Posted by Bill on 01/05/07 13:47

That's an interesting issue-- I didn't know that. I think I'll try
rendering to LPCM or AC3 and see what happens. The videos did, by the
way, play correctly in a regular Pioneer DVD player.

Mike Fields wrote:
> My first thought is try them in a normal DVD player and
> see how they play there. One thing that may be an issue
> (although I'm not sure just how ... ) what audio format did
> you use ?? Many of the video editing/DVD creation programs
> (Ulead and others) default to mpeg layer 2 for the audio. While
> this IS a valid format for PAL, the NTSC DVD spec says that
> one of the audio tracks must be AC3 or LPCM. That said,
> *most* players seem to handle the DVD ok if you only have
> the audio as mpeg layer 2 (the default). I have run into some
> players though that behave strangely (or will not play the
> audio at all).
>
> mikey
>
> "Bill" <trash@christian-horizons.org> wrote in message
> news:2PednWLNVo8r3gDYnZ2dnUVZ_vupnZ2d@golden.net...
>
>> Added for clarity: the video doesn't stutter or hesitate-- it just
>> plays slower than normal. I just confirmed that the original MPG file
>> is NTSC, 4:3, 29 fps, mp2 audio.... I've scoured the web and can't
>> find a solution, or even anyone with the same problem.
>>
>> Bill wrote:
>>
>>> Very odd problem here. I know one of you geniuses has the solution.
>>>
>>> Created a DVD of an interview. When played on laptop #1, it plays
>>> slightly but noticeably (especially audio) slow.
>>>
>>> Tried on Laptop #2. Also played slow.
>>>
>>> Tried laptop #3: played normally.... once. Then began to play slowly.
>>>
>>> Rebooted, tried again: still slow.
>>>
>>> Rebooted: reburned video to DVD, try again-- still slow.
>>>
>>> Tried commerical DVD in laptop #3: it plays slow as well now. (!!)
>>>
>>> Checked region setting-- it's 1 (North America, NTSC) as it should be.
>>>
>>> Windows shows properties of DVD disk correctly: NTSC, region 1, 4:3,
>>> 29.97 fps....
>>>
>>> Does anyone have any idea of what is happening?
>
>

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