movie maker won't detect cd drive

[steve]

I have created a movie with movie maker 2. I can save to
my hard drive, but can't to a cd because an error reads
that "a recordable cd drive was not detected."

I've tried the two fixes suggested - 1. stop and remove
the cd drive then reinsert and restart; 2. stop the
imap.exe process in task manager. Did 1, and imap.exe was
not running on task manager list.

Next, to make sure cd drive was working, I burned a song
onto a cd-r and it worked.

Any help would be appreciate.

Steve

 

[PapaJohn \(MVP\)]

Hi Steve,

See the first 'Dated but Timeless Post' on the CD Burning... General page of
www.papajohn.org

PapaJohn

 

[steve]

Thank you, thank you, thank you! It worked. I have same
question as earlier person: If cd drive worked without it
being checked for seemingly everything else, should I go
back and uncheck it when not recording from MM? Are there
downsides to having it checked v. unchecked?

Second question: I'm making cd videos from digital camera
footage. I want to share these. Is MM the most
universally playable way to do that or should I be using
something else that doesn't have such an odd format -
himatt. I saw others with similar questions, but couldn't
tell what answer was. Also, if I do use MM and want
higher quality video on the cd, which higher quality
option of those offered should i use.

Thanks for your help!

Steve

 

[Micky]

Steve I too have this problem. I also would like to know
the answer. I know my burner works fine clone dvd etc. But
movie maker will not detect burner.
Like you if anyone can throw some light on this I would
very much appreciate it.

..Thanks
.........Mick

 

[PapaJohn \(MVP\)]

Glad it worked Steve.

My new laptop has a combo CD/DVD burner and it came unchecked, so I had the
same issue. If I check the option it burns CDs fine, but if I leave it
checked and reboot the computer, I get a message that says it won't be able
to burn a DVD-RAM disc. So I toggle it as needed to burn DVDs and CDs. Not a
problem once you know about it.

CDs burned by MM2 don't play in any of today's DVD players. Maybe early next
year. The format issue is not HighMAT, but WMV. The HighMAT format is for
the menu structure wrapped around the video files. Many of today's DVDs
support HighMAT but only show the audio and still pictures on the disc - not
yet the video WMV files.

But MM2 makes DV-AVI files also, the highest quality digital files you can
make with any software. Make those with MM2 and use the files to make the
CDs and DVDs. See the CD and DVD burning sections of my website for some
software options.

PapaJohn
www.papajohn.org