Returning to finished project with menu & burned to disc

gillyv · Post by **gillyv** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:37 am

Completed a project, created a menu, burned project to a disc, worked great on pc and TV. Week later come back to burn another disc of the same project with the menu that I had put together. how do I return to that completed project? I can find the two projects that made up the DVD but can't find these with the menu I designed in Create Disc. I noticed that when you are leaving the Create Disc window and you have finshed your session it comes up with a bar that says 'saving project'. So I thought I would be able to find the completed Menu and Projects within the Create Disc Window. So where does it save the projects to? How can I return. Do I have to redo the menu part and put the two project files in again?
GILLY

Post by **jparnold** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 11:29 am

Did you save your menu as a project?
When you exited VS after creating the menu and burning the disk you should have been prompted to save your work.
If so then open that project then click on CREATE DISK and your menu should be there otherwise, yes, you will have to create it again.

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 12:52 pm

My process is, instead of first burning to disc, I burn to a DVD Folder. That way my entire project, including menu, is saved. I then use a third party app (Nero) to actually burn the disc. So now if I need to burn more discs I simply go back to Nero and re-burn the files in the DVD folder.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 1:44 pm

Apart from Black Lab's workflow, which I also use, the only way of actually saving your menu as part of the project file, is to save it manually. In other words, ignore that automatic save when you close the burner. It lies -- or at least no one here know what it saves much less where it saves to. At most it is a temporary file which only exists as long as you don't actually close VS.

So when you construct your menu and preview it and you are happy with it, close the burning module then. Ignore the automatic save. And when you are back in the Editing module, click File > Save if you have already created a project. That will save your existing project, including the final menu. And you can close VS, reopen it, open that project and go straight to Share > Create Disc, and the burning module should open with the files and menu already there, ready for burning.

But the other advantage of Black Lab and my method of burning a DVD folder instead of a real disk, is that you can play it back, with menu, in a software DVD player so you can test it there too. And later you can burn it as many times as you like with a program like Nero.

gillyv · Post by **gillyv** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 12:11 am

Thanks guys. I have followed your 1st process Ken and did a couple of test runs fine. Able to find the test menus and projects intact.
The other process of burning to DVD folder. Can you talk me through that.
I see that the burn disc button indicates that you can burn to disc or to DVD folder but how do you burn to a folder?
Also do I have to have the Nero programme to do this?
Cheers

Post by **Ken Berry** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 1:19 am

For the DVD folder, just choose that as the 'burning' option and un-tick the actual DVD option. Note where the default location is of the Folder when it is burned. That would normally be your VS working folder (File > Preferences) though you can designate another location on that page of the burning module.

The DVD Folder is in effect just the full equivalent in software/data form of the actual hard DVD disc. It contains all the code necessary to indicate it is a video DVD, and the full file structure of a burned DVD, with all its BUP, IFO and VOB files. It just remains to actually burn it to a DVD.

But for that you cannot burn a DVD Folder with VS. You need a program like Nero or Roxio Easy Media Creator Suite or others which are rated to burn such folders.

The alternative, which you *can* burn with VS, is an .ISO Disc Image, which can be chosen instead of a DVD Folder as the 'burning' target. This is much the same as a DVD folder, but is more difficult to preview in a software video player. It has to be mounted using another third party program first before the software player can see it. Nero and Roxio will also, of course, burn ISO files to DVD.

gillyv · Post by **gillyv** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 1:48 am

Right, got that. Went to disc burner window where it chose optons of create disc, create DVD folder, and the other option. unticked and ticked boxes. noted default location for DVD folders was in VS 11.00. just following what you said.
My question is
If VS allows you to chose an option why does it not let you proceed with that option for burning? Seems odd. Is it just another way of saving the project in VS?

Post by **Ken Berry** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 1:52 am

I suppose so. And of course you can play the DVD folder in a software player, which some people might want to do without ever wanting to burn it to an actual disc. With multimedia computers these days which you can connect directly to TVs, you can stream the DVD Folder directly to the TV without having to use a real DVD player and real disc!