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Spent a long month creating my video ( of my baby daughter ) .an epic to say the least...and last 1hr 30min..longer than i really wanted..and this is only part 1!

However, come to burn the thing!!!!!! And it appears all jerky - in most parts anyway..stuttery.....and then halfway through the sound goes slightly out of sync!!!!

Now, before i burnt it did say...." Project excess maximum size"...but allowed me to burn anyway ( noticed..that bar at the bottom....of VS10+ ...that long bar..goes from green to yellow to red..well it was just in the red....( project size bar )...when i pressed to burn ( max size..fit size ) it did go from the red bit back down to i think yellow.

Anyway....I captured Type 1 settings....think possibly ripple editin was turned on / off...somewhere along the lines...during the month had my fair share of project just closing down on me etc etc...

Anyway, im not reediting my video..cut off about 15min of it.

Any other suggestions.

While on here...please tell me.....an easy way to creat dvd menu....i mean,...creating chapters etc..20 of them! etc...well can i save this..so every time i burn my disk i dont have to go through the whole process of creating chapters/changing the font of the scene selections etc

We still need to know what workflow you used -- did you edit then convert your project to a DVD compliant mpeg-2 (as we recommend -- Share > Create Video File > DVD), which you can then burn separately? Or did you finish your edits and jump straight into the burning module (Share > Create Disc > DVD)? I am guessing the latter.

Either way, using the 'squeeze to fit' function is not a good idea in Video Studio. It works in other programs, but has been a problem in VS since it was first introduced. That could be two thirds of your problem in its own right.

As you should know by now, there are really only two ways within Video Studio to get a project to fit on a DVD. The first is to either trim down the size of the project or break it into two parts and burn them to separate discs. Either of these will at least preserve the quality of the original video. The second way is to lower the bitrate used. So if you have 90 minutes of video and you want it on a single layer DVD, then use Share > Create Video File > Custom. Then select an mpeg-2 template, and adjust the bitrate to around 6000 kbps. This will mean your 90 minutes will fit from the start, and still give you good quality. Using Dolby or mpeg layer 2 audio will mean you can even fit about 10 minutes more video on the disc.

There is a third method using a third party program for the actual burn. You ignore the 'this is too big' warning, and also don't select the squeeze to fit option. You do as you have done and go through to the last page of the burning module and burn either a DVD Folder (my choice) or else a disc image file. Either one win fact produce an exact version of the file structure on a final DVD. But you need to burn it to disc using a program like Nero Burning ROM or Roxio Easy Media Creator. Both of those have squeeze to fit functions which work a treat and preserve excellent quality. You could also use DVD Shrink to first reduce the size of your Disc Folder or Image (not sure if it works with the latter, but certainly does with the former) and then burn the new smaller folder separately.

As for saving menus, it is clunky but works at least for some of us. Once you have built your menus the way you like, you have to close the burning module. You will get a message saying VS is saving the project. Ignore that since none of us have ever worked out if it is really saving anything or where it saves it to. Whatever the case, it is not permanent. And as you have found, when later you re-open VS, all the menu items have gone. So as I say, build your menu, close the burning module, then select File > Save or Save As and save the project there. Then next time when you open VS, you open that project, and when you go to the burning module, all should be as you left it.

I'm not sure your symptoms are caused by "too much compression"... Usually, if you use a low-bitrate the picture will get grainy or "blocky" when there is motion. And, this really shouldn't cause the audio/video to go out of sync.

...an epic to say the least...and last 1hr 30min..longer than i really wanted..and this is only part 1!

Just how long is your video? 90 minutes total is about right for one single-layer DVD. If that's your total length, you should be OK.... If you're saying that it's 90 minutes longer than you wanted, you'll need more than one DVD.

P.S.
About the length of your video... You can always make two versions. It's understandable that you don't want to throw-away footage. You can make one full-archive version and a shorter version, so that you don't bore your friends & family. (That assumes you get the "bugs" worked-out...)