[WisVikFan]

I hope someone can please help me or I need to take the EMC8 back and get my money back. It has been a huge uphill battle to get this program to work correctly. I had EMC7 with no problems at all. I have installed, uninstalled 5 times, used Roxio zap to clean out old roxio files etc. I put slideshow with photos in videowave, add audio, check preview, click burn project, everything looks great, says 100% complete. Put disc in computer and it flashes and I can hear a buzz from drive, nothing happens. Go to 3 different DVD players, nothing, not title etc. Can someone please tell me if this is finalization problem, what do you think I might be doing wrong that I can't think of. Wife ready to kill me with the hours I am putting in on trying to make this crap work. Also, tried calling roxio support but waited for a half hour and finally hung up.
HP Pavillion A450N
1 Gb memory
Do have Nero 6.3 on computer
I hope someone can help me, thank you.

This post has been edited by WisVikFan: 19 August 2006 - 05:52 AM

[Beerman]

WisVikFan, on Aug 19 2006, 08:49 AM, said:

I hope someone can please help me or I need to take the EMC8 back and get my money back. It has been a huge uphill battle to get this program to work correctly. I had EMC7 with no problems at all. I have installed, uninstalled 5 times, used Roxio zap to clean out old roxio files etc. I put slideshow with photos in videowave, add audio, check preview, click burn project, everything looks great, says 100% complete. Put disc in computer and it flashes and I can hear a buzz from drive, nothing happens. Go to 3 different DVD players, nothing, not title etc. Can someone please tell me if this is finalization problem, what do you think I might be doing wrong that I can't think of. Wife ready to kill me with the hours I am putting in on trying to make this crap work. Also, tried calling roxio support but waited for a half hour and finally hung up.
HP Pavillion A450N
1 Gb memory
Do have Nero 6.3 on computer
I hope someone can help me, thank you.

Can you explore the disc to see if anything is actually written on it? Is your firmware up to date?
If you do have Nero installed with InCD make sure you don't have Drag to Disc installed as well. They don't play well together.

[sknis]

WisVikFan, on Aug 19 2006, 08:49 AM, said:

I hope someone can please help me or I need to take the EMC8 back and get my money back. It has been a huge uphill battle to get this program to work correctly. I had EMC7 with no problems at all. I have installed, uninstalled 5 times, used Roxio zap to clean out old roxio files etc. I put slideshow with photos in videowave, add audio, check preview, click burn project, everything looks great, says 100% complete. Put disc in computer and it flashes and I can hear a buzz from drive, nothing happens. Go to 3 different DVD players, nothing, not title etc. Can someone please tell me if this is finalization problem, what do you think I might be doing wrong that I can't think of. Wife ready to kill me with the hours I am putting in on trying to make this crap work. Also, tried calling roxio support but waited for a half hour and finally hung up.
HP Pavillion A450N
1 Gb memory
Do have Nero 6.3 on computer
I hope someone can help me, thank you.

There are a lot of possibilities.
1) Will the discs play on your computer? Home DVD players can be picky about both home burned DVDs and format (plus or dash R). Yes, there may be a slight difference between the discs created by V7 vs V8.
2) You indicated that you did the project in VideoWave. I assume you saved it. Did you try to burn from VideoWave or did you take the project into MyDVD and burn it from there? If so, try using the iso (image file) options, uncheck the other options. When the file has been created, pen Disc Copier and copy the iso file to the disc.
3) There is a possibility that there is an image, audio file, video file or even timing on a transition that could be causing the problem. When you have your project loaded into VideoWave, click on the output icon (looks like a film reel) output your project to a mpg2 for DVD best quality file. If there is a problem with the file the encoding will stop, note the time and go back to VideoWave to see if there is something going on that could be a problem like the start of a new music cut, the start of a new video clip, timing on a transition, etc.
40 What brand and format disc are you using; you could have a few bad discs in a stack or even a bad stack. Use better quality discs that your burner manufacture recommends.
4) Make sure you have the latest drivers for your video card and other hardware.
5) Se if there is a firmware update for the burner and install that being real careful that you follow directions. There doesn't seem to be much new since 2004. You may want to check at the burner manufacturer web site for new firmware.
6) A buzzing from the burner? They should almost be silent. You could have a bad burner, burner connection, etc.
7) Make sure that you do not have drag-to-disc and InCD installed at the same time. You may just want to uninstall all packet wrting programs unless you really need them. They can take over your burner or worse.

Post back on some of the questions I asked/suggested.

If you are VideoWave and/or MyDVD to burn the file, it is not a finalization issue. My bet is that you have a bad burner; contact HP to get a replacement.

[WisVikFan]

Digital Guru,
1. Have 3 DVd players, none will play discs.
2. Tried to burn in MyDvd
3. Using Sony Dvd-R discs.
4. I have a Sony 710A burner that came with a Nero OEM program but since have updated to 6.3
5. Last update for burner was 2005 but did check and everything seems to be fine.
6. Video card is updated
7. The buzzing I am talking about is the sound the drive makes trying to open either a blank disc or in other cases where there is something wrong with the disc. This is not my DVDrom drive but my dvd drive where you put to play the disc. There is nothing
8. Pretty sure I did not install Nero InCd. I do not believe I have a bad burner because I did find a file I created in Roxio and did burn it with Nero. Unfortunately, It does not have all the nice menu info you get with the Roxio program. Somehow my settings in Roxio are not right.
Questions: When I right clicked on my lower tray Drag to Disc, I got into the settings for non-write and rewritable discs. On both sections, it showed the following:
UDF Version used on this disc
(Checked) UDF version 1.02
(Checked) Also use ISO/Joliet
Leave disc as is

In advanced settings for Drag to Disc, the Turn on Compression box is not checked, should it be?

More Info, when I loaded the disc that doesn't play but showed as 100% burned, in my DVDRom ( L Drive), I went to My Computer, clicked on L Drive, Error message came up with L:| Drive is not accessible
It also indicates there is no disc in the drive when there is one, even though it can't read it.

I strongly believe it is some kind of setting problem but have no clue as to what. Thank you for getting back to me. I am really frustrated with this program from the day I bought it two weeks ago.
Gary

[grandpabruce]

WisVikFan, on Aug 19 2006, 12:35 PM, said:

Digital Guru,
1. Have 3 DVd players, none will play discs.
2. Tried to burn in MyDvd
3. Using Sony Dvd-R discs.
4. I have a Sony 710A burner that came with a Nero OEM program but since have updated to 6.3
5. Last update for burner was 2005 but did check and everything seems to be fine.
6. Video card is updated
7. The buzzing I am talking about is the sound the drive makes trying to open either a blank disc or in other cases where there is something wrong with the disc. This is not my DVDrom drive but my dvd drive where you put to play the disc. There is nothing
8. Pretty sure I did not install Nero InCd. I do not believe I have a bad burner because I did find a file I created in Roxio and did burn it with Nero. Unfortunately, It does not have all the nice menu info you get with the Roxio program. Somehow my settings in Roxio are not right.
Questions: When I right clicked on my lower tray Drag to Disc, I got into the settings for non-write and rewritable discs. On both sections, it showed the following:
UDF Version used on this disc
(Checked) UDF version 1.02
(Checked) Also use ISO/Joliet
Leave disc as is

In advanced settings for Drag to Disc, the Turn on Compression box is not checked, should it be?

More Info, when I loaded the disc that doesn't play but showed as 100% burned, in my DVDRom ( L Drive), I went to My Computer, clicked on L Drive, Error message came up with L:| Drive is not accessible
It also indicates there is no disc in the drive when there is one, even though it can't read it.

I strongly believe it is some kind of setting problem but have no clue as to what. Thank you for getting back to me. I am really frustrated with this program from the day I bought it two weeks ago.
Gary

If you burned that DVD with Drag to Disc, you sure won't get it to play in any DVD player. You can't burn a movie DVD with Drag to Disc, and actually should NEVER use D2D for anything but immediate transfer of data from one computer to another. Using it for anything else is like playing Russian Roulette.

[WisVikFan]

grandpabruce, on Aug 19 2006, 09:39 AM, said:

If you burned that DVD with Drag to Disc, you sure won't get it to play in any DVD player. You can't burn a movie DVD with Drag to Disc, and actually should NEVER use D2D for anything but immediate transfer of data from one computer to another. Using it for anything else is like playing Russian Roulette.

I don't believe I burned the disc with D2D, went through normal MYDvd. In any event, how do I turn off D2D?

[WisVikFan]

grandpabruce, on Aug 19 2006, 09:39 AM, said:

If you burned that DVD with Drag to Disc, you sure won't get it to play in any DVD player. You can't burn a movie DVD with Drag to Disc, and actually should NEVER use D2D for anything but immediate transfer of data from one computer to another. Using it for anything else is like playing Russian Roulette.

I finally realized that EMC8 is not recognizing either of my drives. It looks like Roxio does, but when I go to media manager, it can't find the drives. I have tried to find a way for Roxio to find them but can't. Need advice and thank you for your help. I think once I get my drives found, I might have this program working.
Gary

[Larna]

WisVikFan, on Aug 19 2006, 01:28 PM, said:

I finally realized that EMC8 is not recognizing either of my drives. It looks like Roxio does, but when I go to media manager, it can't find the drives. I have tried to find a way for Roxio to find them but can't. Need advice and thank you for your help. I think once I get my drives found, I might have this program working.
Gary

Did you find a solution to your problem? - I have exactly the same. It says 100% complete when burning disc, but disc then does nothing. I also get a message saying drive not accessible after disc is burned. Disc will not play in PC or in any DVD player. Cannot find properties of disc as drive doesn't even seem to recognise that it is there after it has been burned! Have tried various good brands of DVD-R & DVD+R. Wasted discs, many many hours, & money on buying Roxio My DVD Premier 8!!

My DVD 8 has not flashed up that there are any problems with the production, or with burning. My PC drives play other DVD's with no probs, so they are working OK.

Please help, if you are able, as it is a wedding video, and looks terrific.