Making a DVD

Bambino wrote on 1/8/2012, 7:24 AM
Can anyone help a hapless newbie to make a DVD? I have made a slideshow of still clips and movie clips, with audio, and all I want is to make a simple DVD. I don't want to do any of the complicated things that Architect Studio does and would rather do without it, if this is possible. When I try to use the Make Movie wizard and ask for the DVD option, it gives me a path that seems to be one for my computer, which is odd; when I try to change it to a path for my DVD drive nothing seems to go successfully. I'd be grateful for any help

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vkmast wrote on 1/8/2012, 7:45 AM
What is your exact version of Vegas Movie Studio?
The basic HD version without Platinum has some features missing, like DVD authoring and burning.
edit: I see from a former post that you seem to have Platinum. 10 or 11?
Bambino wrote on 1/8/2012, 8:02 AM
Thanks for the response - my version is Platinum 10
vkmast wrote on 1/8/2012, 10:01 AM
I tested the 'Make Movie' button in VMS 10 HD Platinum (b179) with three different burners.
I got a dvd out with two (DVDA Studio 5.0 b128 installed).
When I put a check (in Studio Options / Preferences / General) in 'Skip drive database; autodetect drive capabilities', I got a dvd out with the third one also.

Besides Make Movie, you can try Tools / Burn disc / DVD.
chulaivet1966 wrote on 1/8/2012, 10:02 AM
I'll give you a bump.

Maybe this thread will offer a bit of assistance:

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?MessageID=791920&Replies=3

Hope that helps....
Bambino wrote on 1/8/2012, 3:14 PM
Thanks for all the suggestions. I am doing my best, but am disappointed that the task of burning a DVD is so complicated. When I try to have yet another go at burning the DVD I get a message saying that this file has already been made and do I want to overwrite it. Where can I find this file? It has not burned to disc, and it doesn't appear in my Vegas folder on the computer. If I give the go-ahead to overwrite, I have to wait another 20 minutes or so for the file to send itself to whither I don't know where!

Is there really no simple solutioln?
vkmast wrote on 1/8/2012, 3:40 PM
Do you have DVDA Studio installed?
Make Movie > Burn it to DVD > DVD > Next > Send it to DVDA Studio > Make DVD (in DVDA) > Burn > Next

or (also in VMStudio:) Tools > Burn disc > DVD

Where do you get your bottleneck?
Bambino wrote on 1/9/2012, 11:52 AM
Thank you vkmast. I'm grateful for your help. Sorry for being such a dumbo but you'll be glad to know i've made progress. I've now managed a DVD of sorts though i still don't know why it should ask whether I want to overwrite the file each time I try to burn it to a DVD.

I'm also not sure of what settings I should use if I want the DVD to play on an ordinary (not out-of-the ark) television. And if the project settings are wrong at the start is there any way to make them right at the Architect stage? So much to learn!
vkmast wrote on 1/9/2012, 2:32 PM
Do you get something like this filexxx.mpg already exists. Do you want to overwrite?
You probably have rendered a file with the same name before. See the video (and audio) file path.
Make Movie should make a compatible DVD, keep trying and you'll learn more :)
Bambino wrote on 1/10/2012, 4:08 AM
You've pinpointed what I am doing wrong and set me on course again - many thanks.