Jumpy DVD ?

[Dash1]

We just edited some home Dv on premire pro
and the output looked great on the computer
but when screened the DVD on the TV all [and only}
pans looked jumpy...
What can I do ??? why ?

[gadgetguy]

My guess from your description is that the footage received from your camcorder was Bottom Field First and you encoded it as Top Field First (or vice versa). I believe it's possible to change the field order flag without re-encoding, but I don't know the name of the application that will do it. In the future you will want to pay attention to the field order and set your encoding properties accordingly.

[thecoalman]

DV is always bottom field first.

[stars]

Hi use ReStream to fix the problem

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[thecoalman]

Just so the OP is aware restream is for fixing a MPEG that has alreadfy been encoded. If you set the right field order to begin with you don't need it.

[gadgetguy]

... If you set the right field order to begin with you don't need it.

Which is why I didn't know the name of the program to fix it.

I might also add that although DV from a camcorder starts out as BFF it doesn't necessarily follow that the edited video should be encoded BFF. It depends on what happens during editting.

[stars]

We just edited some home Dv on premire pro
and the output looked great on the computer
but when screened the DVD on the TV all [and only}
pans looked jumpy...
What can I do ??? why ?

If you have the wrong field order the the picture should jump here and there not only in the pans.

The strange thing is that , only the pans looks "jumpy", the effect is more visible
when the pan is slow..

I may not have an answer to the problem but here are some hints...

If your source DVD is NTSC and viewed on a PAL system often the pans a "jumpy"
and the other way around PAL source is jumpy on a NTSC system..

Check how permier pro encodes your DV video...

I have also noticed that if you have a source that use 23.976 fps and you encode it
with pulldown function to get 29.976 fps NTSC progressive, this "jumpy" effect will show...

I have been looking around this forum for a real tecnical answer but havent found one...
This is my own experience as a result of testing with different sources..

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[lordsmurf]

Your video might have been imported wrong. Premiere often insists my source is bottom-field, and I have to change the source settings.