VS X3 and .iso

raeburn · Post by **raeburn** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 3:56 pm

Please tell me if I am repeating something that has already been addressed...
Is there an iso file being produced in the 2010 Factory? If so where is it? I have the TS files but nothing else. (god I hate this authoring software)(':evil:')

Post by **Ken Berry** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 8:41 pm

(god I hate this authoring software)

That's a conclusion a lot of us share!

But to answer your question, the ability to produce an ISO does seem to have disappeared in DVD Factory 2010. It would be an idea if you added your voice by complaining to Corel...

But you say you have the TS files... Are they on a disc or on your computer? If the latter, then at least you have a Video_TS folder ('DVD Folder') which is to all intents and purposes identical to an ISO file, and can be burned to disc using third party software like Nero; or even more easily played on software DVD players than an ISO.

Why specifically are you after an ISO file (apart from perhaps always doing it that way)?

raeburn · Post by **raeburn** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 11:18 pm

Ken Berry wrote:
(god I hate this authoring software)
That's a conclusion a lot of us share!

But to answer your question, the ability to produce an ISO does seem to have disappeared in DVD Factory 2010. It would be an idea if you added your voice by complaining to Corel...

But you say you have the TS files... Are they on a disc or on your computer? If the latter, then at least you have a Video_TS folder ('DVD Folder') which is to all intents and purposes identical to an ISO file, and can be burned to disc using third party software like Nero; or even more easily played on software DVD players than an ISO.

Why specifically are you after an ISO file (apart from perhaps always doing it that way)?

I have the TS files on my computer. I just have always used the iso to make duplicate copies of stuff. Never tried the TS way. I guess I'll look into it.

By the way, would you also know why when I save an X3 project as an X2 file, X2 can't read it? The project will show up when I import it but it is just black screen, even though the "project time" is accurate.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 11:50 pm

Re the problem with X2 reading an X3 project file saved in X2 format, I am afraid I can't think of why that might be. I have only ever done it once so far, and it worked perfectly -- at least in the Beta version.

Does anything play back, say, in Project mode? Have you tried rendering it to a new file to see if anything shows up?

(I guess this tells me it is time to reinstall X2 on this computer. I recently totally reformatted it with Windows 7, and have not yet gotten around to reinstalling X2, not to mention quite a few other programs...

The one time I did the above was before the reformat, when the computer used Vista Ultimate...)

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 4:07 am

raeburn wrote:......By the way, would you also know why when I save an X3 project as an X2 file, X2 can't read it? The project will show up when I import it but it is just black screen, even though the "project time" is accurate.

Why do you want to do that?
If you want to edit with X3 but author in X2 then the way to do that is to create an edited Video from X3 via the [Share] tab - Create Video.
You can then import that new video into X2 or your favourite authoring program (MovieFactory / DVD Workshop etc.) to create the Menus and burn to disc.

Post by **Ron P.** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 5:33 am

I agree with Steve. Do your editing, once done, render the project to the appropriate format needed for your intended distribution. If you're going to share it on the internet, create a video file for that. If you're going to share it via one of those glassy little doughnuts called DVDs or BD, create a compliant video file for them.

Then go to your DVD authoring program of choice, insert your video file, build your menus and burn.

If you create a video file in VS X3 and want to use it in VS X2's burn module, the only sure-fire way that there should be no problems is with a DVD Compliant MPEG2. You could for that matter use the MPEG2 file created by VS X3 Pro, in the burn module of VS 10+ if you so desired.

Your Project is a VSP file, not a video, image, or audio clip. It does not contain any of those. It's a bunch of coded instructions, like a text file. So when they change the program, previous versions will not fully understand the instructions for the latter ones.

In a nutshell Steve's Suggested Workflow should work fine with VS X3 Pro.

raeburn · Post by **raeburn** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 3:04 am

By making a video file first, then burning that as a DVD, I would seriously degrade the quality. It ends up getting compressed twice. I have done this, but I prefer to use it as a last option.

I understand they would be coded differently, but if X3 gives the option to "Save As" X2 VSP the X2 should recognize it. This is where I am having trouble.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 3:19 am

raeburn wrote:By making a video file first, then burning that as a DVD, I would seriously degrade the quality. It ends up getting compressed twice. I have done this, but I prefer to use it as a last option.

I understand they would be coded differently, but if X3 gives the option to "Save As" X2 VSP the X2 should recognize it. This is where I am having trouble.

You need to read my work flow AGAIN.
Do it correctly and you only render it ONCE.