DVDA Studio vs. Nero Recode

kitekrazy wrote on 3/18/2006, 12:34 PM

I've been making single play movies in Vegas Studio. The mpg come out to 4gb.
When I transfer them to DVDAS, the program claims the files are over 5gb. Them I have to render again just to fit to disc.

I don't add any menus or anything. So why is DVDAS adding at least a gig to every file is analizes? It take another hour or so for DVDAS to compress the video.

Has anyone stopped using DVDAS and use Nero instead?

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bStro wrote on 3/19/2006, 10:18 AM

So why is DVDAS adding at least a gig to every file is analizes?

It doesn't. It only thinks the file is larger than it is. DVD Architect does a very poor job of estimating project sizes. As long as your file is DVD complant and well below the size limit for a DVD, go ahead and prepare the project as-is and try burning it to a disc (would recommend testing on a rewriteable).

And if your file is an MPEG2, absolutely do not let DVD Architect (or almost any program) recompress it if you can avoid it. MPEG files do not go through recompression well. If you need a smaller file size, go back AVI file (if you have one) or the original Vegas project and render out to a new MPEG2.

Rob

kitekrazy wrote on 3/27/2006, 4:23 PM

So I should try burning this file in DVDAS even though i says the file is too big. (they aren't since the mpg is only 4gb max.)

Maybe the Sony techs should fix this error of estimation.