I have done many searches on this forum and the web to try and find out the correct workflow for creating Blu-Ray and DVD as part of the same workflow using Sony Vegas 12 pro and DVD architect 6.
I film weddings and have done since the 80’s off and on. I have recently made the decision to supply the initial three copies in Blu-Ray as standard but also to give one copy on DVD.
We use good HD cameras as in the Panasonic AG-HC160’s that shoot in AVCHD and I hate then supplying the main copies in standard definition DVD and reducing the quality.
I use a lot of slow motion, so I film in 1080/50p AVCHD.
The Blu-Rays seem to produce in fantastic clarity but I really don’t know how to use Vegas and DVDA to produce the DVD in the best quality.
In my last software, Power Director Pro 12, I authored the Blu-Ray disk and menu’s with the same settings as the source file and then produced the Blu-Ray disk, I then just changed it to DVD on the settings and produced the DVD disk with the same setup and this gave very good quality discs in both formats.
After rendering to the Blu-Ray template in Vegas (after putting up the bit rate to 22mbps), I recently did the same in DVDA. Although the Blu-Ray was good I wasn’t too impressed with the DVD quality and the menu text was blocky on my custom menu and video background.
I tried rendering to MPEG-2 in Vegas first with the thought of going to the extra trouble of creating a second menu set up in DVDA but the quality of the render from the AVCHD source footage to MPEG2 was not good either. It also seemed to have lower field first in the template and I thought it had to be higher field first for DVD but I don’t think that’s the issue as I tried both.
I don’t want to go to the trouble of creating two custom menus, one for the Blu-Ray discs and one for the DVD discs but I want the best quality I can get on DVD for my clients.
I have seen advice on constant bit rate over variable but the more I read the more I am confused.
Vegas and DVDA have been around a long time so I am hoping someone must have a good workflow that I, and apparently a lot of others keep asking about.
Many thanks.
I film weddings and have done since the 80’s off and on. I have recently made the decision to supply the initial three copies in Blu-Ray as standard but also to give one copy on DVD.
We use good HD cameras as in the Panasonic AG-HC160’s that shoot in AVCHD and I hate then supplying the main copies in standard definition DVD and reducing the quality.
I use a lot of slow motion, so I film in 1080/50p AVCHD.
The Blu-Rays seem to produce in fantastic clarity but I really don’t know how to use Vegas and DVDA to produce the DVD in the best quality.
In my last software, Power Director Pro 12, I authored the Blu-Ray disk and menu’s with the same settings as the source file and then produced the Blu-Ray disk, I then just changed it to DVD on the settings and produced the DVD disk with the same setup and this gave very good quality discs in both formats.
After rendering to the Blu-Ray template in Vegas (after putting up the bit rate to 22mbps), I recently did the same in DVDA. Although the Blu-Ray was good I wasn’t too impressed with the DVD quality and the menu text was blocky on my custom menu and video background.
I tried rendering to MPEG-2 in Vegas first with the thought of going to the extra trouble of creating a second menu set up in DVDA but the quality of the render from the AVCHD source footage to MPEG2 was not good either. It also seemed to have lower field first in the template and I thought it had to be higher field first for DVD but I don’t think that’s the issue as I tried both.
I don’t want to go to the trouble of creating two custom menus, one for the Blu-Ray discs and one for the DVD discs but I want the best quality I can get on DVD for my clients.
I have seen advice on constant bit rate over variable but the more I read the more I am confused.
Vegas and DVDA have been around a long time so I am hoping someone must have a good workflow that I, and apparently a lot of others keep asking about.
Many thanks.