[Gilles Gagnon]

Thanks Mike,

I didn’t know that DVDs have difficulties handling the 255-255-255 RGB. I will definitely try this on my next project to see if it makes a diff.

I’ll definitely try better media as John suggested above. No more skimping if it’s going to save me days of aggravation.

Thanks again for this valuable info.

[Gilles Gagnon]

Thanks John, great advice and I would say your knowledge and expertise has resolved this problem.

I was able to dig up an older DVD player from the basement. Tried 5 of the DVDs I had burned and it refused to recognize any of them! (worked great with a commercial DVD)

So as you say, it must be the media. I’m using HP DVD-R 8X discs, burning at 6x (lowest available option).

I’ll get better media, the ones you recommended from now on. In the meantime, I’ll tell the client to play it on a laptop/PC.

Thanks immensely for taking the time to help me out.

PS> we also share the love of music. I’d love to hear your music…do you have it online somewhere?

[Gilles Gagnon]

Hi John,
First, thanks for sticking with me with this one.

second, you may have solved my dilemma. I tried the burned DVD on my PC (Windows Media player) and it’s flawless. So this brings much relief. THANK YOU! Now, I’m just hoping that indeed the prob is isolated to my DVD player.

Unfortunately, I don’t have another DVD player in the house to try and will not be able to try another for a couple of days.

Q. How can the DVD be the culprit in not handling these transitions properly? Have you witnessed this before?

Thanks again.

[Gilles Gagnon]

Update…

Hi John and anyone else willing to help.

I re-rendered the mpg with CBR of 8,000,000 and re-burned/authored the DVD with no changes, same result.

As described, wherever I have used white hard-flash transitions in the video (which are very effective for the fast-paced video), there is a “glitch” in the video as seen from the DVD (all is well if I play the MPG on my pc).

This “glitch” is a fraction of a second and resembles what one would see when switching channels on an old TV with a rotary dial. The fraction of a second when the TV is “in between channels”. The end result is that the transition is ruined. I can not present this to my client.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

[Gilles Gagnon]

Thanks so much for your answer John. I’ll give this a try and post my findings.

Sorry about what appeared to be a double-post. The forum software had generated an error on my first attempt and I didn’t think it had posted my question.

[Gilles Gagnon]

Exactly what I was looking for!

Thanks!

[Gilles Gagnon]

thanks theo, I’ll give this a whirl.

Surprised there isn’t’ something built into Vegas. Seems like elementary stuff.

[Gilles Gagnon]

Thanks John,

I knew about this method but I’m looking for something that can be accomplished faster, without reaching for the mouse to move the 2nd event. LIke, selecting the region in the gap (dbl click) and pressing some shortcut key like ctrl-x.

Gilles