Hi All

I dont know if anyone can shed some light on my problem.

I am putting together a powerboat racing video and have the following problem.

When adding a simple fade between two peices of video footage of still pictures the background music jumps when the transition occurs on the finished DVD. It appears to be fine when checking the file within Studio 11?

Any ideas? Its not as though I am using a complex transition just the simple 2D fade between two clips.

When you say it appears to be fine when checking the file within Studio 11, are you checking the Vob file that Pinnacle created or the captured footage on the time line. Thats if you chose to create a DVD working file ( my preference) and not burn direct to DVD. Sometimes you can get a little blip of corruption when Burning DVD's or even a physical scratch can cause a problem.

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Midnight Blue Productions

Thanks for the response.

I am checking the vob file, but i have just tried creating the dvd with another type of transition and the music does not seem to jump. Just does nto look as good not being able to use the simple fade transition though.

Guess it must be the corruption as it is copied to the DVD as you said. Is this like this with all video creating software or is there a better alternative to Studio?

I've only ever used Pinnacle and Sony DVD Architect to create DVDs. Pinnacle usually burns DVDs fine BUT as I mentioned I always create a working file before burning.

One last tip is to clean the DVD burner with a cleaning disk before burning. Dust can get in to everywhere.

Good luck.

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Every thing said by me should be taken with a pinch of salt. Unless you have high blood pressure, then I would recommend a salt substitute.

Midnight Blue Productions

Many thanks for the tips.

I have tried the above but still having problems. Maybe it is because I am trying to cut to the beat of some fast music (some frames only 4 frames long).

Maybe my PC is not equiped to handle it which is dissapointing as it was going to be a suprise personal christmas present for a relative.

Never mind back to the drawing board!!

I've just re read this. Could the fade have effected the volume of the music track, ie put a fade on the sound, this is what normally happens unless you lock the music track first.

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Midnight Blue Productions

Try rendering the project as a avi. file first then re-import that avi. file and render as an mpeg.