[Mike Kujbida]

Defective media?
DVD burner going bad?

[Mike Kujbida]

George, I guess we’ll agree to disagree.
All I can tell say is what I’ve already said.
My method works for me using RecordNow as well as Roxio.
Happy editing.

Mike

[Mike Kujbida]

Mike, you’re not getting the point.

With all due respect, you seem to be missing mine. See below for another attempt at clarification.

I’m saying that RecordNow must be “recognizing” your VIDEO_TS folder/files, and is properly burning the files in the correct order (and actual placement on disc).

Nope. It’s simply copying whatever I give it without making any changes whatsoever.
Since I’m using DVD Architect to “prepare” the DVD, fhe files within my VIDEO_TS folder are already in the “correct order”.
Therefore I don’t need to worry about it.

Let’s try this one more time.

Before I do any burning, I create a master folder (call it MyDVD for this example) containing two separate folders: a VIDEO_TS folder and an AUDIO_TS folder (not really necessary but DVDA prepares it anyway).

After I put what I want in my Extras folder, I add it to the MyDVD master folder and then burn this as a data disc.

To repeat, my MyDVD folder contains 3 folders as follows:
VIDEO_TS
AUDIO_TS
Extras

This is what gets burned as a data disc.

Does this clear things up?

If you burn a DATA disc in NERO (from a valid VIDEO_TS folder), you will get varying results.

I’d be curious to know if this is happening to any other Nero 6.0 Express users or if it’s an isolated incident.
This is the first time I’ve heard of this happening and I’ve been using Vegas since version 1.0 and reading/posting to various Vegas forums for almost as long.

[Mike Kujbida]

George, it’s not RecordNow creating a DVD-VIDEO for me.

As I said, I use the Prepare option in DVD Architect (aka DVDA) to create the VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders (in a separate folder) for me.
Once that’s done, I add the Extras folder that I’ve created elsewhere) and use RecordNow to burn all the files as a DATA disc.
BTW, I know this works with Nero, Roxio and several other apps as others have done the exact same thing with these apps.

[Mike Kujbida]

That’s correct. The information that’s on miniDV tape is digital, i.e. a bunch of 0s and 1s. It’s the NLE that converts it into the appropriate file format. In the case of most PCs, that’s AVI. For a Mac, it would be MOV format.

[Mike Kujbida]

George, I’m not making a DVD-DATA disc, I’m making a normal DATA disc.
After all, a DVD is just a bunch of data that a player knows how to interpret.
As I said, I was doing the Extras folder thing long before DVDA added this feature.
I use DVDA to Prepare the AUDIO_TS & VIDEO_TS files.
I then add any files I want to another folder called Extras.
I then use RecordNow (you can use burning any app that will do a DATA disc) to burn all 3 folders to a DVD as a DATA disc.
Works like a charm and I’ve never had any complaints (after several hundred of these) that the disc didn’t work 🙂

[Mike Kujbida]

hey, don’t we all want a simple life?

I did. But then I got married and had 2 daughters 🙂

BTW, I’m in complete agreement on just how bad the titler in Vegas is.
Almost as bad as Vidcap 🙁
Wishing and hoping for SOME improvements in Vegas 8 – but not holding my breath either.
Keep chopping that wood as there’s a long cold winter ahead to compensate for your brutal summer!!
Take care.

[Mike Kujbida]

There is no way to underline text in Vegas without doing it in another application and brining in an image of the text??? Seems odd…

Naysayers to the contrary (sorry leslie!!), there is.
Start a new project.
Place the default text event on the timeline.
Now add a solid colour event on a new track above the text track.
Open Pan/Crop on the colour event.
Disable Size About Center and Lock Aspect Ration.
Set Stretch to File Frame to No.
Drag the top, bottom and sides as desired.
Voila!! Instant line 🙂
If you need two lines, add another track with another solid colour event.

[Mike Kujbida]

There sure is 🙂
DVDA 3 added a feature called the Extras folder. Look it up in Help and it’ll walk you through it.
In a nutshell, you create a 3rd folder (in addition to the usual AUDIO_TS & VIDEO_TS ones) called Extras and put anything you want in it.
When it comes time to burn the DVD, tell DVDA where the folder is and it’ll add it to the process.
I personally use RecordNow and burn my DVD as a data disc. I add the Extras folder at the time of burning.

[Mike Kujbida]

Apply the TC FX to the clip WHILE it’s still in the Media bin.
Then drag it to the timeline and it’ll show you the TC on that specific clip.