mpg and DVD play error Rufus 12/2/2008 5:44:01 PM First, I'm not certain that this is the correct discussion group for my problem. If it isn't, could someone tell me where it should be posted. Here's the situation and problem: My computer: Dell Dimension E510, 2MB RAM, 3.2GHz CPU, XP Media Center Edition, Version 2002, Service Pack 2. For the last several years I have been making home movies for my children and grandchildren as a Christmas present. I have used Windows Movie Maker for some but have used Roxio VideoWave more recently. I create the movies as mpg files. I have burned the DVD with Roxio MyDVD. There have been some problems with the Roxio products , but I have always - with patience - been able to get the job done. So I'm doing the same thing now. In fact, I have already created on the the DVDs for this year, but am still working on the rest. My usual procedure is to create the mpg movie with VideoWave and then to check it by viewing it in The trouble statred a few days ago when I tried to check a recently made movie. I double click on the movie and Windows Media Player opens and then produces an error window, saying it is unable to run the movie. I went back to Roxio and recreated the movie. Same results. I then tried playing an mpg movie made last year, but got the same error. Then it gets worse - I think. Thinking that the problem is somehow with the Media Player software, I burned a DVD with this problematic mpg, as well as a few others that had previously run fine in Media Player. I loaded the DVD into my Panasonic DVD player and got an error message that it was a bad disk. Before the error message was displayed, the DVD player, in the process of trying to read the DVD, produced several sounds - sounded to me like grinding. Now, the DVD will not read any DVD and produces the same sounds right after power on, and on power off. That's my - long - story. It would be wonderful if someone out there is an expert in software as well as DVD players. However, I'd be happy to start with the computer part. Any ideas? Thanks.

Re: mpg and DVD play error "John Inzer" <oobie[ at ]doobie.xyz> 12/2/2008 7:34:48 PM Rufus wrote: [Quoted Text] > First, I'm not certain that this is the correct discussion group for > my problem. If it isn't, could someone tell me where it should be > posted. Here's the situation and problem: > My computer: Dell Dimension E510, 2MB RAM, 3.2GHz CPU, XP Media Center > Edition, Version 2002, Service Pack 2. > For the last several years I have been making home movies for my > children and grandchildren as a Christmas present. I have used > Windows Movie Maker for some but have used Roxio VideoWave more > recently. I create the movies as mpg files. I have burned the DVD > with Roxio MyDVD. There have been some problems with the Roxio > products , but I have always - with patience - been able to get the > job done. So I'm doing the same thing now. In fact, I have already > created on the the DVDs for this year, but am still working on the > rest. > My usual procedure is to create the mpg movie with VideoWave and then > to check it by viewing it in > The trouble statred a few days ago when I tried to check a recently > made movie. I double click on the movie and Windows Media Player > opens and then produces an error window, saying it is unable to run > the movie. I went back to Roxio and recreated the movie. Same > results. I then tried playing an mpg movie made last year, but got > the same error. > Then it gets worse - I think. > Thinking that the problem is somehow with the Media Player software, I > burned a DVD with this problematic mpg, as well as a few others that > had previously run fine in Media Player. I loaded the DVD into my > Panasonic DVD player and got an error message that it was a bad disk. > Before the error message was displayed, the DVD player, in the > process of trying to read the DVD, produced several sounds - sounded > to me like grinding. Now, the DVD will not read any DVD and produces > the same sounds right after power on, and on power off. > That's my - long - story. It would be wonderful if someone out there > is an expert in software as well as DVD players. However, I'd be > happy to start with the computer part. > Any ideas? > Thanks. =================================== Sounds like you have two issues. The Panasonic apparently has hardware problems and may need to be replaced. I'm thinking coincidence and no relation to the current DVD issue. As for the .mpgs...there's some info in the following article: Guide To MPEG Playback In Windows Media Player http://msmvps.com/blogs/chrisl/articles/10633.aspx Maybe it would be worth a try to download and use the following free player: VLC Media Player http://www.videolan.org/ -- John Inzer MS-MVP Digital Media Experience Notice This is not tech support I am a volunteer Solutions that work for me may not work for you Proceed at your own risk

Re: mpg and DVD play error Rufus 12/3/2008 12:53:01 AM John, Thanks for your reply. The VLC Media player showed that my mpg files are functional. I guess that means that the Roxio disk burning software, MyDVD, must have a bug. I will try to uninstall and then reinstall. I also followed the first link you gave and downloaded software from Microsoft that looked at my computer and found one piece of software that could be used for mpg playback, but it was not compatible with Media Player 10. So I have a little more thinking to do - but not to much time to do it if i'm still going to be able to burn the DVDs for Christmas. Bob "John Inzer" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Rufus wrote: > > First, I'm not certain that this is the correct discussion group for > > my problem. If it isn't, could someone tell me where it should be > > posted. Here's the situation and problem: > > My computer: Dell Dimension E510, 2MB RAM, 3.2GHz CPU, XP Media Center > > Edition, Version 2002, Service Pack 2. > > For the last several years I have been making home movies for my > > children and grandchildren as a Christmas present. I have used > > Windows Movie Maker for some but have used Roxio VideoWave more > > recently. I create the movies as mpg files. I have burned the DVD > > with Roxio MyDVD. There have been some problems with the Roxio > > products , but I have always - with patience - been able to get the > > job done. So I'm doing the same thing now. In fact, I have already > > created on the the DVDs for this year, but am still working on the > > rest. > > My usual procedure is to create the mpg movie with VideoWave and then > > to check it by viewing it in > > The trouble statred a few days ago when I tried to check a recently > > made movie. I double click on the movie and Windows Media Player > > opens and then produces an error window, saying it is unable to run > > the movie. I went back to Roxio and recreated the movie. Same > > results. I then tried playing an mpg movie made last year, but got > > the same error. > > Then it gets worse - I think. > > Thinking that the problem is somehow with the Media Player software, I > > burned a DVD with this problematic mpg, as well as a few others that > > had previously run fine in Media Player. I loaded the DVD into my > > Panasonic DVD player and got an error message that it was a bad disk. > > Before the error message was displayed, the DVD player, in the > > process of trying to read the DVD, produced several sounds - sounded > > to me like grinding. Now, the DVD will not read any DVD and produces > > the same sounds right after power on, and on power off. > > That's my - long - story. It would be wonderful if someone out there > > is an expert in software as well as DVD players. However, I'd be > > happy to start with the computer part. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks. > =================================== > Sounds like you have two issues. > > The Panasonic apparently has hardware > problems and may need to be replaced. > I'm thinking coincidence and no relation > to the current DVD issue. > > As for the .mpgs...there's some info in the > following article: > > Guide To MPEG Playback In Windows Media Player > http://msmvps.com/blogs/chrisl/articles/10633.aspx > > Maybe it would be worth a try to download > and use the following free player: > > VLC Media Player > http://www.videolan.org/ > > -- > > John Inzer MS-MVP > Digital Media Experience > > Notice > This is not tech support > I am a volunteer > > Solutions that work for > me may not work for you > > Proceed at your own risk > > >

Re: mpg and DVD play error "John Inzer" <oobie[ at ]doobie.xyz> 12/3/2008 1:54:33 AM Rufus wrote: [Quoted Text] > John, > Thanks for your reply. > The VLC Media player showed that my mpg files are functional. I guess > that means that the Roxio disk burning software, MyDVD, must have a > bug. I will try to uninstall and then reinstall. > I also followed the first link you gave and downloaded software from > Microsoft that looked at my computer and found one piece of software > that could be used for mpg playback, but it was not compatible with > Media Player > 10. So I have a little more thinking to do - but not to much time to > do it if i'm still going to be able to burn the DVDs for Christmas. > Bob ====================================== If you do not have hardware issues with your burner... maybe the following freebie would burn your DVDs: DVD Flick http://www.dvdflick.net/ Be sure to read the Guide: http://www.dvdflick.net/guide.php If you have problems downloading DVD Flick... try the following direct link: http://tinyurl.com/6gt7p2 or... http://voxel.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/dvdflick/dvdflick_setup_1.3.0.4.exe Save the file to a folder on your hard drive and install from there. Tutorials: DVD Flick Tutorial http://beginwithsoftware.com/videoguides/dvd-flick-guide.html Burn Any PC Video Format into DVD http://www.freevideoworkshop.com/dvdflicktutorial.htm To create a basic Video DVD that should play in a free standing DVD player...try the following... Good luck. First...read the DVD Flick Guide to familiarize yourself with the program. Open DVD Flick and insert a blank DVD in your burner. If your computer's Autoplay window opens....just close it. Click the Project Settings button and go to...Video / Target format...residents of USA...choose...NTSC / Accept. Left click the Add title button and browse to your Movie Clips and select the ones you want on the DVD. You can arrange them by selecting one and then use the Move Up and Move Down buttons. Left click the Create DVD button / OK / Yes / Yes. Wait while the DVD is created. When the text "Finished Successfully" appears you may close DVD Flick. Now you can eject your DVD and play it in your DVD player. Good luck. -- John Inzer MS-MVP Digital Media Experience Notice This is not tech support I am a volunteer Solutions that work for me may not work for you Proceed at your own risk

Re: mpg and DVD play error Rufus 12/4/2008 11:25:02 PM Thanks again, John, for the valuable info. Earlier today I tried using Roxio to burn a DVD and it crashed - twice. So I think I will give DVD Flick a try. I do appreciate the assistance. - - Rufus "John Inzer" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Rufus wrote: > > John, > > Thanks for your reply. > > The VLC Media player showed that my mpg files are functional. I guess > > that means that the Roxio disk burning software, MyDVD, must have a > > bug. I will try to uninstall and then reinstall. > > I also followed the first link you gave and downloaded software from > > Microsoft that looked at my computer and found one piece of software > > that could be used for mpg playback, but it was not compatible with > > Media Player > > 10. So I have a little more thinking to do - but not to much time to > > do it if i'm still going to be able to burn the DVDs for Christmas. > > Bob > ====================================== > If you do not have hardware issues with your burner... > maybe the following freebie would burn your DVDs: > > DVD Flick > http://www.dvdflick.net/ > > Be sure to read the Guide: > http://www.dvdflick.net/guide.php > > If you have problems downloading DVD Flick... > try the following direct link: > > http://tinyurl.com/6gt7p2 > or... > http://voxel.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/dvdflick/dvdflick_setup_1.3.0.4.exe > > Save the file to a folder on your hard drive and > install from there. > > Tutorials: > > DVD Flick Tutorial > http://beginwithsoftware.com/videoguides/dvd-flick-guide.html > > Burn Any PC Video Format into DVD > http://www.freevideoworkshop.com/dvdflicktutorial.htm > > To create a basic Video DVD that should play in a free > standing DVD player...try the following... > > Good luck. > > First...read the DVD Flick Guide to familiarize yourself > with the program. > > Open DVD Flick and insert a blank DVD in your burner. > > If your computer's Autoplay window opens....just close it. > > Click the Project Settings button and go to...Video / > Target format...residents of USA...choose...NTSC / > Accept. > > Left click the Add title button and browse to your > Movie Clips and select the ones you want on the DVD. > > You can arrange them by selecting one and then use > the Move Up and Move Down buttons. > > Left click the Create DVD button / OK / Yes / Yes. > > Wait while the DVD is created. > > When the text "Finished Successfully" appears you > may close DVD Flick. Now you can eject your DVD > and play it in your DVD player. > > Good luck. > > -- > > John Inzer MS-MVP > Digital Media Experience > > Notice > This is not tech support > I am a volunteer > > Solutions that work for > me may not work for you > > Proceed at your own risk > > >

Re: mpg and DVD play error "John Inzer" <oobie[ at ]doobie.xyz> 12/5/2008 12:02:50 AM Rufus wrote: [Quoted Text] > Thanks again, John, for the valuable info. > Earlier today I tried using Roxio to burn a DVD and it crashed - > twice. So I think I will give DVD Flick a try. > I do appreciate the assistance. > > - - Rufus ======================== You're welcome. Let us know the results you have if you try DVD Flick. -- John Inzer MS-MVP Digital Media Experience Notice This is not tech support I am a volunteer Solutions that work for me may not work for you Proceed at your own risk

Re: mpg and DVD play error Rufus 12/11/2008 3:36:32 PM I have used DVD Flick over the last couple of days. Bottom line: it did what I wanted, namely burned a DVD with several of my home videos. As I stated previously, I am a novice at video and DVD creation. Having repeated that, I wish that my Roxio product performed as it should, and as it used to. The results are "prettier" than with DVD Flick, and, since these DVDs are to be gifts, pretty is nice (but "works" is much better). One additional problem that I had was in connection to the tutorials. I did bounce back and forth between them as I created my first DVD, and that first DVD get get burned successfully. However, due to my novice status, there was an awful lot of terminology that was essentially meaningless to me. I guess I will have to search for some resources so that I can decrease my ignorance level. Oh well, that's for another day. Thanks again for your help. "John Inzer" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Rufus wrote: > > Thanks again, John, for the valuable info. > > Earlier today I tried using Roxio to burn a DVD and it crashed - > > twice. So I think I will give DVD Flick a try. > > I do appreciate the assistance. > > > > - - Rufus > ======================== > You're welcome. > > Let us know the results you > have if you try DVD Flick. > > -- > > John Inzer MS-MVP > Digital Media Experience > > Notice > This is not tech support > I am a volunteer > > Solutions that work for > me may not work for you > > Proceed at your own risk > > >

Re: mpg and DVD play error "John Inzer" <oobie[ at ]doobie.xyz> 12/11/2008 4:57:26 PM Rufus wrote: [Quoted Text] > I have used DVD Flick over the last couple of days. Bottom line: it > did what I wanted, namely burned a DVD with several of my home > videos. As I stated previously, I am a novice at video and DVD > creation. Having repeated that, I wish that my Roxio product > performed as it should, and as it used to. The results are "prettier" > than with DVD Flick, and, since these DVDs are to be gifts, pretty is > nice (but "works" is much better). One additional problem that I had > was in connection to the tutorials. I did bounce back and forth > between them as I created my first DVD, and that first DVD get get > burned successfully. However, due to my novice status, there was an > awful lot of terminology that was essentially meaningless to me. I > guess I will have to search for some resources so that I can decrease > my ignorance level. Oh well, that's for another day. > Thanks again for your help. ============================= Editing video and burning DVDs are complex tasks that definitely have a steep learning curve...hang in there. And...you're welcome. Thanks for the update. -- John Inzer MS-MVP Digital Media Experience Notice This is not tech support I am a volunteer Solutions that work for me may not work for you Proceed at your own risk