jumpy video on DVD-R in Thomson 4200

[rork]

Hi,

just finished a simple DVD with a small menu and a concert track. Burned perfectly in a Pioneer A03, but the result is very jerky. In a Pioneer dvd player the DVD works perfectly.
Any1 has any idea if there's a "maximum" bitrate for a Thomson player?
Videostream has AC3 track, made with Sonic software.
I've tried to find data on the bitrate etc, but no luck here.

any1??

[rinkel]

If you made an mpeg from AVI:
This could be an interlace problem
two things to check:
1)
fieldorder must be set corretly
(Top/A = Analog input, Bottom/B = DV)

2)
Framerate must match exactly, for PAL 24.997 is not good,
must be 25

To check/change your framerate, use avifrate


Good luck
Rinkel

[rork]

Sorry, but maybe I was not clear enough in my explanation ;)
It's no problem with interlacing, but the DVD player "jumps" through the DVD, skips parts or suddenly junps to the next chapter. Also video and audio sometimes just stops, so nothing for a couple of seconds and then it just continues.
As I said, the DVD just plays fine in a Pioneer NV-55 set.

[Doom9]

sounds like on my Thomson (4500 I think).. haven't had time to test on another player yet.. maybe it's time for me to switch players if another works.

[dvdRENEGADE]

It sounds like a media problem to me. Before finding a media that actually worked for me, I tried several different cheap brands and some would play perfect on my Pioneer recorder but would exhibit various skipping, random stopping, errors, etc. when played on multiple standalones I own. However, once I found a brand of media that actually works, everything works great. I use Ritek which is also sold under the name PrimeDisc. You can get them for under $2.00 each. Apple and Pioneer are the top of the line media at top of the line prices. A tip about media: Use a program called ADVDInfo to find out for sure which manufacturer made the DVD-Rs. I do not own stock in the Ritek company. Good luck to you, dvdRENEGADE