A few questions about files and dvd

joncor wrote on 2/1/2007, 10:06 AM

Hi all,
1. My project originally was going to be 2 dvds in lenth (out of five hours of edited vacation video ). Each dvd would be an hour in lenth,, i wanted the highest quality so I figured 1hr per disk. Is there a cushion on this time factor? When I edit my movie I cannot find in Vegas how long this translates to a single dvd until I go thru te long process of rendering.
2. I think I will be forced to have this final movie to be 3 hrs long. I just found out my burner is a double layer. Does this mean I have the capacity of 2 hrs max per disk at the highest quality?I would break it up to an hour and a half per disk.
3. First part of the movie (which is a hour long) is in a different Vegas file than the 2nd part. I need to take some in the 2nd part file and fill the first disk. Can Vegas export portions of one file and paste it into another file? THis will be a critical question if I continue on part two and find out I cannot cut $ paste portions. It would be nice and easy to add the whole part two file to the tail end of the part one file and delete it to the appropiate lenth.
I will be using the Architect program that came along with Vegas. THe whole movie has alot of segments in it , thus allocating part 2 to part 1 would not affect the flow of the finished movie. I have no idea if Architect detects a duel layer disk prior to me making editing in a longer lenth. Is the duel layer process seamless, thus Architect just telling me how much space I have after insertingthis type of disk?
Regards,
and many thanx
joncor

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Chienworks wrote on 2/1/2007, 6:13 PM

Generally, when using the highest quality available for a DVD you can fit nearly 90 minutes on a single layer disc. I haven't created any dual-layer DVDs with DVD Architect yet, but from what i've heard, the only additional step is to determine where the layer break should occur. DVDA will suggest a spot for it and give you some "wiggle room" to move it to a scene break if you wish. You should easily be able to fit 3 hours on a dual-layer disc at almost full quality.

Vegas is a non-destructive editor. This means you can cut & paste parts of your video and move them around any way you wish with great ease. However, in this case, you shouldn't hav to since you can fit the whole thing on one disc.

joncor wrote on 2/2/2007, 5:08 AM

thank you for your response Chienworks. THe only question I have left is the fact that I have 2 movies basically edited in different folders. Is there a easy way to import part two onto the timeline in part one?
Regards,
joncor

ConvivialCreator wrote on 2/2/2007, 5:56 AM

This is the question and answer I am looking for too. At our school we are wanting to save student projects on the server and then open them on another workstation and then combine the small projects into one large one. How is that best done. Cut and paste seems to mess up the connection to the media clips.

mabas9395 wrote on 2/2/2007, 12:07 PM

Sounds like you require nested video projects. That is only available in the full/pro version of Vegas. If all you have is VMS, there might be another way but I don't know what or how easy it would be.

Chienworks wrote on 2/2/2007, 6:56 PM

If the editing is basically finished, one reasonable solution is to render the projects to DV .avi files. Then you can load these onto a new timeline as single events. Create the DVD files from there.