DV to DVD using Ulead VS 8.0

[Raj Balenene]

Guys,

I recently started converting my DV to DVD. I'm beginner to this process please accept my apology if my questions are stupid. I was able to convert one with little success. Everything came out ok except the video kind of shakes or fast-forward for fraction of second when I play it on DVD player and this happens every minute or two. Is this associated with frame settings or program? What's I need do to remove sudden shake/fast-forward?

The program I use Ulead VS 8.0, capture video from Sony's DCR-TRV520 model as MPEG2 format

Also, during video capturing, I get the following message for a minute
"Flushing DV Transcode buffer frame 617
Press Esc to stop Transcoding"
While this message in on the video capturing stops and start back on automatically after finishing flushing the Transcoding

Any help on this appreciated.

Thanks,
Raj

[edDV]

I assume you are using the IEEE-1394 connection and encoding in one pass to MPeg2 (DVD).

The errors are probably due to the computer being insufficiently powered for realtime encoding or background processes are preventing sustained encode.
I use VS8 (DVD MPeg2*) with a stripped down Celeron 2.4GHz without dropout. Dropouts can occur if other applications are being used.

Alternative (normal mode) is to capture to DV format, edit and then encode to DVD MPeg2.

*7,000 Kbps, LPCM, MPeg2 audio 224Kbps, CPU Usage 70-80% ave.

[wwjd]

I second what edDV says! I use Ulead Video Studio 8 for DV quite abit and it works well.

If you are not familiar with DV you should know that the DV file size should be about 13Gb per hour of video when transferred to your HD. So
do not be alarmed by the file size, Ulead will easily handle it.

One other comment and that is that it is better to work with DV(avi)especially when cutting/trimming, editing video. When the cutting and editing is complete then author it.

Good luck!

[Raj Balenene]

Thank you for your tips. I've also tried capturing in DV format (AVI file) but it had kicked me out of the program after 30 to 35 minutes of capturing. I'm sure my machine has enough hard disk space (30G) and RAM (256)?
or is there any setting in Ulead VS program where I can set up disk space???

Thanks,

[gadgetguy]

Is that 30gig of available space or a 30 gig harddrive? (hint: fill in your computer info in your profile). If it's a 30 gig drive and it's also your system drive then you may not have as much space available as you think. Seriously consider investing in a seperate hard drive (the bigger, the better).
If the 30 gig that you refer to is actually available space on a seperate drive, then forget I said anything.

[edDV]

I only use realtime MPeg2 encoding for captures off my cable box (via DV Canopus ADVC or camcorder) when I intend no editing or just removing commercials.

For Camcoder material, I always transfer to DV format, edit in DV format, and then author the DVD. I also save the edited video back to DV tape for archive.

30GB HDD is too small. You need a second drive for video (separate from the OS). 256MB RAM is OK for running just the VS8, but you may want to consider 512MB as a second priority after getting a larger hard drive.