New to video some six months ago, I researched the competition thoroughly (I believed) before opting for VMS6+DVDA3 Platinum as my next-stage editor etc. In use, VMS seems to be adequately intuitive but with plenty of scope for experimentation and development - just what I wanted. DVDA, however, seems to be a total dud and it is most depressing to find that this forum has numerous threads along these lines, none apparently resolved.
The basic problem is that DVDA hangs 19 times out of 20 immediately on clicking 'Make DVD' or selecting this from the File menu. Even in Tutorial mode! I now find that the VMS Preferences>CD Settings tab has the same effect, except that the auto 'Scanning for...' message comes up first. There is no escape other than to reboot.
The odd twice that I have got through to a subsequent Wizard a progress message suggests that 'preparation' is completed before the thing hangs again before the burn. One single success with the VMS CD Settings tab showed the correct selection of DVD unit - a Philips SPD6000L1, which runs happily with all my other applications.
Did I miss the solution in my trawl through the forum, or didn't it actually appear?
I would of course prefer to get my complete package working properly but after many hours searching the web my expectations are low. If the DVDA element is complete write-off, being effectively inaccessible, has anyone any recommendations about an alternative DVD authoring tool, to be fed with the VMS mpg/wav files en route to dear old Nero (with InCD uninstalled, of course...)?
The basic problem is that DVDA hangs 19 times out of 20 immediately on clicking 'Make DVD' or selecting this from the File menu. Even in Tutorial mode! I now find that the VMS Preferences>CD Settings tab has the same effect, except that the auto 'Scanning for...' message comes up first. There is no escape other than to reboot.
The odd twice that I have got through to a subsequent Wizard a progress message suggests that 'preparation' is completed before the thing hangs again before the burn. One single success with the VMS CD Settings tab showed the correct selection of DVD unit - a Philips SPD6000L1, which runs happily with all my other applications.
Did I miss the solution in my trawl through the forum, or didn't it actually appear?
I would of course prefer to get my complete package working properly but after many hours searching the web my expectations are low. If the DVDA element is complete write-off, being effectively inaccessible, has anyone any recommendations about an alternative DVD authoring tool, to be fed with the VMS mpg/wav files en route to dear old Nero (with InCD uninstalled, of course...)?