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Thanks, Brian, for the suggestion about the stick-on labels.

As a matter if fact, I have been using the labels. I’ll try it without them and see if it helps.

I’m assuming that the ink-jet printable DVDs are OK.

I appreciate all the suggestions from everyone.

James (seatlanta)

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Thanks, guys. I’ve never tried T-Y, but I’m going to place an order today. More questions:

1. Can you recommend a legitimate Web dealer? All of the counterfeit disc stories make me very cautious. Right now, I’m looking at SuperMediaStore.com.

2. Is there any difference in performance (reliability) between DVD-R and DVD+R?

I’m very interested in Douglas’ recommendation to burn at a high speed. I’ve always slowed things down a bit, thinking (hoping, praying?)that I’d get a better burn.

Thanks again.
James (seatlanta)

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Hi Ed:
I’ve now loaded Vegas 7 on one of the rendering computers, and the render still fails. I’m just trying to let the second computer do the rendering–not trying distributed rendering at the moment (one thing at at time).

The DNS suffix is the same for all computers. All computers “see” the other computers. The drives on both computers are all shared on my network. I selected “auto-fill mappings.”

In the log, I get this error: The requested address is not valid in its context

James (seatlanta)

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Hi:
I use Sonic Fire, a soundtrack program which is very similar to Cinescore. When I compared the two, I liked the Sonic Fire music better, but this is obviously a matter of taste.

I also use Band in a Box and Sony Acid. I create music in BIAB (or Sonic Fire) and then use Acid to enhance it (or sometimes destroy it).

I think you’d be happy with either of the two soundtrack programs.

Best wishes.
James (seatlanta)

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Well, I bought the Canopus AC adapter, got rid of the six-pin/six-pin firewire cable, and dammit, things are still the same. I’m just about convinced that the problem is somewhere deep inside the computer.

Again, thanks for all the suggestions.

James (seatlanta)

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Thanks for all the suggestions.

I will try the Canopus box with an AC adapter instead of using a six-pin firewire cable. If that works, I’ll let you know.

Best wishes.
James (seatlanta)

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Hi Terry:
I have not tried the program you suggested, but it sounds like a good idea. I’ll download it and see what happens.

Thanks.
James (seatlanta)

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Hi Steve:
It’s a Panasonic 13″ CRT video monitor with SVHS and composite inputs. I’ve used it for years. I have three of them, so I’ve had an opportunity to swap them out. It’s definitely not the monitor.

The flickering is instantaneous. From clean image to total black, then back again. Also,when it happens and the picture comes back, the audio and video are often out of sync for a second or two.

Thank you.
James (seatlanta)

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Hi Tom:
My DV converter is powered by the six-pin firewire connection. I have not tried using an AC adapter with it.

But I have rearranged cables, moved things, and tried to make sure that I don’t have interference problems. I’ll keep checking.

Thanks for your input.

Best wishes.
James (seatlanta)

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Hi lynxfx:

Thanks for the suggestions. I have also found that unplugging the firewire cable and re-inserting it was helpful–for a minute or two. But the problem returned. Sometimes the flashing (to black) occurs about once per second, and at other times, the image is stable for a minute or so.

Sometimes, after making random changes, I’d think things were fixed. But after a few minutes, the flickering was back.

James (seatlanta)