SELECT OUTPUT DRIVE...

Curt-Gustafsson wrote on 6/16/2010, 9:24 PM
In DVD Architect 5.0b, how do I select the DVD drive on which to burn the output? I have more than one drive, but do not see any Architect menu where I can select the drive I want to use for the output.

Pehaps this is an option reached from "Make DVD," but so far I have not gotten any further than to clicking that button. The program hangs immediately. When I try to back out of it, it greys (Vista 64) and nothing can be done except to shut off the power to the computer.

I have a hunch that one of my DVD burners is not functioning correctly, and I'm afraid the Architect program goes directly to that drive without giving me the opportunity to select another drive, hence the crash.

This is consistent. Have tried many times. And have given up just as many times. I'd like to get this solved however.

Is there anyone who can help?

Comments

bStro wrote on 6/16/2010, 11:49 PM
You do indeed choose the burner among steps after clicking Make DVD. But there are a couple steps before that -- including choosing whether to Prepare the project only (without burning it to DVD) or to Burn (and only prepare if necessary) a project. The steps after hitting Make DVD would be:

1. Choose Burn
2. Select a prepare source and prepare folder
3. Review message list (errors, warnings, or suggestions from DVDA)
4. Select burn parameters (including which drive to burn to)

DVD Architect won't even poll the burner until the fourth step, so I suspect your problem is something else. Do any other burning programs (Nero, Imgburn, etc) have a problem with this drive? Have you tried reinstalling DVD Architect?

Though I'd lean toward the drive not being the problem, you could try changing the drive letters for your burners (or even just uninstalling the one you suspect is bad) so DVD Architect won't bother trying it. If nothing else, with it out of the picture, you can rule it out as the problem if DVDA still crashes.

Rob
plekkie wrote on 6/17/2010, 4:06 PM
Just to be sure, you can check your preferences (under "options"):

Burning: which are your prepare and temporary files folder, and do you have enough storage space in these folders for your project.

General: if you suspect your burner, you tick or untick the box "skip drive database; autodetect drive capabilities", and see if that makes a difference.

Hope it helps.