jerky movements on dvd

[chrishicks]

hi everyone can anybody help me with this problem?
i downloaded a film from the internet when i played it back on dvd the film appeared to have jerky movements as if it was going frame by frame, ireally need to solve this problem what i have done so far is
tried download with firewall off
tried putting it on dvd at a slower speed

so if there is anyone out there that can help me, il be very grateful
thanks everyone
chris

[WhoisGeorgeBush]

THere are two answers to that firstly the dvd file is corrupt you can try and fix it with various programs depening on what operating system u are using.
Secondly and more likely you have to change the frame rate depening on where u are you would have to change it to 25fmp or 29.5fms

[chrishicks]

thank you so muck whoisgeorgebush im new at this can you please advise me on how to adjust the rate where would i find it, oh by the way im in england if that helps sorry to be a pain but i dont now where to look for the rate

thanks again chris

[redwudz]

I'm going to assume your downloaded film is in the public domain as discussing DL'd copyrighted films would be in violation of our rules. Moderator redwudz

But to get to your question, what format was the video in? DVD, ISO, MPEG? That would determine the next steps.

Did you try to play it before you burned it? ISO's can be mounted and played with Daemon Tools.

The framerate wouldn't matter too much played on a computer, but a standalone DVD player can be a little more particular.

Since it is now apparently a DVD, look to the upper left for 'What is' DVD and see if it meets those specs, either PAL or NTSC. Since you are in PAL land, you should be able to play both on most players.

[Richard_G]

It may also depend on what the original source was. It could be an interlace problem and you've got the interlace order wrong when (if) you converted it to DVD compliant mpeg.

[chrishicks]

hi redwudz first of all im very sorry if i violated any terms that was not my intension, im new at this and i hope i have not caused any problems, in england we are in PAL but most dvd recorders play both PAL and NTSC my Download movies are AVI most of the time this is what i do ok.
i d/l a movie
encode it through dvd santa
then i can either copy straight to dvd through dvd santa or use roxio, once i d/l the movie and its on my pc it will not play through windows media player at all the only way i can watch it is once it is encoded then it will play, on pc.
if there is a better program to use to do all this and help with this problem could you tell me please, i hope to har from you soon and like i said sorry if i broke any rules, it was not meant.
thanks again chris

[guns1inger]

Can you describe the jerkiness better ? Is it s stuttering during pans and zooms ? or image break up.

If it is stuttering, it is probably DVD Santa encoding 23.976 material as 29.976 and creating duplicate frames to do it. It will also do the same converting 23.976 NTSC to 25 fps PAL.

There are a number of ways to convert avi files to DVD. There are all in one solutions such as DVD Santa and WinAVI, that claim to do everything, but in reality do very little of it very well. There are front-end tools such as avi2dvd that bring together a lot of freeware programs to do the conversion. They don't always look as pretty and aren't as simple to use, but they give better results most of the time. Then there is the manual, best tool for each stage method. This takes a little longer, but is the only method to give you full control over the outcome.

If you must go down the first route, ConvertXtoDVD is the only one-click-wonder to preserve 23.976 NTSC material by encoding at 23.976 fps and applying 2:3 pulldown. It is much more reliable that DVD Santa or WinAVI.

Personally, I find the variation of quality of D/L source to vary too greatly to leave it to one program most of the time. I favour the third method for most conversions, although for simple or fast work, ConvertXtoDVD is my weapon of choice.

[chrishicks]

thanks gun1linger right the movements i get are when the picture pans from left to right it studders, example if a plane is flying from the left side of the screen to the right side its not a smooth motion. i hope that is a bit clearer mate, also is the third choice avitodvd. like i said mate i hope you can help im grateful you have taking time out to answer my problem cheers mate
chris

[Richard_G]

Might be framerate but could still be interlace field order. Download Gspot, open the file in that and see what it is. The right side of the screen will give you details on the video, including framerate. 23.97 or 29.97 mean it is NTSC, 25 means it is PAL.

If it is a field order problem, Gspot won't be able to tell you what the field order is, but as you only have two choices, the opposite to what you are using is right!

[guns1inger]

The third method means learning how avisynth works, how to set up your video and audio encoders correctly, and how to author. No front ends. The advantage is you learn how the processes work (or are supposed to work) so when things do go pear shaped, you can actually fix them. If you use a one-click-wonder you are completely at it's mercy.

If you still have the original, open with virtualdub and go File->File Information. The op line will show you the resolution and frame rate of the original. Now open the encoded version with the latest beta of g-spot (2.52 beta or later) and check the framerate there. g-spot gives three figures

Pics/sec : the number of actual images
Frms/sec : the playback rate in frames
Flds/sec : the playback rate in field

The frames per second in virtualdub should be the same as the Pics/sec from g-spot.

Can you do this and post the results here ?