DVD Studio Pro WMP11

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DVD Studio Pro WMP11

HI All…..

I authored a DVD using DVD Studio Pro 4.1.2. The DVD plays fine on Macs, on DVD players and on WIndow Media Player 12, but on Windows Media Player 11 it plays no sound unless additional codec(s) are installed.

Does anyone have a workaround for this problem *other than* installing the codecs?

I've tried re-authoring using AC-3 2.0, AIFF 44.1 and 48, Dolby 2.0, and uncompressed, no change.

Some DVD duplication houses said it might help if I author the DVD on PC hardware. Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Paul

Specs

DVD Studio Pro 4.1.2, Compressor 2.3.1

MacOS 10.6.8

Model Name: Mac Pro

Model Identifier: MacPro4,1

Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Xeon

Processor Speed: 2.26 GHz

Number Of Processors: 2

Total Number Of Cores: 8

L2 Cache (per core): 256 KB

L3 Cache (per processor): 8 MB

Memory: 15 GB

Disc Burning HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GH41N:

Firmware Revision: PQ06

Interconnect: ATAPI

Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)

Cache: 2048 KB

Reads DVD: Yes

CD-Write: -R, -RW

DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW

Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO

DVD Studio Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Oct 29, 2012 10:50 PM

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Answer 1

HKees

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Oct 30, 2012 6:52 AM in response to PaulDLynch

If you google "wmp 11 dvd no sound" you find lots of posts saying wmp11 has a problem playing back dvd's. This probably means the player doesn't adhere to the DVD standards. In that case authoring on a pc won't solve the problem either.

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Answer 2

Nov 3, 2012 11:14 AM in response to PaulDLynch

This is a very common issue and a pin in the neck for users and video producers.

WM Player is not an authorised DVD player, Microsft specifically says so in there user manual.

The trouble with many Windows installations are that the file associations are set for WM Player to play every kind of media which is stupid

The DVD drive for each PC will have a dedicated DVD player installed for this specific purpose, you should use that, examples are; Roxio Media Player - Sonic - Cyberlink Power DVD

On all our DVD case wrappers we have a warning notice that users should only use the correct player and to clode down WM Player if it launches.

Some DVD duplication houses said it might help if I author the DVD on PC hardware. Any thoughts?

Yes, dont use suppliers who dont know what there talking about.

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