Can’t seem to overcome a bug in VPX, rev. 211. I believe it existed in prior revisions, I just started using effects to match tonal quality between tracks.

The scene is indoors, large auditoriums with various ever changing lighting.  The end result is a DVD with titles, chapter markers, and I’ve done this 100’s of times.   I’m using 3 Panasonics, a HDC-TM900, HC-X900M, and a newly acquired HC-X1, all shooting 1080p/60fps.  All three tracks stacked on top of each other on the timeline, sync’d, then I fade in/out between each to get the desired shot.  I often have to change the white balance, use shot match, or other effects to keep the tonal quality between each camera looking consistent.  These cameras don’t see everything exactly the same, so tweaking a camera is necessary to make the end result look good.  Simple fades, both in and out for each track on the timeline, no wipes, blinds, swirls, just the basic fade. 

The issue is right after the fade,  I get a white frame, or artifact the flashes on the DVD.  I’ve tried changing the transition length from a half a second to little more, with no resolve.  This only occurs when I burn a DVD, not a Blu-Ray, or a MP4 file, just the DVD. I have no issues if I reset the tracks and remove all effects (this causes a mismatch in color balance, and looks poor).  What a PIA. I don’t want to create a separate .mts or MP4 just for the DVD, my turnaround time would suffer.

My PC, i7, 32G RAM, Win 10,   usually cooks a 70 minute show in about 40 minutes or so, I don’t think the PC is the issue.  No hardware acceleration is necessary.  Here is a simple example, it describes my workflow and the desired results, with no artifacts.

Anyone have the same problem, and have a resolution?