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Rufus
First, I'm not certain that this is the correct discussion group for my
problem. If it isn't, could someone tell me where it should be posted.
Here's the situation and problem:
My computer: Dell Dimension E510, 2MB RAM, 3.2GHz CPU, XP Media Center
Edition, Version 2002, Service Pack 2.
For the last several years I have been making home movies for my children
and grandchildren as a Christmas present. I have used Windows Movie Maker for
some but have used Roxio VideoWave more recently. I create the movies as mpg
files. I have burned the DVD with Roxio MyDVD. There have been some problems
with the Roxio products , but I have always - with patience - been able to
get the job done. So I'm doing the same thing now. In fact, I have already
created on the the DVDs for this year, but am still working on the rest.
My usual procedure is to create the mpg movie with VideoWave and then to
check it by viewing it in
The trouble statred a few days ago when I tried to check a recently made
movie. I double click on the movie and Windows Media Player opens and then
produces an error window, saying it is unable to run the movie. I went back
to Roxio and recreated the movie. Same results. I then tried playing an mpg
movie made last year, but got the same error.
Then it gets worse - I think.
Thinking that the problem is somehow with the Media Player software, I
burned a DVD with this problematic mpg, as well as a few others that had
previously run fine in Media Player. I loaded the DVD into my Panasonic DVD
player and got an error message that it was a bad disk. Before the error
message was displayed, the DVD player, in the process of trying to read the
DVD, produced several sounds - sounded to me like grinding. Now, the DVD will
not read any DVD and produces the same sounds right after power on, and on
power off.
That's my - long - story. It would be wonderful if someone out there is an
expert in software as well as DVD players. However, I'd be happy to start
with the computer part.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
problem. If it isn't, could someone tell me where it should be posted.
Here's the situation and problem:
My computer: Dell Dimension E510, 2MB RAM, 3.2GHz CPU, XP Media Center
Edition, Version 2002, Service Pack 2.
For the last several years I have been making home movies for my children
and grandchildren as a Christmas present. I have used Windows Movie Maker for
some but have used Roxio VideoWave more recently. I create the movies as mpg
files. I have burned the DVD with Roxio MyDVD. There have been some problems
with the Roxio products , but I have always - with patience - been able to
get the job done. So I'm doing the same thing now. In fact, I have already
created on the the DVDs for this year, but am still working on the rest.
My usual procedure is to create the mpg movie with VideoWave and then to
check it by viewing it in
The trouble statred a few days ago when I tried to check a recently made
movie. I double click on the movie and Windows Media Player opens and then
produces an error window, saying it is unable to run the movie. I went back
to Roxio and recreated the movie. Same results. I then tried playing an mpg
movie made last year, but got the same error.
Then it gets worse - I think.
Thinking that the problem is somehow with the Media Player software, I
burned a DVD with this problematic mpg, as well as a few others that had
previously run fine in Media Player. I loaded the DVD into my Panasonic DVD
player and got an error message that it was a bad disk. Before the error
message was displayed, the DVD player, in the process of trying to read the
DVD, produced several sounds - sounded to me like grinding. Now, the DVD will
not read any DVD and produces the same sounds right after power on, and on
power off.
That's my - long - story. It would be wonderful if someone out there is an
expert in software as well as DVD players. However, I'd be happy to start
with the computer part.
Any ideas?
Thanks.