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bStro wrote on 1/6/2005, 7:31 AM
Far as I can tell, the music compilation throws a monkey wrench into the whole "one copy, many uses" feature of DVDA 2. Probably because a music compilation is its own special video object? (Even putting two instances of the same video in the same compilation resutls in twice the space used.)

Is your question theoretical or something you're actually working with? 'Cause I can't figure why you'd want or need to use the "music compilation" workaround when your files are AVI. They have to be encoded to MPEG2, anyhow, so you may as well use Vegas to put them all in one complete MPEG2 file and bring that into DVDA.

Rob
thief_ wrote on 1/6/2005, 1:08 PM
I'm using the Music Compilation because I have 10 AVI files which I want to attach to a Play All button. Each of these AVI files is one project in Vegas 5!

I then have each of the 10 AVIs in a Scene Selection Menu and it seems that DA is adding them to the project, AGAIN!

Are you saying that I should put all the files into one Vegas project (once all the editing is complete) and then render one BIG MPG?
ScottW wrote on 1/6/2005, 1:25 PM
Why don't you build a Play All without using the music compilation?

Create a new menu that's linked to your play-all button, drag the 10 files onto it, change to just text only and delete the text as well as the default background. Set the timeout on the menu to be zero and the end action to activate the first movie. Navigate into the first movie and set the end action to link to the next movie, etc.

It will also help if you rename the second copies of the movies in the tree view - it's easier to track them and get the end actions correct.

Doing it this way DVDA will only bring the files in once.
bStro wrote on 1/6/2005, 3:53 PM
Are you saying that I should put all the files into one Vegas project (once all the editing is complete) and then render one BIG MPG?

That's exactly what I'm saying.

Rob