Question to Vegas gurus

BeToPR wrote on 9/1/2004, 2:02 AM
Hia all

Iam rendering a final clip of a wedding, i want to keep the most quality of the
video but i have some doubts on the seting to use i have used some of the
default templates like Main Concept MPEG-2 - DVD Architect NTSC Video
Stream but the final render get a bit blurry and tends to loose color quality
so my question is regardin a manual seting in Custom Buton i select the
template for DVDA and then press Custom i render the video in Best at
the project tab, in video tab i leave all default excep the BPS i usualy select
for maximum 7.5 for a 1.44+ leghnt movie and 8.0 for a 1.20-1.30 legnt movie
now my quiestion about this tab , what benefits i get from making the render
in interlaced or progressive i know most retail DVD use a Progressive setting
but what difference may i get in a MiniDV recorded movie i know the
difference beetwen both but what should i use to get a good quality video
, now in advance mode tab in Color Primaries and Transfer what is the
difference between all the setting there what result i can get if i use another
setting insted the one that Sony used for the DVDA template and in System
Tab what bit rate should i use, well that i most of my questions.

PD

I have searched around like crazy abut settingup softwares for high quality
video for DVD but i havent found much, i use places like dvdrhelp.com,
doom9.org but they use other software i dont use i like most Vegas for
this kind of things but there isnt much in the net on this matter for Vegas
so a little help will be appreciated. TIA!

Comments

johnmeyer wrote on 9/1/2004, 6:18 AM
Short answer: The NTSC DVD Architect template will give you the best results. Clicking on Custom and then selecting "Best" will slow down your render and will not give you any better results, unless you have still pictures or lots of generated media (text, gradients, etc.). The bitrate is the only thing that will affect quality. For DV material, don't go below 6,000,000 bps and don't go above 8,000,000 for the averate setting. Keep the min and max at their defaults.

Thus, bitrate is the only setting you need to change (in order to fit your material on one DVD) once you have selected the NTSC DVD Architect template.
DavidMcKnight wrote on 9/1/2004, 6:53 AM
I have a question to add to this....I always use Tools - Scripting - Batch Render and check DVDA NTSC and AC3 Stereo audio. How / where do I set the bitrate?

thanks,
David
johnmeyer wrote on 9/1/2004, 7:10 AM
I have a question to add to this....I always use Tools - Scripting - Batch Render and check DVDA NTSC and AC3 Stereo audio. How / where do I set the bitrate?

You have to set the bitrate before you start the Batch Render script. The way I do it is to click on File -> Render As, and then select MPEG-2 and the NTSC DVD Architect template. I then click on Custom, and set the bitrate I need.

The next step is the important one.

Before I leave the Custom dialog, I enter a name at the top of the dialog, and save this as a custome template. I then quit from the Custom dialog and the Render As dialog.

When I then run the Batch Render script, I choose the custom template I just created.
Spot|DSE wrote on 9/1/2004, 7:11 AM
Go into Render As;
Select the type of file you'd like to render.
Click Custom
set up template settings
In the top of the template settings, give the template a unique name, like "My Favorite Encode" or McKnight Magic. Click the icon that looks like a floppy disc. Now click Cancel in the Template and back out of the Render dialog.
Go to your Batch conversion script, and your new template is part of the template options.