[Posting this here as well as DVDA section, in case a Vegas issue- thanks!]
I just recently started using Vegas 9 Platinum and using Vegas put together video of football highlights shot in HD on a Canon HV30. I imported the video into Vegas in HD. I then created a 15 min video which includes some still images with audio and the video with the original audio. I want to burn it to an SD DVD.
Looked through the Vegas help and this and other forums to determine the best way to render and followed the guidance. I first rendered the video with MainConcept MPEG2 (Template: "DVD Architect NTSC Video Stream") and then the audio in Dolby Digital AC-3 AC3 Studio (*.ac3) - "Template: Stereo DVD". Both with same file names so the audio imported automatically into DVDA. When I then go into the Renders folder and play the newly rendered MPEG video file using Windows media, the quality is very good with very few artifacts.
I then add the newly created video render into the DVDA project window (both video and audio import with no problem) and I set up the simple menu structure with just a five chapters. When I use I use the DVDA Preview function the photos with voice-over play just fine, but the video is not very good, lots of artifacts and any horizontal lines/images in the video (for example bleachers, lines on ground, tops of buildings) show really major flickering; there is pixellation of the grass on the field as the camera pans, and the uniforms of moving players show some pixellation as well - generally looks very grainy. Audio works fine throughout. I then burn the DVD which has these poor results.
Frustratingly, when I first made a trial DVD some weeks ago, the video quality was a bit better, though it was my first attempt and I unfortunately did not write down the rendering settings I used ( do not think I rendered the video and audio separately at that time; but it played in DVD players and on PCs).
I think the steps I described above are the correct ones to follow and normally the result should be a DVD of better quality than if I had shot the video on SD to begin with...but this is not the case!
Any help much appreciated!
I just recently started using Vegas 9 Platinum and using Vegas put together video of football highlights shot in HD on a Canon HV30. I imported the video into Vegas in HD. I then created a 15 min video which includes some still images with audio and the video with the original audio. I want to burn it to an SD DVD.
Looked through the Vegas help and this and other forums to determine the best way to render and followed the guidance. I first rendered the video with MainConcept MPEG2 (Template: "DVD Architect NTSC Video Stream") and then the audio in Dolby Digital AC-3 AC3 Studio (*.ac3) - "Template: Stereo DVD". Both with same file names so the audio imported automatically into DVDA. When I then go into the Renders folder and play the newly rendered MPEG video file using Windows media, the quality is very good with very few artifacts.
I then add the newly created video render into the DVDA project window (both video and audio import with no problem) and I set up the simple menu structure with just a five chapters. When I use I use the DVDA Preview function the photos with voice-over play just fine, but the video is not very good, lots of artifacts and any horizontal lines/images in the video (for example bleachers, lines on ground, tops of buildings) show really major flickering; there is pixellation of the grass on the field as the camera pans, and the uniforms of moving players show some pixellation as well - generally looks very grainy. Audio works fine throughout. I then burn the DVD which has these poor results.
Frustratingly, when I first made a trial DVD some weeks ago, the video quality was a bit better, though it was my first attempt and I unfortunately did not write down the rendering settings I used ( do not think I rendered the video and audio separately at that time; but it played in DVD players and on PCs).
I think the steps I described above are the correct ones to follow and normally the result should be a DVD of better quality than if I had shot the video on SD to begin with...but this is not the case!
Any help much appreciated!