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TheHappyFriar wrote on 7/9/2003, 11:16 PM
I don't know about music DVD's, but vegas will work better then anything else on the PC in my opinion. Of course you goto the adobe forum and they'll say premiere is better. I think they are wrong. :)
filmy wrote on 7/9/2003, 11:19 PM
First I think you need to break down a few things.

1> Final product.
Do you want to offer just the DVD part? Do the authoring? They bring you the material and you encode it and create menus and send it off to DLT for mastering?

2> Product creation.
Do you want to produce the msuic video part? Do you want do hire a crew and go out and do a full production and than bring it to your place and do the edit? And a 5:1 mix?

3> Both 1 and 2.


First VV at it's core will work for editing. With the "+ DVD" option you can do basic DVD authoring. With the surround sound pack you can do the AC3 encoding. Currently I don't think you could offer DTS with VV.

So - if you want to edit a music video, long form or short form, yes...VV will do it. If you want to create a DVD I am not sure the + DVD add on will work for you. Yes..ok..it will work but you can't do a lot of things other authoring programs do. You need to figure out what exactly you want to offer your clients first and than look at the features that various DVD authoring programs offer. Authoring is *not* the same as editing so you will need two different things to do both.
pedro333 wrote on 7/9/2003, 11:35 PM
please forgive me I'm not a video savy person,,what is (authoring?)
filmy wrote on 7/10/2003, 1:00 AM
Well..um...I guess a good way is to say that when you write a book you author it. When you create a DVD you author that as well. Now I am not talking about editing the video, I am talking about creating the way the DVD will look and play - menu creation, alternate tracks, subtitles, what happens when you click on a button and so on. That is authoring.
MUTTLEY wrote on 7/10/2003, 1:47 AM
This music vid was filmed in two hours and edited in two days ... with Vegas.

http://www.undergroundplanet.com/trephigh.htm

As for your clients, you could just tell em ta hire me. =)

- Ray

ray@undergroundplanet.com
www.undergroundplanet.com
clearvu wrote on 7/10/2003, 6:12 AM
Interesting video. Did it all in Vegas, eh? Impressive.
mikkie wrote on 7/10/2003, 10:06 AM
"the final product being a standard MUSIC DVD"

If your talking about DVD audio discs, different animal and relatively new - Not sure what's being used most commonly to encode to the special audio format.

If you're including video, Vegas would be a good choice for editing and FX, especially as the interface is much more music industry friendly.

Standard DVD authoring, taking your audio and video streams, and then adding menus and features, can get quite involved, especially as the software varies widely in how it works and what it'll do - add in the thought that a lot of the features you can have on a DVD won't work on all (most?) players, and it gets confusing fast.

I'd suggest starting by first figuring out what features on your DVD are going to be essential, and what you can live without. Sonic Foundry's DVD Architect is Cool, but if you need multiple audio tracks and subtitles, probably need to shop higher up the food chain, after checking your bank balance perhaps - stuff can get expensive. One thing to watch out for, & a reason DVDA is so popular here, is that many DVD authoring apps tend to insist on encoding your project themselves, so your lovingly tweaked video rendered to high quality mpg2 in Vegas, can turn to VHS quality mud by the time the authoring app gets done with it. If you plan on having your discs pressed, might also take the opportunity to look into storage and transfer options - a disc you write will hold less then a commercially preparred DVD.