Sequence of events

[DarkmanX]

I was compiling AVI's off of my hard drive to make a compilation DVD using Windows Movie Maker 2. I like the format and the simplicity. I would edit and then save as an AVI file. I was using Sony's click 2 DVD and everything seemed to work accept NO AUDIO!!! I researched and found that Click 2 DVD can only import AVI DV-Type 2 and that Movie Maker only saves AVI's as Type 1, but Canopus_DV_File_Converter.exe could create the file into Type 2. The problem is that at around 30% I get "Your destination AVI has not been written completely. Please verify results before deleting the source file". I then decided to edit clips as separate files and then drag and drop onto the canopus program. Then I would import each separate file to Click to DVD, where I would hear audio in the click 2 DVD program, but when I attempt to create a DVD it states, " that Windows is unable to save all the data for the file and that the data has been lost...this error may be caused by a failure of your computer hardware or network connection. It worked Flawless (Menu and picture before). The ? is am I using the right sequence of events. I would like to create the compilation in WMM and then change to a DV-Type 2 file using a converter (I've used Canopus and a free file called DV Type I-II., but the fiel seems to be too large and I get a message that my destination AVI has not been written completely. I even tried to use Sony's Movie Shaker import the files with negative resukts, usually the program would freeze up. What Am I doing wrong. I have a SOny VAio with plenty of hard drive, 200 gig and the 80 gig it came with, P4 2.4, 1024 memory. I know most are frowning that I'm using these programs, but there what I have to work with and I would like to use them, of course Sony is of NO Help at all. Please help

[CaseyComb]

Uhhh...I may be mistaken but I think that Canopus DV conversion program only converts DV type 1 to DV type 2 (or vice versa, something along those lines) I don't think that it converts WMV (or any other format for that matter) to a DV stream. Maybe Im just confused by what you're saying. The reality here is that you are really taking a roundabout way to do things (yes you probably didn't want to here that) There are so many freeware tools on this site that you can use to make a dvd that it seems you should try other methods. So really those aren't the only programs you have to work with.

[DarkmanX]

Dude, I was converting the files to an AVI file when I saved the WMM projects on the hard drive. Since WMM saves to Type 1, I was using canopus to convert to type II. The program is easy to use and click 2 DVD allows me to make menus without having a degree in cinema.