TV making DVD jerky

[zak_swan]

I made a DVD from an AVI.
When i play it on my TV it appears a bit jerky, nothing major something to do with 23 fps then encoded to 29 fps. (i think)
But when I play it on another TV with same DVD player it appears to be a lot smoother.
So my question is do some TV's play these DVD's better than others, or is it just my imagination?

[ROF]

It depends on how you define "jerkiness" and whether you comparing apples to apples when speaking about the output device(TVs).

[zak_swan]

i dont mean really jerky just not right.
both TV's are nothing special.
I just want to know if it's possible that some TV's play DVD's made from AVI's smoother than others. (or are my eyes playing tricks?)
I should point out it's only NTSC i'm talking about PAL ones look fine on my TV.

[lordsmurf]

No, nothing to do with the tv set.
Either your framerate is wrong, or it was deinterlaced.

[edDV]

The TV doesn't make the video jerky, your video is stressing the TV beyond its design specs.

Victim here is the poor TV and your eyes.

[ROF]

But if the DVD looks different when output is on comparable spec TVs what would be the issue? Is one TV just able to handle the output better than the other because of something different(new?) inside?

[zak_swan]

I should also point out the DVD looks fine when played on PC.
I've tried it on 3 TV's in the house and it looks worse on one than the others.

[harley2ride]

Or it could just be crap media. Standalone units are much pickier than your PC burner.

[edDV]

If the "bad" tv plays everything else well, consider it the "Canary in the mine" that something is wrong with your video.

"an AVI" could be anything. Is this divx? You want us to guess? If so is it progressive to film rate 23.976 or field dropped to 29.97 progressive?

You need to instruct the DVD player how to play the progressive stream and tell it how to do it during authoring.

I'm just assuming it is progressive, it could be interlace.

[zak_swan]

edDV i know nothing about field dropped or progressive stream.

I think some TV's play DVD's made from AVI's smoother than other TV's.
(based on my own viewing)
I want to know if this is a fact or if my eyes are telling me lies.

[edDV]

edDV i know nothing about field dropped or progressive stream.

I think some TV's play DVD's made from AVI's smoother than other TV's.
(based on my own viewing)
I want to know if this is a fact or if my eyes are telling me lies.

Are you talking about a divx capable player or a normal DVD player? All the action is in the player. The TV knows nothing about avi, only H & V sync pulses.

That said, I have noticed a much wider lock range with "HD ready" TV sets. Mine will play 50 Hz. PAL (although in black and white).