Ulead, the most frustrating software ever!!!!

[Fred1234]

I had been using DVD Workshop for over a year, until last week when everything went to hell!!

I've uninstalled and re-installed DVD Workshop 6 @#$@% times. I've tried all the updates and patches in every concievable order. I even went into the registry and deleted every reference to Ulead and re-installed and still can not getting it working properly again.

First Workshop would not load any mpg files. That turned out to be a problem with mcmpgdec.dll which was kind of corrected by the MPEG fix patch. It now loads mpg files but it takes at 5-15 minutes to load a 30 min clip and makes editting or add chapters completely unbearable.

Out of total frustration I created a 72 minute VCD with menus, nothing fancy and it took me over 3 hours just to load the clips and add 7 chapters.

And after sending all that time I clicked the Finish tab only to find out that the Make Disc option was disabled.

So before I throw my computer out the nearest window, could someone please help me!!!

What can I do to speed up loading/editting mpg files? (it used to only take a couple of seconds to load a 60+ minute clip)
and
How do I enable the Make Disc button again?

The brillant folks at Uleads only advise was to format my computer and start over. So any suggests would be better than that!

[iThinkYouBrokeIt]

The brillant folks at Uleads only advise was to format my computer and start over. So any suggests would be better than that!

I don't use Ulead DVD Workshop. I installed it, but when i saw how crappy of a program it is, i uninstalled it.

doing a format/reinstall could be the only way to fix your problem.
I have gotten a few problems with my computer since i've installed/uninstalled dvd workshop and a few other programs.
i'm going to format/reinstall soon, and be more careful about what i install.

so if you know how to format, and you need to format, then that's what you should do.
if you do not know how to format, then... well, good luck.

[rkm69]

I use Ulead DVD Workshop AC-3 and have never had a problem with it.
Have you changed anything in your system as you said it has been working for a year?

[Fred1234]

I uninstalled Movie Factory and Workshop stopped working. I've tried re-installing Movie Factory but it doesn't help.

Movie Factory and Video Studio both work fine but I can't get Workshop running again.

[Specialist]

Actually, the advice to reformat drive c: (system) and perform a clean installation of Microsoft Windows might - indeed - be the best advice one could possibly follow.

I have Ulead DVD Workshop AC-3 running without a hitch on three workstations here in my project studio.

Months of heavy use.

No issues.

The problems you describe suggest a Microsoft Windows registry issue.

Which version of Microsoft Windows are you running?

Microsoft Windows SE is notorious for registry issues and poor memory management.

Jerry Jones
http://www.jonesgroup.net

[Fred1234]

I'm using Windows XP and I have manually gone into the registry and deleted every reference to Ulead and Mpg. It doesn't make a difference.

[troyvcd1]

I had problems with ulead and the vvfvi or somthing like that called program that came with avisynth. When I uninstalled this avisynth plugin everything worked normally again.

[n8wheel]

Fred, just use the XP System Restore feature to roll back to an appropriate point. Hopefully you have one at an appropriate time.