Questions on creating compilations

[erdna]

Hi All:

 

Pursuant to my last post ("Roxio easy dvd copy 4 - won't burn more than one avi ") I have some questions about this whole process:

 

First - is there some upper limit to burning size - I am trying to do 20 Avi's ranging from 10 seconds to 3 minutes - probably about 15 min's total - I wouldn't think this would be an issue

 

Second - I gave up burning direct to DVD as, evey time the program bombs, I waste another DVD, so I am trying to burn an image file - am I correct in understanding that if I get this done successfully, I can directly burn this to a DVD using *ANY* DVD burner and plya it on a normal DVD player (for a TV, not built into a latop)?

 

Third - if I am correct in my previous point, is there a preferred format - Roxio gives three in the dropdown?

 

Fourth - what kind of times are people seeing for the conversion - as I said I have 20 Avis;' and at present after 20 minutes they system has not moved beyond 2%!!! Most of the time it gets to some point and just stops - always different - sometimes 58%, sometimes 2%, sometimes 98%..

 

BTW, I have tried this on three different laptops, so it'snot a simgle machine process

 

Thanks

 

J

[lynn98109]

Hi All:

 

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Second - I gave up burning direct to DVD as, evey time the program bombs, I waste another DVD, so I am trying to burn an image file - am I correct in understanding that if I get this done successfully, I can directly burn this to a DVD using *ANY* DVD burner and plya it on a normal DVD player (for a TV, not built into a latop)?

 

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Get a couple of DVD/RWs to play with. If it doesn't work, erase the disc and try again. If it works, THEN burn to R media

 

Lynn

[erdna]

Get a couple of DVD/RWs to play with. If it doesn't work, erase the disc and try again. If it works, THEN burn to R media

 

Lynn

 

How do you "erase" the RW- once it pops out of the burner - it's toast

[erdna]

How do you "erase" the RW- once it pops out of the burner - it's toast

 

I would still like to hear form anyone on my other questions - specifically burn time. I am presently tryinng to burn 4 avi's to an image - these are 10 sec to 3 minute avis, and again, it stalls out at 86% on the yellow bar. This should be drag, drop and go - Should I just try to get my money back ???

[lynn98109]

I would still like to hear form anyone on my other questions - specifically burn time. I am presently tryinng to burn 4 avi's to an image - these are 10 sec to 3 minute avis, and again, it stalls out at 86% on the yellow bar. This should be drag, drop and go - Should I just try to get my money back ???

 

Video DVD is a very specific format. If the material is not already in that format, it has to be changed (rendered), which can be a very time-consuming process, especially if you have a slow processor and limited memory (the minimum requirements Roxio posts tend toward the joke end of the spectrum). Posting your system specs (including processor, RAM, and Video card) would help someone with the program give you a useful answer.

 

As to the amount that will fit on one Video DVD, it is based on time, not file-size. Generally, about 1 hour of best quality on a standard DVD/R.

 

Also, since file path to erase RW discs varies from Version to Version, you'll need to wait until someone who has this particular program drops by. You hadn't said you were using RW discs - for anything you want to KEEP, use R media. But yes, a failed burn on R media makes it toast.

 

Lynn

[erdna]

 

OK thanks for the response - system is a dell Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T9600@2.8 GHz, 1.59GHZ 3.48 G of ram 148 G HDD WinXP

 

Again the issue is, as I am no where near an hour's worth of file time, it seems odd to have to wait as long as I do - I let the process get to 86% and sit there doing nothing for half an hour before I killed it - this was not a true burn, but an attempt at making an image file. Was this unreasonably quick to kill it? - considering there was no progress after the 86% point for a half an hour - this seems to be the program's preferred sticking point btw,

 

Thx

[bimicher]

OK thanks for the response - system is a dell Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T9600@2.8 GHz, 1.59GHZ 3.48 G of ram 148 G HDD WinXP

 

Again the issue is, as I am no where near an hour's worth of file time, it seems odd to have to wait as long as I do - I let the process get to 86% and sit there doing nothing for half an hour before I killed it - this was not a true burn, but an attempt at making an image file. Was this unreasonably quick to kill it? - considering there was no progress after the 86% point for a half an hour - this seems to be the program's preferred sticking point btw,

 

Thx

 

You left out a very important parameter in your specs - the video graphics adaptor. Since you have a laptop it may have problems handling the video.

How much free space on that hard drive? Has it been defragged lately?

Another option is to slowly build up your project. First pas use perhaps 4-5 clips. If it works, add 4 more the next time. This may indicate if there is a problem with one of those clips. Where did those clips come from?

[erdna]

Video card is NVIDIA Quadro FX 770M Pictures were taken with a polaroid digital camera on movie mode and come out as native avi's

 

Disc was de-fragged in the last few months, ~80 G free space.

[erdna]

OK- I've tried sub sets and mthey all seem to work , just not as a large group. As a desperation, if I create a number of iso files of these subsets and burn them onto a DVD will it work?

[bimicher]

OK- I've tried sub sets and mthey all seem to work , just not as a large group. As a desperation, if I create a number of iso files of these subsets and burn them onto a DVD will it work?

 

No, an iso file is a complete image of a DVD.

 

Did you add a "sub set" to the previous sub set and so build up your complete production? That might tell you at what point it fails.