Ulead DVD workshop Sync probems continue, with 1.2.....HELP!

[rsl614]

OK, so I finally got the 1.0 version of Ulead DVD Workshop, and updated it with the 1.2 patch.

I encoded to MPEG2 using WinTV2000. I used the template for DVD long play. Now, I made chpater stops using the Ulead editor, a menu, and checked the "do not convert to compliant" box before making VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS.

The audio is STILL out of sync. The only thing I can think of is that something must be screwing up the multiplexing process. Any thoughts?

I'm running the following:

pentium 4 2.2mhz
Hauppage WinTV PVR 250
512 mgs RAM
120 gig HD

Thoughts?

Rob

[cdtplug]

use tmpgenc to re-encode and check the audio before you burn the disc. i had loads of sync probs uding ulead dvd movie workshop v1.0 got the update and that was sorted.

chris

[Robert Simandl]

I also got the 1.2 patch, AND got the latest firmware upgrade for the Pioneer DVR-104 burner (by coincidence also numbered 1.2). Didn't help. I'm still having sync problems too.

I'd let Ulead know about it, but get the feeling they'll just tell me to uninstall and reinstall the program and patch (for the SIXTH time).

[rsl614]

Bob, have you tried using any other programs to author your dvd's? I'm trying to figure out if the problem is in the Hauppage card, or Uleads software...

R

[Robert Simandl]

Bob, have you tried using any other programs to author your dvd's? I'm trying to figure out if the problem is in the Hauppage card, or Uleads software...

R

Well, not half an hour ago, I just tried creating just the DVD directory (not a disc image and did not record to disc), exiting DWS, and then doing the actual burning with Nero.

Still out of sync.

Tried installing Cyberlink PowerDirector Pro, but it crashed upon opening every time. Uninstalled it.

Tried installing SpruceUp, but haven't found a serial number and can't start the program without one. It's not supported anymore so I *can't* get a serial number legally.

Installed Ulead's cheaper program, Movie Factory. Discs made with this program are out of sync, too. But since this is also from Ulead I still don't know whether the problem is my DVR-104 burner or Ulead.

Definitely not your Hauppage card, though.

[Robert Simandl]

use tmpgenc to re-encode and check the audio before you burn the disc. i had loads of sync probs uding ulead dvd movie workshop v1.0 got the update and that was sorted.

chris

Hi cdtplug,

tmpgenc isn't exactly the most intuitive program around. Is it possible to re-encode the audio and leave the video alone? And how do you do the re-encoding and checking thing with tmpgenc? Specifics appreciated, since tmpgenc doesn't seem to be coming easily to me. Thanks...

[rsl614]

Then it has to be Ulead. Because my burner burns DVD to DVD copies and games just fine. The thing is, I get the same kind of delay in Spruce UP and every other authoring prog I've used...

R

[Robert Simandl]

Then it has to be Ulead. Because my burner burns DVD to DVD copies and games just fine. The thing is, I get the same kind of delay in Spruce UP and every other authoring prog I've used...

R

If you're getting the same problem with every authoring program, then it might be the drive (even if plain copying works fine). I'm still not sure here.

Though just as I predicted, Ulead told me to uninstall and reinstall the program.... AGAIN. You'd think with their own web site showing I've now registered the program SIX times, they'd get a clue that continuous reinstalling of the program isn't working....

[Lamont Cranston]

Though just as I predicted, Ulead told me to uninstall and reinstall the program.... AGAIN. You'd think with their own web site showing I've now registered the program SIX times, they'd get a clue that continuous reinstalling of the program isn't working....

When you fill out the on-line problem report to Ulead do you copy and paste Ulead's prior reply to your message so they have referance? or at least the service id.. Ulead has never reqested a reinstall more than once for me. They have sent a me a temporary patch many times until they come out with the next update.

[Robert Simandl]

When you fill out the on-line problem report to Ulead do you copy and paste Ulead's prior reply to your message so they have referance? or at least the service id.. Ulead has never reqested a reinstall more than once for me. They have sent a me a temporary patch many times until they come out with the next update.

Well, to be fair I guess I should say it's been because of a different problem each time, not over and over for the same problem <G>.

[gf]

Greetings
I have the same problem (audio/video sync problem). When I preview the video, prior to burning, it looks/sounds good. Then when I take the burned disc to my home dvd player (Pioneer 434) the audio is a few seconds behind it.

[Robert Simandl]

Greetings
I have the same problem (audio/video sync problem). When I preview the video, prior to burning, it looks/sounds good. Then when I take the burned disc to my home dvd player (Pioneer 434) the audio is a few seconds behind it.

Audio is BEHIND your video? Hmmm, my audio gets AHEAD of the video, so our problems might be different. Are your discs out of sync all the way through, or do they start out okay and drift gradually out of sync as the disc plays?

[gf]

I can't say for sure. I erased the disc. I believe it got worse as the video went on.

[videodouble]

I have experienced the same audio sync problems with ulead's workshop and other programs.

Sceniero:
(using Ulead DVD workshop 1.0 and 1.2)

first, I record a 2 hour movie in one solid SVCD quality mpeg file.
next, I burn the first 40min onto a cdr and and the audio is great.
next, I burn the second 40min onto a cdr and towards the end it is becomming noticable that this audio is slightly before the video.
next, I burn the third 40 min onto a cdr and the audio is very noticable.

All CDR's have been burnt using the same settings and burn speed.
also, when I preview it in the "finish" screen in the video preview screen the audio is perfect for the entire movie. ???? Because it is fine in the preview mode really has me baffeled?

I have even tried Like the person above suggested by recording at a slower speed but I have had no bennifit from that.
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If I take a 2 hour movie and record it to 3 seperate SVCD quality mpegs for each 40 minuets, and make 3 different CDR's the audio is fine. (however this takes quite a bit of babysitting the computer to have to stop and start recordings)
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For regular VCD's at VCD quality that is a whole nother ballgame. I can't get the audio to sync for any thing on a CDR. It allways looks perfect in a preview window but never burns to disk right.

Any help from anyone ??
Thanks

[q1aqza]

rls614,

Try creating a custom mpeg capture setting in WinTV2000 and select the Program option rather than DVD. I found this helped solve a lot of my sync issues when putting the resulting PVR 250 mpeg through an authoring program.

Another thing that helps is to demux with tmpg and then re-mux with BBMPEG but chose the PROGRAM remux option, not DVD.

I must confess, I found the Ulead programs much more tolerant of the PVR 250 mpegs compared to Spruce and Maestro !!

[DJRumpy]

Audio sync problems are not related to the drive. The audio and video are multiplexed at that point. Think of them as one, and nothing on the drive can cause them to be out of sync. Your problem is being introduced somewhere in the capture, encode, or possibly in the multiplex process. I gave up on the Ulead products a long time ago. I use VDub to capture, and have no sync problems whatsover. Just make sure you lock the audio to the video. If a frame is dropped, and audio is not locked, it will move out of sync for each dropped frame. You can also try reducing the resolution of your capture. If your PC is having a hard time keeping up with the process (difficult to imagine, given your specs), then reducing the capture resolution can often help.

Are you capturing to MPEG, AVI, DV, or MPEG-2?