![]() I used Toast 6.1.1 for a long time and never had any trouble with it. If that's the source of your trouble, downgrade to the previous version of BitVice Helper. However, there was one version of it that caused the problem you've seen: DVDs that play only on a computer. You can use Toast to burn it, but Toast won't be doing the encoding, so my guess is that it'll play OK on your consumer DVD deck. One thing I do when I need a quick "pop it in and play" DVD without menus is to use BitVice Helper to create a burnable disc image. I've done several tests, and although the Avid codec produces a picture with far fewer artifacts, by the time you encode for DVD you'll be hard-pressed to see the difference. Just de-select the codec and choose RGB for the video levels. The newest version, Toast 7, does have some advanced features for controlling the bit rate and compressing the audio, so definitely buy Toast 7 if DVD burning is important to you.īitVice is unnecessary, however, if you export from Xpress Pro without the Avid codec. It also can add dithering and noise reduction (or frame cleaning) that will improve the appearance of most encoding jobs. But it's main, indispensable feature is the ability to correct for the Studio RGB color space of Avid codecs. Did you try a test by selecting audio tracks in your sequence? I don't know if it's necessary, but you could always put a second or two of dead-silent audio at the end of your sequence and do another QT Ref export.īitVice is great. My first guess is that Toast is, indeed, expecting to see an audio file with your QT Ref, and the DVD it burns is missing something the DVD player expects to see. In the meantime, I'll try to make a few comments and guesses. I was urged to write up a sticky about DVD authoring and I'll try to do that soon. One other thought - the footage is mute - could this be an issue? I'm currently working with Toast v6 and I've been told that v7 has a better codec - better that BitVice even - but it's not worth the upgrade if I still can't get round the fundamental problem of unplayable DVDs. Just a straight burn - but it needs to play on domestic machines. I am prepared to buy DVD SP if that's what I need to do - BitVice and DVD SP have a good record of working together - but frankly I don't need any of the other features on this project - no menus etc. I don't want to use th iDVD codec though and you have no choice since it won't work with others. If I use iDVD to create a DVD from the QT Ref it plays fine on both (same TDK media). ![]() I have created my DVD-Rs in Toast - none of the tests I have done will play on my domestic machine but they will all play fine on my Mac. I have been trying out a demo copy of Innobit BitVice to create MPEG 2 files and I have also tried working directly with an Avid QT Ref from XPress Pro. I'd like to be able to create a DVD that will play sucessfully on a domestic machine. Trying to come to some kind of a conclusion here. ![]()
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