Being a newbie I hope someone can give me their tested and solid way to perform what I want to do.
I would like to perform a large capture (ex-more than 4 hours), render the whole thing all at once (using ac3 then mpeg2 with dvd temp), then break it down to edit and burn seperatley with DVDA2 with menus,end credits etc.
Well, after I render the whole file, cut out one of the chunks I want to use ... DVDA2 wont accept the file even if I don'e even edit it. In other words if I try to break up my large V5 rendered file, dvda wont let me bring any pieces in.
The only way I can think to do this is to
1) Capture in V5 (dont render yet)
2) Cut out the part I want, edit it etc -> save as-> "movie1"
3) Then render that piece, bring into dvda to add menus etc
4)Then dvd2 does its render (which takes as long as real time again)
5) Go back to original V5 avi capture file, find new part to cut out and start again
I have tried capturing->rendering-> bringing in to dvda the entire project and using the "in" and "out" points, but then cant add end credits, since cannot cut clips out in dvd2

Basically I am transferring 4+hour vhs tapes with 2-3 movies onto seperate dvds for myself and family, and wonder what would be the best way to do this.
Thanks ... James
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