Multiple Copies still 2 clicks away

PeterWright wrote on 11/12/2007, 10:44 PM
I remember bringing this up a few versions ago.

When I finish a job there are often 20, 30 or sometimes more discs to burn.

How I wish DVDA would ask how many copies, then once a new disc is inserted, get on with burning it automatically ...

We have to click YES, we would like to burn another copy each time, then wait for the next Make DVD screen to come up where we have to click Finish. Often after clicking the first time, I'm busy doing something else, then remeber 5 or 10 minutes later that I have to click again before the next burn starts ....

Anyone else wish this was easier?

Peter

Comments

Sol M. wrote on 11/13/2007, 1:00 AM
Personally, I never burn a disc straight from DVD-A. Too many people have too many issues with this. I find it much easier/dependable to "burn" an ISO image of the DVD and use a program dedicated to burning disc images (such as the free ImgBurn) to burn as many copies of a DVD as I need.

Also, since I already have the ISO image of the finished DVD, if I need to burn more copies later, I don't have to open DVD-A and recompile the project again, I just need to burn straight from the ISO.
Grazie wrote on 11/13/2007, 1:10 AM
The other thing it would do would be to make a "tally" of just how many HAD been created. I can't count beyond 7!

Yes, set up for say 13:

Place new Disc In > Burn > Tray opens on finish >

BURNING PROCESS "Please Place in New Disc and click here OR push back tray for Disc 12" > "Burning Disc 12" > finish burn and tray opens


BURNING PROCESS "Please Place in New Disc and click here OR push back tray for Disc 11" > "Burning Disc 11" > etc etc . .

Would that do it?

Now, you still have to pick up a new platter and place it into the tray? That is until you get an auto feed?

Grazie
Chienworks wrote on 11/13/2007, 5:08 AM
"I don't have to open DVD-A and recompile the project again"

Why would you need to prepare the project again? If you leave the prepare folder that DVDA creates then you can go directly to the burning step. For that matter, you can burn those folders in other software too even without creating an ISO image.
MPM wrote on 11/13/2007, 9:28 AM
"I can't count beyond 7!"

I can manage 21... when the temp's warm enough :?P

"For that matter, you can burn those folders in other software too even without creating an ISO image."

I'll 2nd that... Nero, Roxio, ImgBurn, & probably many of the free burning apps I've never tried will handle it nicely.

Many drives now days are speed locked in firmware for copying -- If that's the case & you want to do disc to disc copies, or just archive on disc vs. hdd, might check out MediaCodeSpeedEdit &/or availability of hacked firmware for your burner(s). You can tell easy enough just by copying one of your video DVDs to hdd -- even easier, use DVD Fab HD Decrypter to do the copying & watch the transfer rate. If your 16 - 20 X drive is humming along at 2 - 2.5 X, it's locked.
Sol M. wrote on 11/13/2007, 10:01 AM
"Why would you need to prepare the project again?"

Sorry, I should have clarified; I meant that there would be no need to re-save the prepared files to an ISO image again (as the workflow I previously described involved creating an ISO image).

Of course you are absolutely correct-- you can burn the prepared folders straight to disc using most DVD burning programs. Which brings me to another reason I prefer ISO images for saving my final/prepared DVD: It's just one file, thus there is no chance that a necessary file for the DVD will become corrupted/deleted/modified without you knowing it. While unlikely under normal circumstances, I use ISO images so that I don't get bitten by those unforeseen circumstances that always seem to occur when you least expect it. I don't want to take my chances with a client's project, so I feel that having all the necessary files compiled into a single file is a safer bet.
MPM wrote on 11/13/2007, 10:44 AM
Makes sense, Jive...

I got a great deal on Roxio EMC9 (needed something for Vista), and it has a nice virtual drive app that can be activated/removed at will -- it makes dealing with iso's almost pain free.

Only thing I could even begin to suggest in that respect would be to optionally use PgcEdit to generate the ISOs from a DVDA prepared folder. Works nice for DL, sets gaps etc. so the ISO is right on spec etc... [That's not to say DVDA does anything wrong ]
Sol M. wrote on 11/13/2007, 11:30 AM
Yeah, I downloaded PgcEdit a couple weeks ago for its trace tool, but have yet to even install it. You've just given me another reason to check it out. Thanks :)
rdolishny wrote on 11/16/2007, 1:16 PM
> I find it much easier/dependable to "burn" an ISO image of the DVD

Are you able to do this direct from DVDA, or with ImgBurn or Roxio or another program that copies and burns images?
Sol M. wrote on 11/16/2007, 5:57 PM
This can be done right in DVDA.

In the last state of the "Make DVD" Dialog, select "ISO Image Writer" from the "Device" Drop-down list and you can burn the DVD to an ISO file on your hard drive.