VHS -> PC -> DVD flicker on playback

[viber8]

I have captured from VHS to my PC. To captrure I used Pinnacle Studio 9. I compressed with VirtualDub and then trimmed up the clips in Adobe Premiere Pro. Everything seems fine on my PC when playing back the .avi's. I can see the slight line at the top that is causing the flicker, but it's not actually flickering.

Next I used Sony DVD Architect to make the DVD.

Here comes the problem, When I playback the DVD I made on PC and TV it flickers. So my Question is: Is it DVD Architect that is causing this when it converts the files, and I should find another encoder or is it a hopeless cause?

I have read some other threads about flicker and macrovision, but my recording is from a homevideo and shouldn't have any protection like that surely?

Well thank you for your time. Any help appreciated.

[junkmalle]

Is it a very thin horizontal line? If so, it's your TV that causes the problem.

All standard definition TVs display only interlaced signals. They don't display the full frame at once like your computer monitor, they display every other scanline and then 1/50 second later come back and display the scanlines that were skipped in the first pass.

Most DVD player software performs a BOB deinterlace when playing interlaced DVDs. That is probably why it flickers when you play the DVD on your computer.

The solution is to avoid thin horizontal lines or high contrast horizontal edges. I don't know Premiere but it probably has an anti-flicker filter that you can apply. That will blur the line to reduce the flicker.

[julitomg]

Studio 9, VirtualDub, Premiere...have you checked that along the chain you´ve got the same field order??, maybe along the way one of the programs got it wrong

[viber8]

ok great, then I have somewhere to start on at least.

How do I find out the fielf order, I am not familiar with that sorry.

[TBoneit]

a. how do you capture and why did you compress with virtualdub?

It seems like many extra un-needed steps to me. Are you by chance capturing in mpg format and then going to avi and then back to mpg for the dvd?

[viber8]

a. how do you capture and why did you compress with virtualdub?

It seems like many extra un-needed steps to me. Are you by chance capturing in mpg format and then going to avi and then back to mpg for the dvd?

hi there
I compressed because I needed the space basically, as each capture was taking up half a GB each. I captured in avi format then compressed in virtualdub to avi also.

[lordsmurf]

Stop converting so much. If you need more space, buy another hard drive. That is the problem. You're likely getting artifacts, as well as squirrelling up the interlace settings.

[viber8]

Well I can't really afford another drive at the moment, but thank you for the advice anyway

[junkmalle]

I can see the slight line at the top that is causing the flicker, but it's not actually flickering.

What does this mean? Maybe you can post a sample frame or short clip.