X2 Pro hangs when burning Title screen (ok burn w/o title)

[backert1]

Help! X2 pro hangs when burning a dvd if I create a title screen. The burn cycle intitates, indicates title is converting, then hangs (literally 3-4 hours) then I force end the program. This can be as simple a title screen as selecting a template, 1 clip, no motion in title screen. Success does not appear to be dependent on the length or format of the video clip. All burning without a title screen works fast and perfectly fine. It sems like I've seen this issues addressed before but could not find the posting. What is the issue with the title function?

Thanks,

Todd

[Ken Berry]

One little thing you might want to look at is in the menu creation stage in the burning module. When you open the burning module (Share > Create Disc), you first insert your video in the burning "timeline". If you want to add Chapters, then click the Add/Edit Chapters button. Then you click next, and the page where you choose a Menu template appears. Once you have selected a template, you click on the Edit tab on the same page to select background music, change the background photo etc.

Down in the bottom left corner of the Edit page, though, is an innovation that first appeared in VS10 and appeared in succeeding versions. I have found that it slows down my burning stage enormously, and even brought it to a complete halt. Now I never use it.

There are two icons, one above the other, labeled Menu In and Menu Out. Using them is supposed to animate the transition from the menu to a selected video clip. You will see that the Menu In icon is disabled by default (circle with diagonal line through it). But the Menu Out button is enabled. And this was the culprit. Click on the icon and it brings up a choice of animations. Choose the disabling one identical to the default for Menu In. Then proceed to burn. I think you should notice a considerable improvement in the speed.

The other thing you might want to do is go to the Microsoft DirectX website and download the latest update patch. The current one is dated March 2009 and can be found at http://tiny.cc/qb58I

Note that it updates both DirectX 9.0c (XP) and 10 (Vista). The number of your DirectX installation will not change, but the patch gives extra functionality in a number of areas and corrects other faults in VS11 in particular -- and now also in X2 -- which appear linked to Windows updates. The menu preview , 'building preview graph' and other problems in the burning module seem to be amongst them.

Note that DirectX is not included in the usual pattern of Windows automatic updates. It has to be done every so often by the user manually. So unless you have recently done this, you are probably still using the original, non-updated version of DirectX which came with your computer.

[backert1]

Hello Ken,

Thanks for your reply. I must say that once again you are brilliant. The nasty little hidden default misatch on the Menu in / menu out selections was the problem. It now works fine - even without the Directx updates which i will do right now anyway.

Thank you!