Help on Ulead DVD workshop2.231

[jackychan]

Hi, I've use this prog. for almost one year, and it meets all my needs. But recently when I try to author a NTSC DVD contents 4 movies (converted from Xvid AVI), after sucesseful author (I always choose "Author th DVD folder"), I opened the DVD folder with Power DVD, all the intro and the motion menu runs very smooth, but all the movies tracks does't sysn., the video is faster than audio 10~15 secs! And the video looks like has been speed-up a little bit. This never happend before. Can anyone help me?
Here'are the Detail:
Origenal movies are AVI with Xvid codec (23.97 fps), use TMPG converted to MPEG2 (NTSC, 29.97fps,3:2 pulldown, CBR 2500, Audio MPEG2 384k),
after converted, the movie plays normal in any video player.
DVD workshop setting:
NTSC, the Template was created by myself as:CBR 2500, quality 80,audio MPEG 384K.
Also I've tried all the templates from ulead with a single track, and it still the same.
Thank again!

[thecoalman]

after converted, the movie plays normal in any video player.

Having a look atyour computer specs and if the audio sync problem is not present after you burn a disc most likely your computer is choking.

If it just cropped up I'd bet most likely you recently installed something which is constantly running and pushed it over the point where it can no longer play the files. BTW, I see you have XP installed with only 256 of RAM. XP can chew through that on startup alone, having only a p3 700mhz CPU would only exacerbate the problem. I'd suggest getting another stick of RAM even if you were not having this problem. You'll probably see a substantial improvement in your machines performance overall.

[jackychan]

Thanks for reply!
I've tried author on a PC which is P4 2.4G 512MB 80GB too, and still the same. Also I've tried convert to VCD format than author a DVD, everything is ok.
After couple test, I'm thinking may be it's the 3:2 pulldown problem, should I try to convert it to PAL instead NTSC, because someone told me that 23.97fps is more like PAL(25)?
Thanks again!

[jackychan]

BTW, I didn't install or change any prog./setting at all since last normal DVD has been authored. It's just 2days ago.
Also. my PIII 700 can handle the dvd authoring job very well, I even tried author a DVD with 3 menu layers (10mins), 15 tracks (4 hours), and burn for 150pcs with two Pionneer 107 DVD-RWs, and all the customers told me that the DVD runs very smooth. (But the authoring time really kills me, almost 3 hours, and it only take 1 hour on a P4 2.4)

[jackychan]

Yeah!
I tried to convert them to PAL, everything OK now!
Thanks for your advice.

[nbarzgar]

Had the same problem and it seems, Ulead DVD Workshop 2 does not 'recognize' or work properly with 3:2 pulldown-files.
I opened such a file and it not only gave the duration over twenty minutes too long, playback was jerky as well.

Refer to this thread also:
https://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?p=925262#925262

I encoded with CCE and used DGpulldown afterwards, so it's apparently not dependent on the encoder.
On such files I use DVD-lab Pro instead for authoring.
(Mine is rather a late reply, but I hope others may profit in looking for solutions.)