Dual Layer Burning

Dazza wrote on 6/2/2009, 5:11 PM

I am confused by the message I get when trying to burn a Dual Layer Disc ... I have placed markers at points on the timeline before rendering but when DVDa comes to burn the disc I am given a message to place a break point within specified points on the timeline. My problem is that I do not seem to be able to comply with this without stopping the process, placing the break point and starting the whole rendering process again. This is a lengthy process for large projects, as a D/L disc always is. Am I missing something or is this correct. Thanks.

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Steve Grisetti wrote on 6/3/2009, 5:48 AM

There is some great information and several suggestions in the program's Help files, under "Preparing and Burning Your Project," including:

1) In many cases, you can set the program to automatically set a break point;

2) If the software can't find a break point (usually if your DVD is one, continuous movie), you can select the option to be prompted to designate a break point during the DVD encoding process;

3) You can select the option to select a non-preferred break point -- the downside to which is that your viewer may see a short pause in your video as the layers switch.

Dazza wrote on 6/3/2009, 12:52 PM

Thanks for your suggestion Steve...my problem is that although the software does prompt me to select a break point it does not allow me to do so without stopping the process and starting all over.

warriorking wrote on 6/5/2009, 6:21 AM

For me the easiest way around this is to just put a chapter point about midway in the Dual layer project while in DVDA before selecting the burn option, It generally will never prompt you after that.....

Dazza wrote on 6/5/2009, 1:38 PM

Yes thank you warriorking, Your suggestion does work some of the time but not on every occasion, often DVDa insists on having a break point at seemingly illogical places. It would be good if the software worked it out before hand.