There are those in the forum that burn projects to a folder instead then use anothe disc burning software to burn the disc like imgburn, just google it. It's free and seems to work.

When you select "Burn" in power director, select the "burn to folder" option, and deselect the " burn to disc" option. Then use this created DVD folder in "imgburn".

See if this works for you.

Kevin
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I for one never burn to disc until I have rendered to file first and watched the video...... costs nothing but a little bit of your time.... then if I like it I just put that in the timeline and use it.... And I seldom use PD to burn my project anyway..... __________________________________________
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Thanks for these tips folks, much appreciated.

I produced a QuickTime version overnight, and had a couple of freezups again, mostly close to scene changes/titles.

Is there a need to play the whole edited video through in the 'Edit' window before any further file/disc burning??

If not, what else could be causing these freezups??

Many thanks again for your input. The meek shall inherit the earth, if that's ok with everyone else....

Hi Loveclose -

I had a look through some of your previous posts to see whether you'd posted a DxDiag report, giving the details of your system. Couldn't find one. It'd be a good idea to post one, since you're running into some issues.

Instructions (if you need them): http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/7958.page#32766 Part B

If there was a single simple answer to your freeze-up question, members would be happy to provide it, I'm sure. PD seems to be ridiculously finicky & appears to misbehave for a plethora of reasons. If it was your child, you'd devote some time to teaching it some resilience! Unfortunately, its Mummy & Daddy haven't been able to do that yet.

By turning off this & that on your PC, you've tried to rule out possibilities & give it the best chance of processing in a stable fashion. These forum pages provide solid evidence that the cause(s) could be just about anything from drivers to codecs to background processes to hardware to other software to PC maintenance... blah blah blah.

NO - there is no need to preview the production prior to rendering or disc burning. Of course, many editors would, just to make sure everything is "in the right spot". Nor is it necessary to produce the video before burning - except to relieve your PC of some workload.

Why are you producing to QuickTime MOV format? Is it because that's what your original clips are? How are your produced videos going to be viewed, apart from via DVD/BR disc?

Cheers - Tony
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Knew that one might come up!! So please find my DxDiag attached and let me know if it's readable....

In answer to your questions Tony, I tried the Quicktime burn because I've just come back from a Switzerland trip with three mates and wanted to share the video with them. Being unable so far to create a BD that doesn't freeze up somewhere, I thought I'd try a Quicktime file....

My main desire is to produce BD discs. Once done, I can save the original cam files and clear space on the cam. A blu ray disc is the preferred method of viewing and sharing for this particular project.

The original cam clips appear on my system as MTS files and are the highest quality my cam is capable of. Been burning using the 24mps profile as this definitely clears up one of my earlier issues with chopping panning bits. My file properties appear to indicate that the bitrate is just under 24mps.

Hope this helps and should any further info be needed, I'd only be too happy to provide it.

Many thanks again for your time and patience. The meek shall inherit the earth, if that's ok with everyone else....

Hi again -

On your PC, the GPU is the weakest link. Radeon HD 5450 http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=Mobility+Radeon+HD+5450 - if you were ever considering an upgrade, that would be a good place to start.

On that subject, it'd be a good idea to update your GPU driver http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/radeonaiw_vista32.aspx?type=2.4.1&product=2.4.1.3.36.3.4&lang=us&rev=&ostype=Windows%207%20-%2032-Bit%20Edition

If your original camera files are .mts, I'd leave out the .MOV rendering & stick with H.264 encoding for BR burning. More experienced BR makers would be able to advise you better on that question, but going from one format to another does have an impact on quality, workload & production time.

Cheers - Tony
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There was me thinkin' I had a decent graphics card.....

Ah well, time to save up I suppose!!

Having said that, I've updated the graphics card driver just a little while ago(ie, this eve!) I haven't used hardware acceleration anywhere within PD10, so given the fact that my card is so low on the list, it's probably just as well I haven't done so!

Going to try a file only 'burn' this eve.

Many thanks again for your input Tony. The meek shall inherit the earth, if that's ok with everyone else....

Quote: There are those in the forum that burn projects to a folder instead then use anothe disc burning software to burn the disc like imgburn, just google it. It's free and seems to work.

When you select "Burn" in power director, select the "burn to folder" option, and deselect the " burn to disc" option. Then use this created DVD folder in "imgburn".

See if this works for you.

Kevin

Thanks for this Kevin. Am creating an image file, and will try both this imgburn prog and if all else fails the disc burning part of my Cyberlink suite. Like the look of imgburn though..... The meek shall inherit the earth, if that's ok with everyone else....

Just as an update to the previous, I've found that PowerProduce burns the produced files from PD10 direct to Blu Ray just fine.
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