Video Freezes After Converting From Video_ts To .mov

[Klawans]

Hoping someone can help. I have a Sony HandyCam which takes mini dvd's. I took the Video_TS file from the dvd and converted it via Toast to a .mov. The .mov will play for the first 10-20 seconds...then will freeze for the rest of the .mov.

 

What is strange is that when I'm using Convert, I can preview the entire Video_TS within Toast...so I know there is nothing wrong with the Video_TS file.

 

I've tried several different disks...all with the same result.

 

Any idea why?

 

Thanks-

 

Ken

[tsantee]

It is probably time code breaks in the video. This can be fixed with the freeware application MPEG Streamclip (which requires Apple's $20 QuickTime MPEG 2 Playback Component). Open the video in Streamclip and choose Fix Timecode Breaks from the Edit menu. When that is done (in a few seconds) choose Convert to MPEG from the File menu. Use that saved file in Toast. There is no re-encoding so it goes quickly and doesn't affect quality.