My DVD's keep burning with problems...HELP!!!

[dentocop]

I have this problem when I burn my DVD's on DVD+R discs:
I see my movie perfectly on Premiere, then I convert it to AVI DV. Then I burn it with Roxio DVD Creator 6. In places where I have still images extending over a few seconds, the video hangs and skips around, the sound is chopped up and the whole segment is unviewable.
I thought maybe when it encodes the movie to AVI, it has a problem with still images that creates problems on the DVD.
So I started using moving black video to overlap the still images while keeping the black video transparent. That worked...some of the time (for some scenes, they were fine and for others it made no difference). That kind of inconsistency makes this even more puzzling.
I also tried playing the DVD on a different player and even my own DVD burner...same choppiness during those still scenes.
I then tried using different compressors but realized all their qualities didn't match avi, so I didn't bother testing that much. Finally, I read through a few months of threads on this site and didn't see anything similar. Just as a side note, I've tried burning the DVD with Nero and there was no change. I also thought of using DVD-R, but if my DVD doesn't play right on my burner, it probably isn't a compatibility problem.
I realize this problem of mine seems strange and a bit inconsistent. Can anyone help?? I've pretty much run out of theories or new ideas....
Thanks in advance!!!!

 

[dentocop]

Oh...and I forget to add, my system is fast enough with about 800MB RAM, a 7200rpm drive and P4 processor, Win XP SP2. Since my posting, I've also tried copying the problem DVD to a new DVD thinking it may resolve the problem. It did not.

 

[WizyWyg]

http://www.dvdrhelp.com

I suggest that you go through a more techinical way of authoring your DVD's. In all honesty, I dont trust "out of the box with burner" programs ( ie Roxio and Nero ) to burn dvd's. They sometimes give your more problems than they are worth.

Look into Ulead's Dvd Workshop or Pinnacles DVD Express. There is also Sonic DvDit ( i've tried all and was happy with the results ). I am using it on a p4 1.6 ghz 512 DDR ram with a 40 GB harddrive and a Sony Dvd+r/w drive.

 

[EdwardMartinIII]

What version of Premiere are you using?

Cheers,


Edward

"Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!" -- inventor of the cat door

 

[dentocop]

Premiere 6.5 [168]

Since my first posting, I've realized that something that helps alot is to convert the still image to an mpeg...then you put the mpeg into the place you wanted the still image.

This idea helps most of the time, but not all the time. The problem could also be that the still images are 710x480 and my video is 720x480. Could that small change be causing the problem??

Thanks for your help in trying to figure this out!!

 

[EdwardMartinIII]

It seems unlikely that image size would be the trouble, but you should consider resizing your image anyway -- chances are Premiere does the worst possible job of still-image resizing.

What are your export settings? It almost sounds as if you've got some too-high or too-low data-speed happening.

Next, I'd use a different product to burn your DVD files. Try using DVDLab (free tryout) to burn a disc and see how that looks. I've had the dickens of a time getting products from Roxio to do anything other than exercise my ability to run "Add/Remove Programs" a few times.

Let us know how it goes!

Cheers,


Edward

"Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!" -- inventor of the cat door

 

[dentocop]

Thanks very much for your advice. What would be the best way to resize a still image anyway?? And what do you mean by too-high/too-low data speed.
I will try another burning software as you recommend.
Thanks again!
DC

 

[EdwardMartinIII]

If you have Photoshop, then that is just one of (if not the) best tools to resize an image.

What are your export settings? you are, presumably, exporting to MPEG via Premiere's MPEG converter. Have you updated that lately? Are you using any of the presets?

Cheers,


Edward

"Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!" -- inventor of the cat door

 

[dentocop]

Actually, my export settings are as follows:

Export --> Timeline --> Movie
Microsoft DV AVI, D1/DV NTSC 0.9 with uncompressed 48000 Hz audio; optimize stills; no other modifications.

I've saved that as my own preset.
I will try the resize idea with Photoshop 7
Thanks again!

 

[EdwardMartinIII]

I learned two things when working with stills.

The first was to always move them, even if just a little bit. It only made sense once I saw the difference. Seems that applying even a tiny bit of motion (be it a zoom or a pan) allows the TV to try different pixel combinations to draw the same thing. In effect, it allows us more chances to see the details of the artwork (it's like simulating anti-aliasing on a dynamic basis. I should give the effect a cool name, such as "Dynamic Antialiasing&quot.

The second was that I am mentally handicapped when it comes to AVI files and do all of my movies-made-with-stills using Quicktime Sorenson 3 codec at 100% quality. Not even the tiniest hint of a smell of a problem since i started doing that. I kick out a few DVD-Rs and it still looks great!

Cheers,


Edward

"Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!" -- inventor of the cat door