Render a VOB from the time line, diminish quality?

Eug7 wrote on 3/26/2004, 12:02 PM

I have a question about editing the VOB on the time line and then rendering the project using MPEG2, DVD render setting. Does Vegas go into a smart render mode and detect that we're already and MPEG2 DVD and just render the edited changes or is the entire project re-rendered?

Essentially my question is video quality diminished when editing/rendering VOB projects?

Comments

Jsnkc wrote on 3/26/2004, 12:04 PM

It will re-render the whole thing and you will lose quite a bit of quality going from VOB (MPEG) to MPEG.

Eug7 wrote on 3/26/2004, 1:00 PM

Solutions? Recommendations?

johnmeyer wrote on 3/26/2004, 2:31 PM

Solutions? Recommendations?

Use TMPGEnc's tools to cut the MPEG files. They will not be re-rendered.

Womble makes two tools, but they cost money, that will edit MPEG files without re-rendering.

Hopefully Sony will have listened to the dozens of requests for this feature and include it in the next release.

Jsnkc wrote on 3/26/2004, 2:41 PM

Solutions...It won't help you on your current project but always try to save the source tapes or the AVI file if you think you might need to go back and re-edit later.