Greetings,

I bought a Freecom Dual Layer external burner at the week-end only to
discover that my editing software ( Pinnacle Studio 8, Ulead Movie
Factory and Sony Vegas) are not compatible with dual layer burning.
How long before dual layer is more widely used and comes to the DVD-R
format?

Also I burned single layer DVD-R's using the new burner and Ulead
and Pinnacle with no problems but DVD Architect is only detecting
my older internal Pioneer Burner.

Any help would be apprectiated.

It's worth checking the software manufacturers' web sites for updates. Re your other problem with DVD Architect - I know nothing about it, but I've found that older versions of e.g. Nero, Roxio sometimes don't recognise newer drives. Again, it may be worth checking web sites... There may also be an issue with DA only looking for internal drives.

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Premiere Pro, Encore, Photoshop, Ulead VS6, WXP Pro, Core 2 Duo, 2GB, 2 x 250GB SATA3 drives, 2 x 250GB USB 2 external drive, DVD writer, GeForce 7300 GS 256MB

The biggest fool can ask questions that the wisest man cannot answer...

Ian makes a fair point. For example in the case of Ulead's DVD Movie Factory (v3.x) the upgrade patch to support dual layer DVDs can be found here http://www.ulead.com/tech/dmf/dmf_ftp.htm

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IBM A51p with 160Gb Boot Disk, 160Gb external Firewire Disk, 2Gb Memory and a super duper sound card, 17\" TFT Monitor etc etc etc
Sony TRV33e : Sony TRV310e : Canon XM2
ULead products mostly including Mediastudio Pro (V8.0), Video Studio 8, Movie Factory 2.0, Premiere Elements

Remember, there is always more to learn than there is to teach.

Inspired by purejammy's signature, I've changed mine - I think... But how do you get it in blue?

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Premiere Pro, Encore, Photoshop, Ulead VS6, WXP Pro, Core 2 Duo, 2GB, 2 x 250GB SATA3 drives, 2 x 250GB USB 2 external drive, DVD writer, GeForce 7300 GS 256MB

The biggest fool can ask questions that the wisest man cannot answer...

Also: have you priced dual layer DVDs? Start saving... (And yes, I also have a dual layer drive which I have not yet 'exercised')

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Premiere Pro, Encore, Photoshop, Ulead VS6, WXP Pro, Core 2 Duo, 2GB, 2 x 250GB SATA3 drives, 2 x 250GB USB 2 external drive, DVD writer, GeForce 7300 GS 256MB

The biggest fool can ask questions that the wisest man cannot answer...

Place color=blue (in square brackets) at the start of your text, followed by /color (in square brackets) at the end of your text. Although I think Marc allows us to choose our own colours.

I haven't touched the dual layer stuff yet myself. I am waiting for the technology to stabilise and the media costs to come down. (This is really a way of saying "I am skint at the moment")

But hey, if anyone was offering one for the purposes of testing, and it came complete with dual layer coasters (Sorry I meant DVD media) then I could be persuaded to have a go. On the other hand I think Marc, Mike and Alan are more up on this techie stuff than me.

I'll get my coat ...

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IBM A51p with 160Gb Boot Disk, 160Gb external Firewire Disk, 2Gb Memory and a super duper sound card, 17\" TFT Monitor etc etc etc
Sony TRV33e : Sony TRV310e : Canon XM2
ULead products mostly including Mediastudio Pro (V8.0), Video Studio 8, Movie Factory 2.0, Premiere Elements

Remember, there is always more to learn than there is to teach.

Thanks pj. And someone very kindly made the change - and now that I knew how to do it, I changed it to a rather fetching green. [color=skybluepink] didn't work, though...

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Premiere Pro, Encore, Photoshop, Ulead VS6, WXP Pro, Core 2 Duo, 2GB, 2 x 250GB SATA3 drives, 2 x 250GB USB 2 external drive, DVD writer, GeForce 7300 GS 256MB

The biggest fool can ask questions that the wisest man cannot answer...

Thanks to one and all.