Picasa Slideshow movie can't convert to DVD

[mew1033]

I'm having a super strange problem. For some reason, when I create a Slideshow movie with Picasa and then try to burn the resulting WMV to a DVD using DVDFlick, (Or other programs. AVS2dvd and AVI2DVD do similar things) I get all sorts of strange problems. The movie is all jittery and the captions disappear from the pictures at random times. It's really, really strange. I usually have to convert to another format using Handbrake or something similar before I can burn a proper, working DVD.

What could be causing this?
Thanks!

Edit: Sometimes the DVD shows the movie twice as fast as it should be. The audio is still correct however.

[Baldrick]

Maybe try convert the wmv to dv-avi with windows movie maker. THen use dvd flick.

ANd post the details from the wmv, use mediainfo, view->text.

[mew1033]

For some reason, FAVC seems to be working. But it took me trying roughly six thousand other programs first.... I really want to know what is so difficult about these WMVs. I had this problem before, but I solved it by using Handbrake to convert to a mp4. This time round however, Handbrake crashes after about 28%.

Anyway, here is the mediainfo output.

General
Complete name                            : C:\Users\camauto\Desktop\filename.wmv
Format                                   : Windows Media
File size                                : 168 MiB
Duration                                 : 7mn 31s
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 3 109 Kbps
Maximum Overall bit rate                 : 7 195 Kbps
Encoded date                             : UTC 2012-03-13 08:05:53.768
Video
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : WMV2
Codec ID                                 : WMV2
Codec ID/Info                            : Windows Media Video 8
Description of the codec                 : Windows Media Video V8
Duration                                 : 7mn 31s
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 2 981 Kbps
Width                                    : 1 600 pixels
Height                                   : 1 200 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 4:3
Frame rate                               : 30.000 fps
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.052
Stream size                              : 161 MiB (96%)
Language                                 : English (US)
Audio
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : WMA
Format version                           : Version 2
Codec ID                                 : 161
Codec ID/Info                            : Windows Media Audio
Description of the codec                 : Windows Media Audio 9.2 -  64 kbps, 44 kHz, stereo (A/V) 1-pass CBR
Duration                                 : 7mn 31s
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 64.0 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Sampling rate                            : 44.1 KHz
Bit depth                                : 16 bits
Stream size                              : 3.45 MiB (2%)
Language                                 : English (US)

Thanks for your help Baldrick!