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Thanks for your replies. There are no video files in my show. I will try the ISO option and see if that works. Happy New Year to you both. Aaron

Greetings all: I have greatly enjoyed PTE and made several fun shows. Typically, I have generated an MP4 on my desktop, copied to my laptop, and then played on our flat screen using HDMI cable from laptop directly to TV (with Media Player classic). I would like to create my most recent show as a DVD that I can play in my DVD player. However, when I try to do this, despite the project line at the bottom of the screen indicating 0.9GB and using a new blank DVD disk, I get an error message saying that the disk only has 1.9GB free and that 2.6GB are needed. Any suggestions? Thanks Aaron

Just a simple question from a new user: I have just downloaded v5.6 beta 20. When I became a user, I had installed v5.6 beta 4. What's the best way to install the new software so as not to lose previous work, as well as avoid having multiple copies of the software on one's computer? Uninstall and then install the new version or can you install the new version over the older version? Many thanks Aaron

Thanks all. I have EAC and have used it for many years. I will re-rip the files and see if that helps. BTW, the MPC Homecinema also seemed to help. Aaron

Peter: Another point. The MP3 files in question were ripped from CDs that I own. Doesn't that mean that they are free of DRM? I had another thought..All the other computers where I have tried to run the MPEG4 file generated by PTE have been Windows XP machines. My home computer, where the MPEG4 file is resident on my hard drive is a Windows VISTA machine. Could that make a difference? Thanks again. Aaron

Peter: I will try decoding the mp3 files and see if that makes a difference. I am using Quicktime, but the file I am attempting to copy and place elsewhere plays fine in Quicktime on my home computer, where it was generated. thanks

Colin: Disk checked out fine with Nero. Problem also occurs with the MPEG4 files when copied to USB device. I remade the MPEG4 files last night and the problem occurred again on several other computers. Another user indicated that the problem related to DRM protection in the MPEG4 files, but I can't imagine that PTE generates protected files -- or am I mistaken. Anyway, I am still seeking a solution, but appreciate your help. Let me know if you have any other ideas.

Brian: Does your reply mean that PTE generates a "DRM protected" MPEG4 file? I am not sure this is the problem, nor offers the solution. The MPEG4 file I am referring to is the one generated by PTE in which my images and the audio were encoded and mixed. The music files I added to the presentation (subsequently incorporated in the PTE-generated MPEG4 file) were mp3 files. Am I missing something? Thanks. Aaron

Thanks, Ken. Although a bit more info I just discovered may help or further muddy the waters. I went back to my home computer and tried playing the original MPEG4 file created by PTE and it works absolutely perfectly with QUICKTIME!!! I then tried the CD on which I had burned the file and the file hangs in Quicktime. So the problem does not seem to be with the player, but rather seems to relate to the file burned on the CD which I burned with Nero (I did this at 16x). I wonder if I should try burning it at a slower speed, or if I should try using a different program to burn the file? What do you think? Aaron

Greetings: I am new user to PTE, but have enjoyed it immensely and find it to be a very robust program. I have downloaded the v5.6beta in hopes of taking avail of the ability to generate high resolution MPEG4 files for playback on computer using Quicktime (for example). I have made two such files, one at "medium" resolution and one at "high" resolution. I have burned the files to a CD (using Nero). Unfortunately, I have found the both files hang up when played in Quicktime. This problem manifest regardless of whether I try to play the file directly from the CD or first transfer the file to the computer and then try to play it. Any suggestions? Thanks Aaron