Nero burning problems

[Flat_Eric]

A question for the technobods amongs us:

I've recently (for the first time) been playing around with Nero on my PC and have found that sometimes, on the burned disc, during playback on a regular stand-alone DVD player I get a form of picture distortion that I can only describe as the "Venetian blind effect".

By that I mean distortion in the form of perfectly straight, horizontal lines that result in smooth contours becoming kind of "stepped".

Sometimes the effect is absent completely, sometimes it occurs just a little bit and at other times it's quite pronounced.

It doesn't render the footage unwatchable by any means, but I'd rather it wasn't there - and it happens only on discs that I've burned on my PC, never when I burn onto a disc on my stand-alone DVD burner.

First of all - does anyone know what I'm on about, and secondly, what causes it and is there any remedy?

Any tips would be gratefully received.

[Sam Slater]

Do you use the same discs with your stand alone dvd burner, when recording? If so then it's not them.

Have you tried different dvd burning software? Do you check the disc for errors after completion of the burning procedure?

[Jacques]

Is your source material interlaced or progressive scan?

[Sam Slater]

Good thinking Batman.

[Flat_Eric]

Sam - I use the same discs for both.

Jaques - haven't the foggiest what you're on about mate (I'm 'technologically challenged' !confused! ).

- Eric

[Jacques]

Does your footage look like this?

[IMG]http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc44 ... nthead.jpg[/IMG]