Have you unticked the audio option? I create separate video/audio files, and DVDA doesn't recompress.

There is no way to use MainConcept AVC rendered video (from Vegas) without recompressing in DVD Architect, except you'd do much fiddling with additional apps after. So if you want to use AVC in DVD Architect without recompression it's highly recommended to use Sony AVC as render format in Vegas.

Fuchs, I've done this. Make an MC AVC with no audio. It doesn't recompress in DVDA for me.

Arthur, please post your settings.

John, et.al. I want to use MC to be able to get higher bit rates. My cam shoots 24 Mbps and the sony AVC encoder won't encode over 22. If you set it over 22 DVDA will recompress even though sony's own documentation says you can encode to 40 without recompression.

Arthur.S,

Please post your custom template to a site such as dropbox.com as I did in this thread and this one. No use all of us struggling with it if you already have the settings worked out.

Related content.

I'm a bit puzzled by the custom settings thing. I just render one of the standard templates, but untick the 'include audio' tab. Or, use tsMuxer to unmux if I forget.

The standard settings I see for MC AVC are not anything I'd use for a high quality bluray render.

I want to render at 25 Mbps and allow peaks to 40 Mbps and there is nothing like that in the built in presets.

Bastinado,

My Canon HF M41 records at 24 Mbps too. I have the Sony AVC encoder render my footage at 22 Mbps (actually 21.999) which isn't recompressed by DVDA.The Sony encoder uses a variable bitrate and in the rendered footage the bitrate appears to sway quite a bit, sometimes well over 30 Mbps.

I wonder if you'll ever see a PQ difference with the MC AVC encoder at the bitrates you mention.

Lou

How do you get the Sony encoder to go over 16mbps Lou? Whenever I try that it goes straight back to 16. :-(

It depends on ...

If you render to AVCHD the limit is 16 Mbs.

If you render to MVC the limit is 25 Mbs.

If you render to Blu-ray compatible AVC 1080i25, 1080p24 or 720p25 the limit is 21,999 Mbs.

If you render to Blu-ray AVC 1080p50 the limit is 25,999 Mbs.

If you render to Blu-ray AVC 720p50 the data rate must be set between 25,001 Mbs and 25,999 Mbit/s.

These are the values which worked with the first release of VP11. I didn't test if build 520/521 is more flexible now.