Introduction Media Previews But Won't Burn

kdi001 wrote on 9/2/2006, 3:58 AM
I'm using DVD-A 3 (and Vegas 6) and having trouble getting my intro media to record onto a dvd. Here's the scoop:

I created a dvd and the introduction media played and everything was fine--just like in the project--a made a perfect dvd. Then I took a break, turned the PC back on to create a few more dvd copies, and for whatever reason, I now can't get my introduction media to record on the dvd---even though it works fine when I preview the project (just before making the dvd)!

I must have accidentally clicked on something somewhere, but for the life of me I can't figure out why it works when I preview the project, but yet it doesn't record it that way. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? I've tried re-inserting the intro media, deleting and creating that purple star box next to the media, etc.

Comments

ScottW wrote on 9/2/2006, 7:49 AM
How are you previewing to see that this isn't working? I've found that many software players have little quirks that can cause this type of behavior - the only way to preview content and be reasonably sure you have what you want is to preview ona couple of different standalone/set-top players - not with a sotfware on a PC.

-Scott
DavidSinger wrote on 9/2/2006, 10:13 AM
Yeah, I get the exact same problem.

I burn say 6 copies then decide I'll do the rest later, so I save the work to a named .dar and shut everything down - but when I boot back up and re-launch DVDA3, open the saved .dar (yep, it's all there!) click on FILE MAKEDVD BURN and click on "Use previously prepared project" (yep, got the correct prep folder) and click on NEXT, it burns an ISO file, not a DVD. The key is that the DVD player is not an option in the dropdown list.

So, I have to turn off the DVD (in my case an external, so I also have to safely-detach the sucker).
Then I turn off the computer.
Then I put in a DVD blank.
Then I turn on the DVD machine.
Then I restart the computer.

What I've noticed is that if I launch DVDA3 when the DVD burner is empty, DVDA3 will ignore the existance of the DVD machine. However, if before launching DVDA3 I first load a blank that is read for media criteria (wait until the DVD machine's read light goes out), DVDA3 will recognized the existance of the DVD machine. Once it recognizes the DVD *with a loaded blank disc* we're good to go.

David
kdi001 wrote on 9/3/2006, 4:45 AM
Well, that was the problem. It turns out that the dvds I created did have the intro media, but for whatever reason, the PC's software (Dell, in this case) didn't recognize the intro media--no matter how many times I ejected the disk. It's strange because the first disk I made, the software DID play the intro media. That's why I thought, Houston, we have a problem. Go figure...

Thanks.
Ranny wrote on 9/11/2006, 8:36 PM
If I'm understanding this right, I have a similar problem, the first one prepared & burned as it should have -no problem & it's a big file, it took over 3 hours to do this. However, later tried to burn a copy of the prepared file -the time remaining ran up over 5 hours & 0% burn before I cancelled. Shut down DVDAS3, computer & rebooted & tried the prepared file -but tsame thing.

Then tried preparing again, changed the temp & .dar file names, but same thing happened, tho' no Smart feature was available. Now three bad DVDs & still now closer to making another copy & I need 20 copies to send out to family members-help!

Also have a Dell, Dimension 8200, with XP & 100 GB, 256, Memorex Double Layer 16x DVD burner.
ScottW wrote on 9/12/2006, 8:34 AM
DVDA and DVDAS don't always "play" well with some burners and some times with some media.

To eliminate a possible issue with DVDAS burning, try downloading a copy of CopytoDVD from www.vso-software.com - they have a fully functional 30 day free trial.

Then you can either just re-prepare things with DVDAS, or take the DVD you already burned, copy the VIDEO_TS folder to your hard drive and then point CopytoDVD at the VIDEO_TS folder on your hard drive for burning.

--Scott
Bob N wrote on 12/5/2006, 8:18 AM
I got the ISO burn error recently, but never noticed that the entry in the dropdown box had changed. I rebooted and got back to the DVD. Perhaps having media in the burner is important in the sequence of events.