One click to DVD?

NickHope wrote on 6/17/2004, 8:09 AM
Is it possible to go right from a Vegas project through to a burnt DVD with "one click" so it all happens while I sleep?
Does it work well?
Can it only be done if I have no menu on my DVD?
Can I order multiple copies so that when I wake up it's prompting me for the next blank disk?

Comments

BillyBoy wrote on 6/17/2004, 8:19 AM
There are too many variables in making a DVD disc to make a 'one click' solution practical.

Vegas will get you as far as creating a file or files that can be turned into a DVD. You also require DVD authoring software such as DVD Architect to complete the process. While you can make a single "movie" and only have it by itself on a DVD, most DVD's have a menu system which allows the users to navigate to either different "chapters" of a single DVD or to more than one video that's included on the DVD.

Several things to consider. First you need a compliant file type. Next your project must fit on a DVD which may or may not require further compression. Then the files are made DVD ready, etc.. Once your DVD Authoring software makes image files these can be used to make multiple copies.
bStro wrote on 6/17/2004, 8:19 AM
No, because Vegas doesn't burn DVDs.

You have to render it in Vegas and then add it to a project in a DVD authoring program (DVD Architect, for example). You'd sleep while the project is rendering to an MPEG2 file.

The burning process takes no more than a couple hours (usually less, depending on the size of your project and the speed of your burner), so you wouldn't get a whole lot of sleep during this portion.

Rob
NickHope wrote on 6/17/2004, 8:37 AM
Thanks for the info guys. I should have said that I've already made hundreds of DVD's professionally using several different MPEG2 encoders, 2 different authoring packages, and several burning programs. I should not have made myself sound so newbie!

I heard that Ulead's all-in-one product could get me right through from timeline to burnt DVD, which was why I was asking in relation to the Sony products. I'm using Premiere/TMPGEnc DVD Author/Nero right now but I'd love to upgrade to a better solution, but I prefer the way Vegas works to how Ulead works.