Probably simple but i cant seem to add a second piece of mpeg successfully to the DVDA timeline.If I drag it in,it obscures what is already there and if i creat another track for it then the audio does not appear.Any advise greatly appreciated.
I'm not an expert on DVDA but I think the timeline is meant for a single file of video and not meant to edit media together. Do this in Vegas and render as a single file for use in DVDA. You can string files seamlessly together in DVDA by using a playlist.
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Add a file to your project by doing one of the following:
Double-clicking a file to add it to the current menu.
Dragging a file from the Explorer window (or Windows Explorer) to the DVD Architect Pro workspace.
Dragging a file from the Explorer window (or Windows Explorer) to a menu in the Project Overview window.
Dragging a file from the Explorer window (or Windows Explorer) to the root folder in the Project Overview window. Dragging a file to the root folder adds the media to your project without creating a button on a menu.
xberk is correct -- the timeline in DVDA does not work the same way as the one in Vegas. It's not meant for "editing" or stringing videos together. You add a video to the timeline, and that's the video that plays for that media item. You can insert more audio and video tracks, but those will be alternate tracks that the viewer can switch between. They don't play at the same time nor one after the other.
The best option is to do all your editing in Vegas (or other editing app). The second best option is to insert a Music / Video Compiltion in DVD Architect and then add your files to that. DVDA will compile them into a single title and designate each "clip" as a chapter.
For the record, while using a Playlist is an option, too, playback will not be as seamless as using a Music / Video Compilation. The compilation option creates single title with the videos as chapters; A Playlist adds each video as an individual title and links them together. Since the latter is using separate titles, most DVD players will pause slightly between finishing one and starting the next. Also, the Previous Chapter / Next Chapter buttons will be unreliable.
Thanks for the input everybody.
Yes the audio was rendered,when clips were inserted one at a time, the audio stream was visible.
I decided to put both files on the Vegas timeline and render them together as was suggested.