Just A Rant On Photodex

I have been using Photodex for quite a while. I recently went from their ProShow Gold to the top of the line Producer. I spent 7 hours putting together a last minute show for a client made up of a bunch of images from each year her son's life and music for each year. It was a large show (568 images & 20 songs). At midnight last night I was finished and set the computer to burn the show to dvd.

I was quite surprised to wake up and find that the show had completed 26% of the burning process before freezing the computer. I rebooted, and restarted Producer. This time I decided to use the collect show files command before burring. Again everything looked great. I went to the store, expecting to return to a finished DVD. No such luck. Again, the system crapped out (this time at 40% complete.

Now I am up against a deadline. I have tried everything. I created a mpeg file, only to have it come out pixelated! I swear I am going to loose my mind. I spoke with a friend that also uses Producer, and he laughed! He said he has had the same issues anytime he creates a large file. I think I am going to have to start looking for an alternative. This has been a waste of time and effort.