Making a single movie

NOKNOT wrote on 7/11/2011, 3:24 PM

I have finished a movie in Vegas Studio 10. It sent the file straight to Architect and when it opened it showed the Menu 1 in the preview screen along with the movie. How do I change it to single movie without the menu? Should I have saved it to hard drive and then opened it in Architect? Thanks.

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Steve Grisetti wrote on 7/11/2011, 3:58 PM

The easiest way to do it is to just drag the media file up onto the disc icon at the top of the Project Overview panel (that's the "tree" that shows the outline of your video) so that it's listed as the first item on the disc. You can then just delete the menus.

NOKNOT wrote on 7/12/2011, 6:00 AM

Thanks Steve, that worked. By the way, does your book on DVD Architect show how to create your own menus?

bill-kranz wrote on 7/22/2011, 10:10 PM

NOKNOT:

Hello. Just curious about what video format your movie is in?

I assume it's not the dastardly MPEG2/AC3 mess that I am having to work in. If only .AVI files were smaller!!

Good luck!

BIll

Richard Jones wrote on 7/23/2011, 3:20 AM

Bill,

Isn't it the case that if you want to make a DVD to play through to a TV you have to use the MPEG2/AC3 mix?

Can't say I've had any real problems with this "mess" as you call it. Rendering times will depend very much on the horsepower of your PC and the number and type of FX you have used. I render from Vegas for preference which makes the creation of a DVD via DVDA pretty quick and straightforward.

Richard

bill-kranz wrote on 7/23/2011, 7:53 AM

Hi Richard:

Thanks for your comment. I used to burn SD content from a tape and rendered out to a .AVI/VOB format then to a DVD. However file sizes from my theatre productions filming quickly exceeded a DVD capacity.

Now I have a 720 HD Canon SX 20 IS that delivers the video in a .MOV format which is where it gets a lot more involved to get PC based content that plays on older DVD players. My output clips are smaller in the combo of MPEG2 and AC3 which is great. Just having weird problems in the DVDA program and have a posting about that aspect.

I have a powerful PC and the rendering, FX, etc. is not a issue nor is generally working in Vegas Pro.

Am not providing output for a TV just tabletop DVD players which are outdated in general terms because a lot of my friends are old Hippies who are lucky to carry a flip phone.

Thanks,
Bill

NOKNOT wrote on 7/23/2011, 5:39 PM

Hi Bill

I just download my camcorder files to DV format and work with them in Vegas Studio. I try to stay simple since I'm not to knowledgeable with all the different formats that are being used now. I don't know what I will do when my Mini DV Camcorder dies.

bill-kranz wrote on 7/23/2011, 6:47 PM

Hi NOKNOT:

Okay I understand about the DV tape that's what I used to have - and still do for that matter.

Please see my recent posting where I was able to solve a vexing problem.

In terms of migrating to a Digital camera that records to a SD media card if the output is in a .MOV
container that is generally geared to the Apple World. You will have to jump through a few hoops to get
geared up for a PC/DVD playback/editing, etc. It can be done yes but be very cautious.

Best,
Bill