Multiple Blu-Ray files to one disk

Carll wrote on 11/1/2008, 10:21 AM

Guys
Some background: I recently purchased Vegas Pro and DVD Architect 5. I am fairly familiar with Vegas movie studio. The reason for the upgrade to Vegas Pro is due to me acquiring a Blu-Ray writer and wanting to write multiple videos in HD to a Blu-ray disk. You cannot do this in Vegas movie studio.
How do I do multiple HD videos in either Vegas pro or DVD Architect? I do this stuff as a hobby so has lots of short videos in HD that I would like to write to a BD-R. Also, I get an error message in DVD Architect 5 when I “insert file” in the menu. It does not want to read the .iso file and give me the error message “The file is in unsupported format”
Thanks for the help

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bStro wrote on 11/1/2008, 10:43 AM

I'd recommend having a read through the manual (comes as a PDF on the disc or as a download from this site) or the online help so you can learn the basics.

In short, DVDs and Blu-ray discs are authored, something that DVD Architect does and Vegas does not. Authoring is the process of combining media, menus, and instructions into the proper format to be read by players. To author in DVD Architect, you insert video files, set up any menus you want, and then prepare and burn the project.

An ISO is not a video file -- it's an image of a disc that tells a burning program everything to put on a disc. You could, conceivably, create an ISO of a DVD project, but you can't put an ISO into a DVD project.

As for adding multiple files, you would do this the same was a single file -- either use the Insert > Media option or find the files in the Explorer window and drag them into your project (either to the Project Overview window or onto the menu workspace). Repeat this for every file you want to add or, if using the Explorer, just select all of the files and drag them in.

If an ISO file is all you have, you need to either a) burn that ISO to a disc and then copy your video files from that disc or c) find a program that can read an ISO and extract files from it. Then grab your video files and bring them into DVD Architect.

Rob

Carll wrote on 11/3/2008, 12:33 AM

Hi Rob

Thank you for the extensive reply. I tried what you suggested but with no luck. In Vegas Pro do I have any options of saving the file with any extension other that .iso. In DVD Architect I tried to convert the .iso file to something else but it also saves it as an .iso file.

I must admit that this is very frustrating. I had Vegas Movie Studio Prof. version 9 and it worked fine until you try to write multiple files to a Blu-ray. Sony suggested that I upgrade to Vegas Pro (at a cost of $425.00) as this will fix the problem. Unfortunately at this stage it seems like an expensive lesson. Surely there must be lots of hobbyist out there wanting to write lots of small files to the very expensive Blu-ray disk to get the high quality pictures?

Will appreciate any help.

Regards

Carl

bStro wrote on 11/3/2008, 5:14 AM

The usual workflow goes like this:

1. Add video to your Vegas timeline.
2. Do any edits, effects, and adjustments to your footage.
3. Render the project out to a video file -- AVC, AVI, MPEG2, whatever. You do this by going to File > Render As and choosing the file type and template / settings appropriate for your delivery method.
3b. In some cases, the audio should be rendered to a separate file.
4. Bring the video files you created into DVD Architect.

In DVD Architect I tried to convert the .iso file to something else but it also saves it as an .iso file.

I didn't suggest "converting" an ISO to something else in DVD Architect. DVDA doesn't even open ISO files. What I suggested was that you burn the ISO to a disc. Then you have a disc that contains the actual files (presumeably video files) which you can then import in DVD Architect.

Think of an ISO almost as a ZIP file -- it's a type or archive that contains one or more files. Generally speaking, a ZIP file by itself is not useable. You can't open in in MS Word or Photoshop or Vegas. But when you extract that ZIP file, then you can get access to the individual files within it. But you need to use a program that's written to extract or open that ZIP file. It's the same with an ISO. Neither Vegas nor DVD Architect can see inside an ISO files. It's out of their jurisdiction.

Again, you need to use some other program to burn, extract, or at least open that ISO file. If you have a dedicated burning program (like Nero), use that. Or use something like WinRAR or MagicISO to open the ISO and extract files from it.

Surely there must be lots of hobbyist out there wanting to write lots of small files to the very expensive Blu-ray disk to get the high quality pictures?

Yes, but they're doing it with video files -- MPEG2, AVI, AVC, etc -- not ISO files. Until you have individual video files ready to go, this frankly isn't a Vegas or DVD Architect issue.

Where are these ISO files even coming from?

Rob

Carll wrote on 11/3/2008, 6:57 AM

Rob

3. Render the project out to a video file -- AVC, AVI, MPEG2, whatever. You do this by going to File > Render As and choosing the file type and template / settings appropriate for your delivery method.

What I did was; Option, burn disk and this would create the .iso file.

I am in the process of doing it as per above and will let you know.

Regards

Carl

Carll wrote on 11/3/2008, 7:20 AM

Thanks Rob it works well.

Much Appreciated.

Regards

Carl

bStro wrote on 11/3/2008, 11:46 AM

Glad to help, and welcome to the world of DVD authoring.

Rob

TZ wrote on 11/4/2008, 2:38 AM

Hi,

I have another question.

I have edited HD files (M2TS) on my hard drive but no Blue Ray writer/player.

Is authoring only possible with discs (BR/DVD)?

I know that I can author a DVD but save the files on my harddrive and play with e.g. PowerDVD from the harddrive. Can I do the same with HD material? I am using VMS 9.d.

Thanks for your feedback

bStro wrote on 11/4/2008, 5:26 AM

DVD Architect Pro 5 will author and prepare a Blu-ray project to hard drive in the same way. To the best of my knowledge, DVD Architect Studio 4.5 (which comes with VMS9) does not author Blu-ray.

Rob