Ulead DVD Movie Factory

[duranh]

I'm having a problem when I insert scene selections for a movie file with Ulead DVD Movie Factory. I can insert them just fine, but after I finish and create the video_ts folder and then open PowerDVD to check the files, the sound is WAY off! I can click on the scene that I created and it starts from there just fine, but the sound is still a few minutes back in the movie. Any ideas on what's going on???

Duran

[Specialist]

Ulead DVD MovieFactory 2 demands clean MPEG source files.

1. How did you obtain your SOURCE files?

2. What are their properties?

For example, when I extract the raw MPEG-2 video from the DVD-RAM disc used in my Panasonic VDR-M30 camcorder, the properties of the extracted MPEG-2 are as follows:

NTSC drop frame (29.97 fps)
MPEG files
24 Bits, 704 x 480, 29.97 fps
Field Order B
(DVD-NTSC), 4 : 3
Video data rate: Variable (Max. 8800 kbps)
Audio data rate: 256 kbps
MPEG audio layer 2, 48 KHz, Stereo

I am able to see these properties after I import the MPEG into Ulead DVD MovieFactory 2 and then right mouse click on the file and then click MEDIA CLIP PROPERTIES.

This is my cue.

It tells me what my Ulead DVD MovieFactory 2 project settings should be.

So I set my project settings to precisely *match* my SOURCE file attributes.

This is key.

What are the attributes of your SOURCE files?

Are they DVD compliant?

Have you set your Ulead DVD MovieFactory 2 project settings to match?

Jerry Jones
http://www.jonesgroup.net

[Specialist]

By the way...

You can access FIELD ORDER options by activating the ADVANCE MPEG
encoding options in Ulead DVD MovieFactory 2.

On my Windows 2000 computer...

1. I clicked MY COMPUTER;

2. I clicked my C: drive;

3. I clicked the DOCUMENTS & SETTINGS folder;

4. I clicked the ALL USERS folder;

5. I clicked TOOLS > FOLDER OPTIONS and then clicked the VIEW tab to
make sure Windows would show HIDDEN FILES AND FOLDERS;

6. I clicked the APPLICATION DATA folder;

7. I clicked the ULEAD SYSTEMS folder;

8. I clicked the ULEAD DVD MOVIEFACTORY folder;

9. I clicked the 2.01 folder;

10. I clicked the DVDMF i-n-i file and then typed ADVANCE=1 under the
[VIODRIVER] heading;

11. I saved the i-n-i file;

12. Then I closed Ulead DVD MovieFactory 2 and re-opened the program.

Now when I enter the project settings, I see a new ADVANCE button
under the COMPRESSION tab.

When the ADVANCE menu pop-up appears, click the BASIC settings tab.

You'll note a drop-down list that allows you to choose...

1. NO FIELDS
2. UPPER FIELD FIRST
3. LOWER FIELD FIRST

Hope this helps,

Jerry Jones
http://www.jonesgroup.net