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Set up your DVD in Produce/Create Disc right up to the point you'd burn it the disc. In the lower right corner.
Click Burn in 2D (or 3D).
On the option screen that opens, select either Save as Disc Image (to create an ISO file) or Create a Folder (to create a VIDEO_TS folder). This folder or ISO can then be transfered to any computer you want to use to actually burn your disc.
Wow Steven, thank you sir for your expertise and also your super fast response. I didn't even make it through a quarter cup of coffee. You are awesome and I appreciate your help.
I could have spent who knows how much time, and caused who knows how much damage, trying to fumble my way through this, to MAYBE end up with the final result needed...It's so much easier to ask and get answers from PD Gurus such as you, that have possibly already experienced and resolved the problem you have!
Thank you again. Have a great day!
Tazz
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Hello everyone...
I'm hoping I can get some assistance up front before I make mistakes.
So, I have created tons of dance shows, over many many years, using PowerDirector. So I am very PD litertate. However, I have always burned the final show directly to a blank DVD, and then used that master disk to burn a hundred more in my disk duplicator and voila, done! I have never created a show on a computer that does not have an internal disk burner.
So fast forward to this year, my new laptop, with NO dvd burner and, "well crap, now what?"
SPECS of SHOW: My files produced in PowerDirector 365, are long. Approximately 2 hours. Every year the show has been the same; They have numerous dance numbers, each with it's own chapter (marker), and then created with a menu that reflects those individual chapters. So the user can select on the main dvd screen, "play complete show" or pick and choose which individual dance to watch.
So, with the details all out of the way, my question is this: How do I burn a master copy of the entire show to an external drive that I can transfer to another computer, where I can then burn a DVD disk, that I can then use to burn copies in the disk duplicator? I want to assure that the version of the entire show that I burn to the external (portable) drive has all the elements of the production, including the complete menu, etc. I do have PD 365 on my desktop computer as well if that helps. So I literally have to just get the entire show master copy to it. I would prefer NOT to just load all the files onto the external and then have to import them into PD on the desktop and then create the master copy FROM the desktop pc. It's older and struggles to do anything quickly. The laptop is new, loaded, and fast, so to create the shows master on it would be preferable, if that makes sense.
I might be over thinking this and I appoligize if this is a stupid question with an obvious answer.
Thank you in advance to anyone that can help.
Tazz
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Yes, a waste of time. It does nothing the alter or change what needs to be done in the "Create Disc" module with the timeline contents. The only exception is if you start a new project and then use that "Produced" video in the timeline and reset chapters and such and then go to "Create Disc". If this is done, one needs to make sure that you "Produce" to a DVD compliant format or you will simply encode the video yet again during "Create disc" which can lead to additional quality issues.
60i wording because it is an 'interlaced' format. Basically this describes a recording mode where 60 fields (not frames) per second are recorded. Two fields make up on full frame, and the term field means that either the odd or even numbered lines of an image frame are recorded. The 60i format was developed for the NTSC color TV system standard of 1953. Since 60i is fields, that standard defines an effective 29.97 interlaced frames per second for NTSC Color TV.
Because DVD has to meet the standard above, your progressive clip, or any non compliant timeline footage, will be converted to interlaced during the "Create Disc" encode process.
Jeff
Jeff, thank you for your time, expertise, and very thorough explanation of this. I appreciate your help. You very clearly explained a lot and saved my brain from much confusion.
Tazz
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Assume by DVD you really mean DVD and not BD or AVCHD. You don't really need to "Produce" the video to put on DVD, you can just use the "Create Disc" module and the source will be converted to standard format for DVD. The MPEG-2 DVD HQ setting in "Produce" is very near the highest bitrate you can use for a standard DVD with PD. If your source is 29.97, common for NTSC video on media, you don't want to convert that to 23.976 fps, it will look choppy.
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Hi Jeff, and thanks in advance for your assistance. Yes, I really mean DVD, not BD or AVCHD. So I can bypass that produce section all together, and just go direct to create disk? I have always gone to the produce step and selected MP2 on every DVD project I have done haha...what a waste of time huh? I thought I had too go through that step.
Ok, so, if I go to create disk...On the Video and Audio Settings section, the video encoding is Mpeg-2 and the HQ 720x480/60i (9.5 mbps) is the only selection. Is 60i changing everything to the worse? I have a progressive clip, is the i interlaced? And is the 60 the frame rate? I'm kind of confused now. I thought it was best to create a disk with the same settings as the project for best outcome quality-wise, especially the frame rate. I know for a DVD I HAVE to go with the 720x480, but the frame rate is what has me puzzled. I know 29.97 is basically 30, so is 60i equivelent to 30 in some manner due to the interlacing?? My head is going to go kaboom! 
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Hi everyone,
I'm hoping some one can enlighten me on this issue, and let me know if it's an issue at all or if i'm just over thinking this process.
I have a finsished product, and on the time line if I right click on my clip and bring up the project details under "view properties" under "video" the frame rate is shown as 29.97, which is fine, BUT, when I go to produce the video (to put on a DVD), I either have to go with the default MP2 settings which are uneditable, or if I try to make a custom profile which I did with better bitrate, I have no way of changing the frame rate. It shows up as 23.98. Should these frame rates match, and if so, how am I able to perform that task. Or does it matter at all. Will if affect the finished product. (Which is by the way a dance performance, fast movement, changing lights, etc.)
Thank you for any help you can give.
Tazz
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If this is the 11th year you create recital dvds then the pc burner might be getting old. Try this: Burn at a lower speed through configure and/or Create a folder. Use Imgburn to burn at a lower speed like 4x with verify turned on. It does sound like an alignment problem with the burner. A slower burn speed does help!!
HAHA, well unlike me, whom just get's old and has NO upgrades, my PC over the years has been much more fortunate. I have upgraded to a new, better, faster model a couple times over that span.
I thank you too for your help on this. I see I have options of default 8.0, 6.0, and 4.0...I guess going with the slowest might be best or should I try 6.0? Heck at 8.0 it's taking 6 1/2 hours to burn...I guess 13 hours isn't too bad (sarcasm) if I end with a disk that's not skipping. I have spent days on this already, with no luck!
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I'm sorry to hear that you're having this problem. I haven't worked with discs for years, but one thing you can try is to "burn" to a folder or as an ISO image (both options are on PD's Final Output window), and then use Windows or a free 3rd party burner to actually create the disc from that image or folder.
That would either eliminate or confirm that something with PD's burning code is causing the problem on your machine.
Thank you so much for your suggestions and quick reply. I appoligize for my rather slow response. I have been out of town. Anyhow, I had tried what you suggest. I burned a copy to my hard disk (pc) and it runs perfectly with no issues. I could then burn it to a disk but I have a menu on the disk I need. When I burn to hard drive, I lose the menu. The menu is one that gives the option to play the complete show, or pic and choose individual performances (dances). From what I understand, out of PD, I have to choose create to disk in order to keep that menu intact, please correct me if I'm wrong, or if there's a work-around! This is rather frustrating. Also each attempt at somthing new (to disk) takes about 6 1/2 hours of time... arrrggghhh!
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Just incase its necessary.... I am using PowerDirector Ultimate version 16.03424.0
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Hello,
I hope some of you video gurus out there can assist me with this unusual problem I'm having. I'm pulling my hair out and banging my head against a wall at this point. A little back history. I am no guru, but have created a big show video (over two hours long) every year using PowerDirector, this is the 11th I have done and I have never encountered this problem. It's not a PC issue as I have MORE than enough power, memory etc, for video production, so I'm not even questioning that. I captured all the files, clips, etc, edited them with no issues, produced the finished product with no issues, and created disk with no problems, until playback on DVD players (I tried in more than one).
The video is skipping in certain places. For example, this is a dance performance, and on the first number, it plays great until 2:08 and it freezes briefly and skips to 2:15. At the 2:08 mark, there is no splice, no effect added, zero, nada, nothing. I have burned the disk from the original video with all the spliced chapters. I then went in and broke the video into thirds/segments, and produced an MP4 of each segment (saved to pc hard drive), and then imported those into my project, and created a disk and the same issue happened at the exact same spot(s). I also exported the entire video project as one full MP4 file, saved to pc, and then imported that one MP4 file into my projects timeline, and created a disk from that. Therefore there were no spliced pieces, effects, etc. to cause any issues. The same problem happened. The video is originally created with 42 dance numbers, using two cameras, 1920x1080. In the timeline, each dance has it's own chapter marker and is spliced obviously where the cameras change from full stage to zoomed in. Effects are minimum, with the odd crossfade here and there. The skipping issues are ironically NOT where a splice or effect is used, but where the video is just smoothly playing.
Now this is where the "hair pulling and head banging" comes into play but might also alert the guru's to the problem. The full MP4 file which is exported at 1920x1080 plays back perfectly with no problems, no skipping, etc. on mp pc, NOT played back in PowerDirector but on a third party video player (VLC) It is only the copy that I "create disk" from PowerDirector. I am creating a "DVD-Video", MPEG-2, Smart Fit, onto an 8.5 GB, Double layered DVD (Verbatim AZO). I have used this same format and method every year.
The video is created with a menu, and individual scene selections. The menu works perfect on the finished DVD. The only issue is this skipping problem. It also happens throughout the DVD in a number of places. Approximately 4 or 5 dances later after the first dance, it does it again, the exact same way, freezes and skips about 7 seconds ahead. The dances in between have no issues at all. I have burned (many hours) four seperate copies, thinking maybe it was a bad disk at first but had the same problem, in the exact same place.
PLEASE help. I hope that someone out there has heard of this before and might have a resolution to the issue. Thank you in advance for any help you could offer.
Tazz
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Hello everyone,
I hope someone can help me out here, as I have never encountered this issue before. I do appreciate it and thank you in advance for your assistance.
So, I have a short three and a half minute clip with several splices throughout, an audio track of voice only (talking), and then I have an audio track with music playing in the background. I produced the video a couple times and everything was great, sound played perfectly. I had a couple minor transition issues I had to edit, which I did, but when I produced the video again, the music track is just not there. The voice/talking track is, but no music. I have tried producing it as MP4, Mpeg-2, etc, with same results. I have closed the program, rebooted PC, cleared the program cache incuding the waveform cache. I have moved the music track above and below the other tracks. I have deleted it and re-imported the file...I have exhausted every avenue that I know to do, and nothing works.
I am most confused because it was working just fine. I didn't edit the audio in any manner when I had to tweak a few things on the video. Also, when I preview the video on the timeline and also in the produce video window, it plays as it should, perfectly with the music. But when I produce it...NOTHING!!!
I also, have no waveforms on my audio clips on the timeline. I do have the option clicked under settings. I just have a straight line on all my audio clips. I've done everything to get them back but they just don't appear.
I am running PD Ultimate version 16.0.2816.1 on a windows 10 machine, with more than ample memory, etc.
So, please help. I have spent hours trying to figure this out, which should have been done and in the can after a few minutes!
Thank you,
Tazz
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Jaime-esque and Longedge, thank you for all your great advice. Nope, just using the files for DVD. So 8 seems like the top. As you stated "MPEG 2 720x480. Bitrate about 8 Mbps. It may be labeled DVD HQ". That's the choice I will go with.
The camera was a Panasonic HMC150 HD...Under the properties of the original files unloaded from the SD Card, and the details tab it reads: Frame Width: 1920, Frame Height: 1080, Data Rate: 21251kbps, Total Bitrate: 21635kbps, Frame Rate: 29 frame/second. From there it has the Audio Specs listed and so on. I have a screen shot of that screen but don't see an attachment option.
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One of the other issues, I think that builds so many problems while producing, is that there is no option for my recorded specs...In PD13, the MPEG-2 options that are closest to my originals are only: MPEG-2 1920 x 1080/24p and MPEG-2 1920x1080/60i both at 25 mbps. The 60i option I understand IS 30p, yes? But it's interlaced which I need to stay away from, yes? There is no option for 29.97 (30) and that is under NTSC options. IS this where the create a new profile should be used and build one to match your specs exactly? I'm kinda confused here. My brain is going to explode!
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The original file type is showing as an MTS file.
CS, that sounds good in theory, but it took HOURS to produce, so it would be nice to get it right the first time haha. But yes, what ever I go with, I need to make sure of two things, that it will play in multiple DVD players, and that the quality is as nice as possible. I can/will use DL disks if it means getting better quality and not condensing it so much.
Jaime, that's where a lot of my questions came in. If my original has a bitrate in the 20's, wouldn't producing at 8 diminish the quality tremendously, or is this where I'm off the mark? I thought that the higher bitrate was much better and therefore needed to produce it at a higher one, closer to the original. At first that was the choice I made, the one you mention here, but then had all these questions pop up in my head.
Tazz
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What is your original footage i.e. resolution, frame rate, file type etc. If you edit and then produce to files that are the same as your original then you'll have the best source material for your final DVD's and they will probably be rendered quicker as well (less work for PD). As you say, your final DVD's will be standard mpeg2 .VOB's by default. The one thing to avoid if at all possible is upscaling.
Hi Longedge,
Thank you for your response. Specs of my original recording are: 1920x1080, 21251 kbps (data rate), 21635 kbps (total bitrate), 29 fps (frame rate)...One of the options in PD is MPEG-2, 1920x1080/60i, 25mbps. Would that be my best bet? Based on what you said, I'm assuming yes?
Thank you again for your expertise and assistance.
Tazz
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Hello,
I have a quick question that I hope I can get some assistance with, and I thank you in advance if you can help.
I have a project I have completed, fairly large, 50 chapters, 2 hours and ten minute show. I learned the other day (from here) that it's much better to produce my project to a file on my computer, and then import that saved file into a timeline, THEN add my chapter markers and finally burn to a dvd. I know that the final burn has to be MPEG-2 to work/play on DVD players.
My question is, what format should I produce the project I'm sending to my computer as, to get the best quality possible upon importing it back onto a timeline. Do I also produce this as an MPEG-2, or is there a better choice? Somewhere in my "not so expert" mind, I'm thinking I can export at a better quality than I could to a dvd, due to lack of size constraints via a computer file as opposed to a disk, but I might be wrong!? I thought I was wrong once before, but I was mistaken  I saw this answered somewhere here the other day, but I searched and could not find it, of course now that I need it!
Thank you again for any help. Hopefully you understand what I attempted to explain up there!
Tazz
I am currently using PD13 Ultimate
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Thank you to everyone for different tips and insights on this subject. I might have to just re-adjust my workflow...I produce dance shows with 45-60 different dance numbers that all need a chapter for the dvd scenes menu...upon completing the entire show, I then burn it and (p)review it in a dvd player and tv (not on my computer)...That is where I see any glitches or problems, if there are any I have to come back in and fix things, or move, reduce, etc any problem areas, which in turn can change, even if just so slightly, the timeline, which of course goofs up all the chapter markers. I maybe need to produce the entire preview dvd without chapters/scenes review, and then come in and add the chapter markers!?
Thanks again.
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I really wish they could add a fix to this. Even if there was an option to lock or sync all chapter markers to timeline clips, that you could choose when it was needed. I understand that the chpater markers are the last thing to add, but as in my case just now, I have a project that has 50 chapters with multiple pieces in each chapter, and two cameras, and realized I needed to shift it all to the right so I could place something I forgot at the very beginning. So now instead of just temporarily locking the chapter markers to the clips, I have to manually move every one of them and line them all up again, etc. I know that it shouldn't be an option for the norm, but it's for those times that an "oh poop" occurs, which I'm sure with lengthy video project editing, we have all experienced one time or another.
Just my two cents worth!
Thanks, Tazz
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I guess just to ask an easier question after seeing the attached image....Is there a way to move that secondary clip to the left to line up with that red line?
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Hello and thank you in advance for anyone that can help me...
I have been editing with PowerDirector for a number of years now, but I have a question about a method of lining up clips properly without having to add a splice in the other clips. That is how I cheat it, by splicing the main clip, and then moving my secondary (zoom) clip to that splice to accurately sync the starting point.
Let me explain...I have a two camera setup, one (main) full stage that never moves (zooms, pans, etc), and one (secondary) camera that is strictly the zooms, pans, etc. The editing problem I am having is when I try to sync the zoom camera/clips to the main camera clips and I find the starting point where I can sync the clips, how do i move the zoom clip to the timeline marker. I might be calling the timeline marker incorrectly. The scrubber tool that you can move back and forth across the timeline, which has a red guide line, I can set that where I want it, and then want to move the zoom clip to line up with that red line... All these years I have found the easiest way to do it is to place a splice where I want it, and then I can move the secondary camera clip to the splice. The problem is I have nearly 40 dance numbers in the show and once I do that 120-150 times, that's a lot of ridiculous splices.
So, please help me with this if you know. I have attached a screen shot to assist in understanding what my jumbled mumbling means. Thanks again in advance!
Tazz
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Hi Sonic,
Thanks for your help/suggestion. Sorry, yes this was a step they asked me to check as well...I did have a question that I sent to the tech but he never answered. This is what the last three lines of my hosts file has...I didn't know if this is correct or not, Wasn't sure about the "cap" prefix and also that first line is crammed all together just like that on one line. Is that normal or correct?
127.0.0.1 125.252.224.91127.0.0.1 cap.cyberlink.com
127.0.0.1 activation.acronis.com
127.0.0.1 cap.cyberlink.com
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