Alas, Windows 11 is discontinuing Compatibiity Mode... DVD Architect is a wonderful but dead product !

This may or may not help, but DVD Architect 6.0 works fine for me with Windows 11 without having to use any compatibility settings.

One thing that you will need to be aware of is that DVD Architect will likely need .NET Framework 3.5 installed as has happened when I've installed it on Wnidows 11 (.NET 3.5 isn't automatically installed when Windows 11 is installed). If that happens, DVDA will refuse to install and just present an error message. If that happens, go to "Turn Windows features on and off" in the Control Panel and click on the ".NET Framework (includes .NET 2.0 and 3.0)" checkboxes and that will cause .NET Framework 3.5 to install without needing any other user action.

DVDA should then be able to be installed.

NOTE: I have since realised that the original post is 4 months old and the OP hasn't retuned to the post since then. I'll leave this comment here just in case it helps someone else in the future.

With Windows 11 I have installed DVD Architect 7 without any problem ...

With Windows 11 I have installed DVD Architect 7 without any problem ...

Thank you everyone! I will try again today!

I have Windows 11 and have successfully installed DVDA 5.0 and DVDAS 7.0 with no problems.

Hi,

Not sure if I’m posting this in the core place!

But does anyone know where I can purchase either DVD Architect 6 or 7 from?

I currently have DVD Architect 5 but would like to purchase the newer version.

Thanks for any help / advise

Regards,

Jamie

DVD Architect 6 was released when it was under Sony ownership. Sony no longer sells Vegas or Vegas-related products such as DVDA and hasn't done so since 2016. DVDA 7 was released under MAGIX ownership but DVDA was discontinued some years ago and is no longer for sale.

The purchase options these days are: 1/ to see if you can find for sale online an old version of Vegas Pro 12 or 13 that includes DVDA6 or Vegas Pro 14 or later that includes DVDA7 (the Edit versions didn't include DVDA7. I can't remember the last version of Vegas Pro that included DVDA7 - it might have been VP17 or VP18; or 2/ to find someone wwanting to sell it privately. Needless to say, make sure that the offer is not a scam or a pirate/cracked version with a serial number that is 'sold' time and time again and is thus unusable.

DVDA7 also came with Vegas Movie Studio Platinum (discontinued after version 17).

@Jamie-Tant If you have version 5.2, I would stay with that. V6 had some bugs and from what I understand, V7 was just a rebranding of V6.(I could be wrong on that, but 5.2 was the best last version in my opinion)

V7 was just a rebranding of V6.

My understanding is that only difference was that DVDA7 did not come with the AC3 Pro plugin that came with DVDA5.2 & 6.

... V6 had some bugs and from what I understand ...

I've read that a few times over the years (not sure what the problems were) but have not encountered any problems with DVDA6 as far as I can recall since it was released with Vegas Pro 12 back in 2012.

@Dexcon I don't remember the specific issues with 6, but I went back to 5.2 after purchasing. It has been a few years and the mind has been overwritten.

@Jamie-Tant If you have version 5.2, I would stay with that. V6 had some bugs and from what I understand, V7 was just a rebranding of V6.(I could be wrong on that, but 5.2 was the best last version in my opinion)

Yes I have Architect version 5.2, I have currently got Vegas Pro 17 will this be fine using the Architect with this version? Or is there still issues, I know I had issues when I was using Vegas Studio 9 it kept crashing and freezing. But the 17 I’ve had a few years now seems to be running fine just not sure if there’s any issues using it with my old Architect Version 5.2

DVD Architect (5.2., 6 or 7) are stand-alone programs and are not integrated into any version of Vegas Pro. The main issue with rendering projects from Vegas Pro (any version) or any other NLE for that matter is to make sure that the renders are in a format that DVDA likes. For instance, I've long been rendering video to the .avc format which DVDA really likes - and this has been using versions of Vegas Pro all the way up to Vegas Pro 20. Admittedly, I have been using DVDA 6.

As Dexcon said, they are stand-alone and as long as they run on Windows, you should be fine with what you have. This is a thread when V6 was released. and the second link might provide some more insight. Looks like the major update for V6 was support of 3D blurays.

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/dvd-architect-pro-6--91570/

https://www.moviestudiozen.com/forum/dvd-architect-studio

Thank you all! I was able to get it installed and running!

I recently replaced my aging desktop with a brand new computer running Windows 11. I have both DVD Architect 5 & 7. Both ran great on my old computer and my laptop. My new computer though, it installs and runs fine (at first), but it will constantly freeze and crash. So while doing a project, I would literally save after every single change I made. Eventually while trying to save the project, it would come up with and error code saying I ran out of memory and to try closing some other applications. My computer has 1 TB of storage space and 64GB of RAM, and when I checked the task manager, I'm using less than 15% of my memory. So if I close it out and go back in, it starts working fine again for a few minutes. The more work I do, the faster I "run out of memory". It does this on BOTH v5 and v7. And once I finally get the DVD done, and I try to author it, it will simply stop at around 4-5% during the rendering phase (sometimes even lower). The time left counter will continue to go down and will stay at 1 second left if I just let it run, or sometimes it just keeps going up and up, but it'll never go beyond the 5% and stays stuck on whatever video file it was on when it reached that point. And it's not a specific video as I tried a few different projects, all with the same problem. The only ones that don't do this are ones that are super simple with only 1 menu and a couple videos on it. So the program doesn't freeze up, it simply stops doing what it was doing and sits there. I try running the programs in compatibility mode, trying everything from Windows 8 down to Windows XP. Nothing makes a difference. Most of my DVDs that I make need many menus in them, and I never had a single issue with my old desktop or my laptop. And if I take my saved project and copy it over my laptop, it works perfectly fine there with that same project I created and just copied over.

I just don't know what to do and I can't find any other DVD/Blu-ray authoring software that works like this does and allows for multiple menus being used. I have to do that because I make video board games, and you select specific videos to watch, and then you need to go and select other videos after and you do that multiple times. So you have a screen that gives you say 5 options. You choose 1 and then you need to be presented with another screen to choose from another 5 options. And this needs to be done probably 15-20 times. This is so that you essentially have a different game each time you play it. So the only way I have found to get this to work is with multiple menus, and when a video from the 1st menu ends, it brings you to the next menu to choose 5 new videos. And that just repeats until the end. So if anyone knows of an alternate DVD/Blu-ray authoring software that works like DVD Architect, I would greatly appreciate it! Or if you know how to get this working correctly, that would also be very helpful!

@William-Derr

Hi

. . . . 1 TB of storage space and 64GB of RAM.... using less than 15% of my memory.... The more work I do, the faster I "run out of memory". It does this on BOTH v5 and v7. . . . .

This would suggest that the problem is with the computer and the 'memory space' it is running out of is the temporary workspace on the c:\ drive:-

• How much free space is available on the c:\ drive
   
• Are you creating a DVD or Blu-ray disc?
   
• Is the media for the disc also on the c:\ drive or another drive?

As fas other software goes I have DVDA 7 running on Windows 11 with no issues and have tested the 3 'main' competitors for Blu-ray disk making.

All failed miserably in one way or another compared to DVDA, being either difficult to use, lacking capabilities/features that are in DVDA, or 'does not do what it says on the can'

John EB

I'm right now midway in burning a BluRay in DVDA 6.0 with a recently installed M.2 2TB SSD C drive using Windows 11 - and so far no problems. But the burn is going to the E drive which has just under 900 GB of free space.

As john-baker alludes to, maybe free space on your C drive is a problem. 1TB on a C drive these days is not all that large taking into account the OS size as well as installed programs and media (especially if 4K) etc.

Right click the C drive in Windows Explorer and see how much space is used/available on the C drive.

• How much free space is available on the c:\ drive

I have about 250GB free at the moment. All my video files are on my hard drive for easy access.

• Are you creating a DVD or Blu-ray disc?

I'm currently only creating DVDs, but do occasionally make Blu-rays

• Is the media for the disc also on the c:\ drive or another drive?

The files are on my computer (C:\) along with the software, and not on a portable USB flash drive or external SSD when I'm making the DVDs. I have all my video files on my computer and have them saved to a portable SSD for back-ups in case something were to happen and so I can easily load up a DVD that I need to make. I can try removing what isn't needed for specific DVD and see if that works, but I don't know why that would change anything. I can run the same disc on my laptop that runs Windows 10 that is several years old with less space and it works 100% fine and without issues, even with everything stored on the hard drive. I'm decently tech savvy so if there's something I can try, please let me know.

Another thought ... if you are doing a Prepare and Burn action rather than just a Prepare process to an .ISO file with the burn process happening later, is your DVD/BD burner natively or via a firmware update compatible with Windows 11. My computer didn't come with an inbuilt DVD/BD burner so I had to buy an external DVD/Burner that was W10/11 compatble - the current BD burn is now at 85%.

DVDA is a 32 bit programme so is limited in its RAM use.

When making a disc image it needs, on your hard drive, twice the final disc size in free space to have room to create the files and final image. With 250gb free this wouldn't appear to be a problem here.