Trial Version Problems

lkuszynski · Post by **lkuszynski** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:55 pm

I just downloaded the trial version of Ulead DVD Movie Factory 6. I wanted to create a DVD movie. I dropped a avi movie that was 5GB. I can play the movie clip in MF fine. I clicked next until I got the Burn button which I clicked. The video clip is about 25 minutes long and it took close to 30 minutes to create the DVD. Everything looked good until I tried to play the DVD. The movie start repeating the first couple of frames and pick up the very ending audio from the avi file. Does the "trial" version not create a working DVD or have I done something wrong?

DVDDoug · Post by **DVDDoug** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:44 pm

This is not a trial version limitation. There may be something "wrong" with your "AVI" file, because Movie Factory is having trouble converting it to MPEG-2. (Or, movie Factory just doesn't "like it"...)

What are the properties of your AVI file? (AVI is a "container" or "wrapper" format, and it can contain video in any compression format.) Where did your file come from? Is it possible to re-capture in a different format?

The highly compressed formats tend to cause lots of trouble (DivX, MPEG-4, etc.). But, a 25 minute, 5GB file isn't that compressed. Still, with so many formats and so many variations of each format, you never know till you try. You may need to convert the file to a different format, or maybe use something other thatn Movie Factory.

The video clip is about 25 minutes long and it took close to 30 minutes to create the DVD.

That's normal. (It depends on what format you are converting from.)

BTW - You can "burn" the project to your hard drive and try it with your DVD-player software while you are experimenting. That will cut-down on the coasters. Uncheck the box that says Create To Disc, and check the box that says Create DVD/HD-DVD Folders.

lkuszynski · Post by **lkuszynski** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 3:25 pm

The avi file was created with Windows Movie Maker Version 2.1.4026.0 and is nothing more that 150 photos with sound bites. I was trying to create a DVD for a 60th wedding anniversary with sound. I went to the web site http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/usin ... ber25.mspx (which is where I got the link to Ulead) and basically followed the instructions which were:
1. Save to my computer.
2. Enter a file name and location and click Next.
3. Select "Other settings" and then selected DV-AVI (NTSC). The setting details show File type = Audio-Video Interleaved (AVI); Bit rate: 30.Mbps; Display size: 720 x 480 pixels; Aspect ratio: 4:3, Frames per second: 30; and Estimated space required: 5392.50 MB. Then selected Next and the avi file was created.

After installing the Ulead DVD Movie Factory 6 software I just imported the video in. It plays fine in Movie Factory 6 but just did not work when I burned the DVD. Since your software was mentioned on the web site I thought it might work.

However, all I got was a new coaster.

DisneyDVD · Post by **DisneyDVD** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:02 pm

hello, i have also been using the try before you buy version and as soon as i start to burn the project (only .jpeg files) it will stop at 6% and not go any further, even if left running over night. If the system requirements are 512 MB of ram and my computer is 256 MB of ram (i know its prehistoric!) will it prevent the program from burning the file? I havent had any issues while the program is running. Thanks very much

DVDDoug · Post by **DVDDoug** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:25 pm

lkuszynski,

Uaually, AVI/DV is the best, most trouble-free format.... So, I don't know what's going on. You could try using Movie Factory for the entire project (MF can make a "slide show). But as you can see from DisneyDVD's post, I can't guarantee that will work either.

This digital video stuff is tricky, and it sometimes takes experimentation with several different applications before you find something that works with your particular files and your particular type of projects...

Since your software was mentioned on the web site...

This is a user-to-user forum, so it's not really "our" software. Corel does own this forum but we are just volunteers trying to help each other out.

DVDDoug · Post by **DVDDoug** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:50 pm

DisneyDVD,

You may have different issues. If it's the actual burning that's failing, you may have a conflict with your other burning software. You can try "burning" to your hard drive as I suggested above, and then you can use your other burning software to make the the final DVD.

But, if you are having a conversion problem, it's probably one of your files that Movie Factory doesn't "like". It could be your audio. If your audio file(s) are MP3 (or another compressed format), try converting them to WAV. And/or you could try converting your images to bitmaps (BMP)... But, that's a lot of work.

If the system requirements are 512 MB of ram and my computer is 256 MB of ram...

I'm not sure.... I don't think that's a problem, since Windows uses the hard drive for almost unlimited virtual RAM. When it uses virtual RAM it will slow-up your computer, but computer speed is only critical if you are doing real-time capture and the computer has to keep-up with the incoming video. All you are doing is manipulating digital data, so a slow computer shouldn't cause the program to fail.... At least that's what I think...