I downloaded and installed the upgrade to VS Pro X2. I had VS 8. I also installed the patch. I activated the product during install using the supplied activation code. I have a Dell 4600C desktop, P4, 2.8 GHz, 2.5GB RAM, using on-board video adapter, NEC 3100 DVD+R drive using Memorex DVDs, Win XP SP2 with all the latest patches.
I made a slideshow using all JPG files and sound files (MP3s and WAV). The entire slideshow is about 35 minutes long. I burned a DVD and that process went fine. No errors, said it was successful.
When I play the DVD in either a traditional DVD player or the DVD play on any other PC the DVD will play fine until it gets to 30:00 minutes into the DVD then stops and restarts playing from the beginning when played in a traditional player. When trying to play this on a DVD player on a PC I can hear the drive trying to access the disc as if it ran into a bad spot on the disc then eventually gives up. I've burned DVDs successfully using VS 8 and the Memorex DVDs with no problems. I haven't tried installing the program on another PC to see what happens.
I find it odd that it stops right at 30:00 and won't go any further. At first I used MP3s for the audio files then changed them to the WAV equivalent thinking it had to do with the MP3 files. But no change. I updated the DivX drivers since my video wasn't playing in the preview window. That issue was resolved but DVDs still won't play past 30:00 minutes.
Any ideas? I searched the forums, FAQs and knowledgebase but didn't find any reference to this issue.
Thanks for looking.
Bill...
DVD doesn't play past 30:00 minutes
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Trevor Andrew
Hi Bill
From your completed project did you Share Create Video File?
You can play the resultant video file on your PC to check quality.
Then from a New project, Share Create Disc¡XAdd Video.
Otherwise:-
Run through the burning process again, from the last window select to create a DVD folder, (TS folder)
This will be saved to the hard drive.
You should be able to play this folder on your pc, I use Power DVD.
If the playback is ok, then I would suspect the burner, if there is still a problem then we would have to look at the video content/rendering process.
Just noticed about the DirectX update. Did you repeat the burning process after updating direct X?
From your completed project did you Share Create Video File?
You can play the resultant video file on your PC to check quality.
Then from a New project, Share Create Disc¡XAdd Video.
Otherwise:-
Run through the burning process again, from the last window select to create a DVD folder, (TS folder)
This will be saved to the hard drive.
You should be able to play this folder on your pc, I use Power DVD.
If the playback is ok, then I would suspect the burner, if there is still a problem then we would have to look at the video content/rendering process.
Just noticed about the DirectX update. Did you repeat the burning process after updating direct X?