How do you Burn your MM2 movies to DVD...

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Ken

I have been having a lot of trouble the last 2 weeks just
trying to transfer some old VHS tapes to DVD. I have the
capture down using the Dazzle DVC 150. I capture it into
the "Pinnacle Studio 8 Quick Start" that came with it but
although that product has some nice things, it caused me
to create several coasters because the burned DVDs didn't
play right. So, I decided to give MM2 a try. It doesn't
have as many features but I don't need them for what I'm
doing. So, after editing the captured video in MM2 and
then saveing it I imported the video into myDVD for
burning. I added a simple menu with the one button and
pressed "burn". Now myDVD hangs after "transcoding"
about 80% of the movie. Help...what do others do?
P.S. When I used pinnacle it took several hours to
render. Now, using MM2 and myDVD, it seems I have to
wait for that process to be done twice. Is this just the
way it is?
 
Yes Ken, that's the way it is. MM2 renders a WMV or a DV-AVI file. Then
MyDVD has to render an MPEG2 file, and then use the MPEG2 file to burn the
DVD.
 
It works fine for me (Record in MM2, burn in MyDVD)
it just takes a long time to work, and also my version of MyDVD fixes it
into "Best" quality when it imports a WMV, meaning I can only fit 60min on a
DVD :(

-- pr0gram
 
Is there a history of myDVD hanging on others? I gave it
7 hours this time with no progress before killing it.
When it hangs does it tend to always hang for every
movie, or only if the movie has a certain something in
it? What I'm trying to decide is whether to start over
with this movie, try a different one, or upgrade myDVD. I
have 4.5 which came with my computer and I hate to
upgrade just because the software isn't working! (No
gaurantee the new version will solve my problem.)
Thanks,
Ken
 
In MM2, I did a lot of dividing up of the original clip
in order to add effects (brighten dark video) and some of
the created clips were small. I used a couple of moving
titles at the beginning, a credit at the end and a few
transitions. In myDVD I added a wedding motion menu.
Thats it. Does anything there sound like something that
gives the "transcoding" process trouble?
Thanks,
Ken
 
Hi Ken,

I'd try a really short movie just to test the process. There are two
independent ones:

The first is making the movie in MM2. If that works and you can play it back
fine after saving it to your hard drive - try both WMV (maybe the 'best for
your computer" choice) and DV-AVI formats.

Then try using both saved files in MyDVD, which should accept either type.
Add the titles, create the animated buttons and background, and burn a test
DVD.

If the process doesn't work someplace, then you'll need to address it before
making your movies. Starting over in MM2 to simplify the movie isn't needed.
 
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