5.1 surround question

mvpvideos2007 wrote on 3/13/2003, 11:32 AM

If i render a project with 5.1 in a mpeg2 format, then import it into the DVD program, will the 5.1 remain. I know it will re-render the audio with dolby, but will it also be 5.1 when finished?

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theigloo wrote on 3/13/2003, 2:56 PM

I just got off the phone with SoFo regarding that exact question.

You need to render the video and audio seperatly.

Vegas:
Step 1: Render video. Choose MPG-2 and the DVD architech video stream option.
Step 2: Render audio. Choose AC-3 audio.

DVDA:
Open your project, add the video, then add the audio. Burn. It should be 5.1.

That's what I'm told, anyway. I'm at work, so I haven't tried it. Will try it tonight. If you beat me to it, let me know how it goes.

Matt.

mvpvideos2007 wrote on 3/13/2003, 9:21 PM

Hi Matt. Called SF and they told me to render the video first in mpeg2. Then go back and render the audio in 5.1 in a seperate file. Then go into DVD Arch. , import the video file. To the right, there is a section called page properties. There is where you will add the audio file under background audio. At this point, you can prepair the DVD and it should be in 5.1 channel.

Spot|DSE wrote on 3/13/2003, 10:38 PM

Tip...
1. Render video as MPEG 2 using a file name of "anynamehere.mpg," no audio (check option in render prefs)
2. Render audio as "anynamehere.ac3" and save in same folder as the mpg went.
DVDA will sniff both together when you load the mpg in DVDA, you won't have to load the audio.
Also works for avi's as well.
I've gotten to the point that I'm not rendering to mpg in Vegas any longer, just rendering to avi, then it's a master that I can do anything from. AVI to MPEG in DVDA is quite fast....