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**wkulecz** · 25 July 2002, 18:41

I haven't tried this with PowerDVD but WinDVD has the same problem. In "disk" mode it must read the BUP * IFO files to get the menu structure, but in file mode it just plays the file(s) you select.

I burned the disk anyway and all was well (in compatible players).
WinDVD plays the DVD+R from the DVDROM drive fine even though it can't play the files from the hard drive correctly.

I'm guessing PowerDVD has the same problem. If you are worried about it burn to DVD-RW or DVD+RW and this way you aren't out a disk if I'm wrong, although finding compatible players for the RW disks is harder.

--wally.

**Brian Ellis** · 26 July 2002, 00:06

Morane

A few comments, bur possibly not too helpful.

1. PowerDVD is a Mickey Mouse app and you cannot take it seriously. I have commercial DVDs that it plays all skewiff (or not at all) and it rarely plays DVDs I burn correctly, even though they work fine in a stand-alone DVD player.
2. Your aggregate file size may be a wee bittie large to burn a DVD. For most reliable burning, I've found it best to keep the aggregate below 4,000,000 kb, even though it can go higher, theoretically.
3. MovieFactory allows you to merge (Make Movie) or separate (Batch Convert) your files, if this is your problem, which I didn't totally understand.

**morane** · 26 July 2002, 06:37

Hi,
I never had problem with powerDVD before, even with some home made VCD (authoring done with TSCV).

Brian, can you explain how the batch converter is working and how I should use it ?

My objective is very simple:

my vacation movie can't be save as a 1 file because this one will be to big for my system (win98SE with fat32). When I made the movie with Premiere and LSX, it wa just more convenient for me to make 7 files.

Now I want to use these 7 files to make the DVD with the menu, but I want to save the all DVD structure on the hard drive and test it before burning the DVD (the only DVD writer I can use for the moment is a HP 100i and it burn only DVD-RW).

Thanks for the help

**Brian Ellis** · 26 July 2002, 08:14

Morane

The Batch Convert facility takes each MPEG-2 file and each is converted to a separate chapter. When played back, each of these files appears on the menu and can be chosen normally, but they do not run on one to the next. In Make Movie, they do run on as if they were a single file.

I'm on very shaky territory here, but can you burn a 4 Gb DVD with 98SE? The process involves generating a whacking great image file and there may be limitations (I honestly don't know, as my DVD burner has always been on a W2k system). No doubt someone will tap me on the knuckles if I'm wrong

**wkulecz** · 26 July 2002, 10:17

You can't test the DVD structure on the hard drive unless you have a software DVD player that supports it. Most don't.

Go ahead and burn your DVD+RW and try it in your DVDROM and standalone players. You can erase and reuse the disk if you've messed up.

--wally.

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