Frozen images after authoring dvds

[dynamix1]

I have compiled a dvd with shorts and I install chapters with TDA after burning the dvd certain chapter will begin to play and then after a min or so the image freezes but the time still continues to the end of the chapter. Any insight to this. Thanx all.

[daamon]

Hi dynamix1,

Did you encode your own MPEG2s for DVD compilation? If so, what bitrate did you use for the video and the audio?

I ask because I had this exact problem. I re-encoded the video at a lower bitrate (around 8,000kbps) and kept the WAV audio (that's always 1,536kbps) and no more problems.

It seems that some DVD players - even good brands, mine was a Toshiba - sometimes stall at high bitrates.

[dynamix1]

I had recoded it because they were in different formats. I recoded the audio and video to the highest settings I believe it was 9200. I used tmpegenc 3.0.

[daamon]

I had recoded it because they were in different formats. I recoded the audio and video to the highest settings I believe it was 9200. I used tmpegenc 3.0.

Try re-encoding so that the total is around 8 - 8,500 kbps. If you need a higher video bitrate, encode the audio (instead of WAV) to AC3 - ffmpeggui will do this. I'd recommend against MP2 as this isn't in the NTSC DVD specification.