Newbie Roxio easy cd and dvd burning question.

[mmmipa]

I went out yesterday and bought the above mentioned software for 9.99 and thought it was a steal.This program is a bitch to learn and use.The help and tutorials are horrible also IMO.Now here are some questions.I burnt a vob file to a dvd-r and tried to make a menu.The menu came out "cut off",some of the title and picture were missing.Once i tried to watch it on the dvd,there was no audio(was this because i didnt have the AC3 codec installed?) Then when I wanted to make my own chapter screen,you cant and can only pick from there unworthy chapter menues.Can someone point me to a good tutorial for this that has alot of hlp for a newbie like me? I tried looking on google for some and couldnt find any.




Thanks in advance
Sean

[bendixG15]

Chalk up the $9.99 to a learning experience and throw away the Roxio CD.
Tell us what you want to do and we can advise on the proper software.

[mmmipa]

I would like to burn vob files and add a menu to the dvd.Simple,just one with a screen shot from the movie on it and mabey some music.Chapters and not having a cropped menu.




Sean

[mats.hogberg]

Regarding your cut off menu, it's normal, and called overscan. A TV always cuts some parts out, so you have to make sure nothing important is close to the edges of the display.
Regarding your other problems - well, I'd never trust "allinone" converters/editors/authoring packages like this. They are in most cases very limited.
Take a look at TMPGEnc DVD Author or free GfD for alternatives.

/Mats

[jman98]

Friends don't let friends use Roxio. The $9.99 was a steal - for the people who sold you the software. The only good tool they have is the cover designer feature. Other than that, I wouldn't use Roxio for ANYTHING and I really can't stress that enough. In the words of Bart Simpson, it's "craptacular".

[mmmipa]

Thanks for the help guys.Mats,can I use TMPGEnc and GfD on my computer and then import them to my g/fs computer with the dvd burner?




Sean

[mats.hogberg]

Not sure what you mean by that last part, but if you mean "can I author and output to HDD, then take the output over to another computer and burn it to disk on that one?" then Yes! Over the network, or using a big USB stick or USB HDD or other removable storage.

/Mats

[hech54]

Roxio Easy CD was my favorite audio CD software back in the day. When they took on DVD burning they crapped out badly.

[dnix71]

Roxio 5.5 Platinum was the last good version. TMPGEnc Plus ($37) is a steal, really. I use it in Virtual PC on Mac for things that won't convert natively.