DVD with no menu

[OCPhotoworx]

I am rapidly developing an intense hatred for all things Corel. I tried online chat -- sorry, it's not available. I tried the email link -- which brings up a blank page. I tried searching the knowledge base for "no DVD menu" but the search algorithm considers those words too common -- so returned no results. Tried posting a message here -- and to jump through hoops to get "registered." I realize this flame is more appropriate directed at Corel and not the community of users -- but Corel has nicely insulated themselves from user feedback.

All I want to do is transfer some video files to DVD. I do not want any of Corel's menus to appear: I just want to put the DVD in a player and have the video start playing.

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi

Welcome to the forum

You don't give much detail, like which version of Video Studio.

If X3 then it comes with DVD movie factory 7SE

After adding your video file to the program, one of the first windows gives you the choice to Create Menu, uncheck this option.

If an earlier version then the authoring module provides the same option.

[OCPhotoworx]

VideoStudio Pro X3.

It comes up in Step 2 Edit. I don't see a Create Menus option. Nor do I see that option if I go back to Step 1 Capture. If I go to Step 3 Share and click on DVD -- it takes me to Corel DVD Factory 2010, which doesn't appear to have an "About" menu option. If I click on the Corel Guide link, it tells me I am running VideoStudio Pro X3 -- with no version infomration. The opening screen of CorelDVD Factory 2010 does not have a Create Menu check box.

My frustration comes largely from the fact that this should be EASY. It was easy to do under all versions of ULEAD DVD Movie Factory -- and I have spent HOURS trying to figure out how to do it in the Corel-released version of the program.

[UncleBoo]

Hi OCPhotoworx,

trevor has already answered your specific question. I'd like to address your first paragraph.

I'll summarize what follows by saying yes, your gripes are spot on, but you get what you pay for, and compared to the competition, you get more than what those users paid for.

First, the bad. The user interface is fair to middling, to put it kindly. The manual ranges from helpful to confusing to cryptic, and is way too incomplete. The knowledge base offers little additional information. Corel customer service is essentially non-existent. The X3 DVD authoring situation is a fiasco that was only recently mitigated with a kludgy workaround that almost (but not quite) brought things back to the usability of previous versions. The learning curve is really steep, even to do basic video import, editing, and export. For version 13 of a product, there is simply no excuse for some of this.

Now the good. For the price of a video game, you get an incredibly powerful tool. It may be an exaggeration to compare the feature set to Photoshop, but close enough to convey an idea of the learning curve required to master the product. As a novice user, quite frankly I'd have given up were it not for the help I've received on this forum. But the product features are there to be discovered and wrangled, and the forum is here to help. Despite my inexperience, I've converted some old Hi-8 family videos into edited DVDs that blow away family members.

And whatever the price/performance merits in absolute terms, when you consider relative terms, the product absolutely shines. I've tried the trial version of a competitive Windows-based, and I've tried iMovie on my SO's MacBook Pro. The competitive product felt like an amateur imitation by comparison. As for iMovie, I can see why reviewers rave about it. They probably spend a minute in the preview pane, which has a really slick user interface (Corel, pay attention!) and super-smooth scrolling through an unedited video. But I bet the reviewers never actually tried to edit anything: the product is useless!

Yes, there are superior products which are more reliable, predictable, and feature-rich, and in some ways have better user interfaces. But their learning curves are even more intimidating, and the price tags are prohibitive, by one or more orders of magnitude.

If you want a wizard to move a video from some other media to DVD, there are easier ways to go. For anything more than that, at an affordable price, this is as good as it gets. Frustrating process? You betcha. Gratifying results? Hell, yes.

Cheers,
UncleBoo

[tyamada]

To create a DVD with no menu. Use the share tab on Video Studio>Create Disk> then pick DVD Movie Factory 7 SE. On MF7 select new project and it will open a page to import your video file. On that page will a Create menu box that is checked, uncheck the box and import your video clip. Your DVD will automatically play without menus when inserted in a player.

[Trevor Andrew]

VideoStudio Pro X3.
My frustration comes largely from the fact that this should be EASY. It was easy to do under all versions of ULEAD DVD Movie Factory

Corel X3 came with DVDfactory Pro 2010 the program was not fit for purpose.
Corel recognised their mistake and provided DVD Movie Factory 7SE to be used as the preferred authoring program.

If you are familiar with this program then i don’t see your problem or the reason why you are so frustrated.
Using X3 you have to finish your project by Share Create Video File – DVD, the resultant file being used in MF7

[OCPhotoworx]

I'm not at the computer with the software installed, so it will be a while before I can try the suggested solution.

But the phrase "intuitively obvious to the most casual observer" applies: I'm supposed to know that the DVD authoring software provided with the package is deeply flawed and I'm supposed to instead launch a previous version of that section of the program... And you wonder why I find the program frustrating??

[OCPhotoworx]

The only option under Create Disk is DVD Factory Pro 2010.

Other suggestions?

[bonnette]

Hello
I am having the same problem. My X3 version of Video Studio also came with DVD Factory Pro 2010. I have been using X2 to get around the problem but I would really like to use X3. All I want to do is create a DVD with no menu.
Are there others that are having this problem ? Does anyone have a solution ?

Thanks
Larry

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi OCPhotoworx / Larry

Have you installed DVD Movie Factory 7SE

Just to add, have you applied the patches provided for X3 by Corel

http://corel.custhelp.com/app/answers/d ... id/764437/

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi Larry

X3 came with DVD Factory Pro 2010 as its main authoring software.
The program to be polite is not fit for purpose.

Corel has recognised this by providing DVD Movie Factory 7SE as an alternative.
It’s a separate program but can be opened via X3 from Share –Create Disc or the Tools menu.
This will close Video Studio X3 as only one program can run at any one time.
You cannot export your project files VSP’s to MF7 as you could with X2.

To complete your project you have to Share--Create Video File, using the resultant file in MF7 Add-Video.

The program is very similar to the authoring module used in X2

Create DVD without menu.

Using X2 Share Create Disc-DVD opens the authoring module, on the first window deselect Create Menu
Next :-
Will take you to a preview
Next:-
Will go to the final burn window.

Using DVD Movie Factory 7se
Select the DVD option
Next:-
Import your video file using the Add Video File icon
Deselect the Create Menu option

There is little difference in using X2 as to using MF7

[bonnette]

Thank you very much
I did not know there was a patch that fixed the problem. I installed Service pack 1 and it gave me the option to use the other dvd creator.
That allowed me to "not Creat" a menu.

Thank you so much for your help

Larry

[MikeA]

Pardon my ignorance, but what would be the problem of simply creating an mpg file (DVD template) and burning it to a DVD? Works for me.

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi Mike

I have always created a video file prior to burning a DVD, now we have X3 it’s the only way to go.

If you are burning the video file to disc as a data file (ie copy to disc) then it will play on your PC without a menu.
It will NOT play on your stand alone DVD player.

But if you use the authoring/burner program provided with Video Studio then a menu will be created.
This option is selected by default, but is easily deselected in the first windows.

So Mike how are you creating your DVD

[MikeA]

Whoops! Got confused. My DVD player plays MP3s and JPGs. I put the two together and got MPGs! It did not recognize a DVD with an MPG.

Sorry!

I promise to check before offering useless advice!