Advice on Blu-Ray rendering

[Whit Prophet]

Sorta confusing, I have to ask which selection gives you the avc file, the Sony AVC selection ?

Thanks

[John Rofrano]

[Whit Prophet] “I have 3 projects (periods of a hockey game) in Sony Vegas Pro 9. Video was shot on my Sony NX5U as 1080i. I then rendered them and they came out as .m2v files with no audio. I was a little depressed.”

That’s the first step. The second step is to render again as Dolby Digital AC-3 Pro. This will give you the audio stream. Blu-ray and DVD’s work with streams not files with video and audio combined so this is OK. If you name the audio file the same as the video file (just with the .ac3 extension) DVD Architect will add the audio to your project when you drop the video on it. You are almost there! 😉

~jr

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[Whit Prophet]

Thanks John
I did then render the file again for the audio. To my dismay I then discovered my version of Sony Vegas Pro 9 was a standalone one, DVD Architect was only a 30 day trial.

The software that came with my BluRay burner does not accept the .m2v formatted files.

So now I sit with this 2 hours (hockey game) of great video and don’t know how to proceed (short of putting up the $200 to purchase DVD Architect).

Is there a “free” piece of software that will burn my video to a BluRay DVD?

I found one at least but it doesn’t seem to grap th audio along with the .m2v video file.

Thanks

Whit

[Dave Haynie]

I didn’t know that was even possible. Did you check to see if you have a DVD Architect serial number? All of Sony’s software, far as I know, sets itself up as a 30-Day demo until authorized… that’s how they can offer the same basic files as demo and as full version.

If you bought online, check the email with the serials from Sony. If you bought the boxed version, there should be separate codes for DVDA and Vegas. Unless this was some weird kind of bundle… I don’t think Sony sells Vegas 9 Pro without DVDA.

-Dave

[Whit Prophet]

Thanks Dave

I wish that were the case.

My SVP 9 was a special package when I purchased my NX5U camera. Inside the jacket of the DVD it says quite explicitly that DVDA is only a trial version and if you wish to purchase go to ………..

I am npow in the middle of must be my 6th rendering of the files. Setting up the rendering farm tomorrow for distributed rendering. Hope that will cut down on the amount of time it takes. Does anyone know if I can add 1 or 2 more computers for rendering?

Thanks

Whit

[Whit Prophet]

Success to some degree! YEAH !!

I now have a playable Blu Ray disk of the game. No titles nor chapters but I do have an awesome video!

So after multiple partial and complete renders, as .m2v, as .avc, etc I finally opted to utilize the “Burn Disc” option in Vegas Pro. I used the “Render image and burn” selection which did in fact generate the BD as well as leave the .iso file on my computer.

I couldn’t begin to estimate the number of hours I spent with all the editing and rendering but the finished video has been worth it. Thanks to everyone for their advice and insights.

Whit