Home movie in MPEG will not play properly on DVD player.

[rjg001]

I have transferred the film to the PC and then burnt it to DVD using MPEG2 encoding, (the setting just says DVD compatible), and it plays ok on the PC, but when played on the DVD player I get a very blocky picture, with large areas of no video at all, it plays a bit, and then jumps forwards, and keeps doin that, playing a few blocky frames, freezing, then jumping forwards. I get intermittent sound with this.

Not sure whether problem is in the player (CyberHome AD-L 528) or in the encoding and burning. Using DVD-RW's, tried Maxell and TDK, same results each time.

I'm new to putting holdays on DVD, and I am not at all sure. Have done a lot of reading around, but haven't found the solution yet. Those of you who are clued up will probably need more details.

Hope someone out there has the answer.

Thanks in advance.

[ZippyP.]

I don't know anything about how you put your video onto the disk so I can't say if that might be the problem or not. The problem you describe is typically related to cheap/bad disks. You might want to try some better ones.

[garry]

Have you followed the "how to" "author" in the guides on the left of this page. Are you "authoring" your DVD & merely not just transferring your MPEG from Hard Drive on to DVD Disk?

[rjg001]

Thanks very much for the replies, I transferred the footage from DV Camcorder to Pinnacle Studio Plus 9, and having imported all the footage, clicked and selected the sections of video that I wanted to use.

I then tried two different approaches, neither of which worked.

1) I created an MPEG file from it, and then burnt that to DVD, in a seprate operation.

2) I used the create Disc facility in the software to create a 'DVD compatible' disc, as it said, in one operation.

I noticed that it didnt seem to give me options to reduce the burning speed, as I thought that might help. It said 'automatic'

Until I have learnt how to make a DVD that will work on the player, I am just sticking with the simple basics, ie, capturing the video footage to HD, then getting rid of the worst clips, and then making an MPEG file and burning it to DVD so no, unless that basic level is authoring, Im not authoring.

Regarding the discs I used, is there a consensus amongst the community here as to the best DVDs to use for this sort of thing. I thought both Maxell and TDK would do the job well.

I will have another look at the autoring 'How To's", to see if I missed something before.

Well, I hope the info is of help to solving the problem. Thanks again for the replies. This seems like a really useful site with a lot of experienced people contributing.

[Epicurus8a]

Taiyo Yuden discs are the best, PERIOD. But Maxell or TDK discs should work fine, provided the package is marked "Made in Japan." If the packages say "Made in Taiwan," you've purchase B grade (or less) discs. Also, check to make sure your bit rate is 6,000 or less. Finally, your player may not like the authoring software you used. TMPGEnc DVD Author seems to create DVDs that are highly compatible with DVD players, although it's kind of basic.

[jdizzy40]

Ditch Pinnacle now or continue to have problems. Get yourself TDA. You'll never look back for those quick to disk projects.