flashing or blinking video

[piadex2]

I am authoring a DVD. After rendering the first or the last chapter's video is blinking:
this faulty image appeares for a half second or less in every 1 or 1,5 second instead of this:



The faulty chapter's number (whether 1st or last) depends on I am using progressive method or not (at rendering).


Please help!


By the way I am using Windows XP (legal), Pinnacle Studio 12 Ultimate (legal) on an E5200, 4GB RAM, HD4850 (512 MB).


Thank You for your help in advance.


piadex2

[poisondeathray]

Are you saying certain frames/fields or distorted frames/fields appear out of order , resulting in the "flashing" ?

When in the workflow does the problem occur? => Clarify if this only occurs during authoring (it's fine before authoring), or before authoring during encoding (rendering) , or even in the preview before encoding

[hech54]

What am I supposed to be looking at/seeing?

[poisondeathray]

What am I supposed to be looking at/seeing?

In the 1st screenshot with the "defective" frame - it looks like the right ~2/5 of the image is cut off and moved to the left side of the frame.

[hech54]

I thought that was some sort of side-by-side comparison...

[piadex2]

just as poisondeathray says: when the video is started I can see the video but in every 1 or 1,5 seconds the faulty frame comes in.

Dear poisondeathray,


The problem occurs after the rendering only. When I start it it goes like: good frame, good frame, good frame, good frame... bad (distorted) frame... good frame, good frame etc.
What do You think?
(I have even deleted the broken codecs then reinstalled the K- Lite Code Pack 10.1 in "default".)


Your help very appreciated.


piadex2

[poisondeathray]

I don't use pinnacle , but are rendering (encoding) and authoring separate processes there ?

I assume the preview within pinnacle looks fine when you go frame by frame?

Is there a "cache" setting in pinnacle ? Some NLE's and various video programs have a cache that is used for fast rendering and sometimes frames can get mixed up . See if you can clear the cache

What happens if you try exporting in a different format e.g. a lossless AVI like lagarith. ? Basically anything else than what you are currently using - Just to rule out export codec issues

[poisondeathray]

Normally in video processing, encoding video is one process, authoring for DVD is another separate process

encoding the video for DVD into mpeg2 elementary stream (e.g. video.m2v) => I want to know if the problem occurs here , or only after authoring the DVD . ie. Where does the problem occur in the workflow ?

[piadex2]

Dear poisondeathray,

First things first. Sorry for the late comment I had no chance to reply earlier.
Believe me, everything is perfect untill the last step (the rendering) the preview etc. is perfect. And there is a rendering option: "always recode the entire film" so in theory there is no need to clear the cache.
What do You thing?


Thank You for your help in advance.


piadex2

[jagabo]

Obviously, this is some kind of problem with Pinnacle Studio. It's the buggiest video editor ever written. Try different frame sizes, different codecs, etc.