Choppy video on create disk

sXeChic · Post by **sXeChic** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:05 pm

Hi, I'm having a problem I've never had before. I created a compilation and made an .mpg file first, as I'm supposed to and then I go to create a disk and create one as usual but the end result has a choppy picture. I've gone through about 20 disk trying all kinds of different remedies like changing the kbps and the picture quality from 70%-100%. I've changed the sound. I haven't a clue what to do next. I tried doing create disk with VideoStudio 9 mainly and just finished another with version 8. I haven't tried with version 10 yet but something tells me I'll get the same result

Does anyone have any solutions?

edit: I forgot to mention. The picture is just fine when it's created with the .mpg. So it's somewhere in the create disk process that messes up the picture.

TDK1044 · Post by **TDK1044** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 6:01 pm

Are you sure that the field order is the same at your burn stage as it was for your render?

Post by **Ken Berry** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:16 pm

You have to check in the burning module under one of the icons in the bottom left corner of screen that 'Do not convert compliant mpeg files' is selected. That should ensure that your final disc is burnt using exactly the properties that are on your mpeg-2 file you have already produced.

If for some reason VS thinks that mpeg-2 is not fully DVD-compliant, it will then use the properties which you will see in the pane of the same icon, just above 'Do not convert compliant mpeg files'. By default, these may not be what you want -- for instance, the Field Order, for some strange reason, is set by VS to be Frame Based, which is fine for playback on a computer monitor but not for playback on a TV. You can, of course, edit those properties on the spot or use Make Movie Manager to make a custom template.

The other thing you need to do is keep your burning speed low. Even if your disc is rated to burn at 12x or 16x, it is not a good idea to actually burn at these speeds. We tend to recommend that you use 4x or less. However, the higher speed discs these days will often only allow 6x as a minimum speed, so use that... The idea is to give the burning laser a little more time to burn its signal more deeply and securely into the disc -- and thus more possibility that a wider variety of DVD players will be able to read the signal and play it back well.

You might also want to buy a rewritable RW disc to test your burn. RW discs in any case tend to use much lower burning speeds, but they will also allow you to identify other possible errors in your production and correct them without making 20 or more drink coasters...

freijden · Post by **freijden** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 9:45 am

I have had the same problem. I have follow the quick guide from trevor andrew and have now choppy free DVD's.
see : http://uk.geocities.com/trevor.andrew@b ... vs/all.htm

It is important that you go to File - Preferences and set an marker by Show Messages When inserting First Video Clip....
Then you go to File - New project and put the mpeg file you have made in the time line.
Now you see a message that the project wil be changed, you do Yes.
Delete now the time line and go to Create - Disc.
The DVD that is make on this way is good.

succes Fred

sXeChic · Post by **sXeChic** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:08 am

Ken Berry wrote:You have to check in the burning module under one of the icons in the bottom left corner of screen that 'Do not convert compliant mpeg files' is selected. That should ensure that your final disc is burnt using exactly the properties that are on your mpeg-2 file you have already produced.

If for some reason VS thinks that mpeg-2 is not fully DVD-compliant, it will then use the properties which you will see in the pane of the same icon, just above 'Do not convert compliant mpeg files'. By default, these may not be what you want -- for instance, the Field Order, for some strange reason, is set by VS to be Frame Based, which is fine for playback on a computer monitor but not for playback on a TV. You can, of course, edit those properties on the spot or use Make Movie Manager to make a custom template.

The other thing you need to do is keep your burning speed low. Even if your disc is rated to burn at 12x or 16x, it is not a good idea to actually burn at these speeds. We tend to recommend that you use 4x or less. However, the higher speed discs these days will often only allow 6x as a minimum speed, so use that... The idea is to give the burning laser a little more time to burn its signal more deeply and securely into the disc -- and thus more possibility that a wider variety of DVD players will be able to read the signal and play it back well.

You might also want to buy a rewritable RW disc to test your burn. RW discs in any case tend to use much lower burning speeds, but they will also allow you to identify other possible errors in your production and correct them without making 20 or more drink coasters...

Currently I have been working with 'Do not convert compliant mpeg files' checked and under Field Order it's marked 'Lower Field First'.

I'll try to burn at a slower speed. Normally I make a copy onto my hard drive and burn with Nero if there's a problem but I'll try that out.

freijden, I tried that but noticed that the end result won't have any chapters. I need to have a menu and chapters.

I'll try the slower speed and update with what the result is.

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 1:18 pm

sXeChic wrote:I tried that but noticed that the end result won't have any chapters. I need to have a menu and chapters.

If you are setting you chapter markers on the timeline, and first create a video file before burning (per the recommended procedure) then, yes, your chapters apparently are not carried over thru to the burn stage.

But you can still add chapters after creating your video file. At the burn stage check the Create Menu box and add your chapters via the Add/Edit Chapter button.

sXeChic · Post by **sXeChic** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 2:35 pm

Yes that's what I do. I burn the mpg from the timeline, then I open a new project and bring the one mpg over to the timeline and add chapters every 3 minutes.

I tried burning it at 4x and the picture is still choppy. I looked at the VOB files with PowerDVD and the files look fine. I wonder if there's something wrong with my burner? Sometimes I can't even get my burner to open or burn unless I restart the computer.

I mean I've never seen anything like this but it looks like the files are fine until it goes from my hardrive to the disk.

Barny · Post by **Barny** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 7:59 pm

Hi I am new to this forum and have just bought Video Studio 10 and had the same problem with my first three minute film. It was very what I call jerky after rendering and burning to dvd. I made the same film with Pinnacle and that was fine so have asked support about this problem. If they reply with a solution I will keep you posted.