DVD Burning... No Audio Recorded, Flickering

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PassagesNW

DVD Burning... No Audio Recorded, Flickering

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I fear I am having a "Senior Moment"!

As you know doubt will construe from this Post, I am new to editing...

I am using Media Studio Pro and am having a problem with burning a DVD. Basically I want a DVD that will play 16:9 High Quality Video on both computer and TV DVD units.

Tape that I used for editing was from Canon XL-2, 16:9, AVI. Have added .WAV background sound. Editing, sound insertion, fades, and the like are all fine. Editing was the easy part...

My problems start when I try to burn the DVD...
Have tried saving in MPEG and AVI formats prior to burn, have gone through instructions many times, and have (actually) read the manual!!!... I know I am overlooking something very BASIC but can't figure out what...

The previews , played just prior to burning, in Media Studio and DVD Workshop look and sound great BUT when I burn to a DVD (using a NEC DVD+-RW 3530A DVD/CD (using DVD-R Disc) Internal Recorder, Win XP Pro, Dell 670 Workstation, Audigy 2ZS Sound Card, N-Vidia 1400 video card) I get Video that "flickers" at the bottom of the image and absolutely NO AUDIO AT ALL (Ditto on TV image).

In "Opening" the DVD file I find the Audio Folder is empty.

If some compassionate soul out there could take me under their wing I would appreciate it if you could send me a list of the specific settings I would use to accomplish: High Quality Video, 16:9 Format, NSTC, Stereo Sound, that can be played both on computer (LCD Display(s)) and on LCD, Conventional, and Plasma TV's.

Thanks, in advance, for any any assistance... I know I am at about 8 on a scale of 10 in the "Dumb" range and that I am missing something basic... could really use some help.
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Post by sjj1805 »

The suggested MPEG settings to use when rendering your edited and completed AVI file in Media Studio are on the 7th post down here:
http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic.php?t=11923

The Audio_TS folder is always empty.
Don't really know why one exists at all, perhaps it was created witha view to creating Audio only DVD's but even those don't seem to use that folder.

The lack of sound seems a bit confusing on the information provided.
You have stated the sound was present when you previewed it in DVD Workshop.
Have you tried burning to a Hard Drive folder rather than a disc.
If so then you can open the DVD with software like PowerDVD, Nero Showtime, Ulead DVD Player 2. and then you can check if sound is present and also check for the flickering problem.

First thoughts here are for you to check your settings are as above.
Check the Burn speed is no higher than 4x as the higher speeds appear to induce problems. Check your Blank DVD Media in case it is faulty.


Steve J
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