two part question -
Using nero vision express 2 - ive tried burning certain avi files to dvd (dvd player Sony - dual layer, very new) using NTSC mode (im in the US) then when this did'nt work repeated using PAL - both result in my ability to play them on my computer, but when played on my home DVD player (pioneer) the dvds do play, but the picture moves vertically - ie like the vertical hold needs to be adjusted on a bad television - an unbelievably dizzying effect - can someone advise me on whats occuring and how to rectify this problem? -
Secondly, using Nero express - it takes between 3-4 hours to transcode and burn a 6MB avi file using "automatic quality" setting and "2-pass VBR"- is this normal or excessive - if excessive how do I hasten this process? - Thank you in advance

Cannot give you a solution but can give you the cause.
You have an NTSC/PAL mismatch.
It is not a simple process to convert from one format to another and get stable results, You need to look into more advanced program then Nero Vision Express to do your transitions.

(in reply to SHOCKDOCK)

I've had trouble just using Nero to convert from PAL -> NTSC. Reason is that my Pioneer DVD changer can only play NTSC DVD's...but for VCD & SVCD it can play PAL or NTSC.

My solution was to use DVD2AVI (to pseudo-demultiplex audio & video) and then TMPGEnc Plus (to convert to an NTSC DVD MPEG-2 file). Since you have an AVI file as your input you can try using VSO's DivXtoDVD which might do the job for you (since it takes AVI files as input).

(in reply to SHOCKDOCK)