help needed burning DVD videos...

[Uncle Vinnie]

I am not sure if this is the right board, but it's a start....if not, please
direct me.. (thank you!)

I have an HP Pavilion, running XP/ Media Edition... It came bundled with
Sonic/MyDVD as well as Muvee Producer...

I was transferring 2 home movies (firewire) and building a DVD using
Sonic... at near completion, it came up with errors- one regarding
'vobulator', the other regarding the filename invalid (no more than 8
characters)...

In googling around, these are 2 know issues posted on HP's site as well as
Roxio's... with 'workarounds'...

I have spent days working on this video, as others, with this
problem...again, they're known with 'workarounds' and no updates....

What I am asking are for suggestions for other software...

I've never used Muvee producer - which is on my PC.. comments?
Do I have something 'Microsoft' in my Media OS I might have missed??

Nero has been cited... a name that's usually been very good in past for CD
burning.. comments?

Any others I should look at...

I am not getting 'serious' about this, just an occasional video here and
there, but what I have is simply unreliable..

Thank you for your help and suggestions... also, if there is a more
appropriate board to post at, I have not found it as of yet, but will post
there...

Again, thank you!


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B'rgds,

Vinnie