Stutter/Jitter in DVDs

I've noticed a stutter or jitter in the movies on DVDs I've created using iDVD 08. The effect is as if some frames had been periodically dropped throughout the entire movie. The problem does not exist in the original iMovie 08 video or the video viewed in the Media Browser. The DVD stutter is visible on two different DVD players and the Apple DVD player application, so I believe the problem is an artifact of iDVD 08 or the settings I've selected. I double-checked the iDVD preferences, and I am using NTSC, Professional Quality settings.
I reviewed the other "stutter" problems mentioned in this forum, but none seem to have quite the same symptoms as mine. The fact that others are complaining about the problem implies the problem is with my set up, but I've not been able to identify the culprit yet. Any thoughts?
Thanks, Will

Some additional info on the issue: the stutter/jitter appears to occur only when the large.m4v file from the media browser is converted to another format. The two cases I've noticed are: a) burning a DVD with iDVD 08 (.m4v to MPEG2); b) importing the large.m4v file into iMovie HD (.m4v to DV I believe). The stutter/jitter doesn't occur when the medium.m4v is converted. The stutter/jitter doesn't occur when I play the large.m4v file with QuickTime Player, so I presume large.m4v is itself OK.
Does iDVD 08 and iMovie HD use QuickTime to perform the conversion? Could I have a QuickTime setting that is somehow causing this problem? If so, I would have expected to see the stutter/jitter after converting the medium.m4v file also, but for some reason it plays properly.

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Stutter, jitter, whatever.

The real title of this post should be: "dang that FCP/h.264/5DII baloney!".
After having much trouble on FCP and being unable to resolve it, I've dusted off my copy of CS5 and started to learn it. Not transcoding is SWEET.
I'm aware some of this stuff I'm asking about has been talked to death, but I did look hard and am
not finding the specific solution I need.
I thought I knew this stuff, for the most part.
I've certainly done it successfully in the past, however, that was on a tower, FCP 7,
in an XDCAM network TV environment.
Now, using my own laptop and FCP 6.0.6 I am having the very devil of a time,
and FAILING utterly to understand the whys.
With the 5DII shooting 29.97, every transcode tool and flavor except one has failed dramatically to
produce first rate results when using FCP. Even the one that works is not perfect.
I've got a bad case of the jitters.
Some of the transcodes produce files that jitter.
Some produce files that play fine in the FCP Viewer but jitter once they are on the timeline.
Rendering just produces jittery rendered files. The same holds true for CS5.
Tried Streamclip after trying Log and Transfer, or as I like to call it, shiftapple8.
The best FCP results have been with Prores 422HQ capture through shiftapple8 and XDCAM 1080P 30 VBR.
Even that is unsatisfactory in some CU pans.
So, using small words so I can understand, (pretend you're talking to your cat) could someone be so kind, please, as to provide a 'recipe'?
As in:
Set your CS5 project up like this. Capture, project, timeline, all you consider critical.
Why always helps.
Transcode like this. Ditto.
The Mac is a 1st gen 17" unibody, maxed, 4g RAM, the drive is a Sonnet F2 twin ESATA to Expresscard34.
But while that makes a difference in edit and playback, it should not make a difference in rendered output.
right?
May the thoughput be with you.
And what is up with this text editor!?

Sorry to bail on this. Bottom line is that the saga continues. Been busy, as you'll see.
Just as an aside, why is it an acceptable state of affairs that these pricey products are so damn touchy touchy touchy,
so damn buggy buggy buggy? Why are we, all of us, not continuously harassing the publishers to make them more robust, more
transparent, and to do more to help us when their dodgy products go badeep?
Enough.
Here's where I am today, and let this be a lesson to all:
I was getting nowhere. I followed the (generously given) instructions I received here, to the letter. Repeatedly.
Nothing changed.
I cleaned up the laptop, bigtime. Nothing.
So I delved deeper into the vitality of my drives and RAM, and discovered that there were a whole lot of processes going on in the background
that I could not turn off even after deleting the app. Yes, you, Verizon. Among others.
Here's where I really went wrong: I listened to Apple, in the person of the manager at my local Apple store.
He recommended I start over. Backup, reinstall the OS, reinstall the NLE's (PP, FCP, MC).
Desperate times...
Did it. As a result, I am in worse shape than ever. NOTHING WORKS.
Lame #1:
PP (5) couldn't compile media owing to an unknown error. That's helpful, Adobe, thank you. ....And then suddenly it could.
Then it couldn't play video for more than a few and varying number of frames. Repaired permissions,
and now it plays. Working it. No doubt there are other probs, but as of today it is NOT stuttering. Yay.
Lame #2:
Composer won't let me in because it thinks I'm trying to run two machines when I only own one license.
That should be easy to resolve if Avid ever responds.
Then we'll see what else is broken.
Lame #3:
FCP won't open at all. I get a crazy error message telling me to check with the developer because the app may not be compatible with the OS.
Oh, Apple, please. There's just one little line of something or other missing or corrupt, on a fresh install, and this is what happens?
Lame.
Lame.
Lame.
So if anyone out there feels my pain, please do share your wisdom on any or all of these issues.
If I sound pissed off, well, where would your head be after pounding it against this wall for over a week?
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CAMERA FILE
General
ID                                       : 1 (0x1)
Complete name                            : C:\Users\Richard\Videos\Movies\Richards 50th Birthday\00014.MTS
Format                                   : BDAV
Format/Info                              : Blu-ray Video
File size                                : 44.8 MiB
Duration                                 : 14s 335ms
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 26.2 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate                 : 28.0 Mbps
AVI FILE PROPERTIES
General
Complete name                            : E:\c1969-1-01.avi
Format                                   : AVI
Format/Info                              : Audio Video Interleave
Format profile                           : OpenDML
File size                                : 2.68 GiB
Duration                                 : 21mn 26s
Overall bit rate                         : 17.9 Mbps
Video
ID                                       : 0
Format                                   : JPEG
Codec ID                                 : MJPG
Duration                                 : 21mn 26s
Bit rate                                 : 16.3 Mbps
Width                                    : 1 280 pixels
Height                                   : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate                               : 16.000 fps
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:2
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Interlaced
Scan order                               : Top Field First
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 1.105
Stream size                              : 2.44 GiB (91%)
Audio
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : PCM
Format settings, Endianness              : Little
Format settings, Sign                    : Signed
Codec ID                                 : 1
Duration                                 : 21mn 26s
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 1 536 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth                                : 16 bits
Stream size                              : 236 MiB (9%)
Alignment                                : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration                     : 63 ms (1.00 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration             : 62 ms
Video
ID                                       : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1)
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames                : 4 frames
Format settings, GOP                     : M=3, N=24
Codec ID                                 : 27
Duration                                 : 14s 360ms
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 24.9 Mbps
Maximum bit rate                         : 26.0 Mbps
Width                                    : 1 920 pixels
Height                                   : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate                               : 50.000 fps
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.240
Stream size                              : 42.7 MiB (95%)
Audio
ID                                       : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1)
Format                                   : AC-3
Format/Info                              : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension                           : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness              : Big
Codec ID                                 : 129
Duration                                 : 14s 432ms
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 256 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Channel positions                        : Front: L R
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth                                : 16 bits
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Delay relative to video                  : -40ms
Stream size                              : 451 KiB (1%)
Text
ID                                       : 4608 (0x1200)
Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1)
Format                                   : PGS
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Duration                                 : 13s 856ms
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Would like to answer wife's question why certain images in a slideshow appear to jump and jitter when dvd is viewed on tv, but appear ok in dvdsp. all images come from digital still camera. i'm thinking image pattern characteristics that don't bother computer screen, but raise **** with tv playback.

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in the world this week what are the best media to use? I have been using -R for years but I am seeing that +R is better. I would like to use printable disk if possible but a good nonprintable is better than a printable coaster, I already have a bunch of those
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