Anyone else having Problems with ProShow Gold 2.6.1774?

I have been having problems non-stop ever since the 2.5 build. I have tried it on two different computer as well. Same
problems. It was working fine, then it seems like the Photodex people broke it.

Yes, I have been working their support. Still no word on why the DVD burns don't finish, and just hang. One TWO
different computers.

Just wondering if anyone else has been fighting with this lovely program. Really, I think it is a great program, too
bad once I payed for it, it broke.

PS. I even decided to FORMAT and reinstall XP Pro SR2. I can burn using all other Photo2DVD programs without problems.

 

The current drill seems to be saving the show as an ISO file and then
burning it to DVD with Nero or Creator, or whatever you use as a burner
program.

There's a proshow forum on http://www.itsmygallery.com with posts on
this problem.

Colin D.

 

Colin D <[email protected]> posted

Thanks for the info. I will try this next. Also, I will hit the forum.

Thanks again Colin.

 

I don't suppose you have an LG brand burner, do you?

 

D-Mac <> posted

No I use a Plextor 708A (Bios 1.11)

On my wife's, it is a Pioneer 110D

Both IDE
But, reading the Forum site - I see most who seem to build shows using over 100
pic's, have the problems. I use 200 - 600 pic's in my shows. Usually one hour
long. Funny though . . . my very first DVD show built with Ver 2.5 had over 500
pic's, and burned no problem. But it did take overnight to render.

I see many create a ISO image first, then use another burning program to burn
the DVD. I might try this. But I am picking up a new fast AMD64 X2 box this
week. Hope this fixes some issues. I have over 4000 slides to digitize and many
shows to create.

 

i use proshow producer and was having the same problem , the burn to
dvd would just hang up and not finish, i now burn an iso as stated and
use nero and it burns just fine.

in the menu page i burned the iso from there in the other output
options it wouldn't do nothing .
gene

 

I was doing great with 2.5 version and then upgraded to 2.6 and then
the problems began for me. I have searched and searched for answers
and I now have a combination of things that make it work. Here is
what I have to do each time I want to
produce a new video. Shut down the computer completely and then turn
it back on. Open up program files and click on ProShow Gold - click on
the + and when all the files come up look for "def.phd" and delete it.
Next .. Close ProShow Gold. Open "my Documents" (or whatever folder
your show files are saved to) in windows explorer. Along with your show
data (.psh) file, there should be a file with the same name ending in
..pxc, a folder ending with ..psdata, and possibly a file ending with
..mpg. Delete any of these files (do NOT delete the .psh file ) The
last step is to right click on "my computer" .. select properties..
select hardware tab...click device manager ...look for DVD/CD ROM
drives and click the +. Highlight the optical drive.... right click
and select Disable. Then finally you should be able to create your
show. Seems like a lot of steps but it works and so worth the time it
takes to do .... It is a great program ... too bad there are so many
bugs in it .... Hope this works for you.

 

posted

Thanks for your advice. I finally picked up my new AMD64 X2(4400), with 2 Gigs
of RAM using RAID 0 on my drives. It did NOT help. I will have to try your
suggestion next. It seems making an ISO image is the only way.

Thanks again

Ken

 

The current drill seems to be saving the show as an ISO file and then

That's what I had to do as well.
The current version of Producer (2.6.1774) seems to have fixed those
issues, at least for me. The last version of Proshow Gold I could get
to work decently was 2.6.1753.

 

Please help with ISO files

As a newbie to the inner workings of a PC, please help to set-up and locate the ISO file prior to burning it using Nero.