Does Vegas have a 24p "flag" for 24p DVDs?

craftech wrote on 9/20/2010, 11:28 AM

If one shoots in 24p and wants to produce a 24p DVD, is there a 24p "flag" in the MC Mpeg-2 encoder to tell DVD players feeding an older TV set with analog only inputs to convert to 29.97 interlaced ie: (3:2) pulldown for the player's analog outputs?

Adobe and Apple both do this without forcing a re-encode later. Do Vegas and DVDA do this as well?

John

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TheHappyFriar wrote on 9/20/2010, 11:41 AM

as far as I know, DVDA support 24p DVD's with no issues. You just need to change the project properties to 24p for the menus to work.

corug7 wrote on 9/21/2010, 10:45 AM

Yes, the DVD Architect 24p setting has the correct pulldown flag set. Just modify the bitrate to suit your needs, set the DC Coefficient to 10-bit, and for better stream compatibility tic the render to separate elementary streams checkbox. On my computer it plays back as 23.976p but I can cut it in to a 29.97 stream or play it back on a set top player without issue.

Edit: curiously, the Blu-ray preset does not have the pulldown flag set. I haven't messed with it because it just works.