Movie flickering when DVD is played back on a TV set...

[alexsecret0]

Hello,

I'm using Videostudio 9. I'm having problem burning DVD's correctly for playback on TV sets. Although the DVD plays ok on all computers, the movies are flickering completely when I try to playback the DVD on a TV set through a regular DVD player.

I've seen that "Apply anti-flickering filter" option both on the CREATE VIDEO and the CREATE DISK cases but the manual says that this option is referring to the MENU only. The title and root menus play just fine. It's the movies themselves that tremble and flicker. The bigger the movement, the bigger the anomaly.

Any suggestions please?

Thank you...

[Terry Stetler]

First please fill out your system specs in your profile. Thanks.

You didn't state what your source properties are, your video system (PAL/NTSC/SECAM) and what your export settings are.

Since you alluded to fast motion causing the problem to get worse I also have to ask what kind of action is in your sources. Sports, racing etc. bring up a whole other set of issues.

[alexsecret0]

System specs have been placed in my profile.

I'm using PAL system both for recordings and exports. I'm recording using a standard 768x576 PAL resolution with no codecs for either video or audio. 24 bits and 25 fps. The export settings are standard PAL-DVD settings, 720x576, 24 bits, 25 fps. The only thing I'm changing from the default settings is the quality. Instead of 70, I change it to 100.

By saying that the greater the movement, the greater the anomaly, I meant that if the scene contained, for example, people standing and talking, it looked ok. If, say, they even moved their hands, or even started walking, all the moving parts were flickering and trembling.

Thank you!

[TDK1044]

Sounds like your field order got reversed somewhere along the line. Check to see if the field order is consistantly LFF or UFF at capture, render and burn. If it changed at any point, you will get the effect you describe.

[alexsecret0]

Seems I cannot check what field order the recording software uses since there is no such option anywhere. I'm using a Cinergy 250 PCI card for video recording and, unfortunately, I have to use its own software for the recordings since its the only one that uses the card's drivers for audio and video synchronizing. If I use different recording software, I must use the system's sound card for recording the movie's sound which is not recommended by Terratec, the card manufacturer. They say that there's a big chance the sound will be out of sync with the video if I try something like that.

If you got any suggestions on how to check a movie's field order otherwise, I would appreciate any suggestions.

For the rendering in Videostudio, I'm using the standard PAL-DVD "Lower field first" setting.

Thank you!

[TDK1044]

When you go to render in Video Studio, use the 'same as project properties' setting. That way, video studio will duplicate the file property settings that were captured and the field order will be correct. Then check the newly created file and see whether it's LFF or UFF. Whichever it is, change your field order at the burn stage to match it, making sure that all other properties are also the same.

[alexsecret0]

I tried that option but it produces the same problem.

While experimenting though, I discovered that NOT all rendered movies have the same problem. If the TV station plays the movie from a DVD and I record that transmission, my recordings and rendered movies appear just fine. If the TV station uses a video tape, that's when the problem appears. I found out that if I record older movies or episodes that exist in video tapes, all of them have the same problem. All recordings that had a DVD as source play ok.

This is very strange. Does this enlighten things for you in any way?

Thanks again...