Freezing DVDs Caused by TitleDeko?

[TenaciousJP]

Hi. Not sure which forum this belongs in, so I figured this would be the best place.

Whenever I use Premiere, and use any kind of titles from TitleDeko in my video, it causes problems when I have burned the video to DVD. I'll explain in more detail:

I edit a video, and usually include titles on a plain black background for opening credits, segues, etc. Also, I use scrolling titles on a plain black background for the ending credits, of course. However, (after encoding, authoring, and burning) these parts of the DVD play with jerkiness, or they just end up freezing.

I have tried several things to try and figure out the problem: encoding differently, enabling/disabling the "Flicker Removal" option in Premiere... you name it.

Come to think of it, once in a while (not always), I get similar problems during freeze frames that I place in a movie (freeze frames are made by going to File, Export at the time in the timeline I want frozen). I often put "Flicker Removal" on in Premiere when I make freeze frames, because otherwise the image gets jumpy.

I'm pulling my hair out trying to figure out this problem. Please, I hope someone can help me.

[guns1inger]

I can state categorically that there is no way TitleDeko, or any other filter or plugin in Premiere, can produce video output that can cause your DVD to lock up, stutter, or otherwise play funny buggers. Video is video. Even Flicker Removal can't cause this.

So what can ?

Encoding at too high a bit rate can cause stuttering and jerkiness as the player struggles to keep up with the amount of data being pushed through.

Getting the field order wrong can cause strange visual artifacts, but won't cause lock ups.

Try this. Create a short film - only a couple of minutes long to preserve space. Make sure it has titles at the beginning and end, similar to what you would normally do. Add a still freeze in the middle.

Now, output this as DV AVI both to disk, and if you have one, back to tape in your DV camera. Play these back. Now try encoding these in the same way you normally would (I assume you encode straight out of Premiere as you haven't said differently). Does this freeze ?

Finally, load the DV AVI file you created earlier into Premiere and encode this as well. Does this freeze when authored ?

TitleDeko is a coincidence. Something else is causing your problem. You just have to work out what.

[TenaciousJP]

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll try them out soon.

I don't encode with Premiere. I use TMPGEnc for my encoding. At first, I figured that it had something to do with bitrate. So, I've tried doing different things: lowering the bitrate, using variable bitrate, using constant bitrate. Nothing seemed to alleviate the problem.

The only way that I have gotten around this is this way:

Burn the DVD. I have a portable DVD player that plays just about ANYTHING. Doesn't matter how badly the disc is authored, it plays without jumps or skips or freezes. Hook up the DVD player to my computer via analog connections (S-Video with stereo RCA) and capture the video with GigaPocket. Export that video capsule to MPEG2, or DV-AVI if I want to edit further, do any necessary encoding... and burn. Works like a champ now, with a minimal difference in video quality. However, going through this wastes a DVD blank, and is a pain (takes up time).

Hopefully I can figure out what's wrong by using your suggestions. Thank you for replying. I really appreciate the help.