New to Creator 2009, Tried to take some videos that I have that are in .mpg,.wmv or video file and make a dvd. Used videowave and got all the videos i wanted together and then using MyDvd selecting dvd movie and best quality I made the movie, when I tried to burn them the first took 12 1/2 hours to complete I turn everything on the computer off hopefully to help speed up the burn and when I tried to play it on my dvd player it said cannot play(Sony dvd player bought 2008), I then tried on my computer Under windows media player it shows as unknown dvd and would not play so i looked on the disc it show roxioplasma file and video_ts files. why cant I play and watvh these files and why is it taking so long to burn a dvd?

A few suggestions.

If your DVD burner can handle DVD-RW media then burn to RW DVDs until you create a succesful burn that is playable.
Also don't try to do too much at first - start with a simple project: a single short movie till you have the mechanics down.
12.5 hours for the encoding does seem excessive. What are your computer specs, especially video card? How long in time is your project?
Could you list exactly all the settings your are using when burning from myDVD?
First burning to an iso (image) file or Video_TS folder on your hard drive is also a good idea. This would show if there are any problems with rendering before you even get to the actual burn.

I tried as you said the first one worked and burn speed was descent when I tried to do another one the same way It didn't work would not play on either the dvd or the computer just as before the second one was 1hr and 43 min. long took 1 1/2 to burn and complete. The first was done with myDvd with menus the second was done with mydvd without menus so i tried it again with menus, didn't work. I used settings "Fit to Disc" and made sure I choose the option that it was a DVD mpeg-2. I am working on a HP a1710n computer with Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit, My video is Nvidia GeForce 7600GS, I even tried to lower the burn speed to 2.0x and tried that. Hopefully I can get this fixed

Don't burn directly to DVD and don't use the Fit-to-Disc option, the HQ quality. Burn to an iso image file (uncheck burn to disc and check the create image file). Then use Video COpy & Convert to burn to DVD.

A standard 4.7GB DVD will hold 60 minutes of video so you 1:43 hour video has to be compressed a lot to fit on the DVD with a loss of quality.

What make of DVDs are you using? Verbatim is among the best.

I tried 3 types of DVD's Maxell DVD-R,Dvd+R and DVD-RW in SP mode. I will try try that with the copy & convert
Thank You For your help!!!!

Don't burn directly to DVD and don't use the Fit-to-Disc option, the HQ quality. Burn to an iso image file (uncheck burn to disc and check the create image file). Then use Video COpy & Convert to burn to DVD.

A standard 4.7GB DVD will hold 60 minutes of video so you 1:43 hour video has to be compressed a lot to fit on the DVD with a loss of quality.

What make of DVDs are you using? Verbatim is among the best.
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IMO, Maxells are near the bottom of the barrels media

Have you tried to create a small, perhaps 10-15 minute project to RW media?

I tried to do one that is 23 min long created an .iso of it used video convert onto a Maxell DVD-R it didnt play and when I tried it on the computer from the disc all it does is cycles while in the drive could it be the DVD-R or the DVD+R disc that I am using? Because when I used Windows movie maker I used them and was able to get movies made sometimes it took a few disc. That is why I got Creator 2009 because my windows movie maker is acting up and doesn't want to fix even after a full recovery
. Any other ideas?

What part of DUMP THE MAXELLS did you not understand? Get VERBATIM.

Also, make sure your burner has the latest firmware update installed. You will have to go to the manufacturer's website to get it.

easy now !!!!!!! okay wanted to try everything first