Using Video Easy HD 4. Adding title to AVCHD videocreates jumpy/flickering blu-ray.

kalerin wrote on 1/21/2013, 11:46 PM

I use MAGIX Video Easy HD 4 to create an empty project. I add an MTS AVCHD video file from my camcorder. I then burn a AVCHD blu-ray using the Smart Rendering feature. The resultant blu-ray plays fine in both of my blu-ray players. I return to the project and cut unwanted footage from the video. I also add another MTS file from my camcorder to the same project. Again I burn a AVCHD blu-ray using the Smart Rendering feature, and again the resultant blu-ray plays fine in both of my blu-ray players. I return to the project and add a 10 second long title to the start of my project using the option 'Add a new title with a black background here'. Again I burn a AVCHD blu-ray using the Smart Rendering feature. This time the blu-ray video flickers or jumps 2 or 3 times a second in both of my blu-ray players. It appears that adding the title throws the video out of sync. How do I add a title to my HD video without ruining the video?

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johnebaker wrote on 1/27/2013, 4:35 AM

Do you have a NVidia graphics card or chipset installed on your PC?

Adding the title will result in that section of the movie being re-rendered, ie Smart Rendering will not be used.

Try one or both of these two options:

1. Burn a Blu-ray disc - this use the mpg codecs instead of the mp4 - see page 30 in the installed manual.

2. Turn off Hardware Acceleration in the programs settings and then create the AVCHD BD again.

Personally I think option 1 is better way to go in this particular case.

HTH

John

kalerin wrote on 1/27/2013, 7:38 PM

Hi John

Thanks for the suggestions. I do have NVidia chipset and video card. But as I am adding a title in front of the mts file, it is definitely not re-rendering the video. If I add title over video, or if I add transitions, then it does re-render and it takes hours to process. So I am careful to only do things that dont require re-rendering. I have tried burning a blu-ray in mpeg-2 instead of AVCHD (mpeg-4) disc, but as original mts files are in AVCHD this also uses re-rendering and takes hours and hours. Any other suggestions?

Regards Cameron

johnebaker wrote on 1/28/2013, 2:56 AM

Hi Cameron

. . . . I have tried burning a blu-ray in mpeg-2 instead of AVCHD (mpeg-4) disc . . . . - was the title jumpy on playback?

Please try both options - I appreciate that the re-rendering can take a long time, however until both tests have been done it is difficult to say if the problem is with the mpeg4 / NVidia CUDA combination which is known to have some issues.

During rendering do you see the word CUDA appearing at the bottom left of the screen?

John

kalerin wrote on 1/28/2013, 9:49 PM

Hi John

OK...Hardware Acceleration first. When I had a look in the program settings, it turns out Hardware Acceleration was never on in the first place. But I have turned it on during testing to get results using both. When it was on, I never saw the word CUDA written anywhere, so I suspect this means it wasnt using it.

Now for results........

AVCHD disc. I did these tests with Smart Render on to save time. I tried it with and without Hardware Acceleration on - same results both times. Video jumps a couple of times each second. By the way, the title itself doesnt look jumpy, just the video that follows.

Now for blu-ray disc in mpeg-2. This is the one that re-renders the mts file. I also tried this with and without Hardware Acceleration on. Same result both times - title looks fine, but video that follows is notably degraded. It doesnt jump like with AVCHD, but it sort of flickers continually as it plays in the blu-ray player. By the way, before I logged the problem online I tried AVCHD with the Smart Rendering off and the resultant video looked similarly degraded to this.

Regards Cameron