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Low audio levels when exported to DVDA
I seem to always be jumping through hoops to get audio with suffient volume exported from Vegas to DVDA. I can have a project in Vegas with excellent audio and almost full peaks on the timeline, but when I export that audio as an AC3 file for a DVD, it shows up with very small peaks in DVDA. I have to go back to Vegas, double-up the audio tracks, crank up the audio envelope, and slide the volume slider way up, and normalize the export to -10 dB rather than the default -27 dB just to get barely acceptable audio levels when it gets into DVDA. I must be doing something wrong. Any thoughts?
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4 Replies
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When you encode your AC3 file, set the Dialog normalization to -31db and Preprocesssing>line mode profile to none.
Gary Kleiner
Learn Vegas and DVD Architect
http://www.VegasTrainingAndTools.com
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Gary, can you explain why Vegas is setup the way it is, and why the settings you suggest make a difference? I know DVD’s have a lower volume and that, but the default just seems way low. I’ve been cranking mine up to -31 as you suggest, but am still not sure if that’s a good thing to do?
–the Fiddler
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Worked like a charm. Much appreciated.
Lee
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[theFiddler] ” I’ve been cranking mine up to -31 as you suggest, but am still not sure if that’s a good thing to do?”
Yes, Sony suggests that you do.
Gary Kleiner
Learn Vegas and DVD Architect
http://www.VegasTrainingAndTools.com
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