Video Playback Unstable/Choppy after adding menus etc.

bigd2525 · Post by **bigd2525** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:46 pm

I have a Pentium 4 2.0 GHZ with 512 MB RAM. I installed a PCI firewire card and bought a firewire cable to connect my Digital 8 camera (Sony TRV-140). The firewire card came with a copy of VideoStudio 8 SE Basic. I have since upgraded to VS 10 plus.

I open the VS editor and click on the Capture tab (MPEG2 format). When I press the play button (before I begin to add menus, etc) the video is fine. However, after I add menus & transitions, then when I go to preview it before I burn, it plays, but it's a bit unstable/choppy (both video and audio). I have not tried to burn it to a DVD yet, cause I am not sure if it will play the way it previewed.

Is this normal, and should the burned DVD play fine?

Any ideas/help appreciated.

Thanks
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Post by **Ken Berry** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 8:38 pm

It is by no means clear to me what your work flow is. First, if your Digital 8 is connected via Firewire, you should be capturing to DV/AVI format, not mpeg-2. It is far less demanding on a computer with the sort of resources yours has.

You also talk about the play button: do you mean the play button on the camera or in VS10? You then talk about adding menus and transitions (in that order), and this is where the red flag came up in my mind about work flow. Menus are only added in the final burning stage, while transitions are added much earlier during the editing phase. What exactly *is* your work flow?

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 8:48 pm

Please view:
From Camcorder to DVD with VideoStudio

bigd2525 · Post by **bigd2525** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 8:54 pm

I apologize for not being clear. My digital 8 was connected via firewire. I captured in mpeg-2 format so I would not have to transfer from avi to mpeg2 so I can burn to DV (which is very time consuming). Am I correct with this statement as it was my understanding that I would have to save my avi file as an mpeg2 before I burn.

I was referring to the play button in VS10, and it occurred after I added the VS10 video effect clips (the countdown clips where you can add a title etc), not menus/transitions as I originally stated (my apologies).

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:04 pm

You are asking us to condense a large topic into a few lines.
The answer lies in the tutorial link I have given.

for a quick work flow outline please view:
Workflow

Post by **Ken Berry** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:16 pm

And just to emphasise one point, we recommend capture wherever possible in DV format because of its very high quality which is moreover retained during editng. It is also not demanding at all of computer resources as it is essentially merely transferring to the computer your video tape which is in effect in exactly the same format.

When you do as you are doing and capturing direct to mpeg-2, you are imposing on your computer the enormous task of actually capturing from the camera, which is sending the signal in DV format, and converting it on the fly to a more compressed format (mpeg-2). This is an enormous burden on any computer, and if yours -- as it appears -- does not have sufficient resources, you will get choppy video and/or audio. In addition, there is considerable debate as to whether, and how far, mpeg-2 format should be edited.

While you may think you are saving time in going straight to mpeg-2, in reality it is not all that much, particularly in terms of the overall time people normally spend on their whole project. When you add in the greater certainty of a higher quality end product by following our recommended procedure, then any time lost is greatly outweighed. Plus you are unlikely to face the sort of delays you are now facing by following the work flow you are using.

bigd2525 · Post by **bigd2525** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:32 pm

sjj1805 & Ken Berry,

Thank you for your replies. I will start over and proceed as per your instructions.

bigd2525 · Post by **bigd2525** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 7:17 pm

OK, I captued the video as an avi file, edited, created a Video File first, (MPEG2), then I saved it to my hard drive. I then (with nothing in the time line) opened the video file, created menu, then when I went to burn, it goes to about 30% "converting menus", and I still get the error message, "Convert step has some issues". What is the problem?

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