Burned DVD Playback Lags/Is Grainy?

[tjt02]

After burning a DVD using Roxio Easy Media Creator 9, it is not as good a quality as we had hoped for.

 

We imported video from our Mini DV camera and made a video from it - we edited it with Videowave, and burned the DVD with MyDVD 9. After burning it, we played it back on our computer DVD player and our TV's DVD player. When there is motion in the movie (like a running basketball player), it would "fall behind" and appear "grainy"(like when you zoom in on a digital photo it gets grainy the more you zoom in). When the "action" wasn't as fast, it seemed to be find.

 

We are wondering what we did wrong or what we could try to remedy this problem and burn better DVD's.

 

Thanks!

[Beerman]

After burning a DVD using Roxio Easy Media Creator 9, it is not as good a quality as we had hoped for.

 

We imported video from our Mini DV camera and made a video from it - we edited it with Videowave, and burned the DVD with MyDVD 9. After burning it, we played it back on our computer DVD player and our TV's DVD player. When there is motion in the movie (like a running basketball player), it would "fall behind" and appear "grainy"(like when you zoom in on a digital photo it gets grainy the more you zoom in). When the "action" wasn't as fast, it seemed to be find.

 

We are wondering what we did wrong or what we could try to remedy this problem and burn better DVD's.

 

Thanks!

I can't be sure but it sounds like an interlacing problem. Try changing to progressive in MyDVD and see if that helps any.

[tjt02]

I can't be sure but it sounds like an interlacing problem. Try changing to progressive in MyDVD and see if that helps any.

Where do we change the option to progressive?

 

Thanks!

[Beerman]

Where do we change the option to progressive?

 

Thanks!

In MyDVD, under File/Project Settings, you'll see a few choices you have for your project and Progressive is one of them.

[tjt02]

We used firewire and it seemed to capture fine. The movies play fine on the computer, it's just that it "falls behind" (like the first message we posted) after we burned it and played it off the DVD. We were also wondering if it could be the quality of the DVD burner. Also, will burning at lower speeds make a difference in quality?

 

Thanks!

Just wanted to say thanks! We burned last night and two of the three movies were good! I will experiment with the last movie.

 

Thanks!

[grandpabruce]

Just wanted to say thanks! We burned last night and two of the three movies were good! I will experiment with the last movie.

 

Thanks!

 

tjt02, to quote someone, click on the Reply button, at the bottom right side of their post, not your own post.

[tjt02]

tjt02, to quote someone, click on the Reply button, at the bottom right side of their post, not your own post.

Did I push quote by accident?

 

Thanks.

[Larry]

Quality can also be effected by how you captured it from the camera. If you used USB it's going to be low quality capture. You want to make sure you use Firewire if your camera supports it. Also it's best to capture to AVI-DV not MPEG2 if possible.

[grandpabruce]

Did I push quote by accident?

 

Thanks.

 

You may have. That button never worked like one would expect it should. It shouldn't even be there. LOL

[tjt02]

You may have. That button never worked like one would expect it should. It shouldn't even be there. LOL

Ok, thanks for getting this cleared up.

 

Thanks!

 

TJT02

[tjt02]

Quality can also be effected by how you captured it from the camera. If you used USB it's going to be low quality capture. You want to make sure you use Firewire if your camera supports it. Also it's best to capture to AVI-DV not MPEG2 if possible.

We used firewire and it seemed to capture fine. The movies play fine on the computer, it's just that it "falls behind" (like the first message we posted) after we burned it and played it off the DVD. We were also wondering if it could be the quality of the DVD burner. Also, will burning at lower speeds make a difference in quality?

 

Thanks!

[grandpabruce]

Ok, thanks for getting this cleared up.

 

Thanks!

 

TJT02

 

You are welcome.