DVDA always re-renders my 48K/16bit PCM

Jason_Abbott wrote on 2/25/2003, 7:01 PM

I always render out MPEG2 without audio and then a separate audio file using the "48,000 Hz, 16 Bit, Stereo, PCM" template for Wave. DVDA always re-renders this audio. What am I overlooking? Thanks.

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SonySDB wrote on 2/26/2003, 8:04 AM

Goto the Optimize DVD dialog (File | Optimize DVD..) and set the audio format to PCM.

Jason_Abbott wrote on 2/26/2003, 11:06 AM

Yep, that did it. Thank you. I guess I thought "Automatic" in the audio format menu meant that it would retain the format of the audio file unless, perhaps, for space reasons it needed to convert to AC-3. What does "Automatic" mean?

SonySDB wrote on 2/26/2003, 12:06 PM

If the project's video format is PAL, automatic sets the audio format is PCM Stereo. If the project's video format is NTSC, automatic sets the audio format to AC-3 Stereo...unless the media asset contains surround audio, in which case it is set to AC-3 Surround.