Hi Olivia -

There are a number of factors that can cause glitchy discs... burn speed, disc type/brand, content in timeline, player function etc etc

Making DVDs from your HD clips is really an unsatisfactory way to get a quality product. Of course, it's necessary sometimes & you should expect (at least) a reasonable quality output without jerks & freezes.

What happens when you simply produce the video (i.e. make a video file) - no jerking & freezing? If you've not tried that yet, it would be worth doing to isolate issues. Try MPEG-2 1920x1080, then MPEG-2 DVD HQ

Pre-producing & lowering the burn speed are two ways of elimination possible issues with DVD burning.

Cheers - Tony
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I record concerts and shows for 3 community bands. Do I understand that PD is not a good tool to generate DVD production? I had noticed many posts were for photos and/or short clips.
Olivia Dobbins

I did the project as produce and lost the menu ability to select scenes like you do with a professional DVD.
I have used PD since 7 up to PD11. But I know remember I used it successfully on my old Windows 7 HP Pavilion Entertainment. I know have a Windows 8 and that is when the difficulty began. I have tried the various patches listed. I wonder if the difficulties are cleared up in PD12 or should I just get an older version computer with Windows 7? Olivia Dobbins

Here is another thought. I reviewed the forum and saw that the virus protection could be an issue with PD. I had Kaspersky on my Windows 8 computer in July/August. I replaced it with McAfee and Norton and during that time I did not have any production issues even using DL discs. I had system restored in October and Kaspersky was put back on. from that time forward I had skips and jerks in final products. I will try removing it again and see what happens. I really enjoy using PD. I can drop in my effects and clips almost blindfolded and don't want to go to another app. Olivia Dobbins

I have heard the suggestion to produce the items rather than render. But then how do I get it to a playable DVD with full menu functions? Olivia Dobbins

How does the CREATE preview look?
If you CREATE to file, instead of to DVD, does the file play OK on the PC?
Does burning at a slower speed help.

Some folks produce a file, then burn it with 3rd-party software, such as the free ImageBurn. Worth a try.

Quote: I have heard the suggestion to produce the items rather than render. But then how do I get it to a playable DVD with full menu functions?

Render and Produce are one and the same task, divegirl! The terms are interchangeable. From my own experience, it's best to render/produce at DVD SP MPEG-2. The image quality is not lost and what is gained, is DVD capacity. The video is rendered(or produced, if you wish to use that term) quickly, even without using SVRT, and you can put up to 2 hours and 20 minutes on a standard DVD+R or DVD-R disc. One thing I did recently, and experience tells me not to do again, is to render a video in AVCHD -Oh boy! A 25-minute video on the Paterson Rail Motor Society(up past Maitland, NSW Australia) took close to an hour-and-a-half to render. The exact same video rendered in MPEG-2 at DVD SP took barely more that 3-to-5 minutes, Blink and you miss it! It's that quick!. For any other material that I submit to community TV operator, Hunter TV(unfortunately only on-line via the net at the moment), I will compromise and do them as MPEG-2 DVD HQ but not with menu, I'll drag & drop the content as a file, using the disc like a flash-drive.