Blurred DVD video when fast panning of source? Varable Comp?

[Ted]

I am using the demo version of Movie Factory 4. I have multiple MPEG2 source videos that was previously edited (picture and sound added). The main problem is that when the source video (originally captured from video cam and converted to MPEG2 by AverMedia card) - pans quickly - the burned DVD shows a venitian blind or ghosted horizontal image. The best was to describe this - is that the pan keeps an older image and the screen and block of video are not kept current. I have read posts about frame selection (A first versus B) but this effect only occurs when the source is panning - static video shots and still images imbedded in the MPEG file are clearly displayed (so hopefully the frame based MPEG file in not the problem or all video would be effected?). I have tried selecting and unselecting the option to - Do Not convert compliant MPEG files, two pass conversion - change MPEG settings to custom - change compression to 8000 variable, change quality to 100% and and in preferences tried Anti Flicker, resample BEST ::: and the last DVD when viewed still experiences the problem. I have converted the audio to try to conserve space - no change. I turned off the motion menu also to save space. The total size is 4.2 meg - so this should be okay I am thinking I will try to change from variable to constant frame rate. Has anyone else had any problems with the variable rate compression?
I hate to go out and but another pack of DVDs and with rendering time of 5 hours or more (AMD 1700, 1 Gig of memory, XP SP2) my trial time may expire. I was ready to buy Movie Factory - but I am hoping to resolve this issue (have confidence in the results) before I purchase it. My understanding is I would have the same problem with the purchased SW. When I use the orginal DVD burner software that came with the Pioneer DVD recorder (2 years ago) I have not experienced this problem unless the frame rate was very slow (4000 for instance) . I may try the constant frame rate and see if there may be an issue with the variable compression algorithm? Any thoughts?? Thanks for your comments.

When viewing the content on the computer screen the blurring is not present at all. The blurring is only present after burning a DVD-R and viewing on a home DVD player.

I loaded the trial version on a P4 2.4 G machine with 512 Memory. I rebuild the video, I then reburned the DVD. The images were still blurred. I took the original files and used a different video program - and burned the DVD - this DVD using the same source files burn without the distortion caused by Movie Factory. Since I met the minimum system requirement + suggested requirements - my only summary is that there may be an issue with movie maker - for either my video or my platform. Needless to say I did not purchase the full version - though I did like the usability and features - I could not justify it with the distortion it incorporated into my videos.

Ted

[MikeGunter]

Hi,

What you may be seeing is interlaced content on a computer's VGA screen.

That is normal.

If you want to play only on VGA, deinterlace the content.

Mike