DVD Architect Confusion

DBoz699

DBoz699

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Last night I finished burning a DVD for my demo reel, and I included the short reel, and two short films.

I rendered everying in Vegas using DVD architect template. I used the default 29.97 because of the interlace footage that i dont feel like converting to 24p.
Then I rendered out everything in .ac3 .

I created the menu and synced up the sound with the video and it's fine on the comp. I go to burn and it burns properly without problems; but I put it in my DVD player and it doesnt work. I put it in another DVD player and it worked fine.

I tried it again today at school and it worked the 2nd try.

Does anyone know why its doing this?? There arent any scripts or anything on the dvd
 
Hawk > Scroll below and youll see a very recent thread i think its on the same page. DVDArch has been a perrenial problem. Ive also burned some dvds using it and it just wont play on any system. And the suddenly one day it will accept the disk and play a small section before freezing up. We are likely to get sacked if we make out a dvd like that for some professional work.
 
Most who have used DVDA haven't had those problems, though. I know I haven't. There have been some problems with particular media and one particular Pioneer piece-of-crap burner, but not with DVDA itself.
 
from my experience i have found it is not a DVDA problem but more media problem when i use cheap DVD disc ( the ones that are 50 for 5.95) ..
i burn with either Nero or DVDA and depending on Media and/or player i use it may not play back in some ...
the only problem i've had with DVDA 3 was burning dual layer DVD's on a pioneer burner - now use Nero for those ..
 
Im using TDK -R discs

Sony 18x External USB 2.0 Double-Layer DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7996387&st=dvd+burner&type=product&id=1155071062283

But the weird thing is...all the files are the same, but only the Demo Reel plays properly when put in a DVD player. I tried my Samsung DVD player and it didnt play the other two movies but the demo reel played.
I go to play the DVD on my Bose system and everything works fine.
Then at school on an ancient player and it works fine.

I dont know..it's really weird that doesnt play on my Samsung. I tried another home burned movie, and it played the movie.

Could it be one of the .VOB files?
 
Well . . .

I would be wary of anything TDK. They appear to package and sell the C- or D-list media.

Companies that manufacture DVDs, like Verbatim, tend to keep the best of the crop for themselves to sell under their own names, and then sell off the lower-quality product to other companies. TDK seems to get the lowest.
 
is it also possible that burning at too fast a speed may cause problems?

I read somewhere, when using cheap CD-R's or DVD's, to use the lowest speed ... that it makes a better burn.

and that better disks can handle faster burn speeds, also, that the DVD-R are more compatible with most players ...
rather than DVD+R

... so I heard, but don't know for sure ...
 
I bought some TDK dual layers and my burner won't even recognize them. I'd trash them and get some Verbatims. I haven't had any problems with those. Also, don't use stick on labels.
 
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Yes Brian > Stick on labels have been known to cause some issues. Better dont use them. Get a light scribe dvd writer or use marker pens or get a pro company to print on your cd.

But the problem at discussion in this thread has nothing to do with stick ons. The damn blank DVDs just dont play after burning. Period. Without anything done to tamper it. I see this getting sidetracked ond overly compicated. Lets just admit it. DVD Arch works great for some. And has wreaked havoc for others. If it will only work with certain brands and certain writer hardware i think they should let buyers know about it on their website. And to top it all off its doing all this **** on an orginal Sony Writer. And what the use of blamin it on my writer. That writer has never flawed even one cd / dvd when used with Nero / Power Director. The down side is Those dont offer good DVD authoring tools. DVD ARch offers all that with no way of burning your final results. Im seeing a lot of people on this forum who have repeatedly tried and not been successful with DVD Arch and there are just others who succeed from day one. I will tell you hands down its a buggy peice of software unlike its cousin VEGAS which is quite the opposite.
 
What about using DVD Architect to create a DVD file to your Hard Drive, then use one of the other DVD writing programs to actually Burn the DVD... would this still keep the special info DVD Architect creates for the DVD, intact within the DVD info files created to the hard drive?

Architect lets you create, and optimize, the DVD files to Hard Drive ... I always do this first, anyway, to test the workings of the DVD before committing to burning the actual DVD. (I let DVD Architect burn it, and haven't had problems, yet)

Just a thought, :beer: :huh: :)

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Yes Brian > Stick on labels have been known to cause some issues. Better dont use them. Get a light scribe dvd writer or use marker pens or get a pro company to print on your cd.

But the problem at discussion in this thread has nothing to do with stick ons. The damn blank DVDs just dont play after burning. Period. Without anything done to tamper it. I see this getting sidetracked ond overly compicated. Lets just admit it. DVD Arch works great for some. And has wreaked havoc for others. If it will only work with certain brands and certain writer hardware i think they should let buyers know about it on their website. And to top it all off its doing all this shi* on an orginal Sony Writer. And what the use of blamin it on my writer. That writer has never flawed even one cd / dvd when used with Nero / Power Director. The down side is Those dont offer good DVD authoring tools. DVD ARch offers all that with no way of burning your final results. Im seeing a lot of people on this forum who have repeatedly tried and not been successful with DVD Arch and there are just others who succeed from day one. I will tell you hands down its a buggy peice of software unlike its cousin VEGAS which is quite the opposite.
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Well I already shipped out everything in the mail a couple days ago.

My fingers are crossed that it will work for them when they put in their DVD player. :undecided
 
plainman007 said:
Yes Brian > Stick on labels have been known to cause some issues. Better dont use them. Get a light scribe dvd writer or use marker pens or get a pro company to print on your cd.
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or the $100 Espon printer with DVD attachment. Seems (to me) to do a really good job once you finally get the offsets and "hole measurements" figured out right.
 
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