Burning To Disk

[nancyd]

After I burn a CD and try to play it in my DVD player, I get the message:

"Not NTSC"

My output disk format is DVD and I choose DVD-Video (Standard). I'm recording to a DVD+R recordable disk.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks in advance!

[Ken Berry]

Sorry, your question is confused. First you say you 'burn a CD', but later say it is in fact a DVD+R. Which is it? If it is in fact a CD, then you are trying to produce what is called a miniDVD, which is DVD-format video but burned to a CD and not a DVD. Very few stand-alone players will play them.

If it is in fact a DVD+R blank, then what were the properties of the file you burned? (Right click on the file and write down the Properties and post them here.) And also, what process did you use to burn the disc: did you go Share > Create Video File which you then burned to disc, or did you go straight from your project in the timelines to Share > Create Disc? In any case, it seems fairly clear that you have the settings fixed to PAL and not NTSC? Do you actually live in a PAL country or an NTSC one? What does Make Movie Manager (under Tools in VS9) show as being the format of the DVDs you are producing: NTSC or PAL?

[THoff]

When you installed the program, did you select the proper country matching your location, or did you manually select NTSC? If the wrong country or TV standard were selected, then you might be burning PAL format disks.

[nancyd]

Sorry for the confusion - it was very late when I described my problem.

My exact scenario is this. I'm trying to burn a DVD and its format is DVD+R.

As my project is open, I do the following:
1. Click on the Share tab.
2. Click Create Disk.
3. Output disk format - I choose DVD.
4. Click Next.
5. Select a menu template and select background music - click Next.
6. Burn to disk is checked.
7. Recording format is DVD-Video.
8. Click Burn button.

I've tried this 2x and I can't seem to get the DVD to run on my DVD player hooked up to my TV.

When you ask me the properties of my file, I"m confused. What file?

Also, I did try to "Create Video File" and got an mpeg file. Is this the file that you are referring to? I'm not sure what you're looking for in its properties and I'd rather not have to create a file before I "Create Disk" from the Share menu.

If this is the only workaround, is all I have to do now is get the mpeg file burned to DVD?

Is the Share tab - Create Disk supported? There seems to be some info on this forum as to this not working?

P.S. In VideoStudio 7 - I didn't have this problem.

Thanks for your help!

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi nancyd

Many people have experienced problems when burning a dvd from the project timeline.
The process which you appear to be taking.
To overcome some of the problems a recommended procedure was drawn up by some of the forum members.
Read the top posting Announcement: AVIOD PROBLEMS.

Before burning a dvd video studio has to create a mpeg 2 compatible file, whether you allow vs to perform this operation during the burning process is up to you.

But we recommend that you make the file first.

The recommended procedure basically after editing is

1 / Share
2/ Create a Video File Dvd-Pal or Ntsc
3 / Start a new project
4 / Share
5 / Create disc
5 / Add video file ( use the file made above)
6 / Create menus and chapters
7 / Burn disc

Project properties:-
Can be viewed from File / project properties

Clip properties:-
Right click the video in the timeline and select properties, these are the clip / capture settings.
What are the clip properties?


read the tutorials from the top posting
Read my ‘Quick Guides’ from the link below

Trevor

[nancyd]

Thank you Trevor!

This all works now and your suggestion of creating the file first and not going through the Project timeline, was exactly what was needed.

I'm amazed that software can be released like this when such a major piece of functionality and the one thing that the entire customer base would want to do, doesn't work.

Thank goodness for forums and guru users like you.

I appreciate it!!