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DSE, need help with DVD
DSE, my movie is finally done — a complicated process but done. It started with 6 sections, each a Vegas veg. I moved up to Cineform Prospect and another product, uprezing each section by rendering out of Vegas 1920 X 1080 24p Cineform files.
I opened those in the other product for finer cutting, etc., because it plays in real time. (Prospect rewrites the preview engine for their codecs and I didn’t have to flip back and forth to see if I was in sync and what the HD file looked like.)
Now I’m down to burning the DVD and it MUST go out in the next couple of days. Cineform recommends exporting a “Cineform HD” file of the project before burning and since this could be dropped back in Vegas and I can create a DVD in DVDA, why not? That file will be finished in another hour.
Questions I have: What is the best way to test what it will look like in DVD? Sometimes I burn one and on my little player it looks too saturated. (I’m not sure if that is the player or the TV bumping it.) Right now I’m thinking of dropping the big file in Vegas and doing the same clip with different degrees of saturation and burning those to DVD. Is that feasible? What would you recommend? I’d pay for a consultation if necessary. I could drop my numbers on the VASST site.
Thanks for any help, and incidentally, Alex Harvey (the one who wrote “Delta Dawn”) is an old friend and wrote a good song that runs over the title and credits.
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Congrats, Jerry!!! I know you’ve been working on this for a while, and having seen some of the work in the film, I’m sure it’s great.
Rendering to a Cineform master is a good plan. Rendering to DVD in DVD Architect isn’t.
I’m happy to work with you a bit, in private mail or otherwise, but for the moment, lemme say that you’ll do best taking your CineForm master and creating your DVD from that master.
Put the exact length of the DVD into a bitrate calc, and figure out the best bitrate from there. CBR if you can, and VBR if you can’t. I’d use VBR two-pass if you’ve got a high blend of static and action shots.Douglas Spotted Eagle
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Thanks, Douglas. I almost had a heart attack when I threw the big file up in Vegas just to take a look. I had tried a render for a widescreen DVD and I see a file that has black horizontal bars above and below the picture. I thought something was wrong but I went ahead and rendered the file in DVDA (because it was the only thing I knew how to run for sure) and lo and behold it came out looking OK, filled the screen of my 1080 TV and later I tried it with my projector (Panasonic HD 720) and it looks pretty good there. My TV seems to oversaturate. So I have a DVD that works but I’d like a better one. I’d pay for a conference but I have to send this in Mon or Tues. I guess the best way is to send my connection number to VASST by email. I’d pay a consulting fee if necessary. I will try what you suggest tomorrow.
I was able to get into a beta test group that enhanced some of my shots. I imagine you know about it but it was a great experience to be in the group – to make the movie for that matter. It’s late so I’ll get some rest and see if I come up with any other ideas in the morning. I’d like to hear the best way to burn. Thanks again.
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I meant to add that I usually render to a folder with DVDA and burn with NERO. I’m trying with another product Sunday. I did send an email of my numbers to VASST and Sundancemedia.
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