Is the issue capture ?

[Stokbroka]

Hi

I have an issue that I am not sure where to post. I have captured a 4Hr VHS tape with Cyberlink PowerDirector. I captured at DVD HQ (720 x 576 (8000kbps)).

I have edited (Cut, Added Transistions, etc) the whole 4 hours and the total length now is 1 hour 50 mins.

I for the life of me cannot get this to look good on a DVD.

I initially was getting horizontal lines but afer reading here found that by de-multiplexing, using restream to change the field order and multiplexing that I could get rid of that.

It worked.

BUT

Why is the DVD jittery ?

I have heaps of bitrate. (8000kbps)
I must have the field order correct because the pic is significantly better.

This is really killin me. I have read so many articles on this site and forum threads but I cannot really find anything similar. Other people have not enough bitrate etc but I dont seem to qualify for this reason.

Anything you guys can suggest would really be appreciated.

Be gentle.

Oh, I forgot to add that I have tried DVD Author 2 to author and Cyberlinks Own PowerProducer with no difference in quality.

[guns1inger]

At a guess, you have tried to solve what was not a problem, and in doing so, created one. The horizontal lines were probably interlacing. It is often normal to see them on a PC monitor, however you would not see them on a TV. By using restream to alter the field order, you have cause the jittery footage by having the interlaced fields nowplaying incorrectly. I suspect if you reverse the field order again, and create a DVD for testing on your TV, you will find that see neither the jittery image, nor the interlace lines.

[Stokbroka]

Sorry, I should have mentioned that I was watching this on my normal TV and not on the computer screen.

[guns1inger]

I would put them back and watch again

[thecoalman]

Thje first thing I would do is capture a short clip preferably something with a lot of motion and burn it right to DVD. Make sure the authoring application you are usin is not reencoding the video. This last part is the most important...

[Stokbroka]

Thanks I will try that