I just started importing mp4 HD video from my Sony DSC-TX10 and noticed jitter when I tried to render the project onto DVD video format using my 3-yr old Dell Quad Core 2.4 Ghz, 4 GB RAMM PC, I never noticed this before editing HD mov files when doing the same thing onto DVD video format. Is it time to get a new computer with a faster processor?
Your camera records AVCHD and HD mp4 (probably H264 codec) which are more processor intensive when editing and playing back then mov files you need a very fast quad core computer with plenty of memory to playback AVCHD files smoothly in the preview monitor.
Other options are to try reducing the playback monitor screen resolution to 1/2 or 1/4 in the program settings.. You will find the finished DVD is smooth when played back.
John
Hi
Choppy playback on the finished DVD I have not experienced, I assume the playback is choppy in a DVD player/TV - did you accepted the default settings for burning a DVD disc?
I notice you have not specified which version of MEP you are using. If it is not 17+ then I would suggest you download the trial version and test it with your video clips, do not open an existing project with it as it will make changes to it. 17 is optimised for HD in particular AVCHD. If the problem disappears then upgrade MEP instead of the hardware - do buy the boxed version.
I am running an MEP17+ HD on an Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 2.5Ghz processor, with 4Gb of ram and Windows 7 64 bit. with 1 system hard drive and 1 internal hard drive for all the data, and 3 ext hard drives for backup.
I have no problem with choppy playback of the timeline at full screen with Full HD 1920 * 1080i AVCHD video clips and simple transitions ie cut, crossfade and thru black and the finished DVD (down res'd) and BD (FUll res and max bitrate) play fine. So I don't think your Dell is underpowered.
John
John,
Thanks for your help. I shut off most of the background program, as you suggested, in addition to lowering the encoding bit rate and it appeared to lower the jittering. I previously had the bit rate set at maximum (for better quality), but it seemed like this may have been the cause of the processor-intensive mp4 H264 files to be rendered properly into DVD video format without the jittering.
Tom
Also, I use Movie Edit Pro 17 Plus. I guess the more compression the original video file has in its native format, the more processor power it will take to render it onto DVD video format unlike .mov files from my Canon SX1 IS, as you stated. I also noticed the jittering problem when rendering my HD projects onto AVCHD video format on DVD media when I have more transitions (albeit simple crossfades of less than 1 second). Sometimes, when I play back these AVCHD-rendered DVD's on my blu ray player (Oppo BDP-83), it skips over the first few seconds of the video or not play at all (Sony PS3). And as I mentioned earlier, when I export any of my projects onto .wav format (to maintain HD) for uploading onto the internet, none of the jittering problems occur in the final video. This has been an intensive learning experience to say the least.