Stuttering Transition on encode

Hey Guys -
Working on a DVD project for a client. The feature portion of the project is a 55 min clip that was edited in iMovie. I don't have the iMovie project I have a DV export of the video. I encoded the DV file in Compressor to m2v and ac3 audio, used highest setting encode for 90min DVD. There are 2 transitions in the video that have a stutter freeze look to them back on DVD. I don't see them on my mac however on any of the files or the burned DVD. I watched the DVD on 4 different DVD players and I see it everytime. Are there settings I need to change? I have my settings at 2 pass VBR, 4.0 on Bit Rate and 7.4 on max bit rate. Motion estimation best. I had the same issues on one pass VBR and better motion estimation.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, this is driving me nuts.
Thanks
Chris

Welcome to the boards
don't see them on my mac however on any of the files or the burned DVD. I watched the DVD on 4 different DVD players and I see it everytime. Are there settings I need to change?
So the stutter is not when you play the burned DVD on the computer, only the standalone players? What media are you using? That could be one of the issues if it plays back from the DVD on the computer and from the build folder. Sometimes bad media or burns can cause this
Guide to media
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It seems like the converter converts the whole event because if you now choose other clips from the event they too work with no problems! So looks like... before you start run the conversion on a clip from all the events you are about to use and then you can work normally...
I've run a test project and now transistions/ green screen/ PiP all work smooth. IS this the workaround we needed?
Do you know if the convertion to AiC changes size or quality? I cant tell at the moment. But it works! (well so far.....)
Please let me know if this works for you too - if so it might be worth starting another thread as so many people are having the stutter problem and i've not seen a workaround yet that's easy to do.
Anyone?
Apple - we should not need to do this!

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I use Keynote 6 on a brand new macbook pro with retina screen (the most havy one). Has anyone the same problem: a little stuttering of the magic move transitions. It looks like if the movements are carried out on a rough surface. It is a small effect but it gives a low quality appearence.

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I tend to do all transitions at high speed, max. 0.5-0.75 seconds for a transition, often less (0.1-0.4 seconds) for an object build, to get a 'cinematic' effect, as Apple calls it.

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Hello,
What is the best setup with AME to encode h264 (1080p) and to avoid stuttering, dropped frames using a classic video player .I am looking to have the smoothest experience (in fast horizontal motion for ex!).It also can be another format (intra codec’s etc...)it doesn’t matter as long as readable by most players. Anyone’s to tell his favorites presets for that?
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I should have included the following:
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2.) Why do I have to "render" them by the following process: Double-click a song in the iMovie Music and Sound Effects browser. You get a dialog box saying "The project "The Great Race" cannot be used because it was not prepared with an iLife preview. Would you like to open "The Great Race" in GB so you can save it with an iLife preview?" What I don't understand is why this new thing was introduced and why I have to do it via iMovie.

Music Stutters when changing tracks encoded using FLAC

When changing tracks encoded with FLAC, the song stutters a bit at the beginning of each song. The rest of the song continues to play fine. It's just at the beginning when changing tracks manually.
These very same tracks played fine with the previous firmware on the iPod and play fine on my MacBook now using iTunes.
Anyone else running into the same thing?? Everything works, but its rather annoying!!!

disturb wrote:
MPD is VERY touchy when I change the current playing track, or seek.
I've been using ncmpcpp, but I witness the same behavior with other clients too.
Since I've seen other people mention the same stability issues, I was wondering if anyone came up with a solution for this ?
I was hoping to use mpd to build my music db, but I 'skim' through a lot of music, so it's not usable to me right now...
Will appreciate any help.
Cheers
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/MPD
Try that link out and try setting it up via user in the alternate setup. I had issues it running as deamon... This way it will run as a local user and just add it to a start script when you start your .xinitrc or autostart.sh...
Last edited by JuseBox (2010-01-02 11:50:17)

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