Two problems I am hoping you can help with. I am new to MF and I am
trying version 3.5 which came bundled with my DVD burner. I created a
new project by importing a video from another DVD. I did some minor
editing on the content and created three chapters. The preview for each
chapter works fine (both audio & video work). Then when burning, I have
encountred the following problems:
1. I burned the project to a DVD-R. When playing back the DVD-R, the
video is fine. However, I have no audio on the first Chapter. But the
audio is fine on the other two chapters. So I am missing audio on one
chapter only.
2. I sent an email to Ulead support and they recommended I update to
CD/DVD Burning Pack version 3.6.19.281 to fix the audio problem. So
I did the upgrate and I am now trying to burn the same project onto a
DVD-RW (so I do not waste another DVD-R and I can see if the audio
is fixed). However, now MF 3.5 crashes when attempting to burn the
project onto DVD-RW. A window pops up saying the MF encountered
a problem and needs to close. The widow comes up very early in the
DVD burning process (about 5 minutes in).
Would appreciate any assistance/recommendations you can provide. Thanks.
MF crashes & audio problem
There's probably something wrong (or something Ulead doesn't like) with your video files.
1. MPEGs are not meant to be edited. I discovered that I could make a an unedited DVD from a particular MPEG file, but the edited version caused A/V sync problems and occasional crashing of Movie Factory and DVD Workshop. (The files were edited with Video Studio 8 ) I solved that problem by getting a special-purpose MPEG editor called Womble MPEG Video Wizard ($100).
2. I recently had a VOB file that the Ulead programs simply didn't like. After trying several VOB-to-MPEG conversion programs, I has success with one called SUPER (FREE!!!). It wasn't perfect... it re-coded the MPEG, and it produced an MPEG that DVD Workshop wanted to re-code again! And, I had to use a couple of additional programs, including VOBedit (FREE!!!), to extract the LPCM audio to a WAV file. (...Which I then fed to DVD workshop to create a DVD with AC3 audio.)
1. MPEGs are not meant to be edited. I discovered that I could make a an unedited DVD from a particular MPEG file, but the edited version caused A/V sync problems and occasional crashing of Movie Factory and DVD Workshop. (The files were edited with Video Studio 8 ) I solved that problem by getting a special-purpose MPEG editor called Womble MPEG Video Wizard ($100).
2. I recently had a VOB file that the Ulead programs simply didn't like. After trying several VOB-to-MPEG conversion programs, I has success with one called SUPER (FREE!!!). It wasn't perfect... it re-coded the MPEG, and it produced an MPEG that DVD Workshop wanted to re-code again! And, I had to use a couple of additional programs, including VOBedit (FREE!!!), to extract the LPCM audio to a WAV file. (...Which I then fed to DVD workshop to create a DVD with AC3 audio.)