So, I created my first HD wedding video, which ended up being about 21G in size.
From Vegas Pro 8, I rendered it out as a Video: 23.976 fps, 1440x1080
Used this setting to create a Blu-ray 1440x1080-24p, 25 Mbps, MPEG-2 video stream. Then I rendered out the audio as an AC3 file, as I read this is the correct way on the Vegas Pro forum.
I then opened DVD Architect 5, and selected a single play, Blu-ray disc, MPEG-2 1440x1080-23.976p, 16:9, AC-3. Then I clicked on the MPEG file I had rendered and after several seconds the dialogue box show "not-responding", which I've learned you need to ignore until the file finally loads. But then it doesn't automatically load the AC-3 audio, so I opened explorer and grab the audio file and dropped it on the timeline. Previewed and all looked ok.
I selected Make Blu-ray Disc, then Prepare. About an hour later the prepare was complete and I selected to burn the disc. However what I forgot is that the last project I prepared and burned, I output the file as an iso, so I could burn it with Imageburn, so I could verify the burn versus the original file.
What happened was DVD Architect started to prep / burn the lead in and 45 seconds later finished and asked if I wanted to burn another. Nothing shows up on the blank disc but apparently something got flagged on the disc as I can burn anything to it now.
My mistake cost me a $15 disc.
Since the Blu-ray burner is brand new, after I did some reading here, I did test it with the same project but burned a SD version and it worked fine.
I'm just posting here to get any further input, as I reported at the beginning this is my first HD project, and I've been using Vegas and DVD-A for about four years mainly successfully.
Thanks
From Vegas Pro 8, I rendered it out as a Video: 23.976 fps, 1440x1080
Used this setting to create a Blu-ray 1440x1080-24p, 25 Mbps, MPEG-2 video stream. Then I rendered out the audio as an AC3 file, as I read this is the correct way on the Vegas Pro forum.
I then opened DVD Architect 5, and selected a single play, Blu-ray disc, MPEG-2 1440x1080-23.976p, 16:9, AC-3. Then I clicked on the MPEG file I had rendered and after several seconds the dialogue box show "not-responding", which I've learned you need to ignore until the file finally loads. But then it doesn't automatically load the AC-3 audio, so I opened explorer and grab the audio file and dropped it on the timeline. Previewed and all looked ok.
I selected Make Blu-ray Disc, then Prepare. About an hour later the prepare was complete and I selected to burn the disc. However what I forgot is that the last project I prepared and burned, I output the file as an iso, so I could burn it with Imageburn, so I could verify the burn versus the original file.
What happened was DVD Architect started to prep / burn the lead in and 45 seconds later finished and asked if I wanted to burn another. Nothing shows up on the blank disc but apparently something got flagged on the disc as I can burn anything to it now.
My mistake cost me a $15 disc.
Since the Blu-ray burner is brand new, after I did some reading here, I did test it with the same project but burned a SD version and it worked fine.
I'm just posting here to get any further input, as I reported at the beginning this is my first HD project, and I've been using Vegas and DVD-A for about four years mainly successfully.
Thanks