No Preview on MY DVD / SLide Show (DAT File)

[Dosin]

When I go to MY DVD and I preview the finished product I can click on the video icon as you would on a DVD. However the preview screen turns black and there is no video. Can someone please help. I am not sure if you are suspose to preview the movie in MY DVD

 

I also tried to make a slide show and when I render it to MPEG 2 when it is done and I go to open the file it says it is a DAT file and cannot play. Can someone please help me with this as well?

[ggrussell]

The first one may be a video card problem. Make sure you have updated drivers and DirectX.

 

The second one - the DAT file is not the MPEG output. That is created with a Videowave production file. When you use the 'output to file' option in Videowave, it should automatically use the .MPG file extension.

[Dosin]

Thank you for repling to my problem

 

I have downloaded the latest version of directx and still have the problem. When I render the slide show it says slideshow.mpg but when I open it it says DAT file. Now I get an error message that says cannot render may be a directx problem. Any additional information you can give would be appreciated.

[ggrussell]

When I render the slide show it says slideshow.mpg but when I open it it says DAT file.

What do you mean by 'open it'? All you should do to view it is double click on it in Explorer and it should play in Windows Media Player.

[Dosin]

It says slide show.dat caution you are attempting to open a DAT file. these files are used by the operating system and by various programs, editing or motifying them could damage your system.

 

As for the other problem I am having I now get audio on the preview but a black screen

[ggrussell]

'IT' what? How are you trying to 'open' the MPG file? Which application are you using?

 

As for the blank preview, what video card do you have?