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rs170a wrote on 9/14/2006, 10:55 AM
DVD Architect is notorious for over estimating file sizes. As long as you know the total file size correct, burn away :-)

Mike
mvpvideos2007 wrote on 9/14/2006, 10:56 AM
I'll try. Thanks
mvpvideos2007 wrote on 9/14/2006, 11:55 AM
It didn't work. The perparing process is taking over 2 hours long!!! Something is wrong.
baysidebas wrote on 9/14/2006, 12:22 PM
What is the source of your mpeg file? and what is the resolution?

I've had ReplayTV generated files that were recorded on the "STD Quality" setting do the same thing. Apparently DVDA looks at the file and decides to reencode it to full DVD standard compliance, which results in a file twice the size (roughly).
mvpvideos2007 wrote on 9/14/2006, 12:42 PM
I reneder it as mpeg2.... Id DVD4, I use default settings, and normally it is just fine. This time I tried both dvd3 and 4 and both said the disc soace was 6.8g. I am rerendering it now to see what happens.
bStro wrote on 9/14/2006, 1:01 PM
If DVDA is taking a long time, than chances are it's trying to-render the files first. (The "long" part will say that's it's rendering the files. If it says that it's preparing the files, then something's wrong because that only takes a few minutes.)

If it's trying to re-render the files, then it probably thinks they're not DVD compatible (and they might not be...according to its rules, which are based on the DVD specifications). Right-click the file in DVDA's explorer window, choose Properties, and copy / paste it here.

Rob
mvpvideos2007 wrote on 9/14/2006, 2:38 PM
This is what is says:
General
Name: new master video.mpg
Folder: G:\faith
Type: MainConcept MPEG-2
Size: 3.00 GB (3,075,028,996 bytes)
Created: Thursday, September 14, 2006, 1:58:16 PM
Modified: Thursday, September 14, 2006, 3:58:56 PM
Accessed: Thursday, September 14, 2006, 4:32:41 PM
Attributes: Archive

Streams
Video: 01:41:26.914, 29.970 fps interlaced, 720x480x32, MPEG-2

ACID information
ACID chunk: no
Stretch chunk: no
Stretch list: no
Stretch info2: no
Beat markers: no
Detected beats: no

Other metadata
Regions/markers: no
Command markers: no

Media manager
Media tags: no

Plug-In
Name: mcplug.dll
Folder: C:\Program Files\Sony\DVD Architect 4.0\FileIO Plug-Ins\mcplug
Format: MainConcept MPEG-2
Version: Version 2.0 (Build 2105)
Company: Madison Media Software, Inc.
mvpvideos2007 wrote on 9/14/2006, 2:41 PM
it is reading 6.7g. Even now in dvd3
rs170a wrote on 9/14/2006, 4:20 PM
I reneder it as mpeg2....

From Vegas? What template? Separate audio stream or combined?

Id DVD4, I use default settings

Project properties (File - Properties) are?
fldave wrote on 9/14/2006, 4:30 PM
Sounds like you may have placed the mpg file twice in the project. I've done that before with multiple mpgs, with the end action going to the next mpg, etc. Then a separate menu to allow access to each mpg. The way I did it, it put each mpg in the project twice.
bStro wrote on 9/14/2006, 5:42 PM
Hm. The MPEG2 properties look okay. Bitrate's kind of low, but that shouldn't be causing a problem. What do you see when you go to File -> Optimize DVD? Where do you see checkmarks and where do you see yellow diamonds with exclamation points?

Rob
mvpvideos2007 wrote on 9/14/2006, 10:08 PM
bstro...it says that the default bit rate is 8.0 and when you slide it down, the size goes down. It is reading that the size of the file is 6,373 MB, but the property size is 2.9g. So why is it reading so high? When I move the bit rate slider to 4.0, then it will fit. It has never done this before. The film strip symbol has the yellow diamond and the music has a green check mark.
mvpvideos2007 wrote on 9/14/2006, 10:28 PM
Also, when I go to burn the dvd, the message comes up that the video has to be recompressed. I don't get it.
mbryant wrote on 9/15/2006, 5:02 AM
The film strip symbol has the yellow diamond

This says that DVDA doesn't think the video is of a compatible format, and thus it needs to be recompressed. It estimates the size after this recompression based on the bitrate slider. A 1 hour 41 minute file at the default rate would be 6 GB+.

So now the question is why DVDA thinks it needs to recompress it.
Do the project properties match the file properties? As a previous post asked, what template/settings did you use in Vegas?

Mark
mvpvideos2007 wrote on 9/15/2006, 6:05 AM
Hi Mark, I used the default setting, video high quality. Variable rate max bps is 6,000 and min is 4,000 in ausio stream. I render that seperately
mvpvideos2007 wrote on 9/15/2006, 6:06 AM
I took the timeline, rendered the entire thing into one avi. file and then rendered it to a mpeg file and that seemed to work. But I never had to do that before.
mbryant wrote on 9/15/2006, 7:01 AM
Do you mean the default template? You need to use one of the DVD Architect templates. The default one has integrated audio and DVDA won't like that. Also need to render the audio out separately.
mvpvideos2007 wrote on 9/15/2006, 8:28 AM
I do render the sudio seperately. I select to turn it off when rendering the mpeg.
ForumAdmin wrote on 9/15/2006, 8:40 AM
How was this file generated?

Did you render it in Vegas using an unmodified DVD Architect render template?

In DVDA, is there a green checkmark next to the file in the optimize menu?