Hello. Firstly, I realise this is a Sony Vegas forum. I am only discussing Adobe Premiere Pro to explain what I do at present. I want to move over to Vegas, and need to check things first. I looked at the Vegas rendering options for MPEG2, and there was only three bitrate settings to choose from. Also, I could not find an estimated file size that the rendered file was likely to be. With Premiere, I select MPEG2 cos it goes straight onto Sony DVD Architect without further render/compression (as long as file is not too large). Premiere has a bitrate slider, and also shows an estimate of file size. So I can find the bitrate that will give about 4GB, giving best quality for a standard DVD and enough left for menus, etc. I film stage plays for amateur groups, so these tend to be between one and a half and two and a half hours long. So I like to use this whole 4GB to get the best quality, especially with movement. Whilst Vegas appear to offer all the choices like MPEG2, it did not seem to have so much flexibility, with just three set rates to choose from. And no idea of how big the file would be. Any ideas? Or do I have to render to full DV (presumably lossless in quality) and then let DVD Architect do the compression. That is okay, but means two renders therefore more time. Basically I want the best DVD quality. I filto avoid compression until I actually make the DVD. Sorry I am not that tek-savvy! I have been doing my video work for five years, but only really know about the bits I use, if that makes sense. I would love some advice here. The reason I need to go over to Vegas is cos sooner or later I will need to start doing HiDef. I cannot afford to buy Adobe, so it is Vegas or nothing! Best thing for you to do is imagine you are a rep for Sony software, and you trying to convince this forty-three year old that Vegas is going to be great for him, even if he is not as technical as some of the younger people out there!! I am emphatic on smooth motion, hating things like rolling credits that dont move smoothly (even if I do see this on mainstream telly sometimes!). I have just had some very helpful advice from the audio section, so now it is over to you. Thanks very much