Pan and Zoom stops in between :29 and :00 seconds

[Sherry D.]

My pictures (not in every production, I can't seem to find the common denominator) will make an obvious stop during the auto motion and I see that it is right at the "split second" between :29 and :00 seconds. (I've never understood why those seconds are missing and it may be irrelevant to my problem.) I'm at a loss as to how to make my pics transition in and out of each other smoothly with no stops or jerks. In this particular slideshow it doesn't make a difference what kind of transitions I use. Also, the blue jog arrow makes obvious stops along the timeline. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you.

[Sherry D.]

Running more than one application at once like using MyDVD to render and burn a DVD AND trying to surf the net all at the same time or listening to MP3 play from the hard drive. 'Technically' , you should be able to do it. In reality, it can mess up the video rendering.

 

I assumed that you meant you were having the DVD burn at a slower speed --- the actual DVD burner is burning at 4X instead of 16X. Not that the CPU is running slower. You certainly don't want the CPU running slower.

 

Exactly, I'm burning my slideshows that are exhibiting these little stops and jerks problems at a 4x speed. Any idea as to why burning at a 4x speed erases all of these "mistakes"? I'm not complaining, I'm just curious. And in your opinion (if this were happening on your computer, the stops during each frame-keep in mind I'm not using transitions) what do you think is causing this to happen during my playback on Video Wave. If I didn't burn at a low speed these stops between frames would be imbedded in my DVD burned at 8x-I never have a 16x speed option by the way.

[sknis]

Exactly, I'm burning my slideshows that are exhibiting these little stops and jerks problems at a 4x speed. Any idea as to why burning at a 4x speed erases all of these "mistakes"? I'm not complaining, I'm just curious. And in your opinion (if this were happening on your computer, the stops during each frame-keep in mind I'm not using transitions) what do you think is causing this to happen during my playback on Video Wave. If I didn't burn at a low speed these stops between frames would be imbedded in my DVD burned at 8x-I never have a 16x speed option by the way.

 

When you encode and burn in the same process, your computer switches back and fourth between the two processes. Burning at a slower rate allows your computer to keep up. If your hard disk is fragmented or it has to try to do more than two things, it gets even slower in encoding and burning.

 

Try this next time. when you go to burn, select create image file (iso) and deselect the other options. Name and put the location on your hard drive where you want the iso created. After it encodes, open Disc Copier and on the left side of the screen, navigate to the iso file. You can preview it there. If it looks OK, just copy that iso file to your DVD blank. You should be able to burn at a faster rate but a lot of experienced users stick with the slower rate. BTW, if you want to make more copies, just keep using that iso to burn more copies.

[ggrussell]

Actually, the last two digits is 'frames'. What video card do you have? have you updated the drivers and do you have the latest DirectX (feb 2007). Windows Update does NOT update DirectX!!!! Go here to get it.

 

Also run the graphics test to make sure it is set properly. Open Videowave/MyDVD. Click on TOOLS / Options. Then click the graphics test button. There is a 'dot' - where is it AFTER the test? Hardware or software?

[Sherry D.]

My pictures (not in every production, I can't seem to find the common denominator) will make an obvious stop during the auto motion and I see that it is right at the "split second" between :29 and :00 seconds. (I've never understood why those seconds are missing and it may be irrelevant to my problem.) I'm at a loss as to how to make my pics transition in and out of each other smoothly with no stops or jerks. In this particular slideshow it doesn't make a difference what kind of transitions I use. Also, the blue jog arrow makes obvious stops along the timeline. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you.

 

No, I have not updated the latest DirectX. Here are some specs for my laptop.

HP Pavillion dv9000t

256 NVIDIA® GeForce ® Go 7600

 

I don't know what kind of driver I have, but my specs sheet is in front of me-I'm sure it's on here somewhere.

 

After the graphics test the dot was next to Hardware.

 

(Thanks for enlightening me on double post. I know now!)

 

Does this help?

[Sherry D.]

No, I have not updated the latest DirectX. Here are some specs for my laptop.

HP Pavillion dv9000t

256 NVIDIA® GeForce ® Go 7600

 

I don't know what kind of driver I have, but my specs sheet is in front of me-I'm sure it's on here somewhere.

 

After the graphics test the dot was next to Hardware.

 

(Thanks for enlightening me on double post. I know now!)

 

Does this help?

 

I just updated the latest DirectX, restarted my computer, replayed my slideshow and it is still stopping between every frame. You mentioned do I have the latest driver...Here are some more specs for my laptop:

 

Genuine Windows XP Home Edition

Intel ® core 2 Duo proc. t7200(2.0GHZ)

2.0 GB 5400 rPM SATA Hard Drive

Intel® PRO/wireless 3945ABG Network con

Norton Internet Security 2006

[ggrussell]

Sounds like a fairly new machine and the last nVidia go 7 series drivers are dated Jul 2006 so you probably have the latest drivers.

 

Trying forcing the 'dot' to software and try rendering again. This has helped some users with other render problems. Be aware that the 3D transitions/effect will not be available in this mode. If you didn't use any, this won't be a problem.

 

Double posting just confuses things and you would get double answers, etc. LOL

[Sherry D.]

Sounds like a fairly new machine and the last nVidia go 7 series drivers are dated Jul 2006 so you probably have the latest drivers.

 

Trying forcing the 'dot' to software and try rendering again. This has helped some users with other render problems. Be aware that the 3D transitions/effect will not be available in this mode. If you didn't use any, this won't be a problem.

 

Double posting just confuses things and you would get double answers, etc. LOL

 

I have come up with a solution to my problem for what it's worth to others having the same problem. I stayed up late last night trying a few things and every time it consistently worked. I burned my project at the lowest speed and it fixed the stops and jerks. I also ouput to a couple of video files, burned them from that format and the burning at a low speed fixed it from the video file format also. I email a lot of my slideshows and since burning the project is the only way I know how to fix the problem, I left my DVD in my computer, opened Video Wave, selected the DVD file which was listed first, output to email, and problem solved with no stops and jerks in the email format. None of this may make any sense at all, but it definitely works, thank goodness! Thanks for your advice.

[ggrussell]

If you had a slower computer, it would make sense. Laptops really aren't suited for video editing regardless of CPU speed. Depends on how you have some settings. Most laptop CPUs have something called 'CPU stepping' which slows it down to increase battery time and also keeps everything cooler. If that kicked in while rendering for some reason, it could have caused the problem. Also screen savers can cause video rendering 'hick ups'.

 

On my laptop, the CPU power saving mode is off as long as I have it plugged into the wall power. Yours may be different.

 

Also turn off the screen saver during rendering. I also set my power scheme to 'always on' although you could have Windows turn off the laptop screen.

 

NEVER, NEVER, NEVER use your computer for other tasks while a video is rendering!!! Yes, Windws 'should be' able to multitask especially with these new Duo Core, etc., computers, but stuff still happens when two apps try to access the same hardware at once.

[Sherry D.]

I have come up with a solution to my problem for what it's worth to others having the same problem. I stayed up late last night trying a few things and every time it consistently worked. I burned my project at the lowest speed and it fixed the stops and jerks. I also ouput to a couple of video files, burned them from that format and the burning at a low speed fixed it from the video file format also. I email a lot of my slideshows and since burning the project is the only way I know how to fix the problem, I left my DVD in my computer, opened Video Wave, selected the DVD file which was listed first, output to email, and problem solved with no stops and jerks in the email format. None of this may make any sense at all, but it definitely works, thank goodness! Thanks for your advice.

 

I reread your last response a few times and I'm embarrased to say that it went right over my head. Are you saying that you're surprised that burning my slideshow at a slow speed fixed my problem or that I shouldn't do it because it may cause computer problems. Also, are you saying that by taking my screen saver off may help some of my stops and jerks between frames in Video Wave. I don't think I'm doing any video editing, but if ouputting to a video file for the purpose of DVD playback is video editing, I guess I am. I have to ouput to DVD playback no matter what because my business partner and I have to consolidate our projects a lot onto one DVD. Everything you said sounded really important, but I don't understand some of it. Could you give me a scenerio of working on two apps at the same time? That would be helpful to understand a point you were making. Thanks! (I am very successful with this software and will always do anything to work out the wrinkles)

[ggrussell]

Running more than one application at once like using MyDVD to render and burn a DVD AND trying to surf the net all at the same time or listening to MP3 play from the hard drive. 'Technically' , you should be able to do it. In reality, it can mess up the video rendering.

 

I assumed that you meant you were having the DVD burn at a slower speed --- the actual DVD burner is burning at 4X instead of 16X. Not that the CPU is running slower. You certainly don't want the CPU running slower.