dvd maker

So I decide to look at this. I use start menu and it immediately tells me it can't run because of limitations of my video card.
Since I also have Roxio software, I install it and bring it up. It has no trouble finding the DVD drive and seems to have no troubles making DVD copes from the GBs of info I already have on the local hard drives.
Ed

Could you expound on the error message? Your system specs? Also, its BETA. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Ed Dixon" wrote in message

So I decide to look at this. I use start menu and it immediately tells me it can't run because of limitations of my video card.
Since I also have Roxio software, I install it and bring it up. It has no trouble finding the DVD drive and seems to have no troubles making DVD copes from the GBs of info I already have on the local hard drives.
Ed

A single dialog about the video card not meeting the hardware acceleration requirements. This PC happens to be the primary PC is use for video work every day. I capture video from camcorders, edit using various tools, and build DVDs from the results.
Never a problem. However Vista can run neither Movie Maker or DVD Maker.
This is a Dell 2.4 GHz PC with 1 GB RAM, gobs of disk, and assorted other items including a DVD burner.
Ed
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

Could you expound on the error message? Your system specs? Also, its BETA. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Ed Dixon" wrote in message So I decide to look at this. I use start menu and it immediately tells me it can't run because of limitations of my video card.
Since I also have Roxio software, I install it and bring it up. It has no trouble finding the DVD drive and seems to have no troubles making DVD copes from the GBs of info I already have on the local hard drives.
Ed

Whats the Video card in that system, how much vRAM? -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Ed Dixon" wrote in message

A single dialog about the video card not meeting the hardware acceleration requirements. This PC happens to be the primary PC is use for video work every day. I capture video from camcorders, edit using various tools, and build DVDs from the results.
Never a problem. However Vista can run neither Movie Maker or DVD Maker.
This is a Dell 2.4 GHz PC with 1 GB RAM, gobs of disk, and assorted other items including a DVD burner.
Ed
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Could you expound on the error message? Your system specs? Also, its BETA. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Ed Dixon" wrote in message So I decide to look at this. I use start menu and it immediately tells me it can't run because of limitations of my video card.
Since I also have Roxio software, I install it and bring it up. It has no trouble finding the DVD drive and seems to have no troubles making DVD copes from the GBs of info I already have on the local hard drives.
Ed

This Dell system has video built into the motherboard. It seems to work fine with any number of other third party video/dvd tools in XP.
Ed
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

Whats the Video card in that system, how much vRAM? -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Ed Dixon" wrote in message A single dialog about the video card not meeting the hardware acceleration requirements. This PC happens to be the primary PC is use for video work every day. I capture video from camcorders, edit using various tools, and build DVDs from the results.
Never a problem. However Vista can run neither Movie Maker or DVD Maker.
This is a Dell 2.4 GHz PC with 1 GB RAM, gobs of disk, and assorted other items including a DVD burner.
Ed
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Could you expound on the error message? Your system specs? Also, its BETA. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Ed Dixon" wrote in message So I decide to look at this. I use start menu and it immediately tells me it can't run because of limitations of my video card.
Since I also have Roxio software, I install it and bring it up. It has no trouble finding the DVD drive and seems to have no troubles making DVD copes from the GBs of info I already have on the local hard drives.
Ed

Get a physical video card from nVidia or ATI, onboard video cards aren't gonna cut anyway with Vista in general. ;) -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Ed Dixon" wrote in message

This Dell system has video built into the motherboard. It seems to work fine with any number of other third party video/dvd tools in XP.
Ed
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Whats the Video card in that system, how much vRAM? -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Ed Dixon" wrote in message A single dialog about the video card not meeting the hardware acceleration requirements. This PC happens to be the primary PC is use for video work every day. I capture video from camcorders, edit using various tools, and build DVDs from the results.
Never a problem. However Vista can run neither Movie Maker or DVD Maker.
This is a Dell 2.4 GHz PC with 1 GB RAM, gobs of disk, and assorted other items including a DVD burner.
Ed
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Could you expound on the error message? Your system specs? Also, its BETA. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Ed Dixon" wrote in message So I decide to look at this. I use start menu and it immediately tells me it can't run because of limitations of my video card.
Since I also have Roxio software, I install it and bring it up. It has no trouble finding the DVD drive and seems to have no troubles making DVD copes from the GBs of info I already have on the local hard drives.
Ed

I understand what you are saying, but that is crazy.
High end video cards do offer some capabilities that motherboard cards do not offer. They do a great job at games and other applications that require much higher refresh rates. My grandson plays Halo, and this does very poorly on low-end video systems. However basic video systems do fine for photo work, DVD creation, and video production.
However as I said before, this PC works perfectly in XP for all the photo and video things I do. Vista should be able to do the same. the fact that is cannot is just one more example why it has problems. To suggest that the video is the problem is just incorrect.
Ed
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

Get a physical video card from nVidia or ATI, onboard video cards aren't gonna cut anyway with Vista in general. ;) -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Ed Dixon" wrote in message This Dell system has video built into the motherboard. It seems to work fine with any number of other third party video/dvd tools in XP.
Ed
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Whats the Video card in that system, how much vRAM? -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Ed Dixon" wrote in message A single dialog about the video card not meeting the hardware acceleration requirements. This PC happens to be the primary PC is use for video work every day. I capture video from camcorders, edit using various tools, and build DVDs from the results.
Never a problem. However Vista can run neither Movie Maker or DVD Maker.
This is a Dell 2.4 GHz PC with 1 GB RAM, gobs of disk, and assorted other items including a DVD burner.
Ed
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Could you expound on the error message? Your system specs? Also, its BETA. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Ed Dixon" wrote in message So I decide to look at this. I use start menu and it immediately tells me it can't run because of limitations of my video card.
Since I also have Roxio software, I install it and bring it up. It has no trouble finding the DVD drive and seems to have no troubles making DVD copes from the GBs of info I already have on the local hard drives.
Ed

"Ed Dixon" wrote in message

I understand what you are saying, but that is crazy.
High end video cards do offer some capabilities that motherboard cards do not offer. They do a great job at games and other applications that require much higher refresh rates. My grandson plays Halo, and this does very poorly on low-end video systems. However basic video systems do fine for photo work, DVD creation, and video production.
However as I said before, this PC works perfectly in XP for all the photo and video things I do. Vista should be able to do the same. the fact that is cannot is just one more example why it has problems. To suggest that the video is the problem is just incorrect.
Ed

Unfortunately Andre is right. You will have to get a newer video card to get Vista to function correctly. I just bought my PC in 2004 and am still paying on as I speak (just paid $200 on it today as a matter of fact) but it only has a 64MB video card in it. That means I either a: am going to have to get a new video card so that vista can function properly or b: wait until the digital cable ready media center video cards come out and then buy one.

He may be right about Vista, but he is wrong about video. This is a Vista thing and is not related to video capabilities, which already work perfectly in XP on the same PC.
One element of the future success of Vista will be it;s ability to deal with today gear, not what might be tomorrow. PCs that work today in XP should continue to work in Vista.
Ed
"michael e dziatkowicz" wrote in message

"Ed Dixon" wrote in message I understand what you are saying, but that is crazy.
High end video cards do offer some capabilities that motherboard cards do not offer. They do a great job at games and other applications that require much higher refresh rates. My grandson plays Halo, and this does very poorly on low-end video systems. However basic video systems do fine for photo work, DVD creation, and video production.
However as I said before, this PC works perfectly in XP for all the photo and video things I do. Vista should be able to do the same. the fact that is cannot is just one more example why it has problems. To suggest that the video is the problem is just incorrect.
Ed
Unfortunately Andre is right. You will have to get a newer video card to get Vista to function correctly. I just bought my PC in 2004 and am still paying on as I speak (just paid $200 on it today as a matter of fact) but it only has a 64MB video card in it. That means I either a: am going to have to get a new video card so that vista can function properly or b: wait until the digital cable ready media center video cards come out and then buy one.

Vista will be released to consumers in January 2007, so thats a long way from today and tomorrow. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Ed Dixon" wrote in message

He may be right about Vista, but he is wrong about video. This is a Vista thing and is not related to video capabilities, which already work perfectly in XP on the same PC.
One element of the future success of Vista will be it;s ability to deal with today gear, not what might be tomorrow. PCs that work today in XP should continue to work in Vista.
Ed
"michael e dziatkowicz" wrote in message
"Ed Dixon" wrote in message I understand what you are saying, but that is crazy.
High end video cards do offer some capabilities that motherboard cards do not offer. They do a great job at games and other applications that require much higher refresh rates. My grandson plays Halo, and this does very poorly on low-end video systems. However basic video systems do fine for photo work, DVD creation, and video production.
However as I said before, this PC works perfectly in XP for all the photo and video things I do. Vista should be able to do the same. the fact that is cannot is just one more example why it has problems. To suggest that the video is the problem is just incorrect.
Ed
Unfortunately Andre is right. You will have to get a newer video card to get Vista to function correctly. I just bought my PC in 2004 and am still paying on as I speak (just paid $200 on it today as a matter of fact) but it only has a 64MB video card in it. That means I either a: am going to have to get a new video card so that vista can function properly or b: wait until the digital cable ready media center video cards come out and then buy one.

Not a long way, but not today. However the beta is today, and it fails in this area. This is a software design issue that hopefully will be fixed. It has absolutely nothing to do with video capabilities, which work just fine today in Vista for other products that do exactly the same thing.
Ed
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

Vista will be released to consumers in January 2007, so thats a long way from today and tomorrow. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Ed Dixon" wrote in message He may be right about Vista, but he is wrong about video. This is a Vista thing and is not related to video capabilities, which already work perfectly in XP on the same PC.
One element of the future success of Vista will be it;s ability to deal with today gear, not what might be tomorrow. PCs that work today in XP should continue to work in Vista.
Ed
"michael e dziatkowicz" wrote in message
"Ed Dixon" wrote in message I understand what you are saying, but that is crazy.
High end video cards do offer some capabilities that motherboard cards do not offer. They do a great job at games and other applications that require much higher refresh rates. My grandson plays Halo, and this does very poorly on low-end video systems. However basic video systems do fine for photo work, DVD creation, and video production.
However as I said before, this PC works perfectly in XP for all the photo and video things I do. Vista should be able to do the same. the fact that is cannot is just one more example why it has problems. To suggest that the video is the problem is just incorrect.
Ed
Unfortunately Andre is right. You will have to get a newer video card to get Vista to function correctly. I just bought my PC in 2004 and am still paying on as I speak (just paid $200 on it today as a matter of fact) but it only has a 64MB video card in it. That means I either a: am going to have to get a new video card so that vista can function properly or b: wait until the digital cable ready media center video cards come out and then buy one.

Ok.You guys have went away from the topic why does Vista tell us that our video card is not compatable when they are?I to got the same message when I tried the DVD maker.I have ATI All In Wonder 9200 SE 128 MB DDR.My thinking is that the drivers are the problem.The ATI site has the drivers for 9600 and up.Not the 9200 which I have.I believe the drivers windows installed are generic drivers.So that could everyones problem.If you did not get the drivers from you videos card makers site,You might want to try that. Jeff
"Ryan" wrote:

You do have a good point. I probably will try to stay with XP or 2003 for a while, but you will eventually have to upgrade. For example, today I installed 2000 to use as an apache web server (just to learn about it) and Windows Update was really fussy about having 2000 connect to it. I tried Vista just to see what it was like and on my last post I spent a lot of time bashing it. Well, this time I will say some things I do like about it. I really like how it has more built-in programs such as Defender, the wireless networking wizards and maps, and I really like the new start menu albiet its not that different. I sounded so frustrated with it because I actually do like Vista but it really urks me when I can't use a new feature and I'm given a ridiculous reason such as my 128Mb video card is not good enough for DVD burning. But I guess a could try to be patient and maybe someone will find a work-around. :-)
"Doug" wrote:
Why are you forced to upgrade? If your current OS and hardware are working for you, keep using it.
Doug
"Ryan" wrote in message My main problem is why should I have to buy a new video card to burn DVDs. Maybe I dont want to do a ton of fancy video editing. Maybe I just want to drag and drop video files, make a simple dvd menu, and click burn. I think this is another example of forced upgrades. I know someone always has a reason to support Microsoft with the whole forced upgrades thing but come on, my 1.8 Ghz pc running Vista shouldn't be acting like a 66Mhz pc trying to run Windows 98 or 2000 just like my 128Mb graphics card shouldn't have a problem with burning dvds. I can run Doom 3 just fine but I can't burn dvds hmm.... Also, I love Vista whole new idea on security where it asks before it does anything administrative wise (sarcasm). Why should it be up to the user to click yes or no on almost every change made to the system. Most users won't even know whether or not they should click yes or no. One of the first things we were taught in programming class is that the programs you write should be able to handle things like this and it shouldnt be up to the user. lol, this is turning into more of a "all the things wrong with vista post" Just one final thing to add and that is the fact that I could have installed Fedora Core 5 three times in the amount of time it took to upgrade to RC1 or install IE7 RC1 but what can I say, it seems to be impossible to live without Windows.
"Jonathan Liu [MSFT]" wrote:
Take a look at this page for information about getting ready for Vista. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/default.mspx
You may also want to try out the Vista Upgrade Advisor (Beta) to determine if you machine is capable.
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"lee" wrote in message I tried to use the vista dvd maker but it tells me that my video card doesnt meet minimum requirements.. I have a mx4000 (3d fuzion) with 128mb ddr card.. this should be capable of working with it..shouldnt ? could someone tell me if maybe the settings might be wrong... lee

I'm trying to burn my first DVD with Vista's DVD burner software. It is currently in the process of converting the AVI files.
Is it possible to create your own menus with it, or are we stuck with those that are provided? I could not even find a way to change the background of the menus, and there did not appear to be a root menu option (just a menu for the first file on the DVD.
Perhaps this is still not complete.
Eric the Grey