Video image is a bit "jumpy" after conversion and

[MarkRaff]

Hi,

I've just used TMPGEnc to convert a from DivX to DVD, and then Authored and burned using TMPGAuthor. The result looks OK, but the vision appears to be a bit "jumpy" now and again. I'm fairly new to this, but I have a feeling that it may be something to do with fps. The original file was downloaded, and under the properties of the DivX file it tells me the framerate is 24fps. On the TMPG settings I wanted it to be in PAL 16:9, which I am led to believe is 25fps. Could this be why the the image appears to be "missing" the odd frame now and again. The DivX file views OK when watched using a DivX player on my PC, so I believe that the source file is pretty good. If this is the cause, is the an (easy) way to rectify it (preferably using freeware as I'm tight!!!!) If this isn't the cause, any ideas what is?

Thanks for any help!!

[cooljoe666]

Hmm,

All I can say is several things cause jerkiness. Bad or incorrect audio can cause the video to be jumpy. Converting from NTSC to PAL can be problematic sometimes too for some strange reasons. If you have any errors in your source file you will get problems later, they don't just go away after conversion. You need to check out the source to make sure because playing the file will not let you spot errors. I have never had any kind of jumpiness using TmpgEnc to convert to or from PAL. I try and stay clear of Pulldown totally because my DVD player doesn't require it and it ruins the video in my opinion, some of the time.

[MarkRaff]

Thanks for the reply. Just one bt I'm not 100% sure of.....

I try and stay clear of Pulldown totally because my DVD player doesn't require it and it ruins the video in my opinion, some of the time.

I've just tried reading up on this in one of the guides, and it talks about your DVd recognising a "flag" which tells it to do the pull down in real time, as opposed to it happening during encoding, thus creating better quality as there is less space taken up by the encoding. The question is, how do I do this this using TMPGEnc?

Cheers for the help!