Keith Troester
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I would check to see if the remote controls (User Operations under Advanced in the Inspector window) are set to other functions, for either button. Also, I would check the Inspector for the DVD itself to make sure no User Operations are set to something else.
It sounds like either a remote control setting or the mapping of your buttons.
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This likely means the sequence setting differs from the clip setting, so it has to match settings, depending on how you clicked. I would compare them, and see what’s right.
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That’s weird. Are you sure the buttons aren’t overlapping? I take it both are set to different tracks? Also, make sure the background is truly set, and not as a button itself. That’s all I can think of in terms of button issues.
-Keith
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The easiest way to accomplish that is create a track with that intro video, and set the “first play” to that track, and the “end jump” of the track to the menu.
The “First Play” can be enabled in a number of ways, but if you go way to the left, in Graphical View (it should have two tabs–Graphical and Outline), and once you’ve created a track, Control-click the icon for that track, and click on First Play. You’ll see a little DVD/Play icon supered over the icon for the track when it’s set to First Play.
For the “End Jump” of the track, make sure the track is selected (click on an empty spot in the timeline), and go to the Inspector (usually bottom right corner). You should see the track’s name at the top, and “End Jump.” In the drop-down for End Jump, select the menu, or even specific buttons on the menu to start on. If you want, you can disable remote controls by going into the Inspector again, under User Operations. Here, when an option is checked, it’s disabled (not enabled). You can choose what to disable.
Hope this helps,
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Red is nearly always a bad color to use in video, and is often the first to shoot over the legal limits for broadcast.
Have you tried looking at this blurring on multiple computers/TVs/monitors? I remember being thrown off myself by some encoding I did on a rich red color in the shot(s), but when I viewed it on a TV, it ended up being fine. In the preview/viewer, all the red portions would look blocky and pixelated.
It might help to bring down the saturation of the red, if that’s within your boundaries. In general, the more saturated the red, the worse it can bleed and such.
Hope this helps,
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For maximum compatibility, I wouldn’t go higher than about 10 Mbps total bit rate (AV + MAX; audio is constant bit rate). This is what often causes (especially older) DVD players to not work or lag.
Try lowering them and see what happens (at least 1 mb difference between the AV. + MAX., if using VBR).
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Most DVD players nowadays can play mini-DVDs–that’s why they have the depression in the middle of the tray. You might have to lose a generation, but could you go out from a DVD player to something more usable? I usually end up dubbing mini-DVDs to Mini-DV so at least I have timecode.
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The Sony DSR-45 can play LP-recorded tapes. No SDI, but firewire.
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Yeah, I found the 90 min preset to be garbage when it comes to interlace concerns. I edited the preset to fix those field issues that tend to crop up with video. Try messing with de-interlace options and field order (bottom/lower first).
Text especially runs into field issues because it approaches the actual lines of video. Always keep text bold and big to help avoid those issues.
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It sounds like an interlacing issue. How are you encoding this? Through the DSP engine or via Compressor? For the most part, you want bottom field first for NTSC (unless it’s progressive, obviously). I would recommend Compressor over the DSP engine, just because you have more options for the encode.
Also, keep in mind that interlacing issues will be exaggerated on an interlace TV/monitor versus a computer monitor, which is inherently progressive.
I guess I need more info about your material and workflow before I can fully diagnose anything.
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