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  Sony vegas pro 9 render settings

  Posted by Grant Bonser on January 22, 2011 at 12:45 am

  Hi, I have a 2 hour 7 minute video edited in sony vegas pro 9, filmed in HDV.
  Using DVD Arch 5.2 what render settings should I use to get the best quality on 1 DVD 4.7g.
  Using Marks DVD Bitrate Calculator the recomended Bitrate is 4048.
  Should I render the video in a different format to get the best quality.
  Thanks Grant

  Grant Bonser replied 15 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 4 Replies
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  Mike Kujbida

  January 22, 2011 at 12:48 am

  MPEG-2 for video and AC-3 for audio are the best formats you can render to.
  Due to the length of your video, I highly recommend getting the VBR settings and doing this as a 2-pass render in Best mode.
  It will take longer to render but the results will be worth it.
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  Grant Bonser

  January 22, 2011 at 5:13 am

  Thank you for your help Mike.
  I did try rendering as MPEG 2 using the template “DVD Architect Pal Widescreen video stream” I didnt change the bitrate and the video ended up at 5.37 GB.
  Should I change the bitrate and if so, what to?
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  Mike Kujbida

  January 22, 2011 at 5:48 am

  Grant, you didn’t say but my guess is that DVDA is telling you that it’s 5.37 GB.
  If I’m correct, ignore the warning as DVDA has a long history of incorrectly reporting file sizes.
  I get it periodically and I’ve used Mark’s calculator for years so I know that my files are within the limits.
  I ignore the warning, proceed to the next step and DVDA acts like noting happened.
  As I said earlier though, to get the best picture quality, do it as a 2-pass VBR render.
  You will see the difference.
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  Grant Bonser

  January 23, 2011 at 7:29 am

  Thanks for your help Mike.

  Very much appreciated

  Cheers Grant

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