Photo Show Video Won't Burn To Dvd

[Jenn32152]

Not sure if this is the best place to post....but I'm having the same problem as above, however there is lots of space on my hard drive. I've made a photo show video using Roxio 2010....which I've done successfully in the past. This one is of my trip to Europe and I've promised copies to 25 other people that were also on the trip. The video is about 25 minutes long. It says it has burned successfully, however the DVD is blank. I've attached the DxDiag file as suggested above.

Thanks for any help you can give me.

DxDiag.txt

[Jenn32152]

Okay, deleting the .dat file totally worked....as far as seeing the pictures in the Storyline view. Thank you.

 

However, I cannot find the window that allows me to resize the photos. When I click on "Show Settings"....I got a message that says "It is not possible to dock the settings dialog at the current display resolution". I can't find anywhere that allows me to resize photos as shown in your screen shot...... Could you please give me some more direction? Thanks!!

[bimicher]

Thank you all for your help. I resized ALL my trip pictures as this was going to be much faster than going through each of the pictures and trying to figure out which ones I used in the video. Next time I will be sure to put the photos I use into a separate file (however, after all this I don't think I'll attempt it again). I still have all the original photos on my camera card. After a couple of failed attempts this morning, I finally was able to burn the whole thing to disc with no missing pictures!

So again....thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I have a whole new appreciation for these types of forums.

 

Glad you finally got it working.

 

The first thing I would now do is to copy all the original pictures from your camera card to an archive location, ie make a backup (or 2) of the originals, unmodified. files.

[sknis]

You are welcome, come back if you have another question in the future ! I hope everyone will enjoy the video.

[Jenn32152]

Thank you all for your help. I resized ALL my trip pictures as this was going to be much faster than going through each of the pictures and trying to figure out which ones I used in the video. Next time I will be sure to put the photos I use into a separate file (however, after all this I don't think I'll attempt it again). I still have all the original photos on my camera card. After a couple of failed attempts this morning, I finally was able to burn the whole thing to disc with no missing pictures!

So again....thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I have a whole new appreciation for these types of forums.

[Jenn32152]

Sorry, I do see now that my question about copying the photos was posted and answered by Myguggi.

 

Please disregard my last post...........and thanks for your answer. I should have done it that way, but unfortunately didn't (

[bimicher]

Hello again,

 

I thought I sent my question earlier today, but now it's not here......maybe I didn't hit post.

 

In regard to copying the pictures prior to resizing them.....I'm wondering if I can just resize ALL the photos instead of copying just the missing ones. That would save me alot of time...trying to figure out which ones are the missing ones? I keep additional copies of my photos on an external drive.... Thanks again for your help....

 

I don't know to which question you are referring or what it was about.

 

As long as you have a good backup of your original photo files you could resize all of them. Just make sure you do not resize the originals because you never know when you might need them. Once you have resized you have lost some resolition and quality.

But didn't you state that you had them all over your system? Wouldn't it be just as quick then to copy all the pictures you used into one project folder and resize there?

[Jenn32152]

Hello again,

 

I thought I sent my question earlier today, but now it's not here......maybe I didn't hit post.

 

In regard to copying the pictures prior to resizing them.....I'm wondering if I can just resize ALL the photos instead of copying just the missing ones. That would save me alot of time...trying to figure out which ones are the missing ones? I keep additional copies of my photos on an external drive.... Thanks again for your help....

[bimicher]

This is going to be painstakingly slow to figure out the blacked out photos and then copy each one individually. I'm probably missing something here.........but I do have all my photos saved in more than one spot....so wouldn't it be alot easier to just resize ALL the trip photos from the original files?

Is your #1 step of copying the blacked out photos into a new folder just a precautionary step in case I lose the photos? Is there a reason I can't just resize all of them? Thanks so much for your help with this!

 

Put copies of all the photos used in your project into a "project" folder. and resize only those; that way your original photos are never touched. I always create a project folder into which I copy all the source files used in a project. This would also make it easy to move a project to another location if the need ever occurs. You can also make a backup of the folder and update it regularly.

[sknis]

yes, you can resize them all but make a copy first.

[bimicher]

My screen resolution is set to 1366 x 768. I can lower the first number but the second number stays the same.....

 

My laptop has the same "maximum settings". It is the best you can get. Everything will still work you just can't dock any of the "selectors".

[Jenn32152]

This is going to be painstakingly slow to figure out the blacked out photos and then copy each one individually. I'm probably missing something here.........but I do have all my photos saved in more than one spot....so wouldn't it be alot easier to just resize ALL the trip photos from the original files?

Is your #1 step of copying the blacked out photos into a new folder just a precautionary step in case I lose the photos? Is there a reason I can't just resize all of them? Thanks so much for your help with this!

[Jenn32152]

Ok, I found the Resize button! Thanks....

 

Does it matter where I copy the images from....for instance, can I just copy them from the Storyline view into the new file? Or do I have to figure out which photo is missing....go back into the original file to copy each one into the new file? Would it be easier to just resize all my original photos?

[cdanteek]

My screen resolution is set to 1366 x 768. I can lower the first number but the second number stays the same.....

 

A laptop correct?

 

Laptops weren't made for what folks try and use them for today.

 

The Game Capture Forum and Video forums are full of underpowered laptops trying to grind out (encoding) video or trying to capture and stream video.

[Jenn32152]

My screen resolution is set to 1366 x 768. I can lower the first number but the second number stays the same.....

[bimicher]

Okay, deleting the .dat file totally worked....as far as seeing the pictures in the Storyline view. Thank you.

 

However, I cannot find the window that allows me to resize the photos. When I click on "Show Settings"....I got a message that says "It is not possible to dock the settings dialog at the current display resolution". I can't find anywhere that allows me to resize photos as shown in your screen shot...... Could you please give me some more direction? Thanks!!

 

This is only regarding the "it is not possible ..." message. This happens if your display settings are set to low. For the "docking" to work, your display setting has to be at least 1280x1024. What screen display resolution do you have set?

[sknis]

Sorry, I may have confused you by saying "Built -in" I meant that it was part of the Creator 2010 Suite; not part of Video Wave. I'm showing Creator 2012 so your screen may be different.

 

 

 

If you are careful and want to save some time

 

1) Make a copy of the images that show black and put them in a new folder.

2) Go to the original folder and add the images that show black to Enhance Multiple Photos.

3) Adjust the size as shown.

4) Save the files in the same location where you originally had them. Make sure that the location and name were not changed.

5) When you reopen Video Wave, those resized images should be in place.

6) Right click on a photo to look at the details to confirm that they have been resized.

7) You may have a couple that don't update so you will have to replace them.

[Jenn32152]

@ myguggi - yes the pictures are missing from the ISO file.

 

@sknis - thank you. I will try this today.....

[sknis]

The "crinkly" image in the timeline or story line view is due to a corrupted .dat file. Navigate to your project and delete the dat file that has the same name as your project.

 

The files you are working with are too large. The ones that are 1-3 MB but the program has problems with those that are larger than that. It happens to a lot of people. Use the built in "Emhance Multiple Photos" to resize them. . You will not see any loss of clarity since you will be making a standard DVD which is 720 by 480 lines of resolution. Much less resolution than your images.

 

If all your friends have blu ray players that play the AVCHD codecs, you might consider making an AVCHD disc. It is high definition :video" burned onto a standard DVD using a standard optical drive (burner) Your project would fit with no issues. In that case, you will want to make the resize to a different option.

 

Note - always work with copies and not originals so you maintain the originals just in case.:

 

[Jenn32152]

The file size of the pictures are all different. Some are 1 MB and some are 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 MB's.

 

When I'm in VideoWave, where you add the photos......I noticed that most of the pictures are all crinkly looking in the smaller panels on the bottom...you can't see the pictures...they are sort of clouded over. You can only see the actual picture in the larger preview window. I decided to go through and replace each of the pictures...with the same picture, and what I'm noticing is that once I replace the picture I can now see it clearly in the smaller panel windows....it's no longer clouded over. I'm wondering if the pictures got corrupted somehow while I was trying to get the DVD to burn.... Is it normal to not be able to see the pictures clearly in VideoWave?

 

I guess I'll go through and replace all the pictures and then try burning again. It'll take me all day tomorrow likely to do that....

 

In the meantime, I'll download that software player you suggested and then answer your question about whether the pictures are missing in the ISO file.

 

Any other suggestions?

 

Thanks for all your help. If I were to download the updated version for future projects am I likely to have all this trouble? If so, then this will be the last one I ever do (

[bimicher]

I don't know how to play the ISO file. When I try to open it, the Roxio Creator file opens and the only choice is to burn it. When I burned it to a disc, the pictures were missing.

 

I went back and switched two of the missing pictures with other pictures as you suggested....then burned to a DVD again to see what happened. Both pictures were there, but in one case the previous picture was now missing. Do you think it's too long....there are over 300 pictures...........and I'd guess that at least a third of them are missing. Also I noticed that in some cases, the text that I put at the bottom of the photo panel was still there, but no picture.........and in other cases, the text and the picture are missing. I don't know what else to do??? Maybe I should go back and reinsert the same pictures, just to see if that helps. Going through alot of DVD's.....

 

Can you tell me know to play the ISO file?

 

You can download a free software player (which many of us use) called VlC from the website www.videolan.org.

 

What is the file size of your pictures?

[Jenn32152]

I don't know how to play the ISO file. When I try to open it, the Roxio Creator file opens and the only choice is to burn it. When I burned it to a disc, the pictures were missing.

 

I went back and switched two of the missing pictures with other pictures as you suggested....then burned to a DVD again to see what happened. Both pictures were there, but in one case the previous picture was now missing. Do you think it's too long....there are over 300 pictures...........and I'd guess that at least a third of them are missing. Also I noticed that in some cases, the text that I put at the bottom of the photo panel was still there, but no picture.........and in other cases, the text and the picture are missing. I don't know what else to do??? Maybe I should go back and reinsert the same pictures, just to see if that helps. Going through alot of DVD's.....

 

Can you tell me know to play the ISO file?

[bimicher]

Yes, when I created the image file, I did uncheck the burn to disc file.

 

The missing pictures show up when I go back to videowave and run through the production. Also when I send it to My DVD and preview....all the pictures show up. I was able to burn to a disc just now and it worked.....except there are missing pictures. I will go back and do as you suggest...exchange the pictures for ones that work to test it....

 

Thanks again for your help!

 

Do you have the missing pictures when you play the iso file?

[Jenn32152]

Yes, when I created the image file, I did uncheck the burn to disc file.

 

The missing pictures show up when I go back to videowave and run through the production. Also when I send it to My DVD and preview....all the pictures show up. I was able to burn to a disc just now and it worked.....except there are missing pictures. I will go back and do as you suggest...exchange the pictures for ones that work to test it....

 

Thanks again for your help!

[bimicher]

Here is a screen shot of the settings you asked about.....

 

When you create an image file (or folder set) uncheck the "burn to disc" box.. It will prevent a lot of coasters if there is a problem with the project. You can always burn the iso file to a DVD later if there is no problem after playing the iso file.

 

As to the pictures missing they may well be the problem. As a test, you could replace the problem pictures with one that works (could be one you already used, we are only testing here. See the advantage of using an image file for testing?)

 

Did you also get the missing pictures when you played the Preview?

 

Sometimes "missing" pictures occur if the pictures are too "large". What is the file size of the "missing" pictures.

 

Creating video projects is "NOT EASY" despite what the manufacturers claim unless you create the most simple projects. There are a a lot of parameters, formats, etc involved.

[Jenn32152]

Here is a screen shot of the settings you asked about.....