I agree with Johnnyboy. Why burn a WMV to a DVD?

You'll get better quality and better performance if you just burn a standard VOB-based DVD.

Ok - I looked all over - and I can't see a render dialog box. I searched for "render" and "render as" but it came up with recommended rendered formats before I even get started and - it looks like there is a way to re-render if only I can get the file in the explorer window. You are going to groan when you hear this - but when I tried getting the file in the explorer window - somehow the file becomes imbedded in the menu button. I'm not sure what that means. This is going to be another learning curve experience! Eventually I should learn about buttons - but I don't need any buttons.

Or - am I better off to re-render back in Movie Studio?

I am quickly picking up on what the preferred recommended work flow is - but as a total novice trying to make my first DVD - and doing a quick scan of the manual - I don't see anything that says I can't do what I tried. Clearly DVD Architect attempted some kind of re-rendering - spending 7 minutes at it - which is fine - but it sure seems odd that it took 7 minutes of rendering to decided it didn't like the format.

This is a wedding video. I had already made the .wmv file - and used it at the wedding and it worked very well. I also posted the .wmv file on my web site - and people (who couldn't attend the wedding) were able to download it and watch it on any computer.

So - since I already have the .wmv video file - I assumed I could just use it in DVDA to generate a DVD. This doesn't have to be movie pro quality - but I was curious what the quality would be.

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Thanks for the response. The history of the .wmv file is above - in response to johnny's response.

I need all the help I can get.
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You don't want to use a WMV as your source for DVD Architect -- and you don't want to burn a WMV to a disc and pass it off as a DVD.

You'll do much better to go back to your original project in Vegas and output a DVD-ready video from there. (In Vegas MovieStudio, this is an option on the Make Movie option screen.)

Once you port this file over DVD Architect, DVD Architect will relatively quickly create your DVD.

If you're interested, I've written books on both Vegas Movie Studio (versions 10 and 11) and DVD Architect Studio 5. They're available on Amazon.com or through Muvipix.com. You can also find more information as well as some helpful, free Basic Training tutorials at:
http://Muvipix.com/vms11.php
and
http://Muvipix.com/dvdas5.php

But to follow Steve's advice you'll first need to uninstall DVDAS, build 150 and download and install build 128. Build 150 is faulty and won't recognise an AC3 sound file.

Steve - thanks for the guidance. I looked at the links - and I didn't appreciate how prolific you are in providing said material. I wish you the best in that industry.

thx
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