jweaver
5th August 2002, 14:54
Sorry if this appears more than once. I tried posting it into the 'DVD Encoding' forum, but it never appeared.
I am trying to Encode and Author a 100 minute DV video (from my Camcorder) into DVD.
I followed a TMPGEnc guide and created a high quaility template based on the default PAL DVD version (2pass VBR with a lot of maximum settings selected).
22 hours later, it finished encoding and I started the Authoring process.
I have found a problem with the mpeg, but don't know where to start debugging it.
1. PowerDVD.
If I play the MPEG under PowerDVD, it plays perfectly and the quality is fine. However if I grab the 'time-line' and drag it to the end of the video, when I let it go, the video only goes to a point 3/4 of thay way through and the time-line 'springs' back to about 3/4.
From here, dragging the timeline to the end does nothing except jump a few frames. Every time I drag it to the end and let it go, it springs back!
However, the video plays fine and I can fast-forwards it (at 32x) to the end.
2. DVDIt/MovieFactory
When I am playing the video under the authoring package, I get similar(ish) problems.. The first 3/4 of the video plays fine.. But when I drag the time-line towards the end of the video, it just stops.. The counter keep increasing, but it won't play.
Where ever I place the time-line, I get a still image, but when I hit play, the video doesn't move.
The strange thing is that if I 'author' the video and create a DVD, it plays fine on my Pioneer DVD player.. Its just a problem with my PC.
Perhaps its an issue with the MPEG codec that I am using for playback?
I am trying to Encode and Author a 100 minute DV video (from my Camcorder) into DVD.
I followed a TMPGEnc guide and created a high quaility template based on the default PAL DVD version (2pass VBR with a lot of maximum settings selected).
22 hours later, it finished encoding and I started the Authoring process.
I have found a problem with the mpeg, but don't know where to start debugging it.
1. PowerDVD.
If I play the MPEG under PowerDVD, it plays perfectly and the quality is fine. However if I grab the 'time-line' and drag it to the end of the video, when I let it go, the video only goes to a point 3/4 of thay way through and the time-line 'springs' back to about 3/4.
From here, dragging the timeline to the end does nothing except jump a few frames. Every time I drag it to the end and let it go, it springs back!
However, the video plays fine and I can fast-forwards it (at 32x) to the end.
2. DVDIt/MovieFactory
When I am playing the video under the authoring package, I get similar(ish) problems.. The first 3/4 of the video plays fine.. But when I drag the time-line towards the end of the video, it just stops.. The counter keep increasing, but it won't play.
Where ever I place the time-line, I get a still image, but when I hit play, the video doesn't move.
The strange thing is that if I 'author' the video and create a DVD, it plays fine on my Pioneer DVD player.. Its just a problem with my PC.
Perhaps its an issue with the MPEG codec that I am using for playback?