Anyway, alternate software seems to be my best option as in the time I could take to try to solve the Architect problem, I could have burned several copies of my latest project on different software. I've used "device manager" under "control panel" to modify my USB settings. I have Windows XP and haven't really been able to find the wizard, except for once when I used some commands I found online, but the wizad didn't look very helpful. In Sony's info, they keep talking about using the "unplug or eject hardware" wizard to uninstall my USB stuff.
Luckily, by un-plugging a USB cord and plugging it back in, I was able to re-activate the necessary drivers and get my computer to work again. I've tried disabling some of those before but it didn't seem to help and when I disabled the USB component device, my computer became crippled since both my mouse and keyboard depend on USB (my printer does too, so this option doesn't seem too practical). Is your client supplying the CC file? How are they supplying them (format)? If they gave you an SCC file, did you try it in your Trial version of Encore DVD 2.0?Īfter looking at a bunch of support info, I think the main thing that is making Architect not work right for me is having USB smartmedia reader devices on my computer.
But as I started to use it, it all began to make sense to me (I was coming from Ulead's DVD Workshop 2.x - which I think has one of the most user-friendly interfaces). I will say that the first time I tried DLP, I was also a bit lost. "User friendly" is a relative term - what makes sense to me might not for others, and vice versa.ĭLP 2.x uses a similar interface as earlier 1.x versions - so no gains there if that's what you are after.
So I have to look into new options.since now I use DVDit pro and it doesn't do CC.įirst, my apologies to Tristan if this is getting too much OT (I think it was an older version.is 2 any more user friendly?)Ī big client that I do a lot of authoring all of a sudden told me that all their dvd's from now on will be CC'd. I didn't really put a ton of time into it, but I usually can figure out software pretty quickly and I was clueless with it. Thanks for the reply George.I tried a trial version of DVDlab before.I must say I was completely lost. It can also add your *.SCC file to the final DVD (as can Encore DVD 2.0). Since you are doing all your encoding externally, and only need an authoring program, I would recommend DVDLab PRO 2.x. I would try it first to see if it meets your needs (Trial versions are available). But I believe set-top dvd players will play the CC - you can always edit the DVD to indicate that the CC is there (using something like IFOedit). The only problem would be that the IFO's don't say your DVD contains CC - so using software DVD Players won't be able to toggle the CC on/off. But if you feed it an mpeg file with the CC embedded properly, and when it uses your file "asis" (without re-encoding), it will author the DVD with the CC. They do sell a "lite" version called DVD Architect Studio for only $49 - but it is missing some of the "Advanced" features.
But to get the FULL version, it comes bundled with Vegas 7. It is a standalone Authoring application. I edit in avid and encode in squeeze, so really only need an authoring program. I use DVDit pro6 now.and I like it when it works. George > does DVDA 4 work independently or do you have to use w/ Vegas? Can you bu just DVDA 4 by itself? Does it do CC?