After editing and burning my MPEGs to DVD, the soundtrack and video are out of sync. What's wrong here?!!??

Question

I purchased a package called 'X Pert DVD Maker'. It came with a video capture card (which was installed into my PC tower) and software. It all cost around $39. Anyway, the card captures the video from my CamCorder just fine. But after I use the software to edit and make the video really cool, the audio and video are out of sync when I burn to DVD. It seems to get worse as the DVD plays. At the end, it is ALL out of sync. Is this just cheap software that I am using? Sould I buy more expensive editing software? Or am I doing something else wrong? At any rate, this is unacceptable! Thanks...

Answer 1

I had that problem with Pinnacle Studio video editing software, but I used an interim step that solved the problem. If your software can do it, try this:

At the end of the project, save it as an .AVI file to the hard drive and then make the DVD from the .AVI file. The .AVI file had the video and audio sync'ed up fine and the DVD comes out the same.

Answer 2

Cheap software is at the top of my list which equal a cheap encoder, cheap board, but some solutions would be to go to the website for your product (if they have one). Do a clean install; update all the programs that are necessary for your "DVD Maker" to work and try again.

But, if you are really serious about capturing video consider something above a $100....MAC final cut express, PC???. Also check your computer over to see if it is up to speed???

If possible post some further information about your computer what type, speed, memory, ect and you might get a better solution.

One other thing if you are a college student or know a college student you can get great prices of software/hardware at your local college. Sometime up to 60% or 75% of regular price for top rated hardware/software.

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Answer 3

try the application vso to dvd,works great

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