Is it Roxio, is it my burner, or am I just stupid!?

[BccLooseCannon]

Hello Again peoples.

Ok, so I have my Anime Fansub issue squared away, but now I'm having another problem during the acutal burning process. please keep in mind im still a mild newb at this...

When I burn my dvds, for what seems to be no reason at all, the audio will be cut for a segment of the dvd. It happens once a dvd, never in the same place, and ends at the end of that segment. (meaning each break i put in the episode so i can skip to parts) I usually put in 4 breaks so i lose the audio for 1/4th of the episode. I have no idea what is causing this, nor do I have any idea how to solve it. I make sure to test the whole thing before I burn and every clip has sound. and I always burn at a slow speed.

My first Guess that it might be my program. I have been using Roxio Easy DVD Builder 6. (i know, theres better, but it came with the burner and thats all I can afford for now.)

I highly doubt that its my burner, as its still fairly new ive only burned say 8 discs at most. But incase you need to know its a TDK IndiDVD+-R RW CD 8x (which i never burn at)

The program is fairly simple, so i doubt that i am hitting anything to make it do so. But if someone else has had this problem maybe they could fill me in on what I am F'ing up.

Anyways, if anyone can help me with this it would be greatly appreciated.
Cannon out

[lordsmurf]

Quit using ROXIO.

Get a real encoder.
Get a real authoring program.
And then burn with something.

[BccLooseCannon]

Hey thanks. I somewhat figured out that might have been the issue. Now then. do you have any suggestions perhaps? You tell me to use someting different, what should I use? or does someone know WHY this is doing this?

[rkr1958]

Quit using ROXIO.

Get a real encoder.
Get a real authoring program.
And then burn with something.

Here's what I use ... and like ... and which gives me good results ...
(1) encoder - TMPGEnc Plus
(2) authoring - TMPGEnc DVDAuthor w/ac3 plug-in
(3) burn - Nero

[rhegedus]

I haven't even read the story, just the title - it's Roxio.

Piece of shit - that's all you need to know.

rk1958's advice is what I'd do to.

[nelson133]

There are frreware tools that will do a decent job. Try dvdauthor gui (authoring), QuEnc (encoding), or Diko (everything) Nyah Levi

[jimmalenko]

Quit using ROXIO.

Get a real encoder.
Get a real authoring program.
And then burn with something.

Nope. No elitism here ...

Here's what I use ... and like ... and which gives me good results ...
(1) encoder - TMPGEnc Plus
(2) authoring - TMPGEnc DVDAuthor w/ac3 plug-in
(3) burn - Nero

Me too

[FulciLives]

I encode with AviSynth and Cinema Craft Encoder aka CCE BASIC.

I use TMPGEnc DVD Author and go as far as using it to create an ISO image file.

I then burn that ISO image file with DVD Decrypter.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

P.S.
Roxio sucks donkey balls

[dvdguy4]

People still use things that take to long to create a single dvd.
I stand by DVD2one and DVDshrink

[rkr1958]

People still use things that take to long to create a single dvd.
I stand by DVD2one and DVDshrink

I'm a big fan of DVDShrink for backing up DVDs. However, if you wish to encode and author other videos (such as home movies, vhs movies to dvd backups, or TV caps) you'll need encoder and authoring tools.

[jimmalenko]

People still use things that take to long to create a single dvd.
I stand by DVD2one and DVDshrink

I'm a big fan of DVDShrink for backing up DVDs. However, if you wish to encode and author other videos (such as home movies, vhs movies to dvd backups, or TV caps) you'll need encoder and authoring tools.

I was thinking the same thing - how do you use DVD2One or DVDShrink to create a DVD ?

[BccLooseCannon]

Can anyone explain to me why the dvd audio is being cut out. until i can get the bucks to buy a decent program, im stuck with roxio. I would like to know exactly why its happening if there is a temporary remedy for it. If not, ah well. guess im outta luck. Thanks.

Cannon out

[jimmalenko]

until i can get the bucks to buy a decent program, im stuck with roxio

Ever heard of FREEWARE ?

There's almost always a free alternative, and most of the free alternatives do a pretty darn good job IMO

[ZAPPER]

I really don't like saying this but take a look over to the left of the page. Look at some of the guides and tools. Every one here does things differnet, and have their own reasons and opinions as to why. See what freeware you might want to try and go for it. The more that you learn about different soft ware and the settings the more you learn about all of video. I don't have a clue about why yours is acting like that, Maybe try it without the chapters to see what happens?