VMS & DVDAS Questions

RTownsend wrote on 6/10/2005, 7:07 AM
I have Vegas Movie Studio + DVD Architect Studio, to make a “PLAY ALL” clips menu item in DVDAS I bring all the clips into VMS and output one MPEG2 file that I bring in to DVDAS. I then make separate menu items for each of the clips by re-putting the combined MPEG2 file and setting the In and Out points. I have a few questions on this process:

1)Is there a better way to make a “PLAY ALL” button, I have tried creating an “AUDIO” project from the main menu and dragging each of the clips into that, it works, however when I re-add the clips to make separate menu items for each clip it doubles the amount of space it uses on the DVD.

2)My way of creating a DVD is as follows: I bring in my DV Video into VMS, do my edits and create an MPEG2 output file. I then bring in all my MPEG2 Clips back into VMS and output another MPEG2 file with all the clips together. I then use this in DVDAS to create my DVD. My question is do I lose “VIDEO QUALITY” by re-rendering the VMS MPEG2 output a 2nd time?

3)When DVDAS does it’s render it always needs to re-render the “AUDIO” that the MPEG2 created in VMS produces, is there a setting when creating the MPEG2 file in VMS I can use to stop DVDAS from re-rendering the “AUDIO”?

TIA,
Rick

Comments

jimmyz wrote on 6/11/2005, 1:57 AM
1. It's my understanding that DVDAS is smart enough to recognize
that you are using the same clip over and over.

2. I think you will lose quality not sure if it ignores previously rendered clips.Best to render clips to avi. then convert when done.

3. Yes, the setting in the advanced render is Wave (Microsoft) (*.wav ) 48,000 16 bit stereo PCM

Hope this helps
RTownsend wrote on 6/11/2005, 8:27 AM
Hi Jimmyz,
Thanks for the response.
1. It seems to be able to recognize the same clip over and over if all are added as menu items (disk space used in the right corner does not go up) , however when I add clips as "Menu" items and then add the same clips to a "Music Compilation" for a "Play All" menu item the used disk space in the right corner goes up and DVDAS will say there is not enough room on the disk when it goes to burn after rendering.

3. In VMS in order to do this I will need to render it twice? Once for the Video for MPG and once for the Audio Microsoft WAV. When I use"Main Concept MPEG-2" the "CUSTOM" button is un-selectable.
jimmyz wrote on 6/11/2005, 11:52 AM
Yes you do render twice but the audio render takes almost no time.
Use the video for dvd architect selection under advanced render
jimmyz wrote on 6/11/2005, 11:56 AM
Are you renaming the clips when you put them in
your music compilation?
jimmyz wrote on 6/11/2005, 12:06 PM
Do you make all the files as one?
Can you just use chapters to play each clip maybe on a submenu. The audio compilation doesn't work for me either without using all my dvd space.
RTownsend wrote on 6/12/2005, 8:39 AM
No, I do not rename the clips, they are named the same in both the "Music Compilation" and as a Menu Item. I also found if you add the same clip over and over to the same "Music Compilation" it keeps adding to the Disk Space Usage in the right corner. So I guess that DVDAS is not "smart" enough to know to use the same clip if it is duplicated in a "Music Compilation" Menu.

Which selection is better in VMS to render video for DVDAS, "DVD NTSC" or "DVD Architect NTSC video stream"? if "DVD Architect NTSC video stream" is better what "AUDIO" setting do I need to use for the 2nd render?
jimmyz wrote on 6/12/2005, 2:56 PM
Wave (Microsoft) (*.wav ) 48,000 16 bit stereo PCM for audio
DVD Architect NTSC video stream for video

These two selections will enable dvd architect to pepare and burn without a render.

On a 10 minute project the audio render is under a minute.