Rendering in DVD Architect-another question

rmack350 wrote on 8/2/2004, 11:41 AM
There's a very similar thread going but I didn't want to hijack.

This is my first time using DVD Architect. I too found the manual less than helpfull but BillyBoy's tutorial has gotten me over the initial hump (Thanks, BB!)

So I'm experimenting. I have encoded an MPEG2 file of old family movies. There is an audio track but nothing on it. In DVDa I deleted that track and substituted some music in WAV format. I also added another track of other music in WAV format so I could demo a button that switches the audio tracks.

Now I'm prepping a DVD and it's looking like a 6 hour render on a 2GHz system. Am I re-encoding the original MPEG movie? Is this because I'm not using it's sound track?

Rob Mack

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rmack350 wrote on 8/2/2004, 11:46 AM
Well, While I was writting, the first audio render in DVDA finished and it's moved on to the second. The time estimate dropped by about 2 hours so I think the MPEG file was being re-rendered or something because of the audio change. Need to plan my workflow better then.

Nothing like experience, or so I hear.
B.Verlik wrote on 8/2/2004, 11:58 AM
You might try rendering your audio using the AC3 codec, in your render, drop-down list. It has to be exactly the same length of time as the video or you might have problems. I don't know how you'll be able to choose audio programs. If you render your audio in AC3 and your video is not more than about 1 hour and 20 minutes, there should be no re-rendering when you make the DVD. Even an audio re-render, when making a DVD, should only take about 10-15 minutes. So it your audio time is even 1 frame off of the video time, it may cause big problems. I say may, because, I only let that happen once and have been careful since.
JaysonHolovacs wrote on 8/2/2004, 1:12 PM
DVD-A will tell you EXACTLY what it plans to do. Look at the "Optimize DVD" option. This will show you a list of all your media and what will happen to them. Items that will not be re-rendered have a green check next to them. Of course, items like menus will require re-rendering, but your primary video/audio streams should not. If they do, you might want to make sure you render them in Vegas to something that is compatible to DVD-A(ie, MPEG video streams with a DVD-A template, and AC-3 audio streams).

Note: This is knowledge from DVD-A2, so if you are running v1, this may not be true.

-Jayson
rmack350 wrote on 8/2/2004, 1:40 PM
Running v2 here. This is all just testing, nothing crucial so I'll just let it play out but the goal is to be able to offer up good advice based on experience. Good point about the optimize option.

Rob Mack