Ok, so I got the canopus advc-50, got the video in and in v4 I rendered the .avi to mpeg2 (mainconcept2).
The audio file setup for the orig .avi capture was a 16bit, stereo, 48khz pcm .wav.
i ALSO rendered a stereo audio track only (48khz, 16bit stereo .wav) as a "just in case".
I placed markers along the .avi where I wanted chapters to start.

Quickly learned DVDA1 and how to prepare a DVD. Ok - fine.
It's one loooong mpeg2 file with chapter markers (not separate files).

How come in DVDA, the mpeg2 file contains (I assume compressed) audio along with video in the mepg2 file...but I can't use\have my preferred 16bit, 48khz, pcm .wav file for the audio instead?
I just wanted a 16-bit, 48khz, stereo pcm file. Where in DVDA1 do you place the audio track?. It's just video.

But when I rendered the .avi to mpeg2 in vegas (as suggested to help speed things up) it combines the audio and video?
Should I have MUTED the audio track with the .avi in v4 before rendering to mpeg2? If so...where the hell in dvda1 do you insert the audio track (pcm wav)?

JetDV reccomended that I render to Mpeg2 and AC3 for the audio in V4 (before going to dvda1 to set up a dvd). But rendering an mpeg2 with the mainconcept takes both audio and video...so how am I supposed to render an AC3 file separately?
And.....why in the hell am I rendering in V4, when it just does it again in DVDA1? How is this saving time? Maybe it is but I don't get it.

I'm sure I misunderstood something here, please help?
I just want the quickest way to get soem VHS lessons on DVD. I'd like the audio track to either be the best quality AC3 file or a 48khz, 16-bit stereo, .wav pcm file.
How is this done?

I'll also post in the DVDA forum.

And...how come the quality is so bad with the mainconcept mpeg file.
It's near unacceptable, the vhs looks better. Are there better quality settings?
What do you suggest if so?

thanks so much guys