Problem Rendering MPG-2 File for DVD

toddyboy · Post by **toddyboy** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 4:24 pm

Greetings... I'm just starting with VS 11 plus and the first project that I'm testing to try to burn to DVD is resulting in a DVD video with ok sound, but the video comes out looking like a bunch of moving colored waves, kind of like a TV picture that you can't see because there's no antenna, if you can imagine that.

The file is a short MPG-2 that looks/plays fine when I add it to the timeline in VS. When I go through the process of creating a DVD (either burn to DVD or make a DVD folder on the computer hard drive), the program indicates that it was successfully created, but when I play it with Windows MP, it looks all garbled. I tried turning smart rendering off, which made no difference. I also used the step by step process described on this forum

I haven't tried any other file formats yet, as I will be starting with MPEG-2 files from the camcorder that I am planning to get. I've done a fair amount of editing before with some other programs, but know little about VS.

Can you folks guide me through a troubleshooting sequence, or better yet, tell me how to fix this? Very frustrating and I'm hoping it's something simple. Thanks for any help - Tod

System - Pentium IV, 1.8ghz, 1.2mb ram

Devil · Post by **Devil** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 5:12 pm

Try reading the READ ME FIRST BEFORE YOU POST and comply with the instructions. That way, we may learn a little of your settings and other essential info.

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 5:13 pm

What are your clip properties (from the library or timeline right click on one)?

What are your project properties (File>Project Properties)?

What are your output properties (from the burn window [Share>Create Disc] click on the gear icon in the lower left)?

toddyboy · Post by **toddyboy** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 5:24 pm

Here are the properties. Let me know if there's other useful info I can provide. Thanks again for any help - Tod

clip properties
File format: NTSC DVD
File size: 32 544 KB
Duration : 35 369 seconds
Video type : MPEG -2Video ,Lower Field First
Total frames : 1 060 frame s )
Attributes: 24 bits,720 x480 ,4:3
Frame rate : 29 970 frames /sec
Data rate : Variable bit rateMax . 8000 kbps )

project properties
NTSC drop frame (29.97 fps)
MPEG files
24 bits, 720 x 480, 29.97 fps
Lower Field First
(DVD-NTSC), 4:3
Video data rate: Variable (Max. 8000 kbps)
LPCM Audio, 48000 Hz, Stereo

output properties
MPEG files
24 bits, 720 x 480, 29.97 fps
Lower Field First
(DVD-NTSC), 4:3
Video data rate: Variable (Max. 8000 kbps)
Audio data rate: 256 kbps
Dolby Digital Audio, 48 KHz, 2/0(L,R)

toddyboy · Post by **toddyboy** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:36 am

Properties above...

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:47 am

Hmmm. All your properties look right on. You say you see the problem in WMP. Did you actually burn to disc and play it from a DVD player?

toddyboy · Post by **toddyboy** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:29 am

Jeff

Duhhh... I should have known better than to trust WMP - I hadn't tried it in a DVD player, and now I see, yes it does work. Just installed WinDVD and it works there too on the computer. What's up with media player - I've played plenty of commercial DVDs with it. Anyway, thanks for saving me a ton of time and grief - Really glad to find this forum - Tod

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:22 pm

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while.

sherman39 · Post by **sherman39** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:31 pm

and you know that how?

CycleWriter · Post by **CycleWriter** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 1:03 am

sherman39 wrote:and you know that how?

Just a guess, but judging from what I've seen of him in here for the past year and a half, he's pretty squirrely.

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 1:19 am

I resemble that remark. Yuk yuk yuk.