SAVING PROJECT FILES

JohnJ wrote on 1/10/2015, 8:07 AM

Hello,
I have successfully produced a Bluray disc with menus and I now want to store each individual part as an audio visual file so that I can bring it back into Vegas 12 Pro for future use and for safekeeping.I am intending to use an external storage device for this purpose.
I am informed that I need to create an m2ts file to do this but I don't know how to do it. Can anybody advise me please?
Thanks,
Johnj

Comments

john_dennis wrote on 1/10/2015, 8:58 AM

There are at least three stages to the work that you have completed.

1) The Vegas Pro project where you rendered the files that became the input files for DVD Architect.

2) The DVD Architect project where you produced the Blu-ray disk or .iso.

3) The files contained in the Blu-ray.

If your goal is to create new versions from the original source video, possibly sending the output to different media in the future, then you should keep the Vegas project and source files in more or less the same folder structure on different disk drives in different locations if they are really important.

Saving the DVD Architect project and source files will allow you the tweak the Blu-ray and burn additional disks in the future.

Preparing an .iso image of the Blu-ray in DVD Architect and keeping it in a safe place will allow you to quickly and easily burn additional copies of the disk.

Saving all the original source media and Vegas project represents the lowest loss of quality as a result of rendering.

If someday in the future, you find yourself with only a copy of the physical Blu-ray, you could still bring the video from it back into Vegas Pro by copying the files from the Blu-ray folder D:\VOLUME-LABEL\BDMV\STREAM\0000.m2ts through nnnn.m2ts. Not only can these files be edited (with some loss of quality) but they can be streamed on a home network or played from a flash drive on a smart TV or media player.

Arthur.S wrote on 1/10/2015, 8:58 AM

John, m2ts is basically AVCHD. There are templates both for Sony AVCHD and Mainconcept in the Vegas templates. Pick one that suites your source files after selecting 'render'. (You should get an = sign after you've selected it) Having said that, if you're going to be re-using the files in future, I'd personally use one of the 'smart render' formats rather than AVCHD. Do a search on smart render. Lots of posts here.

musicvid10 wrote on 1/10/2015, 9:14 AM

What do you mean by "each individual part"?

All you have to do is mount the ISO that Architect created with any virtual drive, or explore the BDMV folder on your disc, copy the original m2ts, and do with it what you will. But it's one file, not "each individual part," whatever you meant by that. There is no way to extract the menus, only the movie.

Arthur
m2ts is not just avchd. It's a transport stream wrapper that could just as easily contain mpeg-2 or VC1 if that were its source.

JohnJ wrote on 1/21/2015, 11:18 AM

Thank you, I have now reached an acceptable solution

JohnJ wrote on 1/21/2015, 11:18 AM

Thanks