tips for exporting/rendering videos to be burned to DVD's?

[johnphenomenon]

i burned a documentary and when i watched it, there were these weird motion blurs that weren't there in the original video. the titles that i made were also cut off. we used one of those sony handycams that record on mini dvd's. i exported the project to an mpeg-2 file and converted it to video_ts videos with DVDFLICK. then i burned it to a dvd-r with Nero StartSmart. can anyone tell me what I did wrong? or would you need more detai?

[redwudz]

What were you watching it on when you saw those 'motion blurs'? That sounds like interlaced video being played on a non-interlaced player. Most times a computer monitor. TVs can handle interlace properly, along with some software players if they have a deinterlace option.

As far as the titles, TVs have overscan and cut off some of the image that you would see on a computer monitor. If that's the case, you just need to not use the outer edges of the video area if it's to be shown on a regular TV.

Most of us here don't use Nero for anything, but that's not likely related to your problem. ImgBurn is free and works much better, IMO.

If you used DVDFlick on a already DVD compliant MPEG-2 file, you may have re-encoded it unnecessarily. Better to just edit then author it to DVD with something like GUI for dvdauthor

And welcome to our forums.

[johnphenomenon]

sorry, i forgot to mention that i watched it on my dvd player. but when i watched it on my laptop, there were no motion blurs whatsoever.

If you used DVDFlick on a already DVD compliant MPEG-2 file, you may have re-encoded it unnecessarily. Better to just edit then author it to DVD with something like GUI for dvdauthor

could you further explain how i would go about doing this? should i just render it to a different file type? like what?

by the way, thanks for replying.

[redwudz]

I don't know if DVDFlick can just author without re-encoding. I haven't used it. But easy to tell. Authoring only takes a few minutes. Re-encoding takes quite a bit longer, probably an hour or so, depending on your system. GUI for dvdauthor just authors and nothing else.

If your original MPEG-2 file is already DVD compliant, you only need to author it to make a DVD. Authoring creates the DVD structure, the VIDEO_TS, AUDIO_TS folders containing VOBs, IFOs, and BUP files. See 'WHAT IS' DVD to the upper left on this page for more information about the DVD structure, format and specifications.

If it played properly on a PC software player, but not a standalone DVD player hooked to a standard TV, you may have another problem. The latter should have no problem with interlace.

You might take one of the VOBs and one of the original files from the camera and drop them into MediaInfo, Stream mode, and it will tell us more about the format and specifications of the file. You can post that text here and the problem may be obvious.

[johnphenomenon]

i think DVDFlick does re-code because it said "video re-coding" for one of the steps. it also had "authoring" as another.

how would i know if the mpeg-2 file is dvd compliant? if the settings fits the specs of dvd's? well my composition and render settings were as follows:

704x480
29.97 fps
D1/DV NTSC (0.9) pixel aspect ratio
full resolution
best quality

i couldn't find "stream mode" but this is what i got from html mode in mediainfo

General

Complete name :C:\Users\MELON\TAWAD\dvd\VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.BUPFormat :DVD VideoFormat profile :MenuFile size :6.00 KiB
Video

ID :224 (0xE0)Format :MPEG VideoFormat version :Version 1Bit rate mode :VariableWidth :720 pixelsHeight :480 pixelsDisplay aspect ratio :4:3Frame rate :29.970 fpsStandard :NTSCCompression mode :Lossy
General

Complete name :C:\Users\MELON\TAWAD\dvd\VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.IFOFormat :DVD VideoFormat profile :MenuFile size :6.00 KiB
Video

ID :224 (0xE0)Format :MPEG VideoFormat version :Version 1Bit rate mode :VariableWidth :720 pixelsHeight :480 pixelsDisplay aspect ratio :4:3Frame rate :29.970 fpsStandard :NTSCCompression mode :Lossy
General

Complete name :C:\Users\MELON\TAWAD\dvd\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.BUPFormat :DVD VideoFormat profile :ProgramFile size :24.0 KiBDuration :19mn 3sOverall bit rate :171 bps
Video

ID :224 (0xE0)Format :MPEG VideoFormat version :Version 2Duration :19mn 3sBit rate mode :VariableWidth :720 pixelsHeight :480 pixelsDisplay aspect ratio :4:3Frame rate :29.970 fpsStandard :NTSCCompression mode :Lossy
Audio

ID :128 (0x80)Format :AC-3Format/Info :Audio Coding 3Duration :19mn 3sChannel(s) :2 channelsSampling rate :48.0 KHzCompression mode :LossyLanguage :English
Menu

Duration :19mn 3s00:00:00.000 :Chapter 1List (Audio) :0
General

Complete name :C:\Users\MELON\TAWAD\dvd\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFOFormat :DVD VideoFormat profile :ProgramFile size :24.0 KiBDuration :19mn 3sOverall bit rate :171 bps
Video

ID :224 (0xE0)Format :MPEG VideoFormat version :Version 2Duration :19mn 3sBit rate mode :VariableWidth :720 pixelsHeight :480 pixelsDisplay aspect ratio :4:3Frame rate :29.970 fpsStandard :NTSCCompression mode :Lossy
Audio

ID :128 (0x80)Format :AC-3Format/Info :Audio Coding 3Duration :19mn 3sChannel(s) :2 channelsSampling rate :48.0 KHzCompression mode :LossyLanguage :English
Menu

Duration :19mn 3s00:00:00.000 :Chapter 1List (Audio) :0
General

Complete name :C:\Users\MELON\TAWAD\dvd\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOBFormat :MPEG-PSFile size :1 024 MiBDuration :15mn 23sOverall bit rate :9 304 Kbps
Video

ID :224 (0xE0)Format :MPEG VideoFormat version :Version 2Format profile :Main@MainFormat settings, BVOP :NoFormat settings, Matrix :DefaultFormat settings, GOP :M=1, N=14Duration :15mn 22sBit rate mode :ConstantBit rate :8 950 KbpsWidth :720 pixelsHeight :480 pixelsDisplay aspect ratio :4:3Frame rate :29.970 fpsStandard :NTSCColor space :YUVChroma subsampling :4:2:0Bit depth :8 bitsScan type :ProgressiveCompression mode :LossyBits/(Pixel*Frame) :0.864Stream size :982 MiB (96%)
Audio

ID :128 (0x80)Format :AC-3Format/Info :Audio Coding 3Mode extension :CM (complete main)Duration :15mn 23sBit rate mode :ConstantBit rate :192 KbpsChannel(s) :2 channelsChannel positions :Front: L RSampling rate :48.0 KHzBit depth :16 bitsCompression mode :LossyStream size :21.1 MiB (2%)
Menu


General

Complete name :C:\Users\MELON\TAWAD\dvd\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_2.VOBFormat :MPEG-PSFile size :247 MiBDuration :3mn 42sOverall bit rate :9 316 Kbps
Video

ID :224 (0xE0)Format :MPEG VideoFormat version :Version 2Format profile :Main@MainFormat settings, BVOP :NoFormat settings, Matrix :DefaultFormat settings, GOP :M=1, N=14Duration :3mn 42sBit rate mode :ConstantBit rate :8 950 KbpsWidth :720 pixelsHeight :480 pixelsDisplay aspect ratio :4:3Frame rate :29.970 fpsStandard :NTSCColor space :YUVChroma subsampling :4:2:0Bit depth :8 bitsScan type :ProgressiveCompression mode :LossyBits/(Pixel*Frame) :0.864Stream size :237 MiB (96%)
Audio

ID :128 (0x80)Format :AC-3Format/Info :Audio Coding 3Mode extension :CM (complete main)Duration :3mn 41sBit rate mode :ConstantBit rate :192 KbpsChannel(s) :2 channelsChannel positions :Front: L RSampling rate :48.0 KHzBit depth :16 bitsCompression mode :LossyVideo delay :241msStream size :5.08 MiB (2%)
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