Problems with DVDA 6.0 & DVDA 7.0

Jep wrote on 12/10/2025, 5:19 AM

My system:

OS: Win 11 Pro 64-bit 24H2
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 9 285K (3.70 GHz)
Ram: 96GB
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

I've been using DVDA Pro 6.0 to author and burn Blu-ray discs for a very long time and until recently it has performed extremely well. I create .avc files in Vegas Pro 13 along with audio and .sfl marker files and drop them into the root directory in DVDA 6 and work up my menus from there. For the most part this has been on a Win 10 PC.

I'm on a new Win 11 PC now and DVDA worked well on it for the first few months. But for about a month now DVDA 6 has been an absolute nightmare.

The main problem is when I play back a clip from a burned BR disc the video freezes about a quarter of the way through while the audio keeps playing to the end. The same thing happens if I play back the .iso file directly from my hard drive using Cyberlink PowerDVD.

If I open the .dar project in DVDA 6 and review the same clip using the Preview tool, the video plays all the way through without any problem. That would seem to imply the problem is with DVDA's processing and not the source video.

I also have DVDA 7.0 on my system. If I burn a BD disc with DVDA 7 using the same source files, the BD and .iso files play just fine. However the discs I author usually have 9 or 10 different videos, and I can't get DVDA 7 to accept more than 5 videos. As soon as I try to add a sixth video DVDA 7 freezes. That was also a problem with DVDA 6 which could be fixed by memory patching it's .exe file but trying to memory patch DVDA 7 seems to break it. So this also means I can't open or burn any previously created .dar projects in DVDA 7 if it has more than 5 files. If there are more than 5 files it gives up and opens a new Untitled.dar project.

I know BD authoring is somewhat "Old Hat" now, but I still have a need for it. So any suggestions on what might be causing the DVDA 6 problems, or how I can get DVDA 7 to accept more than 5 videos would be greatly appreciated.

TIA

Comments

Dexcon wrote on 12/10/2025, 5:37 AM

Though I haven't burned a BD in DVDA6 for some months but with no problems last time using Windows 11 24H2, the first question I have is whether or not your DVD/BD burner is firmware compliant with Windows 11?

Jep wrote on 12/10/2025, 5:40 AM

Though I haven't burned a BD in DVDA6 for some months but with no problems last time using Windows 11 24H2, the first question I have is whether or not your DVD/BD burner is firmware compliant with Windows 11?

Hmmm! I have no idea - how would I check that?

Dexcon wrote on 12/10/2025, 5:43 AM

Hmmm! I have no idea - how would I check that

The website for your Burner including any firmware updates it offers.

Jep wrote on 12/10/2025, 5:45 AM

ChatGPT says this about DVD/BD burner firmware compliance:

"You don’t need a special “Windows 11–compliant firmware” for DVD/BD burners.
Optical drives don’t have Windows-version-specific firmware requirements. Instead, Windows 11 relies on:

✔ 1. Standard ATA/ATAPI / SATA / USB Mass Storage protocols

If your drive uses SATA or USB (all modern burners do), Windows 11 recognizes it natively through built-in drivers. No manufacturer driver is required.

✔ 2. Firmware only matters for disc compatibility

Firmware updates come from the drive’s manufacturer and affect:

Write/read quality

Media compatibility

BD-RE / BD-XL support

Region-code handling"

Dexcon wrote on 12/10/2025, 6:49 AM

Your ChatGPT result may be AI Slop. Try doing a normal Google search and you'll find heaps of hits identifying problems with DVD/BD burning in W11. For example see: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/discussions/windows11/problems-with-windows-11-not-recognizing-blu-ray-burners/4059624\

How about going on to your burner's website and seeing what OS compatibility your burner actually has.