ZigZaggy Movement with Mpeg2 at DVinfo.net

Curt Talbot · March 24th, 2007, 04:54 PM

Sorry for the description but that is all I could think of. I generally use Vegas 6 with NTSC DV-AVI from tape and it works as expected. Recently a friend gave me some mini-DVD's (Mpeg2 I presume) from his camcorder for some minor editing. I assembled the seven discs on the timeline (not without some challenges) but when I play it back, on any scene with any movement the edge of the moving object seems to have a sawtooth look to it (or zigzaggy look). With any significant movement it is pretty much unwatchable.

I thought it might be ok after rendering but when viewing it in DVDArchitect, it appears the same.

I did not change any of my default settings.

Any thoughts on what I am doing wrong?

Thanks

Marcus Marchesseault · March 24th, 2007, 07:15 PM

It sounds like the interlaced field order is reversed. Can you change the projects settings while using this footage to a different filed order (i.e. odd or even)?

Curt Talbot · March 26th, 2007, 08:50 PM

Thanks Marcus. I went into "Properties" for the project and changed "Deinterlace method" from "none" to "Interpolate fields". Not sure what this does but it fixed the problem!

March 24th, 2007, 04:54 PM	#1
Curt Talbot Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Regina, SK Canada Posts: 104 Images: 1	ZigZaggy Movement with Mpeg2 Sorry for the description but that is all I could think of. I generally use Vegas 6 with NTSC DV-AVI from tape and it works as expected. Recently a friend gave me some mini-DVD's (Mpeg2 I presume) from his camcorder for some minor editing. I assembled the seven discs on the timeline (not without some challenges) but when I play it back, on any scene with any movement the edge of the moving object seems to have a sawtooth look to it (or zigzaggy look). With any significant movement it is pretty much unwatchable. I thought it might be ok after rendering but when viewing it in DVDArchitect, it appears the same. I did not change any of my default settings. Any thoughts on what I am doing wrong? Thanks

March 24th, 2007, 07:15 PM	#2
Marcus Marchesseault Trustee Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Honolulu, HI Posts: 1,961	It sounds like the interlaced field order is reversed. Can you change the projects settings while using this footage to a different filed order (i.e. odd or even)?

March 26th, 2007, 08:50 PM	#3
Curt Talbot Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Regina, SK Canada Posts: 104 Images: 1	Thanks Marcus. I went into "Properties" for the project and changed "Deinterlace method" from "none" to "Interpolate fields". Not sure what this does but it fixed the problem!