Problem of jerking in video while Converting DV to DivX / Xvid / DVD

[ckbasak]

I have captured the AVI file from my Sony Handycam with Firewire port. I have used Pinnacle Studio 12 Ultimate for convering DV AVI video to DVD / DivX file. While I play this this DVD with my DVD player, the video motion is jerking and audio is breaking. If I reduce the video datarate to 3400 kbps this it is playinf fine but video quality is poor. Please help me how to solve this problem.
My DVD player's Video DAC is Six pair 12 bit 108 MHz Video D/A
and the Audio DAC is 96kHz 24 bit Audio D/A
Even I have tried with Cyber link Power Director. I have write Full quality DVD and SVCD, both are giving jerked video.
Please help.

[Baldrick]

Jerky on your computer also? If you play the burned dvd with a software dvd player.

[ckbasak]

There is no jerking in software DVD player.

[Baldrick]

have you tried different dvd media?

[guns1inger]

If I reduce the video datarate to 3400 kbps this it is playinf fine

There is your answer. Most players don't like Divx/Xvid at higher bitrates. Obviously yours can't handle it, and needs a lower bitrate. If you can't get good quality at around 2000 kbps then you are doing something very wrong with your encoder. Edit in Pinnacle, output as DV AVI, then encode with either AutoGK or Xvid4PSP. Both will ensure you keep within acceptable parameters for hardware player playback.

[ckbasak]

Yes I have tried different DVD media and even I have tried with pen drive.

Reducing bit rate may not be a good solution. If I purchase a movie in DVD and play in my hardware DVD player then it should play. I have observer that my DVD player plays upto 3800 kbps. What is the standard bit rate of DVD movie available in market. It should play in all DVD player.

[manono]

What is the standard bit rate of DVD movie available in market.

There is no standard. Most might average 5-6000 or so, with the max at somewhere between 7500-9000. All players are required to be able to handle up to 10080, which includes the video, audio, subs, and muxing overhead. You can get more details by reading "What Is DVD" linked on the left side of this page.

If it's playing jerky, there's at least a fair chance you encoded using the wrong field order. If you'd like us to have a look, then upload a small 10 second or so sample of the DVD that gives you a problem.

[jagabo]

Reducing bit rate may not be a good solution. If I purchase a movie in DVD and play in my hardware DVD player then it should play. I have observer that my DVD player plays upto 3800 kbps. What is the standard bit rate of DVD movie available in market. It should play in all DVD player.

The max bitrate a player can handle when playing Divx is not the same as the max bitrate it can handle with MPEG2. As was stated earlier, many players can only play Divx up to about 3000 kbps even though they are able to play normal DVDs up to ~10000 kbps (total for audio and video). The best solution is to get a new DVD player that can handle high bitrate Divx files. Like the Philips DVP 5992.

Until recently, all the DVD players with USB ports only had the speed of USB 1.1. That limited their Divx playback from the USB port to ~3500 kbps. And some thumb drives (especially older ones) have lower transfer rates than that -- so the thumb drive can be the limiting factor. The above mentioned Philips player can hand high bitrate Divx from DVD discs as well as from the USB 2.0 port.