JEB Posted January 13, 2015 Report Posted January 13, 2015 Hi, I am sure I have asked this question, or one like it, before but where can I find a definitive guide to burning a DVD for showing on TV? This is a side of PTE that fills me with dread every time I am forced to get involved. I have been putting off for months in providing DVD versions of some of my sequences for friends. I do NOT want to use anything other than the PTE Video Builder software, primarily because I am sure it should be able to do all I want. I have successfully done this in the past. I have recently reinstalled PTE so may not now have the correct settings, though I have changed nothing from those that were set when it was installed.I think PAL is correct for UK?I have left the following unchecked-Create PEG2Create DVD foldersCreate ISO imageand selected Burn DVD I know that my DVD player is OK - it runs previously produced DVD’s but it won't load this one! I have been reading the help information but this only explains what the various buttons are. I thought that I had seen a more detailed “How To” document at some stage but can't find it. Cheers John Quote
davegee Posted January 13, 2015 Report Posted January 13, 2015 Which version John and do you have the latest download for the version.Using V8.0.11 I have just burned a DVD-R on my PC using VideoBuilder of a 7.5 minute show with 50+ images and a single soundtrack. I clicked the Defaults Button and used the settings obtained.The DVD burned in around 2 minutes and Plays OK on my PC.I will now try it on my DVD Player (BR).DG Quote
JEB Posted January 13, 2015 Author Report Posted January 13, 2015 Hi Dave,Yes latest version, downloaded 2 days ago.John Quote
davegee Posted January 13, 2015 Report Posted January 13, 2015 John,The DVD-R that I just burned using the PTE Default settings played with no problems on my BR DVD Player.Back in August Igor released V8.0.6 which was said to cure problems with the Playing of DVDs on certain DVD Players.Maybe he didn't cure all of the problems?Perhaps you should raise a Technical Support Ticket specifying the make of your player and any error messages you are getting.Also list them here?DG Quote
Guest Yachtsman1 Posted January 13, 2015 Report Posted January 13, 2015 Hi JebI did a demo of how I burn a DVD using PTE, it is a bit out of date (7.07) but nothing much has changed. The main thing is, I just add a title, I don't fiddle with any settings.EricYachtsman1.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6EjrX-N5js Quote
Igor Posted January 14, 2015 Report Posted January 14, 2015 Hello John,Please try another brand of DVD disc. I recommend Verbatim or TDK. Use DVD-R media.This problem may be related with quality of DVD media.If the problem still exists, try to burn a new DVD disc with another slideshow (one project, 1 or 2 minutes). Quote
JEB Posted January 14, 2015 Author Report Posted January 14, 2015 Igor,Thank you, I will get hold of one or both of those makes tomorrow and give them a try.JohnPS. I have been using Maxell on this occasion, though I think they have worked for me before. Quote
JEB Posted January 14, 2015 Author Report Posted January 14, 2015 Igor et al, Being a Scot I thought I should conduct a few experiments before going out and spending a fortune on DVDs when I have 50 or so still to use. I burned a 6 image DVD (Maxell) on my PC Laptop which I use for presentations with the PTE version that was installed (8.0.6) and it worked on my TV/DVD player. I then thought I would upgrade PTE on this machine to 8.0.10 which was on my iMac (Parallels) and which was giving me the problem I initially reported. The idea being to see if it would create the same problem with that. However 8.0.10 was replaced with 8.0.11 two days ago (12/1/15).I downloaded this (11) to the PC and it worked.I then downloaded (11) to the iMac and EURECA!Somebody mentioned a couple of days ago that there had been a suspect update recently but at that time I had just installed 10 so assumed I did not have the “suspect” version. Hope this helps Igor. Thank you all for your assistance John PS I will burn my big show later tonight or tomorrow and confirm the result. Quote
JEB Posted January 15, 2015 Author Report Posted January 15, 2015 Igor,I have sent you a PM on this.RegardsJohn Quote
davegee Posted January 15, 2015 Report Posted January 15, 2015 Hi John,Please read my post again. I didn't suggest a "suspect version" - I said:"Back in August Igor released V8.0.6 which was said to cure problems with the Playing of DVDs on certain DVD Players".DG Quote
JEB Posted January 15, 2015 Author Report Posted January 15, 2015 HI Dave,Sorry if by unintentionally misquoting you I have caused offence.As you may have guessed from my last post there have been developments which I have passed direct to Igor.CheersJohn Quote
davegee Posted January 15, 2015 Report Posted January 15, 2015 Not at all John!I just wanted to clear up the "suspect version" thing.DG Quote
JEB Posted January 16, 2015 Author Report Posted January 16, 2015 Igor,I have sent you a further update as a PM.John Quote
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