PowerDirector 6 DVD creation problem

Robert K

Newbie Joined: Dec 04, 2007 19:53 Messages: 9 Offline

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Dec 04, 2007 20:47

I am trying to create a DVD on a Dell laptop (model Latitude 820). I make a simple movie by dragging the aquarium and some of the stock pictures to the master video track. I then click on the Create Disc button and simply try to create the DVD using the default Template 1. Click on the BURN button and everything seems to be ok. When I try to play the DVD on the same laptop nothing happens. When I use Explorer to see what's on the DVD I find an AUDIO_TS folder which is empty and a VIDEO_TS folder which has the directory shown in the attached image. When I double click on the VTS_01_1 file Windows Media Player comes up, plays the file but I only get audio - no video. If I double click on VTS_01_1 again WMP hangs. If I try to play the DVD in my DVD player (which is less than a year old) nothing happens - just get a "LOADING" message.

I have attached what is hopefully the basic information you would ask - but will be glad to supply anything else you need.

PD Version: 6.00.1515
Computer: Dell Latitude 820, T7300 @ 2GHZ
OS: XP Professional 2002 Service Pack 2
DVD Drive: TSSTcorp DVD+RW TS-L632D
DVD Driver: MS dated 7/1/2001 Version 5.1.2535.0
DVD Region: 1
Production Profile (from PowerDirector): DVD HQ, Dolby Digital, NTSC
VIDEO_TS Directory Contents:
VIDEO_TS 7,932 KB VOB FILE
VIDEO_TS.BUP 12 KB BUP FILE
VIDEO_TS.IFO 12 KB IFO FILE
VTS_01_0.BUP 12 KB BUP FILE
VTS_01_0.IFO 12 KB IFO FILE
VTS_01_1 24,348 KB VOB FILE

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance for your help.

R

Dafydd B

Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 26, 2006 08:20 Messages: 11973 Offline

Dec 05, 2007 12:07

Robert,

Try a simple solution first. Get a CD cleaner disc and run that in your DVD writer.

Dafydd

Robert K

Newbie Joined: Dec 04, 2007 19:53 Messages: 9 Offline

Dec 05, 2007 13:42

Thanks. Will try that. I did try another DVD (exact model/part number) from another Dell laptop and got the same results. Will keep investigating.

Thanks again.

R

Robert K

Newbie Joined: Dec 04, 2007 19:53 Messages: 9 Offline

Dec 05, 2007 13:44

Have just discovered that commerical DVDs (movies) won't play on my machine now... Windows Media Player just hangs... must be a software conflict somewhere. Looks like I will have to start "backing out" things or maybe just rebuild from scratch...

Thanks again for your help.

R

Dafydd B

Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 26, 2006 08:20 Messages: 11973 Offline

Dec 05, 2007 14:12

You might not have an mpeg2 codec on your system. You might need to get CyberLink's PowerDVD 7.

go to: C:\Program Files\Cyberlink\PowerDirector\SampleClips

and try and play the aquarium.mpg - it's an mpeg1 file. Just see if it plays.

Dafydd

Robert K

Newbie Joined: Dec 04, 2007 19:53 Messages: 9 Offline

Dec 05, 2007 20:59

PowerDVD 7DX plays DVDs (including the one I made with PowerDirector) just fine... so it must be something with the wonderful world of MS Windows Media Player (9, 10, AND 11...). I'm just glad to know that PowerDirector actually created the DVD ok - it's just appears to be a WMP problem at this point. Thanks for your help.

R