SD DVD progressive???

I have converted an uncompressed animation to progressive scan m2v file using compressor and I have verified the setting is progressive. When I output my DVD out of DVD Studio Pro the dvd is interlaced... Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Gary Haus

When you say interlaced are you referring to flicker? I am trying to solve a flicker problem and wonder if we are experiencing the same thing?

Similar Messages

Are DVDs Progressive? If So Why Doesn't Compressor Deinterlace?

There are many things that puzzle me and this is one.
DVDs are supposed to be progressive? However, if you look at any of Compressor's pre-sets for making "Best Quality" SD DVDs you will not see any mention of deinterlacing or progressive.
Frame Controls are always off and Field Dominance is always automatic. So how does the video become deinterlaced or progressive? Does it happen in DVDSP ?

Hi Ian,
from Compressor when you choose to encode in MPEG2 for DVD, you can set all parameters in the video format.
Here from the doc you can see a snapshot:
http://documentation.apple.com/en/compressor/usermanual/#chapter=18%26section=21
When parameters are set to automatic, that means Compressor will set that value depending the source material characteristics. But you can force the output field dominance to be progressive or interlaced, as both are supported when creating a DVD disk.
Regards,
Armando.

[k9copy] Backup of DVD Progress Stuck

Source: DVD(-5) Movie
Backup: Rip and Encode to Defaults (avi)
During the rip:
*** libdvdread: CHECK_VALUE failed in /home/giovanni/Desktop/svn-packages/k9copy/trunk/src/k9copy-2.3.3-Source/src/dvdread/nav_read.c:207 ***
*** for dsi->dsi_gi.zero1 == 0 ***
I don't know who this giovanni is, so it's surprising why a program is referencing a path which doesn't exist. And also this comes up randomly:
DTS, flags=128"
"First video packet in sequence starting at 799004686 misses PTS or DTS, flags=128"
"First video packet in sequence starting at 799012878 misses PTS or DTS, flags=128"
(repeated a lot of times)
And then finally, at 76%:
QWaitCondition: cv destroy failure:
QWaitCondition: mutex destroy failure:
QThread: Destroyed while thread is still running
The app does not abort. Instead, the elapsed time keeps increasing. Without starting from terminal, there's no way to tell if anything's going on because CPU usage remains the same.
On another note, using acetoneiso2 happens to "complete" the rip (the errors are still there because it's from libdvdread), in that it successfully finishes the process. But, the final result is only half of the DVD, i.e faulty rip. DVD length is 58mins, but the file is 24 and stops abruptly.
It may be worth mentioning that the DVD appears to have two exact same tracks.

It's telling you that you need to make a table of contents (-t). Try this without the *.VOB:
dvdauthor -o /storage2/dvdcopy/ -T
--EDIT--
EEEEK! I told a lie. -t is the title, -T is the table of contents. The table of contents may have been created in the step you did before this. Take a look at the following page:
http://da.gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Create_a_DVD:Filesystem
and for any other questions, check the links on the above's referring page:
http://da.gentoo-wiki.com/Index:HOWTO_Create_a_DVD
Last edited by skottish (2008-09-21 01:56:01)

Encore DVD Writing Cancels won't play on DVD player issue

So I have a very confusing issue with encore.
When I press build everything works fine. Then writing begins. The moment the writing reaches the end of the progress bar (the exact moment) the progress bar goes to empty and the bottom bar says canceling and ejects the DVD. Usually (not every time) a pop up menu saying "end of file" appears next. When I press ok for end of file message the pop up disappears and suddenly the DVD progress bar is filled and the DVD says completed (as if nothing just happened). So I'm confused whether it worked or not!
I reinsert the DVD that just ejected into my Mac and it works! Then I put it into a DVD player and it won't play, it won't play on my old Xbox 360 either, but it WILL play in a Bluray player?!
Everytime I rewrite the files I get different results. They all work on my Mac and blu ray but only 1 of 4 works in the Xbox. The one that does work in the Xbox will read in the DVD player but plays choppy and skips around as if the DVD is scratched or damaged?
! Other differences involve the write speed, sometimes the options are 8x or 4x. Other times its 3x,2x, and 1x. When the latter write speed options occur I cannot press "test before writing" it's greyed out. When 8x and 4x are the speed options I can check it. I used different DVDs and it didn't help.
I work for a company that needs to copy the DVDs but they can't be copied. Don't know why?
Here are my settings
Mpeg 2-DVD exported from Pr.
720x480
Codecs: Mpeg video, Mpeg layer
Duration: 1:10:26
Encore DVD transcode status: Don't Transcode
Encore Project/assets
2 Menus
1 Mpeg video
1 Timeline
Build
Format: DVD
Output: DVD disc
Source: Create Using current project
4.7 gb disc
Has 510mb free
All regions
Unlimited copies
First Play and title button are a menu
Check build is good.
I really need help with this weird issue quickly thanks.

Just an Update, I've tried many things to no avail still have a few others to try. Being a Large file it takes a while to try things.
I went ahead and got Toast, but considering that the Image Iso and the DVD Folder both gave me the End of File Error and the Disc "Failed Completed" Error I figured it a no go and it was. It did however give me something that Opened everywhere (Mac,Xbox,Dvd) , but it did not play on the Dvd correctly.
I've done numerous things in the Mac permissions end Like trying as a different user and running as the Root User, but it was also unsuccessful.
I've Re- Exported the file many different ways, but finally had a breakthrough using a version of M2v. It's definitely an error with Finalizing. My disc previously began to mess up and give "END of File" after it finished writing, it never even made it to the "Writing Lead Out" stage. I beleive this is why it plays it certain places fine, but probably not as well in systems (like Dvd players) that require those last few steps like writing Lead Out.
The only issue I have now is that when I put it into the DVD player it say "No title"!?!? AY CARAMBA!!!
Now I'm working on trying to figure this NEW problem! I have all my menus and links in place, but no go. I think it may be related to the previous problem in that something beneath the surface is wrong with my computer. Being a used Mac with a restored Hard Drive there are probably endless possibilities, but I hesitate to think that way because it may also have absolutely nothing to do with it.
So any help is greatly appreciated
whether it be a specific issue you know of dealing with used Macs and issue similar to mine
or just on the "NO Title" error as a separate issue. I'm hoping this "No Title" is something simple and unrelated, I've already burned through about 13 discs and even more pain pills for the headaches!!

Problem restoring my library from backup DVD's

Here is my situation. . . . I recently had an internal hard drive crash that contained all of my 45 GB of music. . . The hard drive that crashed was my secondary, internal hard drive (F drive). Luckily, I created a back-up DVD of my entire library last March.
To replace the failed hard drive, I purchased a 250GB Lucie, external hard drive, connected through my USB port. I removed iTunes, reinstalled on my original hard drive (C drive), and attempted to import the library to the new external hard drive. Everything was moving (DVD, progress window, External hard drive) and copying, but as soon as it gets to song 310 (of over 1200 songs) on a DVD, it stops importing and says there was a failure on the Lucie hard drive.
In the options menu, under advanced, I have "iTunes Music folder location as simply "F:\" Is this my problem?
Does anyone have an idea?
Am I trying to import to many songs at one time?
Please help. . . .

It might be a problem with the DVD, try importing
each song one at a time or in groups where you do
song 1 to 309, skip 310 and goto 311 to 1200
That solved it! Although it means some of my CD's will be missing one track. . . .But it's better than not having any songs!

Compiling Media invalid file path error when buring a DVD

Hello,
I have updated to 3.0.2 Premiere Elements and the latest XP Home updates. I had 2.0 and it worked without any problems. I bought 3.0 and have had nothing but problems, I can capture, access files and put a video together but no matter if to file or to DVD I always get this error
"Burn DVD Progress screen"
"Compiling Media invalid file path"
then it all stops and nothing.
Any help or suggestions appreciated, I searched the web for this error and found nothing, when I search here I seem to get every Adobe product comes up but no premiere.
Thank you

I started to do the FAQ to build a clean AVI file. I also re-installed the program, did an update to 3.0.2, defrag. Made sure I had 118gig space. All in order. Still I got the errors. Then I thought perhaps since this pointed to a path that somewhere a path was not correct. So I looked under Preferences - scratch disks - and found they all pointed to the D drive where I had some old Adobe files. It appears the 2.0 version worked when I had the files stored on another partition and 3.0 did not like this. So when I moved everything in Scratch Disk to the same folder on C: where I installed 3.0 things seemed to begin to work.
I tested it by burning to a file and then to an actual DVD and both worked well. I have a quad core chip.
Now the problem seems to be when I edit each end of a clip, "the IN and OUT" the in does not seem to be saved or rendered. When I get to the preview I can still see and hear date prior to the SET IN. I save, re-save and re-render and it still happens. However some clips it works fine.
Thanks again for pointing me in a direction so at least I can start to trouble shoot.

Can Adobe Encore CS3 make a 24p DVD or not?

I'm trying to create a professional quality 24p DVD (Progressive: 23.976 fps) But when you open Encore and choose Authoring Mode: DVD I only have two options PAL or NTSC and all the other options are disabled! But that screen says: It will be either 29.97i for NTSC or 25i for PAL. I'm trying to make a real DVD here! Not a home movie. How do I get rid of the interlacing and get it to 24 fps? If I change the transcode settings inside the project after accepting one of those bad settings does that do anything? It doesn't seem like it when I write my DVD.

JackSkyyler wrote:
Anyway, the thing I'm confused on is: how would it work when I'm in a 29.97i project? It doesn't seem like it could be writing it correctly.
Oh, and in format should I be using MPEG2 or MPEG2-DVD
I tried the MPEG2 because I'd already tried this for MPEG2-DVD and it didn't seem to work plus I couldn't find the pulldown option on it.
You need to do some serious research on the DVD spec and what's legal and what's not. Encore's got its share of bugs, but there's no hope for a successful project unless the author knows what he's doing. 24P isn't for home movies (as you've noted) and it moves you squarely into big-boy land. Your questions indicate that you have no idea about how 24P footage can be stored on an NTSC DVD. May I suggest the DVD FAQ at the DVD Demystified web site?
Two En CS3 bugs are noteworthy:
En will re-transcode your video, even if it is DVD-legal, if it contains multiplexed audio that doesn't match your En project audio settings. That's why it's best to transcode to elementary streams: M2V video and WAV or AC3 audio.
If you allow En to transcode your 24P video, En will hard-code the 2:3 pulldown into the video stream instead of simply setting pulldown flags. You'll end up with a real 29.97 fps interlaced video file and your 24P look will be ruined. En CS4 and En CS5 don't have that issue.
Your other option is to hire an experienced DVD author to author the disc for you.
-Jeff

Interlacing methodology: analog capture, export AVI, DVD authoring?

My question concerns when to interlace and/or deinterlace a video?
The original medium is VHS tape.
The final products will be VHS tape (interlaced) and DVD (progressive).
1. I do an analog capture of a VHS Tape with a Matrox capture card. I assume the new AVI file is interlaced because the tape was interlaced. But maybe I am incorrect.
2A. For the final VHS product, when I export the video to an AVI file, do I need to turn interlacing on or do I need to use the progressive scan option? (If I use the interlacing option, am I doing a double interlace of the video? If I use the progressive scan option, am I preserving the already interlaced video?)
2B. For the final DVD product, when I export the video to an AVI file, do I need to A) use the interlacing option, use the progressive scan option, or C) deinterlace at this point?
3A. For the final VHS product, I merely play the newly exported AVI, and the interlaced video in analog form is outputted from the Matrox capture card and recorded by the VCR. Is that it?
3B. For the final DVD product, I use TMPGEnc (Tsunami MPEG Encoder) to create MPGs prior to authoring the DVD. Do I need to use interlacing or progressive scan options here? See step 2B for previous options performed.
Thank you for your expertise,
John

The source media is interlaced. Leave it that way for all exports.

Interesting performance anomaly during video encode

I just noticed an interesting anomaly while my iDVD6 project was encoding video. I found that if I cover up the 'Creating Your DVD' progress bar and preview window with a Finder window, that video encoding seems to move a whole lot faster. I could tell by listening to the disk activity which seemed to be occurring about twice as fast. When I moved the Finder window away and exposed progress bar/preview window, then disk activity slowed down.
I opened Activity Monitor and looked at CPU% which showed about 70-80% with progress bar/preview window exposed. After covering up, the CPU% increased from 125-150% So apparently exposing progress bar/preview window slows things down quite a bit during video encode. I tried same trick during audio encode, and it made no difference. CPU% was about 7-8% during audio encode.
I was wondering if anyone in this discussion group noticed this performance anomaly previously.
Paul

Hi Paul
Yes I noted some relatively related phenomena during the rendering process
in FinalCutExpress that just selecting Finder seemed to speed things up.
Second: Please don't rely on the Activity monitor and most so when it says
iDVD doesn't answer. It's just rubisch. iDVD keeps on working - just wait and see.
Yours Bengt W

What encode setting are used when sending to Encore from Premiere?

Hi All,
I have a an HDV 1440x1080 30p video and sequence in Premiere CS4. If I export it to AME, i can set the output format and presets to whatever i want. In my case, I set AME to Format: "MPEG2-DVD" and Preset: "NTSC Progressive Widescreen High Quality" and leave the other settings alone.
However, when I send the sequence via Dynamic Link from Premiere CS4 to Encoder and press on the build button, what default settings is Encore CS4 using to create the DVD?
I am assuming that i can bring up "Export Settings" in Encore prior to building to alter the default export settings and in my case i would use the Encore Export Settings:
Format: MPEG2-DVD
Preset: Progressive High Quality 7Mb VBR 2 Pass
and leave the other Encore export settings alone.
BTW, i think its interesting that the default export settings for MPEG2-DVD, Progressive (Standard and Widescreen) High Quality in AME from both Premiere and Encore have different basic video, bitrate and GOP settings.

The 'Automatic' transcoding setting is dynamic - it changes whenever you add or subtract from the project. One of the main benefits of using it is that Encore will automatically calculate the bit budget for your disc.
But if it's somehow not working out, you need to reconsider using it.
Normally, I do my own bit budget (there are several online bit budgeting apps out there). But then, I'm a 'manual' kinda guy...

Sequence and Output Settings Question

Hello all,
I'm know this is a rookie question, but it's often hard to find a definitive answer to these types of things.
Here's my specific situation:
99% of my final output will be SD NTSC DVD-progressive for corporate shows, and I create almost all of my own content, or use stock animations from companies like Digital Juice. Rarely do I ever deal with DV captured from tape.
Given the final output, and given that my generated media can be basically whatever codec I want, what's the best sequence settings to use in FCP, and the best way to output it for nice, crisp, progressive DVD playback?
Thanks!
SyddyS

Mac Pro 2x3.0 Dual, 4GB Memory, ATI Radeon 1900
Also, on another note, I'm currently in a REALLY rare situation for me where I'm recording to DV tape. Everything looks great except for all titling created by FCP. Does FCP titling just suck? Anything in red or green hues has vertical lines running through it.
Thanks!
SyddyS

Soundtrack un-synced

Putting the DVD together and testing it within iDVD and everything is how I want it to be.
As soon as I burn the DVD and as the DVD progresses once played the sound track begins to slip and come 7 mins into the video when certain sound effects are meant to follow with the video they are playing by about a second too early.
Where have I gone wrong?
Thanks in advance.

You should have your camcorder set to 16-bit audio recording.
If the tape was recorded as 12-bit, you can Share your iMovie project back to your camcorder (recording as 16-bit) and then import that tape into a new iMovie project.
12-bit can create issues...

Reposting this - bringing dvd footage into FCP - progressive scan

I occasionally have clients that need me to bring footage into their projects from a dvd or vhs. I'm looking into getting something that can do both NTSC & PAL and I've come across this product:
Sharp DV-NC80
6-Head Hi-Fi Stereo VHS/S-VHS VCR & DVD, CD-R, V-CD Combo Player - Multi System, Multi Zone
My only dilemma is that the dvd player does not have progressive scan. Can anyone let me know if that should matter or not and what progressive scan is for? (I read the jagged edge article, but does progressive scan affect how FCP digitizes dvd material as well?) Thank you.

Unless you are bringing the material in via a capture card, you can't take advantage of the 480p scanrate anyway...
Patrick

Bringing dvd footage into FCP - progressive scan

I occasionally have clients that need me to bring footage into their projects from a dvd or vhs. I'm looking into getting something that can do both NTSC & PAL and I've come across this product:
Sharp DV-NC80
6-Head Hi-Fi Stereo VHS/S-VHS VCR & DVD, CD-R, V-CD Combo Player - Multi System, Multi Zone
My only dilemma is that the dvd player does not have progressive scan. Can anyone let me know if that should matter or not and what progressive scan is for? Thank you.

Unless you are bringing the material in via a capture card, you can't take advantage of the 480p scanrate anyway...
Patrick

How to produce a progressively encoded PAL DVD?

I've been tearing my hair out trying to get a conclusive answer to this. I'm trying to learn how to produce a PAL DVD that is encoded "progressively" and is not interlaced.
First I posted about it here in the Compressor forum, and then over at Ken Stone's forum.
To summarise , here's what I've been doing:
1. Export from FCP using Compressor
2. Apply the DVD preset
3. In the Inspector window, click the Frame Controls tab
4. Set the Resize Filter to Better or Best
5. Set Output fields to Progressive
6. Set Deinterlace to Better or Best
7. Uncheck Adaptive Details
8. Hit Submit and give your job a name
9. Import .m2v and .ac3 to DVD Studio Pro
10. Author and burn DVD
However, this is not producing a proper progressive encode - inspecting the .m2v asset (using VidoSpec) tells me that it is "lower field first."
Can anybody please advise? This is driving me crazy, and each time we issue a DVD reviewers pick up on the fact that it is not "flagged for progressive". Is this something that needs setting up as an option in DVDSP?

I need to read up about this topic also. I release Retail DVDs and have always shot in interlaced mode and released that way up until now
Now I am doing my first proper feature. I am advised to shoot progressive scan.
I am assuming from this thread that to produce commercial DVD that will play on all TVs and with all DVD players I will need to encode the final film to DVDStudio pro in Interlaced mode. (in other words in order to be played on all TVs the DVD needs to be interlaced not progressive scan. But to achieve a "Film Look" I need to shoot progressive. (I have not yet considered whether 24 fps or 25)
The film is aimed at a wide film fest, probably using a digital print, but I doubt we will get as far as transferring from High Def video to film (because of the expense) But I imaging the major market for the film internationally will be on DVD.
I am hoping to use a DOP, so hopefully will get more technical help there.
Best
Ian
Corolo Film & Video

SD DVD progressive???

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for