Encoding format?

StuartN wrote on 3/22/2005, 11:24 AM

I am trying to make my video into a DVD, it is about 1.5 hours long, when I encode it in Movie Studio the file is 4.2 Gb so should fit on a DVD, but when I go to DVD Architect it seems to insist that the audio is re-encoded to Linear PCM, thus making the DVD >5 Gb and won't then fit a DVD. How can I make it stay as MPEG audio, or can I make it AC3. Surely thes products have been designed to work together better than this??

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ScottW wrote on 3/22/2005, 3:34 PM

MPEG audio isn't a required format for players in North America to play. PCM or AC3 are the 2 required formats. As I recall, MPEG audio is a required format for players to handle in Europe, but so are AC3 and PCM. Hence the reason for DVDAS to only handle PCM or AC3 as these are the 2 universally playable formats.

You can make it AC3 if you get a seperate AC3 encoder (usually runs around $300-500 if I remember correctly - Sony used to sell a standlone encoded; don't know if they still do or not), or upgrade to VEGAS+DVD, since the big brother includes AC3 encoding.

--Scott

StuartN wrote on 3/24/2005, 1:18 PM

So why does Movie Studio support MPEG audio and DVD architect studio not? I am in Europe (UK) and MPEG audio is popular (as AC3 is expensive generally).