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DGrob wrote on 1/22/2004, 10:06 AM
There are specific DVDA video and audio mpeg2 templates in the render options. Any other rendered file will be rerendered (often with a serious loss of quality - an mpeg2 of an mpeg2 for example). DGrob
cervama wrote on 1/22/2004, 11:21 AM
DGrob, what do you mean? Let's say if I render in VEGAS using MPEG2 when I save it then I go to DVDA I extract the file on DVDA I set chapters and so on, I want to burn to DVD do I have to render it again? It's new to me please explain. thanks
jetdv wrote on 1/22/2004, 1:40 PM
A couple of ways this can happen:

1) The MPEG2 is not valid for a DVD. To remedy, try using one of the DVDA specific presets.

2) The MPEG2 was TOO BIG for the DVD. To remedy, try using a lower bitrate in Vegas.
cervama wrote on 1/22/2004, 4:33 PM
the video was 23 minutes long. Do you think it was due to me adding music to the menu? Can I render video in vegas 4 to avi or another format? and then burn it in DVDA? and does it have to be MPEG1to burn to VCD? thanks
DGrob wrote on 1/22/2004, 7:42 PM
Being new it'll be best to start easy.

1. VCD - With your project on the timeline go to Tools, Burn CD, Video CD. You'll get a straight forward VCD rendered and burned entirely within Vegas. Done.

2. DVD - With your project on the timeline, set and save Markers at your chapter points and render to *.avi. Open DVDA, import the project, and start playing around. Soon enough you'll be ready to make your DVD. DVDA will then create the appropriate mpeg2 video and audio files from your *.avi, prepare the DVD media, and burn the project. Done. It goes on from there. DGrob
johnmeyer wrote on 1/22/2004, 7:43 PM
A 23 minute video should not re-encoding because of size.

Just to be sure of everything, open your DVDA project and click on File -> Optimize DVD. In the columns for each video you have put into DVDA, you should see either a green check, a yellow warning sign, or a red icon. What do you see?

Also, please report on the other information in this dialog box (e.g., Project Video Format, Estimated Size, Default Bitrate, etc.).

If you have rendered to MPEG in Vegas using the standard MPEG template, you will probably find that the audio column shows that Vegas will recompress the audio. To avoid this, you should -- as others have already suggested -- use the "DVD Architect" preset for MPEG2 in Vegas. This will render using the correct bitrate, and it will not render the audio. You then must render the audio separately using the AC3 setting, and the Stereo preset. If you give the AC3 file the same name as the MPEG file, DVDA will combine the audio and video, and will not recompress either one.
cervama wrote on 1/26/2004, 2:25 PM
thanks a lot that helps. I'll be trying that.