Application hangs when burning dvd

[gail]

Hi,

I have read what alot of you think of dvdsanta, but I am going to ask the question anyway.

I have used dvdsanta very successfully in the past but began to have some problems and I inadvertingly deleted it. I actually repurchased it because it had been so easy. All I really want to do is convert AVI movies on the hard drive to dvd and burn. I had trouble with just converting it and my event log showed it was a problem with XviD codec so I got rid of it. Problem solved. Now I have a problem with burning the converted file. The whole program freezes after I click burn. I am unable to close the program even with task manager. I have to restart. When I check the event log it says that it is an "application hang" and gives a number of the fault bucket whatever that means. I will probably get some new programs but this is really bugging me and I hate to give up. I have tried several things with no luck.

Can anyone help with this specific problem and program?

Thanks for your help.

[Krispy Kritter]

You could send an email to dvdsanta with the error...maybe they will know.

Otherwise, try different software. For the one click crowd, try Convertx2dvd.

[gail]

Not helpful. But thanks anyway.

[buttzilla]

Like the krispy kriter said try Convertx2dvd and your problems will be solved. This is the most reliable program for what you want to do. Dvdsanta is a piece of crap in my opinion. Very buggy. You might as well eat your losses and spring for convertX2dvd. It will save you a lot of grief.

[redwudz]

When you click 'burn' is it actually sending the file to the DVD burner or just starting a encode? If it's a finished file, can you direct it to your hard drive instead and use a different burning program?

It's hard to tell with some programs if it's a issue with the encode or the burner. IOW, it's not communicating with the burner properly? If the program generates a log, the answer may show there.

And welcome to our forums.

[boing]

Hi,

I have read what alot of you think of dvdsanta, but I am going to ask the question anyway.

I have used dvdsanta very successfully in the past but began to have some problems and I inadvertingly deleted it. I actually repurchased it because it had been so easy. All I really want to do is convert AVI movies on the hard drive to dvd and burn. I had trouble with just converting it and my event log showed it was a problem with XviD codec so I got rid of it. Problem solved. Now I have a problem with burning the converted file. The whole program freezes after I click burn. I am unable to close the program even with task manager. I have to restart. When I check the event log it says that it is an "application hang" and gives a number of the fault bucket whatever that means. I will probably get some new programs but this is really bugging me and I hate to give up. I have tried several things with no luck.

Can anyone help with this specific problem and program?

Thanks for your help.

Go here and read the top comment:

https://www.videohelp.com/tools/dvdSanta

All I really want to do is convert AVI movies on the hard drive to dvd and burn.

I would simply load the avi into SUPER, author with GUI for DVD author, then burn with ImgBurn, all freeware and works like clockwork

For more guides, go here:

https://www.videohelp.com/guides?searchtext=&tools=&madeby=&formatconversionselect=AVI+...or+List+Guides