Hello. I just finished making a video using EMC v10.0 Build 100B44B ENU. I rendered it, burned it to a DVD and just watched it. For some reason, about 5 of my pictures do not show up within the video--the text effects for the pictures show up but the pictures aren't there (it's just a black screen with the text effects in the foreground).

I opened Videowave and verified that the pictures missing are indeed there. However, when I play the video in Videowave, the same pictures missing on the DVD viewing aren't showing up. These pictures are for sure there--any ideas on how I can fix this? Also, if I upgraded to EMC 2009, will I be able to use my video productions created in EMC v10?

Thanks

Roxio is not good with backward compatibility… But I think the video may work? But the problem will remain…

No one click solution for this one! In MyDVD try going to Edit Movie (VW like interface) and delete the Dark pics then add them again.

It won't work if you do it in VW, changes are not recognized by MyDVD – although they should be.

Let us know if that helps.

Thanks. I ended up rendering it in Software Mode instead of Hardware Mode and that worked! Funny thing is, I've used Hardware Mode on all the many previous productions I've created and that always worked. Also, when you ask Roxio to decide what to use, it still picks Hardware. Anyway, the problem is solved.

Thanks

My video card is like that, always picks HW and does a horrible job with it!

The SW render has worked for some people experiencing black pictures but not for all! That is why I said there was no 'One Click' solution.

We are working on a long thread in 2009 right now and SW made no difference. ~ very frustrating for all concerned!!!

But it did work for you and that is what counts

Well, as it turned out, it didn't work--I thought it did, but after burning 25 DVDs (the Sony Dual-Layer +R $$$$$ DVDs), I am missing multiple pictures throughout my entire production. This is so frustrating--I have spent countless hours trying to perfect this presentation and the result is terrible. I just don't understand what is happening--I have used EMC 10 many times in the past and never had this problem. After I posted the original question, I changed the rendering to Software Mode and then only looked at the slides that were in black after the first time I created the ISO and they were there (so I assumed all of them would be there). However, after I burned all of these DVDs and distributed them, people have called me and said that they are missing pictures and lo and behold, it is missing probably 50 images total! I just don't know what to do--I have spent so much time on this that I don't know if upgrading to 2009 will be the solution or not and even if it is the solution, I'm concerned that I won't be able to add my Videowave Projects from EMC 10 to the MyDVD Production of EMC 2009. Please advise--I need to get this resolved.

Thanks

Well its definitely time to get some DVD RWs so you can experiment and erase if (when?) the pictures don't show up. So you went from about five pictures not showing up to 50? The wrong direction for sure. Start saving your project with different endings each edit, for example 0227a, 0227b, 0228a, etc. so you have a fall back position. I'd advise taking out the photos that are not working, and maybe adding 2 or 3 at a time. If it works, save it as "0228ok" or something like that, then add more pictures. Tedious, but it should work. And again, get some Verbatim RWs

That is good advice--I will get some DVD RW's to experiment with. However, I am rendering my production yet another time and I've gone in and checked on it and am noticing that different pictures than before are showing up as black slides during the actual rendering process, so I know that I am going to still have this same problem this go around.

Question--if I upgrade to EMC 2009, will I be able to add my EMC v10.0 Videowave Projects to the EMC 2009 MyDVD Program? Do you think this will resolve the issue?

Thanks for your help.

Answering your last question first, no, I can't see any reason as to why Creator 2009 would be any more successful completing the project you are working on. I like EMC10 so much, I haven't switched yet!

Now your issue is perplexing. You are saying that pictures are randomly not showing up in a rendered version? For example, photo no. 53 appeared one time, then disappeared? And a related question I just thought of -- if you save a project named, say 0228b, and it showed picture 52 OK, are you saying if you re-rendered 0228b sometime thereafter, picture 52 might disappear?

What is the total length (in time, not size) of your production, and do you have a guestimate as to how many photos you have in it?

A couple more things to poke at…

In the recent 2009 discussion of a similar problem 2 things were mentioned that we haven't brought up in this thread. In that discussion, Here, the OP has not responded for 6 days so it is another thread that we don't know how it turned out…

One item is, Tools – Options – Proxy files:, clear the Proxyfiles. (sometimes they get stuck – usually if a flaw is in them )

Next thing is the source of pictures… You did mention PhotoShop and that does seem to be a common thread in cases where this problem is showing up…

I suggest this, first copy your pictures to a safe location – always prudent!

Then under Photo – Edit – select Enhance Multiple Photos.

Add and Select all of the photos. Then pick something simple and harmless like Convert and convert them all to the same picture file format…

Be sure you Accept and when you click on the big OK at the bottom, Save!

I would like to thank everyone for helping me out with this. Fortunately, I was able to fix the problem, but it took me a couple of rendering sessions to fix it.

I have a GEForce8600 Video Card, so I downloaded and installed the latest driver then switched back to Render with Hardware. After it finished rendering, I was able to open the ISO with Windows Media Player and watch it on my computer (verses burning it to a DVD and then finding the error). Lo and behold, the missing pictures were back--all but 3 of them. I then restarted the computer, disabled my NIC card, virus protection, screen saver, wall paper, etc. then rendered it again, and this time, every picture was there. I then repeated this process on my 2nd video production and all of the pictures came through.

I am burning my productions to DVD now and am checking them on my DVD Player and fast-forwarding and all the pictures are there (no more black screens). It's important to note that I didn't make any modifications to my Videowave or MyDVD Projects--I really didn't know what to change because all the pictures were there and when I viewed the video with MyDVD prior to creating the ISO, everything worked fine.

Thanks to all who helped me out.

ScreenSavers, wall paper, etc can interupt the rendering.burning process and may cause all sorts of error.

Glad it worked out.

For your future productions, try and reduce as much as possible anything that could cause a gremlin to mess up your production; as Walt said, screensavers popping on is an example.

I always pull the plug on my internet connection while rendering. Oh, if your married and your spouse has a portable heater on the same circuit as your pc (but on another side of the room), you may want to take away the heater before it trips the circuit and you need to start all over again. Not that this ever happened to me ...