Background Music

MarkCambridgeEngland wrote on 10/3/2006, 3:44 AM

I have just created my first DVD and very pleased with it - once I worked out how to use the basics!

I am using the Vegas Movie Studio Platinum edition.

However, id like to have music playing in the backgrounds of the DVD menus. I added an audio track (a clasical piece of music from my ipod) and only wanted to use a small part of it in the middle. i fiddled with the settings and found I could specify the loop period for the chosen audio - e.g 30 seconds. The problem however was that it only allowed me to choose the first 30 seconds of the track and not a section from somewhere within the track. How do iget around this? In the Vegas movie software you can obvious clip the sounds where you like - but i couldnt do this in Arcitect?

Your advice is much appreciated.

Mark

Comments

JohnnyRoy wrote on 10/3/2006, 4:10 AM

You have to prepare the music for the DVD menu. Take the song into Vegas and just render the short section that you need out to a wave or AC3 file. Then use that for your menu music. DVD Architect is really a tool to “assemble” all of your assets, not create them.

~jr

MarkCambridgeEngland wrote on 10/3/2006, 4:36 AM

Thanks Johnny. I'll give it ago.I had tried importing it into the other application that came in Sony Vegas Video Platignum (Acid XMC) but it was too complicated for me to know what to do with it!
Mark

MarkCambridgeEngland wrote on 10/4/2006, 9:12 AM

Worked a treat. Tell me - whats the best format to save audio in for DVD projects? I noticed their were differing qualities so I set to highest rates e.g 48000. Any pros/cons between wma /ac3 I should be aware of?

Mark

ScottW wrote on 10/4/2006, 10:45 AM

DVDA will convert the audio format to what ever you have specified for the project. So if you have AC3 and feed DVDA AC3 then it doesn't have to do anything except multiplex that audio with the video. If you have an AC3 project and feed DVDA PCM audio (wav file), then DVDA will encode it into AC3. Likewise if you have a PCM project and feed DVDA PCM, then nothing will need to be done.

Best format is kindof a relative question. PCM is lossless, AC3 is lossy as is most of the WMA stuff. Higher bitrates provide better quality with the trade-off of larger size.