DVD Arch keeps freezing when trying to drag movie

Askcello wrote on 11/20/2012, 10:40 AM

Hi All,
So I've been making movies with Vegas and DVDs with DVD Architect for years, and I am just now running into this problem. I was making a few movies and discs back to back, and for some reason on this latest one, the video and audio were created (the exact same specs as all of the other movies) and every time I try to drag it into the menu on Architect to make the DVD, it just freezes and shuts down. I test it and it WILL let me drag other movies in the menu, just not the one I'm trying to use. And all of the other videos are the exact same specs as this one. Very strange. Any thoughts? (I've tried restarting the computer, re-rendering the movie again, etc)

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Steve Grisetti wrote on 11/20/2012, 10:43 AM

Usually when something used to work and suddenly doesn't, it's a resource issue.

Run Disk Cleanup to clean the junk and tmp files off your computer. (Select as may clean-up file options as you can) and then run the Defragmenter.

You don't say what operating system you're using, how fast your processor is, how much RAM you have or how much free space is on your hard drive, but the more free, clean, defragmented space is on your hard drive, the more stabler your system will run. 25-50 gigs of free, defragmented space is a good minimum.

musicvid10 wrote on 11/22/2012, 6:04 PM

You don't drag movies to the menu in DVD Architect.
You right-click on the menu icon and "Insert Media."

Former user wrote on 11/22/2012, 6:13 PM

Musicvid,

You can drag the movie to the menu page also. I do it all of the time.

Dave T2

musicvid10 wrote on 11/23/2012, 9:06 PM

Yes, one can drag the movie to the Menu Preview and it will show up in the right place.

However, if one drags the Movie to the Menu Timeline, as hard-learned habit in Vegas would have us do, it traps the movie in the menu, rather than as its own title.

Chienworks wrote on 11/24/2012, 3:56 AM

Please note that disk defragmentation is an ancient, obsolete, outmoded concept. It is never necessary or useful anymore, does not help anything in the slightest, and is in fact extra wear and stress on your hard drive and should be avoided.

Former user wrote on 11/24/2012, 7:07 AM

Oh, is the OP talking about dragging the movie to the MENU page or to the MENU timeline? I have never drug to the MENU timeline so I don't know what that does, but if you drag to the MENU page, it creates the buttons and links for you.

Dave T2