Roxio 6

[mistacunninghanm]

Hello All,
I bought my brother a dvd burner for christmas, its a plus+r minus -r drive. It came with roxio easy cd and dvd creator 6. I use dvd shrink to rip my movies and then mostly nero to burn them on MY home computer but this is different software. When I click on the VIDEO_TS file and copy everything it tells me that the audio from the dvd (ach 3 or something like that) isnt supported by the software and that if I choose to burn the movie the sound will be replaced with silence. Can someone help me?

[Aliza]

I get same error message, have you found out anything yet. When I previewed in the same screen the song was screwed up. This is a music video I am trying to burn.

[redwudz]

mistacunninghanm: If your aim is to backup movies on the other computer, why not install DVDShrink on it? AC3 audio is not compatable with some programs. You can convert it to MP2 or use a different program. Study the 'Guides'.

[Poppa_Meth]

use IMG Tools Classic to make an ISO image of the disc from your VIDEO_TS folder. then use the DVD Decryptor ISO Write function to burn it. All free and will work better than anything Roxio has ever made.

[Aliza]

Poppa Meth, Can I make an ISO image from DVD encrypter and then use it to also burn it , I dont have IMG tools, but I thought I read you can read and write with encrypter. I am very very new at this so thanks for any help you can give me. I do have encrypter.

[dcsos]

Folks with ROXIO 6 you need to bun a dvd data job

not VIDEO because then it cares what kind of audio you have

YOU ARE NOT USING ROXIO for Processing
JUST BURN WITH it and you'll be ok

Never mind that its the worst burning program out!

[Aliza]

dc sos, what program do you suggest i buy to burn with that is better and easier than Roxio?

[dcsos]

The thing is none of them are EASY

but I think RECORD NOW MAX is the least confusing..
NERO may actully be a better program, but is "FLAKIER" and "MORE CONFUSING"

Now there are two companies that put out of RECORD NOW MAX.. the most recent is available from SONIC SOLITIONS (5.0)

[Aliza]

ds sos, hello again
I have a HPdvd300e that came with Record Now but not the Max version. The web site it sends you to to upgrade is Sonic, theyoffer Sonic Record Now Deluxe 49.99 or a clearance of 29.99 for Record Now Max. Do you know if the deluxe us worth getting? I thought I would go to Best Buy etc and look for what they have by Sonic. I really don't intend to copy commercial DVD's. I got this so I could transfer my grandchildrens Sony Camcorder Videos to a DVD for my use at home. Is this a good program for that also. I have been trying to just burn one DVD to make sure my drive works. Thanks

[dcsos]

Do you know if the deluxe us worth getting?

Not worth getting for you

The Deluxe will burn to more than one drive at a time and other advanced features you needen't do
Just MAKE SURE THE OLDER PRODUCT will recognize your drive and burn to it..
SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO UPGRADE TO DELUXE just to get the
"right to burn" to your make and model #!!!!!!!XXX!!!!

[Aliza]

Hello again,
Thanks for prompt reply. You also suggested using Roxio as a data disk. I haven't tried yet, but is says do not use with audio, just ignore? Will it really burn and play if I do a data DVD. I don't doubt you, but I dont understand this much. Should I burn to a RW and see if it plays in my TV dvd player, its an APex, I have two, 1200 and 1500 models.
Thanks

[dcsos]

RECORD NOW MAX SHOULD LOOK LIKE THE SHOT BELOW WHEN YOU BURN....on't use the wizard that comes up, please say
GO TO RECORD NOW MAX..the bottom choice on the wizard menu..
VIOLA! THE PROGRAM BEHIND WILL APPEAR,
go to NEW and select a NEW 'DATA DISC' JOB

look at picture

[Poppa_Meth]

Poppa Meth, Can I make an ISO image from DVD encrypter and then use it to also burn it , I dont have IMG tools, but I thought I read you can read and write with encrypter. I am very very new at this so thanks for any help you can give me. I do have encrypter.

yes you can do that. thats what the ISO read and ISO write functions are for. I was just suggesting a way that you can covert the files you already have to ISO format for buring instead of re-ripping the disc. of course you can only do an ISO read to an ISO write if the disc you are ripping is single layer. a dual layer disc will need shrunk to write to a singel DVD. IMG Tools Classic is free to download by the way.

[Aliza]

Poppa Meth,
Thank you so much for the info. I have sucessfully burned my first dvd. I used dvd shrink first, even though it was not a full 4.7 dvd, I just copied entire disk to my hd. Then I used Record Now, HP version that came with my DVD300E, wrote as a data disk as advised by dcsos. Success at last. It played just fine in my PC dvd drive, even though Dell told me it could only read -R and -RW, and I am using +R/+RW disks. It also played fine in my Apex 1200 and Apex 1500 players. Now what I had copied was a music video dvd, will this work just the same with a full movie dvd? (I realize I will have to shrink to fit on one dvd) Is a music video dvd same kind of files that a regular movie uses? It may sound dumb but there seems to be a lot I dont know already. Again, thank you all, you have saved my sanity.

[dcsos]

YOU GO!

everything you say is right...
And POPPA METH's method of burning from an ISO is an even more rocksteady way to make a DVD..

here's why..
As you said, Making a Movie Shrink is your next one, well you could do it the RECORD NOW MAX fine

but If you have a problem,

Make an ISO from the two folders (THE VIDEO_TS & AUDIO_TS) because an ISO is one big file that contains all the little files that DVD SHRINK generates..
making the BURN easier for the drive (it only has to concentrate on ONE BIG ISO FILE not hundreds of little items!(sometimes you can have hundreds of things in the VIDEO_TS).

[Aliza]

Thanks. But I use Windows ME, I remember reading that it needs smaller files than NT or XP, will one big ISO file crash it?
If I first shrink the movie with DVD Shrink, do I then open Encrypter and use ISO File directions? and burn right from there as an ISO? Will that make a difference in my Apex players being able to play the burned movie? Or are all the files ISO etc but broken down in smaller files the way I did it by just copying the video and audio ts files into Record Now. By the way my Record Now is not the max edition, I guess you get the cheaper version when bundled with HP writers. I see the Sonic site has it on clearance for 29.99, should I get it? or do I even need it?

[dcsos]

will one big ISO file crash it?

Absolutely..
Then DO NOT GO THE ISO ROUTE because
you can only create an ISO on a DVD less than 3.99GIGA BYTES on Win ME

And to answer the other part of your question..WHETHER you burn from ISO or FILE/FOLDER structure...the DVD looks the sam afterwords.. The result if good is identical (IT MAKES ALL THE LITTLE FILES BACK ONTHERE WHEN IT BURNS)

YOU DON'T NEED THE MAX..although with MAX you can burn an ISO right in RECORD NOW! (WHEN YOU UPGRADE TO 2000 or XP -I'm not saying you need to do this!)