Suggestion for next version -- Save As *.dar

musicvid10 wrote on 1/2/2008, 5:27 PM

Here's an idea to export an edited *.veg project to DVDA without having to render the whole thing first:

1) Would render transitions, effects, pan / crop, etc., to .avi, .mpg, etc. according to Vegas Project Properties assuming consistency with DVDA import parameters.

2) Would render a separate AC3 or PCM audio file consistent with DVDA import parameters.

3) Would save as a DVD Architect compatible *.dar project file that could be opened (and rendered, if necessary), add menus, etc. and authored in DVDA

4) Expand the rendering options within DVDA to include all the MainConcept options currently available in V8 with a warning if they do not fit the media.

Too simple? Please post responses / ideas, etc.

Comments

Chienworks wrote on 1/2/2008, 7:05 PM

So, this would have Vegas render what needs to be rendered, and then you'd go into DVDA to create menus and author. Just wondering how this is different from having Vegas render what needs to be rendered and then going into DVDA to create menus and author, just like you already do now.

musicvid10 wrote on 1/2/2008, 8:04 PM

**So, this would have Vegas render what needs to be rendered, and then you'd go into DVDA to create menus and author.**

Yes, that is exactly the idea. Vegas would render a number of small files for the transitions, effects, pan / crops, etc., etc. and create a project that DVDA could open.

**Just wondering how this is different from having Vegas render what needs to be rendered ....**

At the very least, it saves a creation step by doing all of it once in DVDA. At the very worst, it saves all the guesswork and a possible 5-hour render in V8 that, despite all of one's best intentions, DVDA insists on rendering again.

IOW, why not create a project in Vegas and author / render it in DVDA? It seems so simple, why render in Vegas and then create menus / author in DVDA and then rerender / prepare the files? Seems like reversing these steps could save an operation, at the very least, and save a night of rendering, at the very best.

It also would permit editing of the Vegas project and immediate preview of the DVD result in DVDA without going through the lengthy whole-project render process first ( the non-rendered majority of the video would remain unchanged). Am I missing something here or does this workflow make some sense?

Chienworks wrote on 1/3/2008, 3:13 AM

It sounds like you'd be asking DVDA to stitch together a bunch of MPEG fragments. This is an iffy proccess at best. Long GOP files don't lend themselves to this process well at all.

The whole project is going to have to be rendered/encoded before the burning step at some point no matter what. I see no advantage to doing it piecemeal between two different programs. Seems far simpler and faster to have one program do the whole render in one shot.