DVD Motion blurred

sc6jd02 wrote on 10/8/2012, 9:41 AM
Hello again
Following my previous post on 22nd July, I have been trying again to transfer VHS tape to DVD.

I captured the VHS tape to disc using Ulead Video Studio 9 with the output from the VHS player through an internal Conextant video capture card. The video was captured as mpeg-2.

I created the DVD Architect files in two ways:
1. Loaded the mpg file into Movie Studio, selected Make DVD, saved to a new .mpg.
2. Loaded the mpg into Movie Studio, selected Render, rendered video using the DVD Architect PAL Widescreen video stream template, followed by rendering using the Dolby Digital AC3 Studio (*.ac3) Stereo DVD template.

I then loaded the rendered mpg into into DVD Architect Studio 5, selected File - Make DVD. I then prepared the project into a precreated folder, followed by selecting Burn a previously prepared folder.

I checked the mpg file imported through Video Studio 9 by playing it in VCL media player. The mpg played well. I repeated this with the mpgs created by Movie Studio in both cases, again in VCL. Both mpgs played well.
I then checked the files produced by DVD Architect by loading the folder into VCL player. Again the video played well after a message on loading No suitable decoder module. VLC does not support the audio or video format "undf". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.

I then burned the DVD Architect output to DVD within DVD Architect, using a slow burning speed, and then tried the DVD on two different DVD players. The created DVD did not play well. Any movement in the picture 'ghosted', seemingly showing the movement frame by frame in quick succession, leaving what looked like a trail across the scene, making the picture unwatchable.
I also tried burning the DVD using DVDShrink, with the same result.

In case it was poor media, I tried about 6 times using different makes of DVD, all being burned at a slow speed. In every case the result was the same.

Can anyone advise me ?
Could it be the DVD burner that is at fault ?

In replies to my previous post I was informed that creating a rendered mpg using option 1 above, Make DVD within Movie Studio, was the wrong way to do it, and I should use Render as in option 2. Can anyone explain why option 1 is wrong ?

Using Movie Studio HD Platinum Suite 11.

Comments

Steve Grisetti wrote on 10/8/2012, 10:20 AM
When you rendered your video from Movie Studio, did you select the option for a DVD-quality MPEG2?

Not just any MPEG will do. You may have been saving your video as a highly compressed MPEG or an MPEG that DVD Architect had to re-render.

You should have selected Main Concept MPEG2 for DVD Architect Video Stream. (Or, to simplify the workflow, you can just choose Make Movie and follow the option panels to outputting your video and audio streams to DVD Architect.)
Former user wrote on 10/8/2012, 10:29 AM
If I understand correctly, you captured as an MPEG and then rendered to another MPEG, is that right?

That is not a good work flow because you are rendering to a lossy format twice. But also, it sounds like your field order is getting messed up. It may be capturing the MPEG in one field order and then rendering to the opposite.

Dave T2
sc6jd02 wrote on 10/8/2012, 10:32 AM
Sorry, I made a mistake in my post.
I did use Render as - MainConcept MPEG-2 - DVD Architect PAL Widescreen video stream.
Size of mpg as imported 4.56Gb
Size of mpg from Movie Studio 3.91 Gb
Size of ac3 from Movie Studio 122 Mb
Size of VIDEO_TS folder from DVD Architect 3.9 Gb.



sc6jd02 wrote on 10/8/2012, 10:35 AM
Thanks for the replies.
Before I go any farther I will recapture the vhs video in another format, probably avi and see how that goes.
sc6jd02 wrote on 10/8/2012, 11:02 AM
Oh dear.
Just checked and the vhs tape has been damaged, so it looks as if I am stuck with what I have.