VCD SVCD DVD IN STUDIO 7 HELP PLEASE

[MICKJ]

Please help.

I am very very new to all this so any advice is most welcome.
I have just started using Studio7 and as a trial I have created 3 Identical 3 minute movies of my daughter in a school orchestra.

I use Studio 7 and produced one in VCD, one in SVCD and the last in DVD compatable.

I copied all three onto one CDR and played each on my YELO 800DVD player. I am unhappy with the results as follows.......

VCD ----- No Video sound OK
SVCD ----Video played but very jumpy on very slow panned shots and slow zoom, Sound OK.

DVD ------ Picture better quality but still jumpy and sound jumpy as well.

What can I do please??????

Mick

[kitty]

You probably should author them on 3 separate discs in the proper format. I don't know about your player but most standalone players don't play a disc with different formats on the same disc.

You will need authoring softwware - VCDeasy is free and will make VCD or SVCD. You'll have to but a DVD authoring package, see ulead.com or pinnaclesys.com

[Anonymous65]

The jumpyness in the video migth be that you have the wrong field order, a common problem. Check if you have any options for field order, A or B.
Or, you might have deinterlaced the video, creating some blurr effect in motion video.

[MICKJ]

Thanks for you replies....

Kitty.... I tried buring each onto a different dics (SVCD $ DVD Compatables) but still exactly the same problems.

I then downloaded VCDEasy as you advised, and after a couple of failures (it wouldn,t eject the finished disc - Needed to check burn and not Simulate as well) - another 2 "coasters". I managed to produce to CDR but still plays very jumpy.

You also advised a DVD authoring software, will this get opver the problems or will I still get the jumps. It's starting to get expensive!! but I don't mind if it will work OK.

Skittelson..... I am very sorry but I don't understand your reply..

Thanks again both

Look forward to replies

Mick

[Steve_w]

I had the same problem. To fix it I did this:

1. Capture the video from DV camcorder.
2. Edit as normal (I use Pinnacle Studio).
3. Output as DV AVI to disk.
4. Use TMPGEnc to convert to MPEG.
5. Use Nero to write these MPEGs to SVCD.

This fixes the jumpy video.

[jbarr]

MICKJ: I tried authoring a VCD with Studio 7, and I was very unhappy with the MPEG results--very blocky video

So far, I have settled on the following:

• Capture from MiniDV camcorder using Studio 7. This creates a .avi file.
• Author the video with Studio 7, importing all the .avi files adding titles, transitions, etc. Studio 7 seems quite capable in this area.
• Do a "Make Move" with Studio 7, but save it as an .avi file.
• Convert the resulting .avi file to a VCD MPEG format using TMPGEnc. Default settings seem to work just fine.
• Burn the resulting MPEG file to CD-R using whatever suits you. I use Nero.

This takes a LOT of disk space (because you are working with .avi files) and has the extra step of creating the intermediate .avi file, but I have been very happy with the results.

Good luck!

[jackhyde]

The jumpiness problem is probably due to the field order which you can't change manually in Pinnacle Studio 7. There is a patch on the Pinnacle web site, I believe it is 7.13 and it mentions that is fixes the field order which I guess was wrong all along.

After playing with a bootleg copy of Pinnacle Studio 7 I feel that TMPeg is better quality for MPEG encoding, but I am going to purchase it for the editing capabilities. It is the easiest editor I've used so far. I purchased Premiere 5.1 awhile back but it's been a slow steep learning curve. I was able to use it without having to go to the manual.

Ulead's DVD Movie Factory is an easy to use authoring tool to set up menus and burn the VCD, SVCD or DVD.

So what I do is use Pinnacle to edit the video but only make another AVI file. Then encode that AVI file with TMPeg. Then use Ulead's Movie Factory to make the CD.
I wish there was an all in one solution but for now this will do.