video and sound out of sync

[Bill B]

After finishing my movie in MM2, I used Sonic MyDVD
software to burn the movie to DVD. When playing the
movie on my DVD player, the video and sound were out of
sync, and some of the video was jerky. I didn't have
this issue when I used Sonic by itself to make a movie,
but I have very little editing capabilities with Sonic
software. Is there any work around this problem?

 

[PapaJohn]

Bill,

In what format are you saving the movie from MM2? WMV or DV-AVI? Are they in
sync - checking them in the Windows Media Player - before you use MyDVD to
create the MPEG2 files from them and burn the DVD?

PapaJohn

 

[PapaJohn \(MVP\)]

Do you have the hard drive space to try saving them as DV-AVI files and see
if MyDVD handles them better?

PapaJohn

 

[Bill B]

Actually my first response was incorrect. I went back
and viewed the WMV file in media player, and the sound is
out of sync there. It did not get any worse when
converting in MyDVD. So the problem appears to be
happening in MM2. I have a 120 gig hard drive with about
100 gig available.

 

[PapaJohn]

Bill,

What kind of source video files are you using for MM2?

PapaJohn

 

[PapaJohn]

I guess that leaves me out, having no experience with that kind of capture.
Can only offer what is already on my website. Someone else may be able to
help.

PapaJohn

 

[LVTravel]

What video capture card are you using and do you have the latest drivers and
capture software installed for that device?

 

[Bill B]

I'm using an All-in-Wonder RADEON 9000 Pro capture
device. Will have to check and see if I have latest
drivers.

 

[Bob]

Is the audio/video in sync in the captured stream? What format is the
captured video (MPG, AVI, etc)?

-Bob

 

[Cuyler]

The problem is not necessarily with MM2. Audio sync
and 'jerky' pix are a symptom of dropped frames. These
are caused by any or all of:
fragmented h/d
underpowered CPU
screensaver activated
virus checker or other 'behind the scenes' software
one or more add'l apps open
working on other files while capturing the video

If any or all of these items are true in your case, you
can experiment with 5 min clips and eliminate one-by-on,
each of the offending culprits until you locate the
source of the 'bad captures'.

Best captures are done with no 'background' software
running, no screensaver active, and not otherwise using
the CPU's resources during the time of the captures.

 

[Bill B]

The video and sound are in sync until I start editing.
Not sure what the format of captured video is...I'm still
in beginning learning stages..