DVD Maestro is a completely useless chaotic array of bits.

[Tatase]

1) Hangs ANY i386-based 2 CPU systems.
2) Returns "Invalid frame rate" randomly.
3) Needs to be closed/reopened or caches the previous error
4) Full of small, lurking, f***ing bugs

My god what a headache, I'm going to sleep.

[Cornucopia]

What planet are you on?

[dvdnew]

First time I read a post that say Maestro is useless. Strange.

[kabanero]

Hey Tatase

You need to use MyDVD, it is the best DVD authoring app on your planet

[Satanico Pandemonium]

Come on guys...you have to understand him!
I mean, how would you feel to pay 20.000 $ just to find out that the program isn't working for you!

[Faustus]

Never had a single problem from Maestro myself. Except for chapter import issues but I doubt maestro is the problem there.

[IceFog]

the returns invalid frame rate is because you encoded the file at the wrong frame rate. Complicated, isnt it? in TMPGEnc, when you change some settings in advanced, sometimes the framerate in the first tb is changed back again.

And why the hell are you even using a 386 based system, let alone doing any video processing on it?

[defense]

Tatase, your computer is a piece of shit, and it sounds like you have no clue how to use the software anyway.

Hey Tatase

You need to use MyDVD, it is the best DVD authoring app on your planet

They're a few solar systems away from MyDVD..DVD2ONE with it's EXCELLENT transcoding methods would work wonders for this person.

Come on guys...you have to understand him!
I mean, how would you feel to pay 20.000 $ just to find out that the program isn't working for you!

That isn't the price for the software itself..that's the price which in inclusive of Hardware as well..however, I would say that one of Maestro's ".dll" files cost more then Tatase's entire piece of crap computer. [/quote]

[SaSi]

Defence, I will have to strongly disagree with you

A dual i386 system would be a collector's item now. I've been working with computers for quite a while and the first dual systems I've actually seen were i486/33 with an optional maths processor.

And the finding: "Hangs ANY i386 2 CPU systems" means Tatase has tested several! What joy!

I would love to obtain one of those dual i386 systems.

Now, getting serious, I can understand Tatase's feelings. I've been telling the same things myself for several programs and Operating Systems when things don't work the way I want them to on second or third try.

Tatase, don't forget, half the fun is in making things work. If you leave that out, then the whole thing becomes boring, doesn't it?

[bartman]

Uh....does anyone here actually realise that i386 actually refers to any 32 bit CPU made after the first 386 CPU....that includes P4's people ....( on in Tatase's case, dual PIII's....look at the spec )....

And I wouldn't be supprised if Maestro crashed on a dual CPU system....most copies floating around have been cracked which can introduce bugs (in short, you get what you pay for).

[Cornucopia]

It is well documented in other circles that Maestro does indeed act unpredictable on Dual-CPU systems. Those who have used Maestro's tech support would probably already know this.
One easy work-around is to set the program to run using only 1CPU, then the unpredictability disappears. I have witnessed this myself.
I have been using Maestro for 2 1/2 years, and have yet to experience any of the other stuff you have mentioned. Maybe your system wasn't set up according to the recommendations of the Spruce manual. You have got one of those, haven't you?

Scott

[housepig]

Come on guys...you have to understand him!
I mean, how would you feel to pay 20.000 $ just to find out that the program isn't working for you!

I agree... Tatase should contact the service rep where he bought the software, and get some tech support.

After he's scoured his manual thoroughly, of course.



- housepig

[defense]

SaSi, it sounds like you certainly know more about dual systems then I do, so I can't argue with you. However, looking at his specs..they seem very weak.... PIII @ 866 mhz? I know it's a dual system..and elbartman specified in more detail..but coming out with a post that disparages and knocks software as AMAZING as Maestro by referring to it as a chaotic array of bits..isn't gonna get you anywhere either. Maestro is probably the best authoring program out there...with Scenarist being a "close" second. Although I have not used Scenarist..I have read enough on it to know that the MAJORITY of us can do with Maestro much EASIER then what we can do with Scenarist, and the results will be the same. Regardless, even if Tatase's system is top notch...that post of theirs was ignorant and they didn't do much homework before making those comments.

Cornucopia mentioned....programs can act different on different systems...but some reading and some research can possibly troubleshoot many of the problems. I think this is a case of "GIGO" Garbage in Garbage Out. And i'm not referring to "hardware" either. I'm referring to a lack of effort to find a positive resolution to the problem with Maestro. Just my opinions here.