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A possibility is to create an iso disc image.
However I suspect the viewer would need to be a little savvy and perhaps be able to play it on a network.
I do usually make an ISO file but my older sister doesn't have a computer and my Mother in Law (who sadly has just died at 102 years) wouldn't have had a clue. Once again thanks to all on this brilliant forum.
Pete
To the people who don't have enough computer skills, I rather put the video to my NAS and just send them an URL...easier to everyone.
Thanks again Barry but, please refer to my reply to Hatti and you'll see my problem
Pete
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... Perhaps Cyberlink will have to develop a way to put a proper video on to USB sticks??
Regards Pete
Most unlikely. It is not a problem of Cyberlink, it is a problem of the standard video file and the need of menus. You get menus and nice thinks, as bonus material only on standardized data media as DVD or BlueRay. My personal opinion is, that there will be maximal one successor to the BlueRay media. Have a look at the video and clip market today: Streaming videos from providers, that shows all information that you have on a DVD or Blueray online on their web portal - no need for menu stuff within the video. And all providers have their own, proprietary format, one better, colorful and whats-o-ever than the other. On the other hand the private filmers. They use their mobile phones, film upright (uhhh, what morons), leave them on the mobile phone or load it up to google, facebook, Cambridge Analytica and the NSA. Again no need for a new video file standard with menus and things. And the rest? Also nice streaming. From mobile phones over tablets up to Smart TV and wearables. So the most effort is to get new file formats, that can stream high definition resolutions as 4K or 8K efficently. As H.265 or webp or what might be coming next. I think, thats the future. And we are part of it.
Just my 2 (euro) cents
Hatti
I completely agree with you but, although I'm 70 I've been using computers since the days of the Commodor Pet in 1978-9 but the friends and family I send my DVDs to niether have computers or Smart phones and almost certainly would not know what to do with them if they did. I hope I've got enough DVDs in stock now to carry on for a few more years yet.
A Very big thanks to you and everyone else who have been kind enought to respond. Without doubt this site may be slow at opening where I live in very Rural France but, it is the best Forum I've ever used.
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A possibility is to create an iso disc image.
However I suspect the viewer would need to be a little savvy and perhaps be able to play it on a network.
I do usually make an ISO file but my older sister doesn't have a computer and my Mother in Law (who sadly has just died at 102 years) wouldn't have had a clue. Once again thanks to all on this brilliant forum.
Pete
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Going back to your original post, I don't understand when you say that DVD media are difficult to buy. Have you looked on Ebay?
I have bought from Ebay and Amazon before so that's OK but, the real problem is not at poresent but in the future. The best advice I have is from my computer guy who is an ex Microsoft man and tells me they are definitely a dead duck. My Office supplies shop in Poitiers does still sell them but does not plan on re-stocking once their supply is exhausted. Perhaps Cyberlink will have to develop a way to put a proper video on to USB sticks??
Regards Pete
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A little depends on the TV or unit with which you will play it.
I think most any player will now take MPEG2 or AVC, in both HiDef and Standard Definition.
Produce your video to a file, you cannot have chapters or menus, it's just a file.
Transfer that file to the stick, and pop it in the playing device.
You will have to search your device player menu to find the strick's location.
Thanks once again Barry. However, from what you say am I to take it that I can't, as I do at present, produce a DVD that looks and plays in exactly the same way as a professional DVD. I hasten to add that I don't mean mine are 'Professional' but I do try very hard to make then look as good and, usually funny, as I can make them. I do have a first play menu followed by a Root Menu page complete with a relevant image and play buttons etc. As I understand it they are standard MPEG2 DVDs. with a sound track and, unfortunately, my voice over.
If using USB sticks gives me no more than a file (as I use at present to save other projects and photos or Drawings) I'd best stock up on DVD Rs
Best regards
Pete
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Hi guys
I know I'm old fashioned but, Up until now I have produced my videos onto a DVD in order for my friends and family back in the Uk to watch on their TV but, apart from finding it more difficult now to buy DVD-Rs or even DVD+Rs where I live in France, my Computer man tells me to put them on to a USB Memory stick and they will play alright on a TV (Obviously , as long as the TV concerned has USB ports. However, as he has nothing to do with PD or any other video authoring software he couldn't really tell me how to do this and be certain they will work as planned.
Can anyone out there please tell me exactly how I do this. I would be starting from a PD file in my timeline. Oh, just incase it's important I am using PD13 Ultimate Suite
Best regards
Pete
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Hi Guys long time I know. Does anyone remember my problem of around a year ago.
I was creating DVDs but although the video was perfect I had no audio. I have now spent some time experimenting and Think I have found the solution.
1 If I go to creat Disc and import my files plus my First video that I created two years ago and add music to my Root Menu I would have audio in both the Root Menu and my first video but not in the actual video??
2 The discovery, if one can call it that, is. Every time I have a really jerky unstable section in my projects I have gone to Produce and produced in MPEG2 My thinking being that the final DVD will be an MPEG2 anyhow. If I then go to Creat Disc and import this MPEG2 I have on every occasion a duff DVD.
3 If, having Produced the project as an MPEG2 I then save it as a PD file before importing it to Creat Disc I have no problem.
Does anyone else either, have my problem, or know the reason for this? If so please let me know.
Best regards
Pete
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For some reason now when I finish editing audio in Audio Director from PD13 when I click 'Back' the file saves up to 98% then freezes indeffinitely and will not return to PD13. When I re-enter PD13 all my edits are not there. Does anyone else have this problem? Does anyone please have a solution.
Pete
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Hi I've tried burning an ISO file and it works perfectly, but, as did the disc. However, As this particular problem is intermittent ( I have had four failures from a batch of 100 Verbatim DVDs) I am wondering if a 4% bad disc rate is normal?
With regard to burning and not using Dolby Digital 2.1 stereo. Could you please tell me which alternative I should use?
Has anyone a solution for my other problem, that of PD and Audio Director not working together? Or should I have posted this as a separate topic
Once again many thanks to all for your help
Pete
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Thanks I'll give both a try.
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Hi Guys
Quite suddenly I am experiencing two audio problems.
1/ If I take an Audio file from PD13 timeline into Audio Director for editing when I click 'Back' the file begins to save but freezes at 98% and refuses to return to PD13. I then loose all my edtiting.
2/ When creating DVDs I am getting a lot of DVDs with perfect video but no Audio. I am checking very carefully to set Dolby and 2 channell sterio. I have tried 5.1 surround sound also. Sometimes a perfect DVD but then one without Audio, then some OK and then no Audio?
Is it me, Is it PD13 or am I using bad DVDs (They are Verbatim DVD-Rs)
Any suggestions Please
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Once again I cannot thank you enough.
But I have to say I always, and I MEAN ALWAYS have Anchor Butter, even here in France. Nothing else drips so nicely off hot toast. Mine is an oldie by Roxio by the way. However, when I tried to burn from my ISO it would not until it had 'Converted it'?? To I know not what format and the burned DVD did not have either my first video or any of my Menus that are clearly present in the ISO file? I will take the advice from Longedge and produce everything to MP4
Thanks to everyone
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Thank you so much everyone.
I have made several DVDs at the MPEG2 HQ as suggested, so it seems I got that one right. I have now made an an ISO file and copied it to several destinations. I have Toast on my MAC would I be able to use this to burn more DVDs when required.
Once again a big thank you
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Hi Guys
I have finally finished my epic and would like to make a proper Master Copy to Disc. I am not totally conversant with all these different formats. I have already bagged the project up and saved several copies, but, I would like to make a solid master copy onto either a DVD or USB Drive. Could some one please tell me: Which format would give me (a) the best quality file and (b) Be the easiest to use at a later date should I wish to burn more DVDs?
Thanks a bunch.
P.S. Am I the only guy out there who actually loves PD13?
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Hi Optodata
Thanks for your help. I have recovered 11 of the fourteen missing files. As 'Sods Law' would have it of course the one really needed had been overwritten and unrecoverable. But, no worries I have enough data to re-creat it. Once again thanks to all at PD forum
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Thanks so much Optodata. I'll give that one a try but, as I've already saved other files on the system I'm not too hopeful.
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Hi Carl
I have a separate working folder with a different name, which is why I was so amazed to find it empty.
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Having been very busy all summer I have not opened Power Director since June. On doing so I find I have no PDS files on my computer. Now, I never, I repeat NEVER simply do a save. My proceedure at all times is to open the project and before doing any editing I do a Sava As to a new file name. I have the system set to save every five minutes but, I never close without doing a Save As and a new file name. All my PDS files are saved to a named temorary folder. I do have the settings set to delete 'Temporary' files every 30 days, but, I assume this only deletes 'Temporary' files, not those saved as a named file. I have searched every folder on the system without success.
Fortunately almost the entire project I am working on is saved as a video, as each time I arrive at an important point I create a disc. But, this whole project has taken me countless hours since February and still has many months to go yet. Is it possible that somehow PD13 considers all my PDS files as temporary and simply deletes them.
Does anyone out there have an answer please.
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When I was going to run PD13 on my Mac as well as my PC I was told by Apple to partition my HD and install Windows 8.1 as an alternative operating system.
Then, in bootcamp launch Windows at startup and install PD13 as a normal windows set up and not use parallels. I've yet to try it but maybe you should.
By the way I'm running Yosemite on the Mac.
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I don't understand how you can be refused. You are not using the software for commercial purposes in the sense of the term. You are creating something yourself, using a piece of software designed for that purpose in exactly the same way I have been using CAD software for more than thirty years. What you create is yours. It's your copyright and has nothing to do with the software that you have paid for in order to create a video anymore than me using the software I have paid for to create designs for my clients. I have never paid for or been asked for extra sums in order to do this. Anymore than the machines and tools I use to make those designs. This software is merely a tool built for the purpose of editing and creating your video. To use as you see fit.
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