First Chapter Wont Play

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W. John C.

Newbie Joined: Jul 27, 2008 03:54 Messages: 5 Offline

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Jul 27, 2008 04:05

Hello,

I'm new to PowerDirector.

I just completed compiling a movie made up of 5 separate video tracks. In PD, each track was given a chapter - i.e. there are 5 chapters. I produced the compilation and I burned to DVD.

When I play the DVD on a TV, it loads good with all 5 chapters showing and selectable. However, when I select Chapter 1, it doesn't play and the DVD player reverts to the TV channel. If I select Chapter 2, the DVD plays correctly. The other chapters 3 to 5 also play correctly.

I hope I've given enough information for someone to help me. Any ideas what I've done wrong???

Thanks
John

W. John C.

Newbie Joined: Jul 27, 2008 03:54 Messages: 5 Offline

Jul 30, 2008 18:37

Hello, Having experimented further to try to find why the first chapter doesn't play, it seems to be related to the addition of a title at the start of the movie.

I can burn to DVD my movie (made up of a few camcorder video) and it will play on a DVD machine when there is no title placed at (or near) the start of the movie.

But when I add the title I'm getting a couple of problems - either 1, when burning to DVD, PD7 crashes at around the 37% mark, or 2, it will burn all the way (saying Burning Successful) but it wont load and play on a DVD machine.

I have placed a title at the end of the movie and this seems to be no problem so I'm wondering if you can't place a title close to the start of the movie (seems a bit odd though).

I'll experiment some more but if anyone can help here it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
John

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