You have to download and install DVDA separately. When you purchase VMS, you will receive licence keys for both Vegas and DVDA.

Thanks for the replys you guys.
I down loaded the DVD Architect this morning , but when I tryed to burn my project to DVD everything seemed to go ok until I tryed to play it in my DVD player,there was nothing on there.
I guess this means you can not burn your project with the trial version, right.
So when I purchase the Movie Studio it comes with the licence keys and I'll be able to do what Im trying to do?
Thanks again, Jim.

No, the trial version should burn playable discs.

Try this, rather than clicking on Burn, click Prepare. When the rendering is finished, browse tot he Video_ts folder and click on the video_ts ifo file. WinDVD (or whatever player you have on your PC) should launch and play your video. If that works, then go back to DVDAS and click Burn and choose "Previously prepared folder". I always do this, never burning directly to disc.

My guess is you 'prepared' the dvd - which takes the longest, but did not burn it. Hit 'make dvd' and look for the already prepared dvd. Burning should take about 7 minutes, and you're done!

Hi guys, I managed to get my project to play on Windows mediaplayer but it was only the video, no audio. I checked the volume, it was all the way up , but no sound, only video.
I'll keep at it , Im dying to watch & listen to this on my TV.
Thanks again for the replys, Jm.

This probably is going to sound stupid but, I am using audio CD-Rs for my media, do I need to get writable DVDs?
Thanks again, Jim.

if you select mpg2 widescreen, you don't have sound. You then must render the project again to render the sound. This is very fast. Then you must open DVDA and combine the two there.
If you choose mpg2 default instead, you will have sound, so then you can play the file on your pc as well.

I have gone through the prepare and burn process three or for times now. Cant seem to figure it out. It seems pretty straight forward, but I keep getting files that result in not being able to watch and listen to on Windows media player.
Thanks again, Jim.

Have you tried VLC Media Player. This is free and plays (almost) everything, dvds included. I myself never play my own dvds with Windows Media Player.

Thanks for the repyly,how do render just the audio?
After trying this several times I have managed to have rendered one with audio but no video and one with video but no audio.
Please help, thanks so much, Jim.

to render just sound, click on 'render as' and choose one of the sound-only codecs where you otherwhise choose between avi, mgp etc. Go for mp3, ogg or aa3 or ac3 (platinum only).
Then start a project in DVDA, and combine the video and the audio.

Better still, render to an AVI file then you don't have to worry about video and audio files. AVI combines both. Bring the AVI file into DVDAS and use it to create your DVD disc.

I only render to AVI, never mpeg.

Thanks man, Im able to watch and listen to my project on my media player, very cool.
On to the next issue,when I try to burn my project n the Architect, it finishes ,but the question I have is why it never asks me to insert a blank disc into my drive(CD-R or DV-R ?)
I tryed to send the file to my drive and burn it there with a CD-R but the file was to big for the disc(under 4 min.) When I tryed a DVD-R my drive didnt recognise the disk. Im a little lost here, Could it be that my drive only plays DVDs but does not write DVDs?
Thanks so much for all your help, Jim

Very good!!

In DVDAS did you choose Prepare or Burn?

It's possible you ony have DVD-ROM (Read Only) drive. Go to "My Computer", right click on it and choose Properties > Hardware. If you see ROM anywhere after DVD then that'll tell you you can't burn DVDs. They're cheap, buy one from Newegg.com and replace what you have.

Thanks for the good info, yeah my drive only reads DVDs so Im going to pick up an external burner next week.
Thats a cool website you gave me, thanks.This whole video thing is growing wild in a hurry,its only been a couple weeks.
I was looking at a few different DVD burners and learned that they have what they call LightScribe technology so after you burn your DVD or CD you just flip it over and print your art work on it with a laser built in to the burner,Wow. This is pretty special for me because I have a project studio where I record music. The burner is about eighty bucks ,can't wait.
Thanks again, Jim.

Yep, that's a good site for stuff.

I never bought into the LightScribes preferring to print full color discs with my Epson printer on Taiyo Yuden Watershield discs.

I'm glad you figured out your drive issue though.

You see , Im so unaware of whats out there, I dont have a clue what your talking about now.
Your printing system(Epson printer on Taiyo Yuden Watersheild discs) If you dont mind , could you tell me how that works.
I have a pretty nice printer(Canon Pixma MP 500) Im just curious about my options.That isnt a lable maker that you print and stick on is it ? The reason why I ask is I've been using such a program called( Expressit) by Memorex for a couple yrs. now .
In the beggining I really liked it, but after a while I noticed it used a whole lot of ink.$$$
Thanks again, Jim.

If you are interested in labeling disks then do a search of this forum, and the Vegas Pro forum, for "print disk" or something like that. The topic comes up pretty regularly and you can learn a lot from the exchanges that have been made in those topics.

Basically, what MSmart is talking about is simply printing to a disk. Epson and HP (and Canon, if you are willing to work a little harder) all make inexpensive printers that have the ability to print to disks. That is, the printer has a special caddy that holds the disk while it is being printed. That is very handy and opens up a big world of creative possibilities.

Taiyo Yuden is a very well respected brand of blank disks. Watershield disks are blanks that can be printed to, and after drying will resist smudging or running of the ink if the disk comes in contact with moisture. There are lots of other options available, too. You pay a premium for Taiyo Yuden, and for hobbyist use you may be happy with cheaper, but still respected, disks from companies such as Verbatim. As with everything else, you can find reviews and rankings of the various blank disks by searching some of the video web sites.

Also, as you will learn if you do peruse past discussions on this topic, never put stick-on labels on your DVDs -- you are just asking for hassles.