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[scrogs]

I have glitches in my burned DVD video/audio slideshows when played on each of several external DVD players. The glitches are momentary stoppages at different points in a given slideshow. At each of these points, the slideshow hesitates for 1-2 seconds and then continues smoothly until the next point.

I use Roxio Creator 2010/MyDVD12 in my HP m7750n computer with Vista Home Premium operating system and HP DVD writers 1140r and 1260d. This problem has occurred in several different and distinct slideshows burned over several months. Prior to burning DVDs, the slideshows preview OK in Creator 2010 Slideshow Assistant and in MyDVD12. In addition, the DVDs play OK on the HP DVD drives installed in the computer.

I have burned with different DVD-R discs (Sony, Memorex, Staples and lately JVC Professional quality), different external DVD writers (lately LG SuperMulti mini drive) and different burn speeds (6X-16X). I have played the resulting DVD slideshows on different external DVD players (lately, on a high quality Panasonic DMR-EZ48VK) and the glitches still persist.

Has anyone had this problem and,  if yes, how did you overcome the problem?.

[sknis]

scrogs, on 03 October 2011 - 09:49 AM, said:

I have glitches in my burned DVD video/audio slideshows when played on each of several external DVD players. The glitches are momentary stoppages at different points in a given slideshow. At each of these points, the slideshow hesitates for 1-2 seconds and then continues smoothly until the next point.

I use Roxio Creator 2010/MyDVD12 in my HP m7750n computer with Vista Home Premium operating system and HP DVD writers 1140r and 1260d. This problem has occurred in several different and distinct slideshows burned over several months. Prior to burning DVDs, the slideshows preview OK in Creator 2010 Slideshow Assistant and in MyDVD12. In addition, the DVDs play OK on the HP DVD drives installed in the computer.

I have burned with different DVD-R discs (Sony, Memorex, Staples and lately JVC Professional quality), different external DVD writers (lately LG SuperMulti mini drive) and different burn speeds (6X-16X). I have played the resulting DVD slideshows on different external DVD players (lately, on a high quality Panasonic DMR-EZ48VK) and the glitches still persist.

Has anyone had this problem and,  if yes, how did you overcome the problem?.

WoW,  you've done a lot of troubleshooting.  I'm surprised thats the discs play OK on your computer but not on a number of different DVD players.   Usually it is one or the other.

Are you burning directly to a disc or are you burning to an image (ISO)  file and then using the application on the Home menu to burn the ISO file to the disc?   You can play the image file on your computer using the free VLC player to check it before burning it.

Do you have your anti-virus actively checking everything being written to your hard drive and/or to the burner?  Sometimes that would be a encode/check/write  sequence with the check process slowing things down.

Check your virtual memory settings.  If you have them adjusted, make sure they are either Windows controlled or that you have set the virtual memory high enough (1 1/2 times your actual memory is one suggestion).

Another thing you might try.  In Slide Show Assistant, in the last step, select to complete the slide show in Video Wave - which is the preferred application the suite --  do any minor adjustments and then select to output/export the slide show to a file.  Select to output to a mpg2 for DVD, best quality file.  Open MyDVD and then make that ISO file and then burn the ISO file to a disc. - with or without menu.

I have no idea why you are getting the problem but perhaps this slightly longer process will help.

By the way, when you go to encode to the image file, you may see a gray screen with the words mpg.  This is normal and simply means that the video file is already DVD compliant.

Get some RW discs to try also so you don't have to make a lot of coasters.  VLC should help there also.

Update your video card drivers.

[scrogs]

Thanks Sknis.

1. I burn directly to the discs. I did burn an image file and opened it with VLC to see if that worked; upon opening with VLC, the slideshow played well for about 20 seconds and then the video froze up with the audio going along uninterupted.

2. I don't know if Norton 360 is checking what I burn to discs; I've gone to Norton help to see if I could find the answer and I did not.

3. I don't know how to set virtual memory. I went to Start, asked for virtual memeory and got nothing. I asked for System Iformation and got nothing there I felt applied. So, how do I set this up if I let Windows do it? Or, how do I set it up manually (are you indicating 1 1/2 x RAM)?

4. I will try to complete the slide show in Video Wave; I believe Slide Show Assistant automatically files a Video Wave file for each image in the various slideshows. In Roxio Program Data I see I now have the following: 373 MB in 1,907 files in VideoWave9 and 2.21 GB in 3,007 files in VideoWave 12.

Thanks also for the RW disc advice on eliminating "coasters".

I'd appraciate your response to my comments above and to the areas that I have questioned in item 3.

Thanks again.

[sknis]

Type in Virtual Memory in Windows Help.

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There is no good reason for VLC to hang on the image file.  How did you make it?  - MyDVD, when you select burn, uncheck the burn to disc and check create image file (ISO).  Name the file and select where you want it placed.  Once it is completed, you can just drag the file to the VLC window.

Here is a change from previous versions of Creator and Easy Media Creator.  I just noticed it and it may not be the same for you unless you have a Premimum Membership for PhotoShow.  In previous versions, you had a choice what to do with the slide show.  One of the choices was complete in Video Wave (Edit-Video-Advanced).  In my copy, Slide Slow Assistant automatically goes to Video Wave.  Video Wave files are pssd for slide show (assistant) or dmsm for Video Wave productions.  There are some files like a dat file that goes with them.

Again, there are no images or music or anyhting in those files, they are roadmaps to the project (sort of a lot of shortcuts).

Did/do yiou have Easy Media Creator 9 on your computer?   Those slide shows will not open easliy, if at all in Creator 2010.

Please turn off the Registry Cleaner in Norton 360.  It will cause you more problems than you want.

[scrogs]

I made the image file as you said to do so using MyDVD and selected burn, unchecked the burn to disc block and checked create image file block. I named it and placed it in the video folder. Then I opened VLC and dragged the image file to VLC and it played, as I said, for about 22 seconds when the video froze and the audio continued on.

I do not think I have a Premium membership for PhotoShow. However Creator 10 Slide Show Assistant has a block for “Edit in Video Wave” using more advanced editing features. I  searched both in Roxio and in the Video folders and did not find any pssd files; I did find many “canned” dmsm files that had a 2009 creation date (original files for Creator  2010 I supposed). I will read the manual about Editing in Video Wave and try that production method later.

I do not have Creator 9 on my computer and Norton Registry Cleaner is set not to autoclean.

Thanks again for your support.

[gi7omy]

Turn the Norton OFF and never use it
It WILL cause you problems

Edited by gi7omy, 04 October 2011 - 08:51 PM.