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Some general questions
The video was shot with a Panasonic P2 camera using Panasonic’s AVC-I -50 codec. The MXF video files were converted by Raylight Ultra program so that they can be used in Sony Vegas, proxies were made for use in editing. I used the following template for Sony Vegas 9 : HD-180-60i (1920 x1080, 29.97 fps). The total length of the video was 78 minutes. There was very little editing done , just a few titles and some audio adjustments. My output goal was a standard DVD using DVD Architect Pro 5.0.
The above information is given, because I have some questions as to whether my settings are right, and that the length it takes to render all this is normal. My computer has a AMD phenom(tm) II X4 processor. I rendered the above video using the HDV-1080-60i Sony Vegas template and saved it on an internal hard drive using the MPEG-2 setting. That took about five and half hours. That is my first question … is that a normal amount of time?…. Is it possible to speed things up?
I then used Sony’s DVD Architect Pro 5.0 to make the DVD. I used the MPEG-2-720 X480-60 16:9 (NTSC) video option and the AC-3 Stereo audio option. This was a “single movie” template, no menus. My first question is why did it have to render the entire video again… another five or so hours??? Is there any why just to render once when using Vegas and architect together?
Then I decided that I would burn my first Blu-Ray disc with this video. It seemed to work well, but I have a question or two here also…
Of course it had to render the who thing again… Is that right? It also said that it had to compress the video. I don’t understand that since the size of the video as 11 gigs and the size of the Blu-Ray disc was 25 gigs. So can anybody explain. Also if I know that I am going to make a Blu-Ray disc in advance, should I choose any other template in Sony Vegas when rendering.
OK just one more question: There is an audio option on Sony Arch. AC-3 5.1 Surround. If I choose this, will my audio be 5.1 surround or is there something else I need to do?
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I always record in 1920×1080 29.97 interlaced AVCHD video (Sony). My most common delivery is decent quality web, like blip.tv. So I set my project to an HDV setting of very high quality. This will end up being one render to 1280×720. If I need a version for DVD, I put me HDV video from the first render into a project setup for DVD, 720×480 1.2121 pixel aspect. This is render number 2. If I need a copy for a mobile device such as an ipod I put my first render into a project template for ipod and render again.
Whenever I render to a DVD I always use 2-pass VBR and I use a bitrate calculator to really tweak the setting to get the best quality I can.
Don’t worry about render times. It goes with the territory. I am blessed to have an i7 3.2 with 24GB and twin GTX-460’s, the two video cards help because Windows 7 offloads some math to the GPU’s regardless of the OS.
With the first render you do all the color correction and effects, then when you re-render it all that extra processing is done, all that must be accomplished is the resizing. You cannot size up from say 720 to 1920 it will look terrible.
Most people would only render from original footage, but I am not one of them. In that case, re-save your original project with a descriptive name and then change your project settings. Make sure the aspect ratios are all good.
These are just some thought on your problems. I hope it helps.
As far as the 5.1 goes, you must have 5.1 to produce 5.1. You can’t just put stereo through the 5.1 setting and expect too much. But I’m sure you already know that.
Jeff
http://www.narrowroadmedia.com
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