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Burness
What Am I doing Wrong?
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Burness Speakman
What Am I doing Wrong?
I have burnt 5 discs, cd-r and dvd-r. Nothing plays back except in my own emachine. I have gotten messages "unable to playback" on the DVD player attached to the TV. Wrong format from my own machine once. I'm using Video Studeo 7 with a NERO burner.
Help!
Burness
Help!
Burness
DVD players are not "required" to play "burned" DVDs. They are not requred to play CDs at all. A regular CD-audio formatted CD-R should play on any CD player.
DVD-R is the most compatible and it will play on 90% of players. DVD+R is a close 2nd in compatibility.
Did you "author" the DVD? That is, does it have the normal AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS folders like a commercial "stamped" DVD? It probably won't play if you just burned the mpg file onto the DVD. (Note that the AUDIO_TS folder is normally empty. The audio is multiplexed with the video.)
Audio compatibility - Assuming you can get the video working... All players must play LPCM audio. If you live in an NTSC region (i.e. USA) your player must also play AC3. If you live in a PAL region, your player must play MPEG-2 audio.
DVD-R is the most compatible and it will play on 90% of players. DVD+R is a close 2nd in compatibility.
Did you "author" the DVD? That is, does it have the normal AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS folders like a commercial "stamped" DVD? It probably won't play if you just burned the mpg file onto the DVD. (Note that the AUDIO_TS folder is normally empty. The audio is multiplexed with the video.)
Audio compatibility - Assuming you can get the video working... All players must play LPCM audio. If you live in an NTSC region (i.e. USA) your player must also play AC3. If you live in a PAL region, your player must play MPEG-2 audio.
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Burness Speakman
Files
The first attempt at burning the project went to a DVD-R. There is a Burn Temp folder with Both AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS plus a vfc.ckh fragment. The first DVD did not play anywhere either. Just an error on the screen, disc has no playback capabilities.
Am I to burn the DVD/CD from this temp file?
Am I to burn the DVD/CD from this temp file?
I get the feeling that you haven't perused the very instructive FIRST POST on this forum, finding the place where DVD-authoring is described. You must follow the steps to the letter. If you go with the Jerry Jones tutorial, you'll be following instructions meant specifically for Video Studio 7, which is the version you are using.
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rwindeyer
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heinz-oz
Your first question, if I remember correctly, was this: What am I doing wrong? The answer seems to me: You are not trying to find out what you have to do, just do and, if it doesn't work, ask here without giving any detail on what it is you are trying to do, on what hardware?If somebody told you: just get this and burn some video files with it to VCD or DVD and play that on your DVD player, and you believe that to be true, well, you have been had.
In order to help sort this out, we need more info, like what is the source material, how did you edit, what is the resultant video file format, etc. etc.
Glad to help, but fishing in the dark won't do it.
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GeorgeK
My husbands computer does not even recognize a cd in it.
Let me throw my two cents worth in;
Some DVDs created by others do not play in my DVD ROM drive, or play but with errors. However the panasonic DVD burner has not shown any issues reading DVDs created by others.
DVDs/CDs created on the Panasonic DVD burner work well in my DVD ROM drive and the CDs play well out the CD ROM drives in our other computers.
What I am pointing to, is that I suspect that you a problem with the alignment of your DVD burner. Alignment of CD Burners was critical when they first came out as single and double speed burners. These days we have 50 times or faster CD burners which in the most, do not have such issues. However many of the current DVD burners do have issues (and I am concerned, so too does my DVD ROM drive).
To test this, trying to burn a data CD and/or a DVD on your DVD Burner, and then try to read this on your husbands computer (and any other computers that you can get access to). Try to burn at least 500 MB or more if your using a CD to test with, and then try to copy the complete contents to the HD on the other computer (say, into a temporary folder, so it can all be deleted afterward). Video files are often good test subjects, because they are large and you can play them on the other PC and see if they have errors or not.
Beyond this, I do not have much else to offer, other than take heart that for me and many others UVS9 does do a good job of burning DVDs so too it should for you, once the reason is understood and resolved.
I have burned many DVD-R DVDs (which my TV DVD player can read) and DVD-RW, DVD+RW which other people's newer TV DVD players can play.
I greatly enjoy UVS9, it is so easy and so much fun to create DVDs of my families photos and video. I have been waiting for about 13 years for computers and computer video editing to get to the point where the hardware and software makes the task just so easy and simple (admitedly, others have jumped into using great products like UVS much earlier than myself). UVS9 adds many useful features while still making the task simple and not complex like many other Video Editors.
I have two DVD drives, one is a DVD ROM (ie reader only) and one is a Panasonic single layer DVD burner (great burner).My husbands computer does not even recognize a cd in it.
Some DVDs created by others do not play in my DVD ROM drive, or play but with errors. However the panasonic DVD burner has not shown any issues reading DVDs created by others.
DVDs/CDs created on the Panasonic DVD burner work well in my DVD ROM drive and the CDs play well out the CD ROM drives in our other computers.
What I am pointing to, is that I suspect that you a problem with the alignment of your DVD burner. Alignment of CD Burners was critical when they first came out as single and double speed burners. These days we have 50 times or faster CD burners which in the most, do not have such issues. However many of the current DVD burners do have issues (and I am concerned, so too does my DVD ROM drive).
To test this, trying to burn a data CD and/or a DVD on your DVD Burner, and then try to read this on your husbands computer (and any other computers that you can get access to). Try to burn at least 500 MB or more if your using a CD to test with, and then try to copy the complete contents to the HD on the other computer (say, into a temporary folder, so it can all be deleted afterward). Video files are often good test subjects, because they are large and you can play them on the other PC and see if they have errors or not.
Beyond this, I do not have much else to offer, other than take heart that for me and many others UVS9 does do a good job of burning DVDs so too it should for you, once the reason is understood and resolved.
I have burned many DVD-R DVDs (which my TV DVD player can read) and DVD-RW, DVD+RW which other people's newer TV DVD players can play.
I greatly enjoy UVS9, it is so easy and so much fun to create DVDs of my families photos and video. I have been waiting for about 13 years for computers and computer video editing to get to the point where the hardware and software makes the task just so easy and simple (admitedly, others have jumped into using great products like UVS much earlier than myself). UVS9 adds many useful features while still making the task simple and not complex like many other Video Editors.
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ugadog
What media are you using?
Just another question to consider ... what media are you using. I have found that DVD burners are highly tempermental with regard to the media you put in them. What works fine in one burner will be horrible in another. With my first burner, I went through dozens of differnt DVD media brands and types before I found one that was compatible and would burn with virtually 100% success. Ironically, my latest, brand new burner is somewhat incompatible with the old media that worked perfectly in the old burner ... plays on only 3 out of 4 of my DVD players. So I went back to the drawing board to find media that is compatilble with the new burner. Didn't take long to find a more compatible brand.
I would suggest checking out the compatibilty charts in some of the online media stores such as meritline.com or supermediastore.com. They sometimes provide compatibility information specific to your DVD burner.
I have tried the cheap media from the Sunday sale papers and end up with a trach can full of useless "coasters".
I would suggest checking out the compatibilty charts in some of the online media stores such as meritline.com or supermediastore.com. They sometimes provide compatibility information specific to your DVD burner.
I have tried the cheap media from the Sunday sale papers and end up with a trach can full of useless "coasters".
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GeorgeK
DVD Burners
I also have heard about the issue of DVD burners being particular about which brand DVDs they will successfully burn. I have found no issues with the Pioneer DVR-107D DVD burner (I had quoted the wrong brand drive above, sorry) that I am using, but I have not tried too many different brands of DVDs. I had heard that this DVD burner had a good reputation of being compatible which is why I paid a bit more for this model than I would have had to for some other brands.
I have Sony DVDs for archive, and printable RiData for archive and DVD videos, and Melody for DVD videos (these are printable with a 25 mm (one inch) spindle hole, making it great to print on with a Epson R210 (CD/DVD print capable) printer, however the Melody DVD blanks are supposed to be x8 but Nero, and Ulead DVD Burner say they are x4, leaving me to think that I have a bad batch too.
with UVS9, Epson RX210 printers, and computer with 512 MB or more RAM, and 2GHz or greater CPUs, I really enjoy how easy it is these days to create great looking home movies.
I have Sony DVDs for archive, and printable RiData for archive and DVD videos, and Melody for DVD videos (these are printable with a 25 mm (one inch) spindle hole, making it great to print on with a Epson R210 (CD/DVD print capable) printer, however the Melody DVD blanks are supposed to be x8 but Nero, and Ulead DVD Burner say they are x4, leaving me to think that I have a bad batch too.
with UVS9, Epson RX210 printers, and computer with 512 MB or more RAM, and 2GHz or greater CPUs, I really enjoy how easy it is these days to create great looking home movies.
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Burness Speakman
Well let me start at the beginning.
I left the major motion picture industry in 1991 as an editor. MPSE board member. I just recently decided to touch editing again and the try video stuff. The only "pictures" I had to play with was on VHS which I shot on a rather old Panasonic VHS camara. I was rather impressed with the capture device and Ulead Video 7 program except for the fact it only had 2 audio tracks to work with. The editing of my project was rather fun. I went out and purchased a new emachine from walmart for this. 512mb and quickly upgraded with another 1gb. The only reason I purchased Ulead is because it was the only thing that had a "capture card" in the box at walmart. Otherwise I was going to get Adobe Premier.
I had thought that perhaps there was a conflict with the analog recordings and the burnings. Or perhaps NERO, or windoz, or me. My knowledge is limited but not atrophied. I find it rather hard to deal with products that have no conformity with others. Thats probably why the Major Motion Picture Industry worked so well for so long. Everybody and everything worked together.
I left the major motion picture industry in 1991 as an editor. MPSE board member. I just recently decided to touch editing again and the try video stuff. The only "pictures" I had to play with was on VHS which I shot on a rather old Panasonic VHS camara. I was rather impressed with the capture device and Ulead Video 7 program except for the fact it only had 2 audio tracks to work with. The editing of my project was rather fun. I went out and purchased a new emachine from walmart for this. 512mb and quickly upgraded with another 1gb. The only reason I purchased Ulead is because it was the only thing that had a "capture card" in the box at walmart. Otherwise I was going to get Adobe Premier.
I had thought that perhaps there was a conflict with the analog recordings and the burnings. Or perhaps NERO, or windoz, or me. My knowledge is limited but not atrophied. I find it rather hard to deal with products that have no conformity with others. Thats probably why the Major Motion Picture Industry worked so well for so long. Everybody and everything worked together.