DVD encodes green

I am having trouble burning my movie to DVD, it comes out green? I exported the file as a quick time, same as source (in avid). In the iDVD preview it looks fine but when I burn the DVD the menu is fine but when I hit play it's just encoded it green. I downloaded the avid codec and the file looks fine. Can anyone help me out here.

Is there a decent guide somewhere about how best to set Compressor DVD encode projects up? I
take it using the standard two-pass encode settings probably isn't ideal and some tweaks would
possible yield better results.
If you're serious about this, you should also invest in a book dedicated to video encoding. Just look on amazon.com for the latest editions byt the tow or three main authors, search for "encoding" and "video encoding."
The process of getting the best possible image out of MPEG2 is tedious, more like accounting than moviemaking. The best software allows you to carefully preview the results, compare them, and is likely to be supported by a realtime encoding card. And that means it's a very expensive PC application.
At NAB2008 a new product was announced for Compressor that was supposed to provide near real time professional grade MPEG2 encoding. Cant' recall the name. It was about $3k IIRC.
bogiesan

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Getting the best possible DVD encodes out of Compressor

Is there a decent guide somewhere about how best to set Compressor DVD encode projects up? I take it using the standard two-pass encode settings probably isn't ideal and some tweaks would possible yield better results.
I just read this on another site - Can somebody explain what this is all about?
+The program I used is a Windows software encoder that costs a lot less money than you'd think. I manually operated it (that is, told it which frame was to be an I frame, a P frame, or on rarer occasions, a B frame) by hand rather than letting it assign automatically.+
+Tweaking the GOP structure like this is essential for getting the most out of it, and beyond a certain point actually has more of an effect on the picture quality than bit-rate.+

Is there a decent guide somewhere about how best to set Compressor DVD encode projects up? I
take it using the standard two-pass encode settings probably isn't ideal and some tweaks would
possible yield better results.
If you're serious about this, you should also invest in a book dedicated to video encoding. Just look on amazon.com for the latest editions byt the tow or three main authors, search for "encoding" and "video encoding."
The process of getting the best possible image out of MPEG2 is tedious, more like accounting than moviemaking. The best software allows you to carefully preview the results, compare them, and is likely to be supported by a realtime encoding card. And that means it's a very expensive PC application.
At NAB2008 a new product was announced for Compressor that was supposed to provide near real time professional grade MPEG2 encoding. Cant' recall the name. It was about $3k IIRC.
bogiesan

Pumping and jerking artifact in the DVD encoded video

I don't why understand I get this issue. After having done a DVD encoded file of my movie in Compressor, I get an artifact effect on a certain kind of scene (2 actors dialoging with a country background). I get the background (lawn grass, tree leaves) "pumping", like it was jerking...This unwanted effect appears only on these 2 scenes of the film (the same scene repeated 2 times). And it is random, that is every time I make the DVD file I get the effect in a different point of the scene. All the rest of the film is fine.
Any idea on which can be the reason of this issue?
P.S. You can view the effect in this clip (the resolution is poor respect to the original, but you can view the artifact effect, maybe watching it in full screen)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMOIOz1Mx3I

I tried to change "Field order" to Progressive (it was "Same as source"), but nothing changed:
This is the VideoSpec report of the movie
***** First Analyzed File Results *****
*** General Parameters ***
- Name: Anima mia 2° Tempo.mov
- Container: MOV - QuickTime
- Creation Date: 2014-03-08 10:25:52
- Size: 29115.0 MiB
- Duration: 0:43:16
- Bitrate: 94.1 Mbps
- Encoding Library: Apple QuickTime
- Encoding Application: Undefined
*** Video Track Parameters ***
- Format: Apple ProRes 422
- Size: 27.7 GiB (97%)
- FourCC: apcn
- Track number(s): 0
- Bitrate: Max.: Undefined
   Average: 91.7 Mbps
   Min.: Undefined
- Frame rate (fps): Max.: ---
   Average: 50.000
   Min.: ---
- Bitrate mode: Variable
- Encoding profile: Undefined
- Resolution: Undefined
- Width (Pixel number): 1280
- Height (Pixel number): 720
- Pixel Aspect Ratio: 1:1
- Display aspect ratio: 16:9
- Chroma subsampling format: Undefined
- TV standard: Undefined
- Interlacing: Undefined
- Encoding library: Undefined
- Additional Parameters: Bits/(Pixel*Frame) ratio: 1.991
*** Audio Track(s) Parameters ***
- Format: Uncompressed PCM
- Size: 713 MiB (2%)
- FourCC: 0x1
- Number(s) and language(s): 2: Undefined
- Details: 24-bit, little endian, signed linear PCM
- Profile: Undefined
- Bitrate: 2 304 Kbps
- Bitrate mode: Constant
- Resolution: 24 bits
- Rate: 48.0 KHz
- Channel(s): 2 (stereo)
- Position: Undefined
- Encoding Library: Undefined
- Additional Parameters: Not available
*** Miscellaneous ***
- Subtitle(s): No Subtitle
- Metadata: Album: Undefined
   Part number: Undefined
   Track name: Undefined
   Track name number: Undefined
   Performer: Undefined
   Screenplayer/Writer: Undefined
   Genre: Undefined
   Encoded date: UTC 2014-03-08 09:25:52
   Comment: Undefined
   Album artist: Undefined
   Grouping: Undefined
   Copyright: Undefined
And this is ther setting I used to make the DVD encoding

DVD encoded with PQDVD converter is not full screen on iPod

I have just encoded a DVD with PQDVD iPod converter (www.pqdvd.com), it has an aspect ratio of 2:40:1.
I stretched the movie in pqdvd to 320X240.
Once finished when I watch it on my iPod it isnt full screen with black bars on top and bottom. I have tried the widescreen setting on and off on the iPod but nothing changes.
What have I done wrong? any ideas to make it fit to screen?
Also what is the best bitrate to encode at for movies for watching at iPod and TV viewing?
thanks

i don't use that program, or DVD's much to be honest.
i know this is a stupid question, but the black bars, are they part of the original video? probably not, but i know i've had it on one of mine once..

Analysis Text doesn't work (no text inserted in Metadata box after Media Encoder green check)

With premiere CS6
After inserting a .wav or .mov file, I hit "analyze",
     I select the relevant language and quality options,
     the Media Encoder pops up and runs,
     I get the green check,
     BUT...the analysis is not inserted in my metadata.
Any advice? I re-install the program twice but the problem persist...Thanks in advance...

Please don't post the same thing multiple times. I deleted your other posts.
Jeff

CS4: DVD encoding problem(s) Mpeg2 and avi

Hi,
I have been trying to burn my video files to DVD. After a month of failures and 50+ wasted DVDs thrown in the garbage -- plus countless hours trying to learn the basics, reading the FAQs, trouble-shooting, and losing my patience awaiting technical replies from Adobe (which I now suspect will go unanswered) -- I am out of solutions and waving a white flag.
Problem:
I have two video files. Both were created in Premiere Pro CS4 and exported via the Adobe Media Encoder as MPEG2-DVD high quality files (for NTSC) .
The first Mpeg2 file is 800 MB (41 mins); the other is 988 MB (50 mins).
I have placed the two files into a single timeline, with 21 chapter stops.
The only other file in the entire project is a PSD file for the Menu. It has two buttons, which link respectively to chapter stops 1 and 10.
My results are failure-upon-failure...
Primary question:
When I go to "Build" the DVD, it says the Encoded Size is 4.7 GB ~ same size as the DVD. This displays in the "Disc Info".
Similarly, when I open my "Timeline" properties for that single timeline, it says the duration is 1 hour 31 minutes - 4.7 GB.
Why is the disc a full 4.7 GB when the two video files (combined) are under 2 GB?
Supplementary questions:
My "Flowchart" and "Property" links display the Menu, with the two button links in my Menu PSD connecting to the respective chapter stops.
There are no problems when I click "Check Project," and the project works perfectly in "Preview" mode.
But, when I attempt to test the burned DVD into different DVD players, the Menu doesn't appear and the play defaults to random chapters, then freezes. I can access the menu, but only after the play has started and/or frozen, and I have to do that by clicking the "Menu" button on my DVD remotes. And again, when I hit play on either of the buttons on the main menu, the video files will freeze, which means burning & testing each disc sometimes takes an hour per.
Does anybody have a solution?
I have read and watched several tutorials, to no avail. I have tried burning the Project using large Mpeg files as well as medium Mpeg files, both encoded with 1-Pass VBR, 2-pass VBR, CBR. I have tried widescreen and normal.
I have also tried using AVI files. The two AVI files are respectively 41 mins @ 1536 kbps 720x480 8.68GB; and 50 mins @ 1536 kbps 720x480 10.6GB.
Together, those two AVI files are 19+ GB, which would require 5 DVDs.
What am I doing wrong? What should I be using to burn DVDs - Mpeg-2 or Avis?
When I export from Premiere Pro/Adobe Media Encoder, whould I be exporting as Mpeg2 files or Mpeg2-DVD?
Is it possible that Encore automatically expand and/or compress files, so that the 19GB avi is compressed to 4.7 GB DVD; and the 1.8 GB Mpeg2 "expands" to 4.7 GB?
Any help would be greatly appreciated, as this project has caused me numerous delays and ruined deadlines and soured me even more on Adobe's video editing product and their truly-awful customer support.
Thank you

As far as the use of premiere pro CS4 with Encore Cs4, do not bother to pre transcode your material. Let Encore do this for you. Leave your files in the original format which I assume was AVI. Instead import your Premiere Pro sequence directly from the project (or export it from Premiere Pro it to encore). As you quessed Encore will try and expand/compress your files for the DVD you are making.
Encore by default trys to transcode for the best quality that will fit onto the media you specify which is why it is setting the output to 4.7 rather than the file size of the video.
You were not specific enough about the nature of the failed copies. One thing to do is to always try testing your project from your first menu to see that it behaves correctly. If you don't want your DVD to start playing automatically make sure you set it to open the Top Menu. Then try a test either to your hard drive (if you can), or to a RW DVD.
Message was edited by: tnsprin

DVD encoded video and audio progressively get out of sync

Hi Compressor professionados,
I've been trying to finalise a DVD I’m creating but keep having the same show-stopping problem where I just can't get the timing of the audio and video right after encoding it to MPEG-2/ac3 for DVD Studio Pro. When I lay it into the track in DVDSPro it plays fine at the start of the track but as the clip gets longer the audio and video gets further and further out of sync, by a few seconds (eg. for over 1 hour length footage).
I've seen similar posts online about timing issues with Compressor but nothing I saw has hit the nail on the head for me. I also posted my problem on Creative Cow but didn't get the help I needed to fix my problem.
Here's the specs:
FCPro X 10.1.4
Video project: 1080i (@ 25i)
Audio 44.1 kHz
Render: Apple ProRes 422
Length: 01:13:05:02
Compressor 4.1.3
MPEG-2 Setting (only what I think is important... or I don't know)
Format: Elementary Stream
Stream Usage: DVD
Retiming: Set duration to: 100% (shows 01:13:05:02)
Video Frame Rate: Auto (25fps)
Field Order: Same as Source
GOP: greyed out at 12
ac3:
Sample rate: 48kHz (the only choice)
Data rate: 224 kbps
DVD Studio Pro 4.2.1
PAL DVD-9 project
From FCP I send my project to Compressor and when I drop both a DVD Audio and Video codec onto it they both show as Retiming 100% (and the length looks the same) but the results are still unsynchronised at the end of the clip when they are placed into the Track in DVDSPro. I've also tried changing different settings, like MPEG-2 Retiming duration to "So source frames play at 25 fps", but I'm still having troubles.
At one point I managed to get the A/V timing right for my track and I then ran what I thought was the same settings for all my other tracks in the DVD but they ended up with a similar outa-sync problem so I deleted everything to try again and realised I'd deleted my good files. And I just can't seem to replicate it again. I’m not sure if it was an accidental mistake that worked or I hit on the right settings. Either way, it shouldn’t be this hard to get it right, for heaven's sake!!!
Also, strangely, when I open the MPEG-2 file in QuickTime Player (10.4) it shows 01:10:30 long but if I open the same file in QuickTime Pro 7 it shows as the correct 1:13:05. And DVD Studio Pro shows 01:13:05:02 for both the audio & video assets but their sync is still out at the end.
This problem stopped me from producing the DVD last Christmas and I tried to pick it up again to give it to the family for this Christmas but ended up having to bail yet again - not impressed!!!
I'm hoping it's a simple solution of getting the settings right but it may also be a bug! Apparently, my bro-in-law has had similar problems and has ditched the DVD route altogether. I already have all of my menus etc. set up and I'd hate to have to ditch all that hard work.
Thanks in anticipation,
Brett

Thanks so much Russ & Tom!
It was as easy as changing the sample rate in the FCP project from 44.1 to 48 and sending it to Compressor again. I think it was set to 44.1 because I had the project set to automatically assign the parameters from the first video dropped into it. I haven't checked yet but the audio from my camera is likely 44.1.
It would be nice if Compressor produced a warning message when you set the codec up for DVD audio that the original is set to a different sample rate & may cause timing problems when resampled to 48kHz.
Anyway, again THANKS lads for solving what has been a year long problem for me and now I can complete my Christmas project, albeit late!
Virtual chocolates to you both!!!

DVD encoding using transcode results in out-of-sync audio

I am trying to encode my DVDs for easy viewing on my computer. I am trying to do this with transcode, but I am having a few problems.
Firstly, I use lsdvd and tccat to find and rip the desired content in raw form from the DVD to a VOB file. Once I have this raw data, I then encode the file to an AVI, using a command like:
transcode -i <name>.vob -N 0x2000 -w 1000 --nice 10 -F mpeg4 -y ffmpeg,raw -o <name>.avi"
Which compresses the video to mpeg4 with ffmpeg and copies the audio from the original as-is into the AVI file. However, when I watch the resulting movie, the audio runs slightly ahead of the video, so people's lips continue to move after they've finished speaking, just like in a badly-dubbed kung-fu flick!
Another problem I've noticed (perhaps related?) is that despite the fact that the audio stream ought to be a bit-for-bit copy of the original, the bitrate is written as 128kb/s instead of 192kb/s like it should be. If the argument -b 192 is given then it fixes this problem, but the first problem is still present so it's not the cause of that.
Encoding in mencoder using exactly the same technique works fine, but I hate mencoder and mplayer because they are both brain-dead and buggy. Mencoder won't detect half of the stuff it should, e.g. the aspect ratio, forcing me to look at every DVD I encode, read the aspect ratio and set it manually, which is just not on. I need to use transcode anyway to rip the DVD image, since mencoder claims that it can't acutally read the DVD half the time when everything else can, so if I can just get past this stupid problem then I will be happy.
So, if anyone can help me figure out the problem here I'd be very grateful

Argh! I never even noticed that option, despite having read the man page about 7 million times. Acidrip is not so great IMO, I think it uses MEncoder, so it suffers from the same problems I highlighted earlier, plus it is very crude and buggy. IIRC it also seems to be biased towards single-pass encoding, which is stupid because for a little more time you can get better quality with multi-pass as long as you're happy with running an encoding process in the background for a few hours (not such a big deal as long as you nice it down to a low priority)

What is the Best DVD Encoder According to These Posts

I Have read many of the posts here and I was wondering, overall, which DVD ripping program I should use. I used DVD Ripper and that worker fine, except that it saved my DVD into 4 parts rather than one big one. Is there a better free program?
Also,I used iPod Converter (Videora) and that worker well too. Is there a better setting for more accurate proportions? On my iPod the people in my movie are too thin.
Thanks

Dante,
The reason the people in your movie "are too thin" is because when you encoded the file to use on your iPod, you were taking a 16:9 movie (or widescreen if you want to call it that) and converting it into a 4:3 movie (also known as full screen).
If you were using the default Videora settings, you probably had your screen size as 320x240. This is why the figures in the movie have been made to look thin. You took what was once a long rectangle and squeezed it into a much shorter rectangle. I suggest you change your settings (because this is what I did and get images that you were proportioned) in Videora to 320x176. This will give you a "widescreen" image when the file is transcoded. Just make sure that you are only using that for widescreen movies. If you take a fullscreen movie (such as an older television show or 80% of broadcast television today) and try to change it to 320x176, the figures will look short and fat.
Hope that helps. Took me a little while to figure out what settings to use, but I eventually got it to work just fine.

DVD Encode Won't Enter Media Encoder

Whenever I export my 1080p video to MPEG 2 DVD preset for HD widescreen progressive, Adobe Encoder opens, but it never shows a file and never renders anything. I can export directly out of Premiere, however? What's happening?

You either export to dvd which is 720x576/480.
or BluRay disk 1920x1080 interlaced.
There is a way to get HD on a dvd disk but that is about 20 minutes.
Make a BD iso in Encore and burn that iso with e.g. Nero as an image to dvd.
You do need a BD player to play this dvd disk and it does not play on all BD-players.

Media Encoder green artifacts

I met a problem when I encoded a video with Media Encoder (I work with Adobe CS5.5 on Mac) : at first, when I encode a video on Premiere Pro, the rendering is OK. But when I want encoding this video with Media Encoder, some green artifacts appear on the video. I don't know why. Can you help me ? Thanks for anything help.

Hi Kevin. Thanks for answering. Below here some details :
I work with Premiere Pro sc5,5 (I updated 5.5.2 version after recommendation. I did it too for After cs5,5 and Media EncoderCS5.5, but without improvement). I run with OSX 10.9.5 (MacPro 5,1).
Graphism : ATI RADEON HD 5770 1024 Mo.
Processor : 2 x 2,4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Memory : 16 Go 1066 MHz DDR3 ECC
Here's the problem : when I export my video with Media Encoder at from of Premiere Pro timeline, a video exclusively made on After Effects with the plug in ELEMENT 3D (from VIDEO COPILOT), the export is (long but) well and the video is clean. But when I want to use this new exported video with Premiere Pro ( I usually do this when I have a big sequence with a lot videos. In fact, I use this "process" to avoid a long calculation of my computer ), it appears some green artefacts on it. Artefacts (below) which not appear when I looking at it with Quicktime, for instance..
This is the first time that I met this problem.

Can GPU help with HD to DVD encoding?

We do lots of DVDs, in fact almost everything we do ends up on a DVD (from 1080p source) so naturally our systems spend a lot of time with MediaEncoder running VBR 2 pass Maximum Quality encoding. None of our systems have nVidia GPUs installed (they're all ATI) and it's taking approx 14-15 hours to do the DVD (MPEG2) encoding (MacPro 8 core) for a 90 min program (56 hours for a core2duo).
Would adding a supported nVideo card help speed up this process? I've read that Media Encoder doesn't use the GPU (which seems odd since it seems to spawn a headless Premiere Pro in the background!), but if we output directly from Premiere Pro instead of Media Encoder would the export go quicker (as in MUCH quicker) with GPU assist?   I'm not sure of PP uses GPU for resizing or not (HD to DVD).

ExactImage wrote:
Thanks.
Of course now I'm going to ask the obvious question     How much time is it realistic to assume we could save?   Since most of the extra time seems to be on the max quality down conversion, what is realistic in terms of GPU acceleration? (yeah, I know - how long is a piece of string?)....
One more while we're here..... since Multicam is all about rendering multiple streams to the screen, does CUDA help with Multicam editing?   We've noticed a few times that things are running big sluggish with 3 or 4 cameras and native footage (Canon DSLR and XF100 MXF files), but then we don't have any CUDA cards!
If your workflow mainly consist of downscaling HD to DVD, why dont you just buy a descent nVidia GPU card and get rid of the current ATI version? These things cost almost nothing nowadays. You have nothing to lose since PrP are not using ur current GPU.
14-15 hrs for downconversion on a 8 Core? I also always use 2 pass with MRQ on. Try this - export via PrP or AME - match sequence settings, add this file to AME and encode to DVD with ur usual settings - you should be able to cut a few hrs of your encoding times.
Multicam - i convert my HDSLR footage to Cineform HD 10bit - these file is an issue with Multicam, so to correct this I turn MPE off and it all works fine, 4 cameras an no sluggish playback.

Customizing (or fixing) the Flash DVD encoding presets

The Flash DVD export from Encore is actually pretty cool--a great way to build a nice web-deployable video player without having to dink around in Flash (which is something I'm likely to never do). However, the video encoding presets have some issues, and I've not found a way to fix, modify, or add presets.
In particular, when building a Web DVD using widescreen assets, the widescreen encoding presets (both FLV and F4V) encode black lines at the top and bottom of the frame. At first, I thought this was just a problem with the HTML code and that by changing the code, the player would be resized vertically to cover up the black lines (e.g. I thought the black was just the background of the player and the video was "floating" in the player pane). However, when looking at the FLV and F4V files after this didn't work, I realized that the black lines are actually part of the videos. This looks really bad in what would otherwise be a slick presentation.
A little more testing led me to realize that the original assets are not being cropped as they would need to be in order to have the encoded video be properly scaled. I noticed there is no way to modify or add encoding presets from within Encore, so I attempted to edit the EPR (encoding preset) files found in C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Encore CS5\Presets\Internal (Win 7). The EPR files are basically just XML documents, and one of the first entries is for crop. I tried changing the <CropRect> values to "8,0,8,0" to cut off 8 pixels from the sides, which would allow the video to scale vertically correctly, but this didn't have the desired effect. While it DID crop off 8 pixels on both sides, it didn't scale the video.
Next, I tried opening one of the Web DVD presets in AME and editing it there, thinking it would establish the proper values, and then saving it back to the Internal folder. This didn't work, either; comparing the content of this preset and one of the original ones revealed a few differences--enough to obviously make the tweaked preset not functional.
Now, I've found that I can encode files to the correct cropping and dimensions directly from AME, and drop them in place in the resulting Web DVD folder, and it works fine--but for projects with a lot of assets, this is a pain, especially since I have animated DVD menus (which also need to be separately encoded and replaced) and all of the selection overlays need to be recreated too. This is a huge pain, and while it would be OK for a smaller project, I have about 50 such assets that would have to be recreated. It would be far simpler to just use a custom preset, but I can't figure out how to make that happen.
Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction--this is a great feature of Encore that's rendered unusable because of this silly little oversight. Please help!

Oh, now I see... it seems I had misread the item under:
"About Flash video - Additional applications, servers, and
video service features - Adobe Dreamweaver CS3"
at the following link:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/video_guide.html
So, I'm back to finding the most practical, affordable,
user-friendly way to do the encoding. Maybe a free or low-cost
third-party program (I swear, someone in TS for Premiere CS3 Pro
told me to search for a free FLV encoder on the web)... and maybe
I'm also back to reconsidering if Flash is even best for my needs
versus QuickTime or WMV format. Now that I think about it, I'm
guessing a lot of those more professional-looking promotional and
educational videos I see a lot on the web these days that use just
a little video box with a very simple player right on the web page
are using QuickTime, not Flash. Does that seem perhaps accurate? Or
are the probably Flash? (Is there a way to look into the properties
or source of such a page and find out?)
Thanks again.
Jay

Speeding up DVD encoding time in Compressor 4?

Hello there, I wonder if anyone can help - I am transferring some camcorder tapes to DVD on my 2010 Mac Pro. My hardware captures in many formats but not mpeg 2. As this is the encoding used for DVDs I presumed Compressor would be quicker to convert mpeg2 files to DVD than say mp4's (?). So I bought an mpeg 2 capture device specially. I then crop, trim the mpeg 2 files in Compressor and convert to DVD but it still takes ages? Is it because I have added edits and crops that it has to be re-encode to a completely new mpeg 2 file or is that just what compressor does to mpeg 2 files anyway? I seem to remember Toast converting an mpeg 2 file to DVD really quickly in the past when there was no editing or changes.
So in summary does anyone know if there is no advantage using mpeg 2 files when editing and converting to DVD in compressor, if not what format would be best? I presume uncompressed DV files might be better.
Any help much appreciated!
cheers

talldave68 wrote:
Okay thanks for the reply, that is actually a pretty good way to explain i! Am I right that if there was no edits, a dvd would encode quicker using an mpeg 2 file as source?
Don't know, never have used this workflow. Maybe someone else can answer.
I presume I used an mpeg 2 file and just cropped the last 2 minutes off the end it would again need to be re-encoded?
Yes, AFAIK. Make any change and my understanding is that the mpeg GOP (Group Of Pictures) will need to be rebuilt for the file.
My other capture device captures in mp4, so guess I will just import it direct into compressor and do any edits there, as no advantage using mpeg 2 capture.
Using compressor to trim the clips is, I guess, OK. mp4 is a much newer codec the mpeg2 so may be a better solution for your workflow. If I had the option of capturing in mpeg 2 or mp4, I'd choose mp4.
But keep checking back as someone who has more experience with may be able to give better advice.
When I wanted to move years of home DV tapes to DVD, I bought a set top DVD Recorder from Panasonic and just hooked up the camera and went directly to the DVD, pausing the recording to edit out the stuff I didn't want.
Something like this:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/620022-REG/Panasonic_DMR_ES18_DMR_ES18_Mul ti_System_Multi_Zone_DVD.html
MtD

HD DVD encoding and playback problem

Hello,
we are running into a problem with some HD dvd authoring lately. We are using 1920x1080 23.98fps film based source material and encode it for HD DVD use with compressor. Like it says in the documentation we are using the hd dvd presets and just adjust the output to 720P for an H.264 encode. Apparently since the last upgrade to DVD studio 4.2 it is now possible to encode progressive h.264 with a framerate of 23.98 fps. Well as i said we encode the footage with compressor, import it into DVDSP 4.2 and include it into our project. Everything works fine until we put it into our DVD player (Toshiba HD-A20). The menus and everything works and looks great, but when we are playing the 720P 23.98fps H.264 clips we get a way too fast playing clip, basically as if it is trying to play it at 29.97 fps. Does anyone else run into that problem? First we thought it is the player, but then we tried playing the disc in our Macpro and the same problem. 1920x1080 works great with Mpeg2 29,97fps compression, even though, because we have film based 23.98fps source material it seems to stutter slightly. I wonder if we need to include 2:3 pulldown in order for the player to remove it properly. Any help would be great.
Thanks,
Gorilla

Harm,
Sorry for not responing for a few days, but I runned the benchmark you'll send me. The main results (dee details attached file):
53,6, secs Total Benchmark Time
6,4, secs AVI Encoding Time
14,2, secs MPEG Elapsed Time
33, secs Rendering Time
Since the potential problem is my hard disk, inaddition, I runned HDtune (hopefully it will help pinpionting the problem):
disk1: avarage transfer rate: 94MB/s, acces time 13.8ms, burst rate 185MB/s
disk2: avarage transfer rate: 85MB/s, acces time 14ms, burst rate 157MB/s
disk3: avarage transfer rate: 73MB/s, acces time 13.9ms, burst rate 183MB/s
Analyzing these results, could the current hard disk configuration cause the problem I have, or is my system to slow anyway to edit AVCHD material?
If the hard disk configuration is the problem, could it be solved by applying your suggestion by removing all partitions? Since, I'm not looking forward of removing all partions(re-installing windows (dual boot win7 and vista), shifting a huge amount of data, etc), but if it would help I will do it.
Thanks inadvance,
Jeffrey

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