Is DVD Architect Reliable for DVD Burning?

[Donna Black]

I just asked in the basic forum how to use Nero to burn my project that I created in DVD Architect because DVDA will not communitate with my burner (I get an error message from DVDA) but Nero works just fine. So could you tell me your work flow process so that I know how to get the files into nero? Sorry I don’t know the quality of DVDA because I can’t get it to work.

[Scott Francis]

I have had very good luck with using DVDA….very few issues. My only wish is that it could “verify” the DVD after burning. If you use good media (TY is my goto except for Dual Layer, since they do not make those). If you want to use Nero (I do when I am doing a short run of Dual Layers since they are not TY’s), follow the steps for burning a disc until you get to where it would find a DVD burner. Then use the drop down tab to select BURN ISO IMAGE. This will create an ISO file that Nero can read and burn a disc from. BE SURE in Nero to select burn FROM an image, not burn a Data or Video DVD…it will not work. Good luck!

Regards

Scott Francis
Mind’s Eye Audio/Video Productions

[Dave Petteruto]

Donna–these instructions for nero were just passed on to me a couple days ago.

A workaround could be just to Prepare your DVD instead of trying to Burn it, then use Nero to burn the DVD using its Burn DVD Video Files function. You only need the files in the VIDEO_TS folder that DVDA creates.

Thanks
Dave P.

Intel I7 950, 12GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE, Vegas Pro 10 (32bit/64bit), Windows 7 Pro 64bit, LG WH10LS30 10X Bluray Burner.

[Dan Thompson]

I have been using DVDA for 3 years now with TY discs and have yet to make a coaster. We’re probably talking over 1500 discs. No problem here. Dan

[Stephen Mann]

I’ve been using DVDA since Version 1 to burn all my DVD projects. Probably a few thousand discs and the only coasters were made by operator error.

I just built a DVD Burner tower with ten drives in it, but other than a few test discs, I haven’t run it for production yet.

Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com

[Nigel O’neill]

Dave

I gather that none of the suggested fixes in your earlier post worked.

https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/24/930461#930509

Intel i7 920, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 10 (x32/x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6

[Dave Petteruto]

[Nigel O'Neill] “I gather that none of the suggested fixes in your earlier post worked.”

Nigel–Actually I did get the issue resolved with the help of Stephen Crye’s post in the thread. His suggestion was to uncheck “use legacy disk drivers”. Worked like a charm. Now I’m trying to decide if I want to use DVDA for burning my DVDs or stay with Nero like I had been using in the past.

Thanks
Dave P.

Intel I7 950, 12GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE, Vegas Pro 10 (32bit/64bit), Windows 7 Pro 64bit, LG WH10LS30 10X Bluray Burner.

[Dave Petteruto]

[Stephen Mann] “I just built a DVD Burner tower with ten drives in it, but other than a few test discs, I haven’t run it for production yet.”

Stephen–When the lights in my home dim or go out all together I’ll know you fired that monster up! Good luck with that thing.

Thanks
Dave P.

Intel I7 950, 12GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE, Vegas Pro 10 (32bit/64bit), Windows 7 Pro 64bit, LG WH10LS30 10X Bluray Burner.

[Nigel O’neill]

Dave

I use Nero as it allows me to burn to multiple drives simultaneously. Not quite 10 drives though, just 3… .

Intel i7 920, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 10 (x32/x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6

[Paul Atkin]

I also cannot get DVDA to complete a burn on an external BD drive. (though DVD’s on another drive are fine)

As others suggest, my workaround is to create the ISO in DVDA then use third party burning software to finish off.