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Steve Grisetti wrote on 4/1/2011, 9:47 AM
You can do it in either and the results will be about the same. They both should use the maximum bit rate available automatically though.

In DVD Architect Studio, you can see the bit rate by going to File/Optimize DVD (or Optimize Disc in version 5).

As long as you aren't trying to squeeze too much video onto a disc, you'll get the max. A DVD can hold about 60-70 minutes of video at full quality. A dual-layer disc can hold about twice that much.

There's no point in raising the bit rate higher than its default setting in either program. It won't improve the quality of your video.
jmden wrote on 4/1/2011, 10:58 AM
Thanks, Steve. I did a bit more looking around after my initial post and found that 'Optimize Disc' feature in Architect. Newbie...

I've had trouble with DVD's made with the Sony product I have not playing on older or cheap DVD players, so I'm trying to adjust the bitrate down to about 5Mbps. I read that most professionaly done DVD's are rendered in the 4-5 Mbps range to be more compatible with more players, so I hope doing that fixes the problem. Kinda bothersome when I spend hours editing and producing a DVD to send to the grandparents and it freezes up at some point and won't play anymore. But they (grandparents) can watch the DVD on their computer. And I have no trouble with more more expensive DVD recorder/player and computers, so I'm thinking there's a hardware issue that can't support the higher bitrate in some DVD players.
MSmart wrote on 4/3/2011, 12:27 AM
What type of disc media are you using? Is it +R or -R?

I use -R media with about 6.5 Mbps (using Fit to Disc) and burn at 4x speed and don't get compatibility complaints.
PeterDuke wrote on 4/3/2011, 7:07 AM
I don't know about Vegas Movie Studio, but Vegas Pro encoding is multithreaded wheras DVDA Pro is only single threaded. There are a few more option settings in Vegas Pro too.