Strange Video quality problem(PLEASE HELP)

[hellfire104]

CPU Stats: 3.06 GHZ, 2 GB of DDR RAM

I was try to make a compilation of videos for a school project. BAsically I captured a VHS tape onto my computer, the video looked prefect at this point, cause I captured in very high bitrate DVD. I think it was 4 megs per second. After I finished working in premier, I exported the file as an AVI(which premier does automatically, since i don't think it has an MPEG setting for exports).

This is where the problem comes....it almost looks like the frames play in this order #1 #2 #3 #6 #4 #5 #7....it makes this really jerky effect about every 1 second....it really bothers me, because I don't know how to fix it....please help....

[mojo2185]

In most cases, if you import at a high bitrate and resolution, playback when you export will be choppy for computer playback.
Same thing happened to me:
I imported a movie from a DV camera to the computer at a resolution of 720x480. It previewed fine and played fine in my editing program (premiere). Then I exported to an AVI file. When I tried playing the movie in Windows Media Player, the video was very choppy. But when I sent the tape back to a tape to watch on a TV, the video played fine.
If you're going to watch it on a VHS or DVD, try burning it to a DVD (or sending it back to a VHS) and see if it plays fine on a TV.

i don't think it has an MPEG setting for exports

I use version 6.5 and it does. It's under File>Export Timeline>Adobe MPEG Encoder.

[hellfire104]

The problem im having persists, even if I send it back to a tape, or burn it to a DVD. Ive tried both.

Are there any solutions to this?

[Gazorgan]

Sounds like wrong field order. Also, what codec did you export in? I'm assuming you captured in MPEG, so it's interlaced. AVI's don't do well interlaced and it's not supported (except for DivX 5.1). You need to de-interlace as part of the output.

[W_Eagle]

Why would anyone capture as MPEG and than export to AVI? Usually people go the other way around -- capture as AVI and than, when needed, export to MPEG. This is what I do for all my captures which are than being transferred to CVD or DVD. Best, to my taste and experience, is VirualDub. Just follow some capturing guides here.

Also, capturing form VHS has its own problems. Follow relevant threads here, in this forum.