I’m continuing to have a problem with the quality of the video on DVDs I have created using EMC 8. I posted a description of the problem earlier. Since it has been wiped with the discussion board revamp, I'm posting again. I have done a few more tests and this is what I come up with:

There is a degradation in video quality when video footage is edited, then burned to DVD with MyDVD 8. The footage looks fine when previewed in MyDVD. The problems are identical for a DVD burned directly through MyDVD and a DVD burned from the .iso file.
Splitting the footage causes the video to get lighter and lose some quality for approximately 2 seconds before and after the split. This happens even if there is no footage cut out.

This problem happens when the footage is edited in VideoWave. It also happens if I choose to edit the movie/footage from within MyDVD. (The interface is very similar, but I do not know if MyDVD is calling the VideoWave software, if it is calling up the same editing feature used by both programs, or if neither is the case.)

It is possible that my video card/computer does not work well with MyDVD. I had to switch from interlaced to progressive in the project settings because interlaced caused jittery video. I have the latest driver for my video card from ATI. (Please see below for my system data.)

DVD Builder, the DVD creation application that came with EMC 7, did not seem to have these problems. DVDs I burned using DVD Builder have excellent quality video with no picture degradation around edits. I assume that they use interlaced video (I can’t recall if there was any option to choose interlaced vs. progressive.) EMC 8 has some cool features. I’d just like to get results similar to what I got with EMC 7.

My apologies for a re-posting, but I’m hoping I have more precisely described the problem here. Hopefully someone will have experienced a similar problem and have a hint for correcting it.

I've had the exact same problem. I've called Roxio's Tech Support and they told me to update my video and sound card drivers, increase my virtual memory, try importing at a lower resolution (AVI instead of MPEG2), check the advanced filter button and check the VHS option and finally I had one Tech Rep say "Try Window's Movie Maker". I'm trying to convert my VHS videotapes from my VCR through a device called Dazzle that allows my to plug in the RCA cords into the Dazzle device which then plugs into my computer through USB. I'm at a loss because when I burn the file to DVD and then play it on my DVD player that's hooked up to the TV, the video comes across jittery, jerky, choppy or however you'd like to describe it. Any advice?

Which Dazzle device? the 80, 85, 90, or ???