I'm using DVDA to do some serious work for the first time, and it's not going well. My menus work fine in set-top player A, don't respond to the remote arrow keys at all in set-top player B, the highlight doesn't appear in set-top player C. When playing in WMP, they both (2 disc set, very similar menus) crash the app (I've never seen that before), but only on workstation A, not on Workstation B (both appear to be set up identically). I tested some other discs I've made in the past, and they work fine in WMP on worksation A.
I've got 3 other DVD players installed on workstation A, and they all play these discs fine. Took samples to the client, and her set-top player also refused to let me navigate the menus.
I've got to say, I've always felt like I get hit and miss performance when using DVDA. And I'm not the kind of guy who likes to pound and pound away trying to get software to do what it should do correctly out of the box. All the cheesy little shovelware DVD authoring soultions I've got on my system, from old Pinnacle crap to shareware stuff, never give me technical playback problems (more specifically, menu behavior problems) but I've struggled mightily over the years trying to get reliable output from DVDA - frustrating: DVDA has all the features I want when it comes to menus, but it just doesn't seem compatible across all the various playback targets.
I guess I'd like to know if anyone else has been as frustrated as me, and has found "what they're doing wrong" with DVDA, or whether the conventional wisdom is to step off and get some other solution. I'm not here to promote some other product (the only top teir AV products on my shelf are Vegas, Acid, Snd Forge - I've always loved the SF-Sony line) I just want to make DVDs that work, without making a carreer out of trouble-shooting the simplest discs.
I've used Vegas since 97 or so, because it is bulletproof, and offers the ideal workflow, IMHO. But I can't feel the same way about DVDA. Opinions? Suggestions? Does anyone think the latest version behaves better? (I've avoided upgrading to 6, because the new features just didn't compel me, and I'm not doing a ton of video projects at the moment)
thanks,
Graham
I've got 3 other DVD players installed on workstation A, and they all play these discs fine. Took samples to the client, and her set-top player also refused to let me navigate the menus.
I've got to say, I've always felt like I get hit and miss performance when using DVDA. And I'm not the kind of guy who likes to pound and pound away trying to get software to do what it should do correctly out of the box. All the cheesy little shovelware DVD authoring soultions I've got on my system, from old Pinnacle crap to shareware stuff, never give me technical playback problems (more specifically, menu behavior problems) but I've struggled mightily over the years trying to get reliable output from DVDA - frustrating: DVDA has all the features I want when it comes to menus, but it just doesn't seem compatible across all the various playback targets.
I guess I'd like to know if anyone else has been as frustrated as me, and has found "what they're doing wrong" with DVDA, or whether the conventional wisdom is to step off and get some other solution. I'm not here to promote some other product (the only top teir AV products on my shelf are Vegas, Acid, Snd Forge - I've always loved the SF-Sony line) I just want to make DVDs that work, without making a carreer out of trouble-shooting the simplest discs.
I've used Vegas since 97 or so, because it is bulletproof, and offers the ideal workflow, IMHO. But I can't feel the same way about DVDA. Opinions? Suggestions? Does anyone think the latest version behaves better? (I've avoided upgrading to 6, because the new features just didn't compel me, and I'm not doing a ton of video projects at the moment)
thanks,
Graham