]

If you have a fully rendered file (which I assume to mean it is a DVD compliant mpeg-2), why bother with the wizard? I have never used the wizards anyway, since I started with VS7 over 6 years ago. Just open Video Studio in the main editor and click Share > Create Disc > DVD. The burning module will open. Use the Add Media button up top to insert your rendered file.

Click on the second (middle) icon in the bottom left of the burning screen and make sure that the box beside 'Do not convert compliant mpeg files' is ticked (which it is by default). Build your menu and burn. If your video is truly DVD compliant, then there will be no attempt to convert it.

If it does attempt to convert in all these circumstances, then come back with the full properties of your video file (right clicking on the file within Video Studio to get them).

[bmori]

Thanks Ken, your tips didn't quite solve my problem but set me on the right path.

In VS11+ there are more wizards than in Harry potter - you can't do anything without opening a wizard eg - if you click on create disc it opens up a wizard.

I eventually resolved the problem by unticking the CREATE MENU box in the create disc wizard.

cheers
Bill



[quote="Ken Berry"]If you have a fully rendered file (which I assume to mean it is a DVD compliant mpeg-2), why bother with the wizard? I have never used the wizards anyway, since I started with VS7 over 6 years ago. Just open Video Studio in the main editor and click Share > Create Disc > DVD. The burning module will open. Use the Add Media button up top to insert your rendered file.

Click on the second (middle) icon in the bottom left of the burning screen and make sure that the box beside 'Do not convert compliant mpeg files' is ticked (which it is by default). Build your menu and burn. If your video is truly DVD compliant, then there will be no attempt to convert it.

[Ken Berry]

Hmmm... I had never realised before, but your mention of a wizard when you click on Create Disc made me open VS11.5+ and do so. I see (for the first time ever!!) the hover message is that it will open a Create Disc wizard. But as far as I can see, it simply opens the burning module and you certainly don't get any handy hints as you normally would with a wizard...

That being said, I wonder if your problem might have been a slight misunderstanding of the burning process on your part. You say you solved your problem by unchecking Create Menu. From that, I suspect that you previously saw a message during the burning process that used the word 'converting' and associated that with your main video file, which is already mpeg compliant. However, when you build a menu, it is not yet in video format -- it is templates and photos and text and music. So the first thing that happens when you click Burn, is that the program first has to convert the menu to video! And that is possibly the message you were seeing. In other words, the program may not have been trying to convert your existing video -- only creating a video of the menu!

Once that menu conversion is done, if your mpeg is truly DVD compliant (and the program is behaving itself! ) then the next thing it does is multiplex all the video and audio, and then convert this into .vobs for the DVD, and then do the actual burn (or creation of the image .iso file or DVD Folder Video_TS).

[bmori]

Many thanks Ken for your detailed explanation of what goes on.

This was my first venture into video editing on a pc.

I combined 6 files from DVDs I'd burned on a pany DVD recorder 5 years ago with 4 DV files from a pany camcorder.

I managed to put a title and some effects on and the file rendered.

The resulting file was labelled by VS11 as an "Intervideo WinDVD media file". It was after that I ran into difficulties with the wizard.

Once again thanks for your help

cheers
Bill

Hmmm... I had never realised before, but your mention of a wizard when you click on Create Disc made me open VS11.5+ and do so. I see (for the first time ever!!) the hover message is that it will open a Create Disc wizard. But as far as I can see, it simply opens the burning module and you certainly don't get any handy hints as you normally would with a wizard...

That being said, I wonder if your problem might have been a slight misunderstanding of the burning process on your part. You say you solved your problem by unchecking Create Menu. From that, I suspect that you previously saw a message during the burning process that used the word 'converting' and associated that with your main video file, which is already mpeg compliant. However, when you build a menu, it is not yet in video format -- it is templates and photos and text and music. So the first thing that happens when you click Burn, is that the program first has to convert the menu to video! And that is possibly the message you were seeing. In other words, the program may not have been trying to convert your existing video -- only creating a video of the menu!

Once that menu conversion is done, if your mpeg is truly DVD compliant (and the program is behaving itself! ) then the next thing it does is multiplex all the video and audio, and then convert this into .vobs for the DVD, and then do the actual burn (or creation of the image .iso file or DVD Folder Video_TS).

[bmori]

Ken - as an aside, when I installed VS11 plus it dumped an Installsheld updater on my PC which runs an application called agent.exe which asks for IP access every 10 minutes - I can easily block it with my firewall but I would rather get rid of it.

Do you know if Ulead have any fixes for this?

I know it is a Macrovison product but they are not the best to deal with

cheers
Bill

[Ron P.]

Go to File menu>Preferences and uncheck the option on the General tab, Check Ulead every ...days. It's a phone-home ET for updates thing. Just uncheck it, by default it's set, and I think to check every day or week. Corel and Ulead does good to issue an update once a year..

[2Dogs]

If you want to be anal about unnecessary services (like me!) you might consider changing DevSvc.exe from "automatic" to "manual", and removing the Ulead pre-loader uvPL.exe from your system startup.

[bmori]

Thanks guys for your info - I found how to uninstall the updater - there is a program at http://consumer.installshield.com/default.asp which has now uninstalled my updater.



cheers
Bill

[Ken Veal]

I kept suffering from a Nortons dialogue box telling me that it had stopped my PC due to a malicious script Agent.exe and asked me to block it.I got the following infomation about it:-
> InstallShield Update Service Agent agent.exe is a Windows
Process
> from Macrovision Software Manager Agent that connects to the
> Internet in the background for checking updates to your software
> like DragonNaturally Speaking, Roxio, Corel Draw, Articulate,
> Acronis and others that use FLEXnet Connect service.
> >
> > agent.exe resides in C:\Program Files\Common
> Files\InstallShield\Update Service and is a very safe process -
> Software vendors purchase the Update Service from InstallShield,
as
> a tool to deliver updates to you.
> >
> > But if you don’t want the Software Manager to access the
internet
> for checking updates, here’s how you can block agent.exe:
> >
> > 1. Open Control panel and double click the Software Manager
icon.
> >
> > 2. Goto settings, click the the name of any software from the
> list and select "Check for updates manually" - Do an apply all.
> >
> > You can also use Firewalls like ZoneAlarm or Comodo to block
> agent.exe or completly uninstall the Update Manager but that’s
not a
> recommended approach. Ken V
>

[bmori]

agent.exe is a legit program but it is also a favourite for trojans thats why mostly all firewalls detect it

if you follow the link to http://consumer.installshield.com/default.asp then click download update manager it takes you to a download for Flexnet.

If you install flexnet and then Download and install the uninstall for Software Manager it actually uninstalls the updater!

So it is a little hazy when it comes to saying what it does and what it actually does - but in the end it achieved what I wanted.

cheers
Bill