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Best rendering music/video DVD
The main point of the DVD is the quality of the singing voice. What is the best rendering for the video/audio?
Should it be done in sony Vegas or sony Architect
Thank you
Pat -
7 Replies
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Architect is a DVD authoring app while Vegas is the creation tool so do all your work in Vegas and then render the project out for DVD Architect to do what it does best.
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Which rendering format should I use and should I customise anything for better singing quality?
Thank you
Pat -
Since this is for a DVD, MPEG-2 is the only option you have.
Customizing the encoding (i.e. rendering) options depends on the length of the program.
Let me know what that is and I can offer some suggestions. -
What should I render the music in? This is where I need the best quality At the moment the whole project is using 1.5gb so there is still plenty of room. It takes about 35 minutes.
Thank you
Pat -
From the Vegas online help menu:
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Should I use AC-3 or PCM audio on my DVDs?
For stereo material, you can use either AC-3 or PCM audio. Your needs will vary depending on your project, but consider the following points:PCM audio is uncompressed and offers higher sound quality.
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PCM = WAV so render out a WAV file for your audio.For video, since it’s only 35 min. long, use a CBR bitrate of 8,000,000.
You’ll need to go into the Custom options to get this specific bitrate but this is quite easy to do. -
I’m really pleased about the wav point you have made.
Still need help regarding where I customise. I have been into render mpeg2 customise but then there are loads of buttons and entries.
Thank you for all your wonderful help so far
Pat -
After clicking the Custom button, Click Best in the Project tab.
Then click the Video tab.
In here, make sure the Video Quality slider is set to High (31).
Now click Constant bit rate (bps): and change this value from whatever it’s currently set to (usually 6,000,000) to 8,000,000.
Save this as a preset by entering a new name in the Template box at the top of this tab (e.g. DVD-8 MB CBR) and click the Save Template icon (looks like a floppy disc).
This template is now saved for future use.Be advised that this setting is good for DVDs up to 1 hr. long if you’re using a WAV audio file and 75 min. long if you’re using an AC3 audio file at the default setting of 192 Kbp/s.
Anything longer and you’ll need to use a bitrate calculator to determine optimum VBR encoding settings.https://www.johncline.com/bitcalc110.zip is the one I use and if you do a search here, you’ll find that it’s proper use been discussed numerous times.
One last thing I’ll add is to stick to using good name brand blank media.
Taiyo-Yuden and Verbatim are the two most recommended and trusted brands.
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