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That DiscWelder - does it work?

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 10:46 am
by grfics
It's a little off topic, I know, but they are bundling it -

I've tried a few times to use that demo version of
DiscWelder and it has not worked for me ( crashes,
interface glitches, not one DVD burned in many tries ).

Can anyone tell me if it works? MOTU has no interest and
Minnetonka has not responded.
It seems to me they're selling a beta. Am I wrong?
I want DVD Audio and I see no other choice. Please someone
tell me it works and the problem is at my end -

GRF

Re: That DiscWelder - does it work?

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 10:57 am
by grfics
I just read the other posts about DW -

So it hasn't worked for anyone. BAH!

I guess there's no DVD Audio for us.

GRF

Re: That DiscWelder - does it work?

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 6:46 pm
by giglaeoplexis
I've been using Discwelder Bronze for about 6 months. It works flawlessly. There is a new update for Macs that adds support for Dual Layer DVD burners....

Re: That DiscWelder - does it work?

Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 5:07 am
by grfics
Have you been using the Mac version?

Re: That DiscWelder - does it work?

Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 2:13 am
by grfics
I guess not?

I have not seen one person say the Mac version worked
even once.

Re: That DiscWelder - does it work?

Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 4:25 am
by sdemott
Just downloaded it - works fine for me.

Re: That DiscWelder - does it work?

Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 9:39 am
by grfics
I got all excited and downloaded it again and spent
a half hour watching it crash. 100% unstable.

Re: That DiscWelder - does it work?

Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 9:55 am
by grfics
So you've actually recorded a DVD with this?
I'm just trying to be specific because you would
be the only one -

thanks

Re: That DiscWelder - does it work?

Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 8:36 pm
by grfics
Seriously, I've waited years and done many hours of work
preparing DVD Audio to use once the software becomes
available. Now it seems it never will.
I have thunder recordings and music mixes all prepared.

I don't think anyone could possibly have made any DVD Audio
discs with this package - but I'd rather be wrong.

SDEMOTT - did you burn a disc with it?

Re: That DiscWelder - does it work?

Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 1:28 am
by Aramis
Hello !
I have recorded a dvd with it on my G5 ....with no error ....
But I tought I had a dvd-a player and no , mine does not support it ...So I do not know yet if it does work ok ....
One thing I know is that I could not use my external Bigdisk with DiscWelder ....I had to copy my 6 wave files to my original disk .
Today , I will buy Panasonic player to try it ....

Aramis

Re: That DiscWelder - does it work?

Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 1:30 am
by Aramis
And , also , there is some little files and a big one on the dvd ....
The big one must be the encoded surround file ....
Aramis

Re: That DiscWelder - does it work?

Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 6:58 am
by stephentayler
Does this version of DiscWelder only recognise WAV files, and not SDII? In DP is there a way to convert SDII surround files to 6 channel WAVs? Inside DiscWelder I am only seeing the WAV files in my folder.....

thanks

Stephen

Re: That DiscWelder - does it work?

Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:46 am
by giglaeoplexis
I've only used Discwelder on my G5. It does not support SDII files. Only AIFF and WAV.... You'll have to import the interleaved surround mix as separate files i.e.:
soundfile.5.1.L
soundfile.5.1.R
soundfile.5.1.C
soundfile.5.1.Lfe
soundfile.5.1.Ls
soundfile.5.1.Rs
I've played my discs on two different makes of DVD-Audio players with no problems. I only wish Minnetonka made an affordable hybrid app...

<small>[ July 04, 2005, 01:52 PM: Message edited by: Jonathan Townes ]</small>

Re: That DiscWelder - does it work?

Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 12:36 pm
by sdemott
Originally posted by grfics:
So you've actually recorded a DVD with this?
I'm just trying to be specific because you would
be the only one -

thanks
Yeah - recorded a DVD with it. Now if I had a DVD-A system to play it on... :-)

HTH

Re: That DiscWelder - does it work?

Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 1:37 pm
by Aramis
Can you tell me your model number ....
I bought a Pioneer and it does not play the 5.1 .
It mixes it to 2 channel intead ....
Aramis