create ISO file failures in VS8 and VS9

[fmcguff]

I have tried to create a disc image file in both VS8 and VS9. In VS8, after it reaches 100%, there is a long delay and then it crashes. The windows error indicates that it is in the burningtrd.dll. There is an earlier post that reported this problem in VS9 which was corrected by reinstalling VS9. I have uninstalled VS8 and reinstalled without fixing the problem.

I upgraded to VS9 and when I try to create a disc image, it immediately returns and says the file was burned, but there is no file. It is clearly not doing anything, because even on a 2Gbyte MPEG file, it returns right away.

I am running on Windows XP-Home on a Compaq Presario 2585, with 512M RAM (virtual set at 1Gbyte) and about 9Gbytes left of disk space.

Neither VS8 nor VS9 recognize that there is a DVD burner, although I have an external USB burner DVD-R (which SonicDVD has successfully burned to). I also have an internal DVD-RW which is not recognized.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thank you
Frank

[GeorgeW]

how large is your expected image going to be? Larger than 4gb ? Do you have Fat32 or NTFS drive(s)?

Try a small test project. Use a small video (10 minutes or so). then in the burn step, create the DVD Folders to your hard drive (don't burn to disc, and don't create a dvd image -- only create the DVD Folders). if that works, test the DVD Folder by using PowerDVD (or Ulead's DVD Player).

Work you way up from there...

[fmcguff]

I tried small files; as little as a few mega-bytes. I have tried creating disc image files, DVD folders, with and without menus. Nothing works.

VS9 doesn't even really start the process before it says that is is done, but there is no output.

I am (sort of) assuming that this is related to not recognizing that I have a DVD bruner (two, actually).

I use the NTFS file system.

Frank

[MikeGunter]

Hi,

If your working drive has too much on it, you won't be able to do the job.

Mike