Stall at 'burning lead-out'

borlavrin wrote on 4/16/2007, 10:35 AM

New user of two weeks (Vega Movie Studio +DVD v6.0b, using Windows XP Home Edition.

I did a DV test sample of 15 seconds >> send to DVD Architect Studio (v3.0b).
Burn went fine ( 2 minutes) up the last step "burning lead-out". It stayed on that for over 15 minutes before closing as completed.

Any ideas on what the problem could be?

Cheers,
Boris

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ScottW wrote on 4/16/2007, 10:43 AM

If the DVD plays fine, then what you encountered is normal and there is no problem.

Since you had very little actual data on the DVD, a long lead-out was burnt. This takes time.

--Scott

borlavrin wrote on 4/16/2007, 11:54 AM

Thanks Scott - will try again with a good size project and come back if needed.

Cheers,
Boris

johnmeyer wrote on 4/16/2007, 12:00 PM

I will bet that you were burning to DVD-R. The lead-out time for DVD-R can take a LONG time. I always burn DVD-R, however, because historically, you can make more compatible discs (although with the proper technique, many claim that DVD+R can be just as compatible). Anyway, stick with DVD-R (which I assume you are using), and as Scott says, if the result plays OK, don't worry about it.

P.S. If you want to use re-writeable discs, and if your player can play DVD+RW, I HIGHLY recommend using them rather than DVD-RW for exactly the reason you have run into. I make test DVDs all the time using DVD+RW, and they finish MUCH faster, especially with little test burns. Often, I can be done in 30-45 seconds and play the disc right away. By contrast, with DVD-RW, that lead-out can make even a twenty second test disc take four minutes or more to burn.

MPM wrote on 4/18/2007, 9:02 AM

Just trivia john FWIW...
I *think* the longer burn time with -RW is because the disc has to be closed -- +RW do not. Formatting/erasing is also different.

jdachik wrote on 4/19/2007, 8:06 AM

I work at a Media company that gets lots of 30 second commercials on DVD from Production houses, TV stations, etc. If you ever see a 30 second DVD-Video (in other words, formatted for a DVD player) burned on DVD+R, versus one burned on a DVD-R, look at the back side of the disc. The DVD+R uses just a slim little ring right at the center, while the DVD-R uses a thick ring that extends about 1/2 -2/3 of an inch from the center. So a DVD-R finalization process burns through a fairly large portion of the disc even when the actual video material is very minimal.

I use DVD-R exclusively - we've had pretty bad luck with the DVD+R's we get in.

borlavrin wrote on 4/20/2007, 3:16 AM

Thanks for the feedback everyone, and yes, I am trying to use DVR-R and -RW.

As it turned out, it only worked that once!. I did some further testing and it seems to work fine with DVD+R or +RW. It appears to be a definite format glitch. Our family and friends use (-) format and I would like to resolve that if possible.

Cheers,
Boris

ScottW wrote on 4/20/2007, 7:13 PM

It's not a glitch - it's the way it works. +R does not require a minimum of 1GB of data burned to the DVD, -R does.

You are just going to have to deal with it unless you find a burner that will burn a short lead-out on -R (not common).

borlavrin wrote on 4/20/2007, 8:12 PM

WoW... what are you saying? I could not find information showing that a minimum size is needed.

Is this for video only? I have no problem burning any size data files on to a DVD.

Boris

borlavrin wrote on 4/21/2007, 8:12 AM

I did another test with 28 min video, well over 1 GB, and the result is the same >> stalled at 'lead-out'.

Architect Studio claims to burn on DVD-RW. Here, It does not. The same project is being burned correctly by Roxio 7.5 and Nero 6.

My DVD Architect Studio 3.0b is part of the 'Movie Studio+DVD 6.0b' suite. Those interested in that box can make their own conclusions.

Boris