Goal ===== Create a dolby digital demo dvd from different scenes (.vob files) extracted from movies, using DVDShrink (decryption) and author them using Nero vision. I had done that before without any authoring using Nero 6 (vision 3) and the quality was excellent. Wanted to do a second one which is better with transition effects when one movie scene blends into another. Software Version ============= DVD Shrink latest Nero 9 Windows XP SP3 Equipment used for Testing =========================== Sony Blu-ray Disc Player S350 Marantz SR8500 THX AV Reciever Panasonic Ae700 Projector Problem Description ============ Whenever a transition effect (doesnt matter which one) is added between the imported dvd / vob files, there is a pause or a flicker for half a second but it is very noticeable in the first scene, the one before the transition, just before it ends or from where the transition effect begins. The scene after the transition effect has no problem. It exists no matter where the files are burnt - dvd or hdd. It also occurs whenever the scene is edited (cut). Motion adaptive frame rate Conversion is always off, it turned on, it ruins the scenes - colors and other settings. The sample format and aspect ration are set to auto, Quality Setting is High Quality, Encoder Quality fine tuning speed is 100, encoding mode is high quality 2-pass vbr and audio format is Auto. the total movie with different scenes is approx 4 GB and there is no compression. Sound (Dolby Digital AC3 5.1) was good, no problem there. STEPS ===== 1. Tried with some options turned on or off like Motion-adaptive deinterlacing and Super resolution, but no change. 2. Nero support told me that I had an earlier version of Nero 6 and they see a mix of files with Nero 9 and 6. So I removed both and freshly reinstalled Nero 9 only. Still no change. On the contrary the sound got really dim - the treble was not crisp and the base was almost gone. There was no compression on the disc. 3. I resolved the problem myself by turning off smart encoding. The flicker was no more and it was smooth, but the sound got ruined - treble not crisp and bass very weak. 4. Then I removed Nero 9 and reinstalled Nero 6, again no flicker without smart-encoding but sound was dim. 5. I then reinstalled Nero 9 to go back to the original configuration, but sound is still the same. 6. I have tried sound settings as Auto, Dolby Digital 5.1, LCPM - no difference. Any ideas? OTHER STEPS ============ I have also tried with Corel Movie Factory, before Nero - awesome picture but dim sound.
Try this version of Nero Vision (for 6). http://www.filewatcher.com/m/NVE-3.1.0.21_no_yt.exe.38154016.0.0.html That means it re-encoded everything.
After turning off Smart Encoding, in Nero 6 and 9 - sound has been ruined and flicker has been resolved. I need to get both working. Even tried a clean system : Windows XP + SP2 + Drivers + Nero and nothing else. Same problem.
