Rendering for DVDA Question

teaktart wrote on 6/1/2006, 4:01 PM
I rendered my V6 project (1080 Cineform HD files) to DVDA specs for NTSC widescreen (using V6 template) and when I bring the rendered mpeg2 files into DVDA 3 they are being "recompressed". I tried this twice (rendered original timeline files) and both times DVDA would not use my "prerendered/prepared" files from V6 but would recompress before burning to disc. The results are awful ......

How can I get the best results from my Cineform HD files on timeline to a completed DVDA disc?

Also, the volume level on my AC-3 audio is quite low although nice and loud on timeline. How to fix that too?

Thanks much,
Teaktart

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David Jimerson wrote on 6/1/2006, 7:13 PM
Was the project too long for the DVD? Is it more than two hours?

What was the size of the rendered file? If it's something like 3.8 gigs or so, you start running into situations where you'll need to re-render for space reasons, especially if you have a robust audio track and want to make complex menus.
mbryant wrote on 6/2/2006, 2:50 AM
I don't think the file size is the issue - if you give DVDA compliant files it won't encode them. If the total size is too large it will give you a warning - you can still try to prepare.. if it is really too big it will refuse to burn. It doesn't automatically re-encode for you if your files are too big (unless you choose "fit to disc").

Double check you are using the correct template in Vegas, and that the template matches the project settings in DVDA. When you do “Optimize DVD” in DVDA, does it show it as compliant?

Mark
mbryant wrote on 6/2/2006, 4:15 AM
Also, the volume level on my AC-3 audio is quite low although nice and loud on timeline. How to fix that too?

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teaktart wrote on 6/2/2006, 10:44 AM
My project consists of two 20 min videos and a 2 min video so space is not the problem. I did not use the "optimize"...
Both times I rendered from the V6 timeline using DVDA template and still it would get "recompressed" in DVDA. Thats what has me puzzled. My only other option was to render to AVI on the timeline then have DVDA render to mpeg but thats not at all efficient or how it should work.....
As for the AC3 file low volume level...I did set the dialog normalization to -31db and its still low.

'Set your LMP to none. (Line Mode Profile in DVDA)
Set your Dynamic Range Compression to none as well.
Also set your Dialog Normalization to -31
Save as a template.'

the above was posted earlier but I don't know how to set the LMP or the dynamic Range compression. Could someone tell me how I might make those adjustments?

Thanks much,
Teaktart
mbryant wrote on 6/2/2006, 12:58 PM
"Optimize" is something you can do in DVD-A to check if DVD-A is going to recompress or not. You should do it and see what it shows, a green check mark means OK, a yellow warning mark means it will recompress.

For the audio - when you render to AC3, click "custom". You've already changed the normalization, now click the "preprocessing" tab. There under Dynamic range compression is Line mode profile and RF mode profile. Set both of these to "none".

Mark