Video Studio 9 interfering with burning dvd's?

mtimerding · Post by **mtimerding** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:38 pm

Hello all,

I have a question that may or may not have anything to do with VS9 ...(but I think it does)

I Purchased VS9 on 1 Aug and since installing it I have had a ZERO percent success rate at burning DVD's (movies) ... in fact, I have tried 15 burns, and all 15 were unacceptable. No matter what the application used, Nero, DVD Shrink, whatever, they all produced unacceptable results. They all report successful, but every one of the dvd's, while playing in a stand alone dvd player, would have major skipping, jerking, pausing throughout the movie. Bear in mind that PRIOR to installing Video Studio, I had a 100 pct success rate. (yes, 100 pct for the past year)

I use pretty good media, Verbatim 8x .... my system is an Asus K8V motherboard, Athlon 64 bit 3400 cpu, 1 gig of corsair ram, 2 internal dvd-rw, and 4 internal harddrives (2 IDE and 2 SATA) Running Windows XP Pro (sp2)

In frustration, I reformatted the os hd, reinstalled windows, all updates, and all my applications again EXCEPT for Video Studio 9, burnt a DVD, and as before it was perfect .....

So, before I try reinstalling Video Studio 9, does anyone know if there are any KNOWN issues, procedures, or cautions concerning dvd burning with other apps if VS9 is installed?

Thanks

THoff · Post by **THoff** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 6:11 pm

I've never heard of UVS interfering with another burning application. UVS doesn't include a device driver that is loaded at all times, and in fact uses the Windows SPTI API (the SCSI Pass-Through Interface) to access the drive (which must support MMC, or Multi Media Commands).

I have heard of the opposite, however. Nero's InCD interferes with UVS because it will take control of the drive and media as soon as a disk is inserted, preventing UVS from writing DVDs.

If you are in doubt, create a Restore Point, install UVS, and try burning something outside UVS. I suspect that what you have is a media problem. Lowering the burn speed may help, I would try that just as a test.

THoff · Post by **THoff** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 6:14 pm

One more thing: it could also be a problem with the PSU. You've got a TON of power-hungry devices in your system, and a PSU that can't provide enough current on the 12V rail can also cause burning problems.

mtimerding · Post by **mtimerding** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:39 pm

Thanks for the reply ....a couple other things:
I had stated the problem started after installing Video Studio, it was also after changing my vid resolution from 800x600 to 1024x768 which apparently was required by VS cause it wouldn't load at 800x600. Because of my bad eyes 1024x768 is the absolute highest resolution I can go to and still be able to read the screen. Initially, I wondered if the simple resolution change could be the problem, but was assured on a dvd burning forum that it couldnt possibly be the resolution. (unless my vid driver was bad)

I am pretty convinced that it isn't the media, as not only have I had well over 200 successful burns with it but it supposedly is rated as near the top in quality. (if not the best, then it is second)

As far as power supply issues, (unless mine has gone bad) I have an ANTEC 550watt tru power .... I also run Everest Ultimate Edition to monitor my system, and at least everytime I checked, all the voltages on all the rails have been rock steady (at their ratings)

You had mentioned that Video Studio doesnt load anything up at start up.. I had noticed that with VS installed there is some driver (I can't recall the name of it) that it was loading (something to do with Ulead DVD burning or something) .... I thought maybe that MIGHT be doing it
so I changed it from automatic to Manual (eventually to disabled) startup
(in services.msc I think) ... but that didnt make any difference so I was left to assume if that was it, then it must be the fact that it is installed, whether running or not.

Also I do not run INCD ... never have, as it's conflicts have been well documented from the onset of windows xp.

As you said, I guess the only thing to try, is to try reinstalling Video Studio and see if the problem surfaces again. (I've already had a successful burn on DVD since reinstalling windows without Video Studio)

Thanks again

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 3:48 am

I see you are using 8x discs. Are you burning at 8x. If so try burning at 4x. I have found that irrespective of the brand of disc I am using, anything above 4x seems to produce a weaker disc image. Some DVD players are more fussy than others, whilst some DVD players are happy to play the discs, others either seize up or do not play them at all

mtimerding · Post by **mtimerding** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 8:42 pm

Yes, I have tried burning at 4x .. made no difference ..... I used to burn at 8x or 12x (even 16x with the right media) with no problem, but after the problems started surfacing, I backed it down to 4x ..... with no joy.

Since starting this thread, (I still havent put Video Studio back on my system) .... I have since, burnt 2 successful dvd's ..... and bam, now another 15 failures in a row. So, I guess Video Studio is off the hook.

I've learned from the DVD Burning newsgroup that it could be due to my video card so I am off to explore that possibility.

(although I am showing no video card errors in event viewer and am experiencing NO video issues.)