Awesome. I will try that. Thanks!

Well, I did the import in DVD Architect. I found my AC3 audio stream was cut short. So I did a rerender in Movie Studio, and it stopped short of the audio being finished. I think it crashed, as the window just closed with no warning and I had an sound clip of a windows error-like tone.

Is there a crash dump or log where I can read some diag information?

Thanks.

DVDAS v5
I have to admit I've not found mp4 Renders work - I tried a few times and failed . There needs to be a better Help-file or How to do it, etc.

Show me how is a very clever idea that Sony doesn't should about . . . but it needs more to explain why there's i a screenful of Options in the Render List. . . . You just can't make Head-nor-Tail if yr like me.

FWIW I render to "Sony AVCHD" 1920x1080/50i on my HDD then if I need a DVD I import that to a known working DVD template ( i.e. the last one ), and delete the contents before I import the new.
Before making the DVD, I "Save As" so if it fails I can go back. You just have to set up the storage area otherwise it shoves everything on C-drive ( It never asked, way back ). Then use whichever HDD as destination and it will make the DVD without a Blank.
The advantage of using the HDD is that you don't waste DVDs - but you have to "Burn a Previous project" - using the prior destination+Name - however, for majority of my non-commercial films I use a USB-Memory-stick - it gives you far better quality and transfers very quickly. I also means I don't use DVDAS.... as they are separate films.

My last "6-shorts on a DVD" took 4.5 hours to DVD-render having already Rendered them as ( dot ) m2ts files. A second DVD take only a few minutes as all the information is in the Prepared Project file . . . but I find keeping tabs on these is not easy . . . . DVDAS does not create a Text-file that you can put into a WP so you can list your DVDs and their Contents - I wondered why a few years ago . . . .

This may be the wrong way to do things ( Others will say !). but without any "Guide" one has to fathom out piece-by-piece.

++Good Luck to yer.

I see what you are saying. So don't make a DVD, first do Make Movie, then choose to save to HD as the AVCHD. Then import THAT file into DVD Architect.

Joe

I'm confused. Why would you render out to a 1920x1080 file when DVDs are only 720x480? Seems like a waste of time and space, since DVDA is going to recompress your video down to 720x480 anyway.

Don't use 'Make Movie'. Use 'Render As'.

Expand 'MainConcept MPEG-2' and choose the template 'Program Stream NTSC Widescreen'. If you don't see that template, then uncheck the box that says "Match project settings". Then you should see it.

DVDA will work with the resulting file just fine.

>>>Don't use 'Make Movie'. Use 'Render As'.<<<
Valid up to MSP 12. 'Render As' as in up to v 12 are in 'Make Movie' > Advanced options in MSP 13.

"DVDA (Studio) will work just fine" with the template 'Program Stream NTSC Widescreen' (or PAL, as e.g. UKharrie's case may be), but the Review Message List there informs you that "the audio will be compressed".

SCS KB #1105. In addition to the video stream there is of course the Widescreen video stream option the article forgets to mention though.

'Search' user name Chienworks or musicvid10 on the subject and you'll be surprised how many times this has come up.