Rendering 2 1/2 hour footage

Kenny Q wrote on 5/26/2009, 12:49 PM

I usually have less than an hour footage to burn on a DVD with DVDA.

This time I have 2 1/2 hours and I would like to know if I need to render it in Vegas in some kind of different way so that the quality is still good but still fits on the DVD.

Please help.

- Kenny Q

Comments

rs170a wrote on 5/26/2009, 12:55 PM

You can do it in Vegas but the final quality will depend a lot on how good your source material is.
My bitrate calculator gives the following VBR settings:
Min: 2,224,000
Avg: 3,712,000
Max: 6,496,000
This assumes you're using AC-3 audio.
Due to the pprogram length, you definitely want to do a 2-pass render on this.
It will take longer but should result in better quality.
Try rendering a short piece with these settings, burn it to an RW and see what it looks like.

Mike

Kenny Q wrote on 5/27/2009, 10:59 AM

Thanks

Sebaz wrote on 5/27/2009, 11:04 AM

Why don't you burn to a dual layer DVD? That would give you a lot better quality.