Render Settings For Mpeg2 for DVD

LLRH wrote on 5/3/2011, 9:29 PM

I have a video file 01:19:08 (1hr-19min-8 seconds) that I am rendering as MPEG2 separately as a DVD Architect NTSC Video stream & Dolby Digital AC-3. My questions are as follows:

1) Can I fit 1 hr and 19 mins on a 4.7 GB DVD? What are the best mpeg2 settings?
2) Can I fit 2hrs on a 4.7 GB DVD? What are the best mpeg2 settings?
3) Should I change the variable bite rate for the above hours? What settings to give a quality DVD?
4) My estimated project size is 5,264.5MB which I was over 113% of 4.700 GB disc what can I do?
5) Although I render the video as DVD Architect NTSC Video stream it shows this error message "track 1 video has a bite rate that is too high to play properly" What did I do wrong.
6) Should I be selecting Lower field first should this dvd been seen on a tv

Thanks In Advance

Comments

musicvid10 wrote on 5/3/2011, 10:15 PM

1) Yes. Start with the default DVD Architect template; set 2Mbs min, 6.5Mbs average (or higher if your player doesn't stutter), and 9.5Mbs max.
2) Yes. Use 2Mbs min, 4 Mbs average, and 9.5Mbs max.
3) Refer to 1 and 2.
4) Lower your bitrate so the media is ~4.2 GB. Use the Videohelp Bitrate Calculator online. The DVDA estimate is usually too high.
5) Your bitrate is too high.
6) It makes absolutely no difference, so you can leave it at the default.

John_Cline wrote on 5/3/2011, 10:30 PM

Personally, I'd set the max bitrate a little lower, like maybe 8,000,000. Also, if you use a variable bit rate make sure you check "2 pass", it will take longer to render but the increase in quality will be worth it.

musicvid10 wrote on 5/3/2011, 10:36 PM

8Mbs max would be fine too. Probably couldn't tell any difference. It's the minimum bitrate I like to keep at a healthy level to preempt blocking in transitions.

Yes, I would always suggest 2-pass VBR.

rs170a wrote on 5/4/2011, 6:32 AM

Using the http://www.johncline.com/bitcalc110.zipbitrate calculator[/link] found on Jon Cline's site, I get the following VBR numbers.
1) 7,960,000 / 7,232,000 / 3,616,000
2) 8,200,000 / 4,688,000 / 2,828,000
I make the following changes to the calculator.
Set the Safety Margin to 5% from the default 1% and set "1 kilobit = 1000 bits".
The latter is found after clicking the "Settings" button on the bottom left of the main screen.
As others have said, do this as a 2-pass render for maximum quality.
3) See above.
4) If this number came from DVDA, ignore it as it has a long history of incorrectly reporting file sizes. As long as you've checked and the total file size of your AC-3 and MEG-2 files are under the limit, ignore the warning and DVDA will proceed as normal with no further warnings.
5) Never had this warning so I can't answer it.
6) Trust Vegas & DVDA to get it right.

Mike