ADDING EVENTS ON TIMELINE

jazzmaster wrote on 3/23/2010, 12:59 PM
I did an event in two sections. When I went to put it in 5,0, i got the first section in and then couldn't for the life of me find a way to attach the second section to it on the same timeline.

This seems to be something that should be readily available to do, so can someone please help me out here. I mean, is that an icon to add both video and audio to an existing event.

Your help is appreciated.

Comments

bStro wrote on 3/23/2010, 2:17 PM
If I'm reading you right, what you're describing sounds like editing to me. DVD Architect is not Vegas. ;-)

Generally speaking, this is a "one video file per DVD title" operation. Anything you want to have play continuously should have been combined prior to bringing into DVDA. That will ensure that playback is seamless and that you can add chapter markers as needed.

That said, for a quick fix, insert a video / music compilation into your project and add your files to that. Note that DVD Architect will automatically add a chapter marker for each video within this compilation -- you will not be able to remove those markers nor add any additional ones to the compilation.

is that an icon to add both video and audio to an existing event.

Depends on what you're referring to, but most likely they are the icons to insert alternate video (angle) tracks and audio tracks (generally used for language and commentary tracks).

Rob
jazzmaster wrote on 3/25/2010, 1:51 PM
It seems to me there SHOULD BE an editor in DVDA--or at least something to piece events together on the timeline. To fix my problem. I had to make a DVD of each element and then import each to the VEgas timeline, fit them together, render again and then go to DVA. Seems it should be much easier.
musicvid10 wrote on 3/25/2010, 2:09 PM
To fix my problem. I had to make a DVD of each element and then import each to the VEgas timeline,

Your workflow should be unidirectional:

Source Video -> Edit in Vegas -> Render in Vegas -> Import in DVDA -> Author, Prepare and Burn DVD

There is no compelling reason to do anything in DVDA first.
bStro wrote on 3/25/2010, 5:41 PM
It seems to me there SHOULD BE an editor in DVDA

I couldn't disagree more. Every tool has its purpose. Vegas edits video. DVD Architect authors DVDs. When you have one tool trying to the other's work, it's either going to a) make the other less important or (and more likely) 2) be utterly inferior at it. DVD Architect will never be as good an editor as Vegas, so why should Sony try to make it so?

When a company tries to write a program that "does it all," it almost always ends up not being able to do any of it well.

To fix my problem. I had to make a DVD of each element ...

Why would you have to do that? Why couldn't you have put your original source video in Vegas to do that or simply follow the instructions I gave previously?

Rob
jazzmaster wrote on 3/25/2010, 10:53 PM
I had a two-part render as my source video because Vegas stopped rendering 3/4-way through. I'm not asking for a full editor. Just a button like "Add Video Track" that includes audio. Very very simple.
Arthur.S wrote on 3/27/2010, 1:23 PM
Just drag the new file into the workspace, then change the 'end action' of the first video to jump to the new one.