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albertd · 29-01-2008

Thanks for all that my friend. I hope I will manage to understand it. It seems that every time I think I am getting somewhere something else jumps out to confuse me!

To clarify, it is still the same project. All I started off wanting to do was take the DVD which my recorder had produced (90 minutes of Ice Dancing performances from the 1980s which I had copied from tape) and create a new entry page (menu) with 16 labeled buttons to select 16 entry points through the recording to start at the beginning of each performance. Seemed like a fairly simple task - but Oh No.

This was to be the the learning exercise using the first of all my old VCR tapes that I wanted to convert to DVD so that I could get rid of the heap of tapes that I have stored away under the stairs.

I am not sure whether to continue struggling with this project, or to give it up as too ambitious for me. I thought that MS Access was complicated, but it has nothing on this!

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I am rather disappointed with this software. One testimonial on the DimadSoft web site says: "....Out of desperation I download your program crossing my fingers....10 minutes later. Finished. Beautiful..." Sounds unlikely to me - even for someone who has a basic understanding of the formats (which I admit I do not), this software would take far longer than 10 minutes to learn. The only user guide available is out of date and incomplete and is not even a part of the software package. In my opinion, the standard of this software's documentation is more akin to something available as freeware rather than something costing $50.

I started off thinking that this software would do all that I needed, and quickly that thought was dispelled when I discovered that it did not even have the capability to burn the DVD that it had created. I have yet to discover what other basic tasks it cannot do without the acquisition of other packages. You are already talking about DvdLab (Pro), DVD Styler, TitleWriter, GUI for DVDAuthor (GFD) - is the list endless?

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I hope that you can help me to regain some confidence both in this package and in my abilities to use it.

29-01-2008	#26 (permalink)
albertd CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Southern England (Europe) Posts: 50	Re: Complete newbie looking for a steer <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> Thanks for all that my friend. I hope I will manage to understand it. It seems that every time I think I am getting somewhere something else jumps out to confuse me! To clarify, it is still the same project. All I started off wanting to do was take the DVD which my recorder had produced (90 minutes of Ice Dancing performances from the 1980s which I had copied from tape) and create a new entry page (menu) with 16 labeled buttons to select 16 entry points through the recording to start at the beginning of each performance. Seemed like a fairly simple task - but Oh No. This was to be the the learning exercise using the first of all my old VCR tapes that I wanted to convert to DVD so that I could get rid of the heap of tapes that I have stored away under the stairs. I am not sure whether to continue struggling with this project, or to give it up as too ambitious for me. I thought that MS Access was complicated, but it has nothing on this! ------- I am rather disappointed with this software. One testimonial on the DimadSoft web site says: "....Out of desperation I download your program crossing my fingers....10 minutes later. Finished. Beautiful..." Sounds unlikely to me - even for someone who has a basic understanding of the formats (which I admit I do not), this software would take far longer than 10 minutes to learn. The only user guide available is out of date and incomplete and is not even a part of the software package. In my opinion, the standard of this software's documentation is more akin to something available as freeware rather than something costing $50. I started off thinking that this software would do all that I needed, and quickly that thought was dispelled when I discovered that it did not even have the capability to burn the DVD that it had created. I have yet to discover what other basic tasks it cannot do without the acquisition of other packages. You are already talking about DvdLab (Pro), DVD Styler, TitleWriter, GUI for DVDAuthor (GFD) - is the list endless? ------- I hope that you can help me to regain some confidence both in this package and in my abilities to use it. Last edited by albertd; 29-01-2008 at 10:46.