problem with DVD authored by Studio 8: audio static noise

[ktnwin]

After a few good DVDs authored with Studio 8, I was so thrilled to have a one software that does it all.
Yesterday, I went ahead and make another one from two new video tapes (55 mins + 35 mins = 90 mins of video total).
I was able to create about 18 chapters (pretty easy with Studio) and put a blank DVD-R, tell it to make DISC. The next morning, it's done.
The DVD play fine for the first 53 mins or so, and after that the audio starts having something like a static noise popping every so often. This aggraves as I approach the end of my video.

The only difference is:
1) previous DVDs were made from edited movie saved on tape, I just recapture, add menu/chapters
2) this new DVD is made by capturing, then do quite extensive editing with transitions, add menu/chapters then make DISC

Could it be that the editing part with transitions exhibits a bug in Studio 8 ?

[ktnwin]

I believed I found out the reason.
The DVD disc that did not play that well on my standalone DVD player (static noise after 53mins), play perfectly on my PC using PowerDVD with the Pioneer 105 (it wrote the disc, so it's normal that it can read this disc correctly).
Must be problem with the 105 burning the Ritek 1x media (I paid 81 cents/piece). Somehow, the same media when recorded with the Pan E30 stand alone DVD recorder works fine.
I got to try a different media.
So I start going thru what others have gone thru.

[ktnwin]

I found out more about this problem: it's not the media. I checked my previous DVD discs. Anything DVD that are less than 60 mins play fine. Anything that are longer than that has audio problem after 60 mins (roughly).

When I play the "problem DVD disc" on the PC, somehow I do not hear that popping noise as when I play them in the DVD player.

I am still really puzzled. I read somewhere that Studio 8 has this kind of problem: authoring DVD past 60 mins mark.

CAN ANYONE HELP TO SHED THE LIGHT ON THIS.

[ktnwin]

From another post, look like Studio 8 has trouble to create good DVD disc if the video is longer than 70 mins. I gave up on using Studio 8 to create long DVD (home) movie.
I am using TMPGEnc to encode to MPEG-2 first, then use Studio 8 to author, add menu / chapters and burn disc. Still encoding at this time, will try to burn this evening and see if my 90 min video works OK.

[ktnwin]

Another piece of puzzle info: the 90-mins DVD movie discs that have trouble to play (audio issue after 60 mins or so) on my Pioneer DVD player, plays perfectly without any problem at my relative house (Apex DVD player).

Can I say this is a compatibility between the writer/player/media ???
Or is this Studio 8 caused this compatibility ???

I will still go ahead with the TMPGEnc method and see if this make a difference. I doubt that it will work but it's worth a try (DVD-RW so it's OK).

[ktnwin]

Here is my update with TMPGEnc method:

1) I encoded two short video clips (about 1min each) into MPEG-2 files
2) drag them into Studio 8 to author (after adding a menu with two items on it)
3) author and burn DVD: the DVD works OK with menu

Next
1) I encoded my entire 90 min movies to MPEG-2 (4.2GB file size)
2) import that into Studio 8 to author (add menu with 1 chapter only)
3) burn disc: BURN DISC failed with unknown error

I gave up on the TMPGEnc method because it is so painful to wait for Studio 8 to spend two hours on the MPEG-2 then fail for w=some unknonw reason. Plus, I cannot navigate thru the MPEG-2 file either. Move the scrubber in the time line then Studio 8 spent forever to do something (no clue here).

If anyone was successful in using the TMPGenc/Studio combo, please help.