DVD Photo Slideshow won't burn a DVD

[MplsDale]

I was using this software from a Chinese company, Socusoft, to make a memorial DVD for my mother, that included videos and some photos in albums. It offered a menu capability, which is why I picked it. It appears to be ok, until I try to burn the DVD. At that point, it goes all the way through to the last video, then truncates it at a certain point. The first runthrough, I thought it was too long, so removed a long video, but it still stopped at the same point. I tried installing the truncated video as both a wmv and an avi. It doesn't seem to matter. I deleted the file and connected it again (which seemed pointless since the software just uses pointers to the file on the hard drive, but I thought it was worth a shot) but still no go.

I have emailed the company twice on this problem with no reply, although they did respond to an earlier question.

Any suggestions, before I write off the six months of work and transfer everything over to something different?

Thanks.

[hech54]

Is the program creating AND burning the disc?
If there is an option in the program that gives you the end result(VIDEO-TS folder) for you to burn in another burning program.....take it.

[MplsDale]

Yes, it both creates and burns. The finished product is correct until it just cuts the last video off.

[TreeTops]

Maybe too much stuff for one dvd? Not enough room on the DVD?

[MplsDale]

I thought at first that might be the problem, so removed one vid file. But there's under 2G on this now, so that's not the problem. Thanks.

[TreeTops]

Try Hech54's advice and use this software to burn: https://www.videohelp.com/software/ImgBurn

Use the adfree version.

[MplsDale]

The slideshow software only shows you the links. When you burn the disc, it fills in with the actual files. But when I looked at the Moviemaker file, which was stopping in the middle, some of the links to jpgs weren't connected. Once I found the photos again, it burned it. Some final tweaks, and I'll have the job done. Thanks for all the help.