I have tried it many ways. My typical post burn test is to just put it back into my DVD drive to see if Media Player picks it up. I then put it into a Sony and then Panasonic DVD player. Generally speaking, if my computer DVD-ROM player, where it was burned, doesn't see it then others won't as well.

Andrew

Sounds like there is some sort of compatibility issue with the +R format then. I'm using -R and haven't had any trouble getting the disks to play back.

I just burned a DVD-R with six chapters on the main menu, using a Sony DRU-500. The disc starts correctly on two desktops and a laptop. But after you play a selection or you Stop it doesn't go back to the main menu, it goes back to the DVD player splash screen. This happens on all three machines.

It doesn't even load or start correctly on a JVC stand-alone player. Sometimes it loads correctly on a Panasonic, sometimes it doesn't. If it loads on the Panasonic it also does not return to the main menu after playing a clip or receiving a Stop command. And it refuses to even load after that, you have to reload the DVD several times before the menu appears.

I haven't begun any troubleshooting yet but if I find anything I'll be sure to post.

I found out what was going wrong with my process. There appears to be something wrong with DVDA's burn engine. When I used RecordNow to burn a CD from the Audio_TS and Video_TS files the resulting DVD worked pefectly in every system. So my process for now will be:

1. Create content with Vegas 4.0
2. Author and image DVD's with DVD Architect
3. Bur DVD's from DVDA images with 3rd-part software (RecordNow)

I'm guessing that SoFo will be correcting this in a bug fix. Hope this helps others!

Thanks for the hints. I thought about that, I have no problem making the DVDA file, but how do I just create the Audio_TS and Video_TS folders and not burn a DVD? My only option is Burn. The Test but not burn button is grayed out. I would definitely go this route.

Andrew

Andrew:

You should see three selectitions:

1. Prepare DVD
2. Burn DVD
3. Prepare DVD and Burn

The Prepare DVD option allows you to create the DVD image to any directory you specify, even when that hasn't been created yet. This builds your Audio_TS and Video_TS directories. All I did was burn those to the DVD and everything worked.

Good luck!

Does anyone know if the soon to be released update will fix this type of haphazard burning problem?

Andrew

I'm having the same problem with DVD-R. It does all the burning successfully, but doesn't play on any players I use. I burn DVDs with Pinnacle Studio 8 and they work fine with the same burner/players. Also, the test button is grayed out. I looked in 'My DVD' files and noticed there were no Audio_TS files. What am I doing wrong?

I am having the exact same problem as well. Not much help here, just saying... there sure seems to be a problem.