Plays fine on Computer but stutters on dvd player

[IceW0lf]

I converted a film from ntsc to pal and then turned it into a dvd... it plays nice and smooth on my computer but when I burn it (at 4x) and play it on my dvd player it stutters every second and my dvd player is multiregional (had to convert to pal for a friend).

I converted it with winavi and avisynth with no errors.

[thecoalman]

Probably the disc, look it up to the brand you're using to the right under DVD Media to see how well it has worked for others.

Possibly the player too, look that up to the left to see if it plays the type of disc you are using. +R and -R aren't compatible with all players. Some wil play only one or the other, some both, some neither...

[IceW0lf]

well I have used the exact same disc/player/conversion method on other films and it all worked fine

[thecoalman]

well I have used the exact same disc/player/conversion method on other films and it all worked fine

Could just be that single disc... I'd suggest it could be something you have done wrong with the NTSC>PAL conversion but since it plays on your computer fine.... NTSC>PAL conversions I know nothing about.

[IceW0lf]

I tried another disc of the same type with a different film and I got the same result... fine on computer and stuters on dvd player.. no settings have been changed on dvd player and this method always used to work perfectly

[IceW0lf]

I just tried another disc type and the same result

[handyguy]

Your dvd player laser could be dirty.

[IceW0lf]

it is playing dvd I previously burnt fine... and I tried it just as ntsc this time and same result... it has be the burning process but I reinstalled my codec pack and still the same thing... only thing now is to try another converter but that still does not explain why winavi just decided to mess up and why it plays fine on my computer.

[David K]

It may well be an encoding problem.
A computer display is non-interlace. A TV screen is interlace. If the top frame flag is set wrong on the encoding then you will get this distracting stuttering like effect when playing back on a TV screen. But the problem will not be evident on a computer monitor because it is a non-interlace display.

[IceW0lf]

so how may I go about fixing this? there is no interlace options in winavi and there never was so wouldnt of this been a problem from the very start?

[David K]

Icewolf,
In CCE, Tmpegenc, Procoder, etc. there are way of altering the field order in encoding when there is a field order problem. I've never used Winavi so I'm afraid I cannot help you with any settings that it may or may not have in this area.
I don't know for sure that this is even the problem, but it is certainly one that comes to mind when something plays fine on the computer but has a jittery flickering look on the TV screen. The classic field order problem has an extreme flickering effect, especially in fast motion scenes, but it does not skip scenes. It is playing every frame, but in the wrong field order, which creates the flickering effect. Is this what is happening, or is it actually skipping parts?
I don't know anything about your source video - Divx or Xvid probably as opposed to DV avi say which is an interlaced source. If your original avi file was not interlaced, then this probably isn't the problem. (Check the original source using Gspot.)
Changing from NTSC to PAL may be the source of your problem. Have you sucessfully done this in the past with these programs, or was this your first attempt?

[IceW0lf]

I changed converters (to tmpgenc) and it has fixed the problem and produces better quality dvd's anyhow... it was probly something in winavi itself but it doesnt matter now

[guns1inger]

Hopefully this will be a lesson to all WinAVI users who come here for answers when it doesn't work properly. There is only one answer - ditch it for a decent product.

[ZippyP.]

There is only one answer - ditch it for a decent product.

Actually there's one more answer to why winavi doesn't work, b/c it's monkey crap.