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

[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?

 

[PapaJohn]

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.

 

[pr0gram]

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

 

[Ken]

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

 

[Guest]

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

 

[PapaJohn]

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.