Help Please..Render question

Timpolo wrote on 12/24/2007, 4:01 PM
I have completed my video and need to render it for playback on any DVD player. I know i go to render As....., but every thing i click on renders in 1 second and i know it takes much longer. What am i doing wrong???? I am trying to render as mpeg2. I have tried mpeg3 and .avi and i get the same results. What am i doing wrong???? Thanks in advance.

Tee

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JackW wrote on 12/24/2007, 4:04 PM
Look to see if "Render Loop Only" has been checked by mistake. If it has, uncheck it.

Merry Christmas -- hope that solves your problem.

Jack
rich-macdonald wrote on 12/24/2007, 5:44 PM
Check to see if there is a file where you rendered it. If there is, is it large or small? If its small, see below. If the file is large or not there, hmm.

Make sure that the "Render loop region only" is not checked, otherwise it will only render your selection, which could be very small.
TGS wrote on 12/24/2007, 7:35 PM
While others here apparently don't like it, I prefer to loop the area to render. This way I can have multiple objects on the timeline and only render what I need at the moment. I always suggest looping from the end of a section to the beginning, but that's just my preference. A habit for when I copy sections of tracks using a loop and want them to stay in sync. Looping backwards keeps the flashing cursor at the beginning and pasting is simple.
Timpolo wrote on 12/25/2007, 7:08 AM
What is the best format to use when burning to a DVD? I tried what you all have said and i rendered the movie but i cannot get it to burn to a DVD. Should i try burning to a CD instead? The render took about 45 minutes, i rendered as mpeg and the rendered file is 378Mb. I did render the loop region with sucess.
Timpolo wrote on 12/25/2007, 7:09 AM
What is the best format to use when burning to a DVD? I tried what you all have said and i rendered the movie but i cannot get it to burn to a DVD. Should i try burning to a CD instead? The render took about 45 minutes, i rendered as mpeg and the rendered file is 378Mb. I did render the loop region with sucess.
Chienworks wrote on 12/25/2007, 7:54 AM
It isn't a choice of which is best ... the only format to use for Video DVDs is MPEG-2.

How are you trying to burn it to DVD? Are you using DVD Architect? What happens when you try to burn?

If you just want a disc to play on your computer instead of a DVD player then either a DVD blank or a CD blank will work. I would suggest using either MPEG-1 or WMV.
Timpolo wrote on 12/25/2007, 11:30 AM
I am using DVD architect. I got it to work. I did mpeg2 through architect, it worked. Thanks much.
TGS wrote on 12/25/2007, 12:45 PM
This is okay for when you are first learning. As time moves on, you'll want to render your mpeg2 from Vegas. It has much more control and you can change the parameters and tweak the mpeg2. Also, you can render and tweak your own ac3 from Vegas too. You don't have to rush into this, but eventually you'll see the difference from what you get letting DVD-A render for you and when you customize your renders yourself. The difference is subtle now, but it will become more noticeable as time passes.
When you're ready, you can render from Vegas, choosing the "Render as" from the 'File' drop-down. All the types you can render to are listed in the "Save as type" drop-down, after you choose "Render as".
If you do render your mpeg2 and ac3 in Vegas, just be sure they have the exact same title and save them both to the same folder. When you make your DVD, when you import one file into DVD-A, as long as both titles are exactly* the same, DVD-A will bring in the other too. (*exactly the same except for the .mpg or.ac3 extension)