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Best Rendering Quality with Vegas
Hey,
i have a problem with vegas.
Well, how to explain… i have to do a Video for a Soccer-Club here in Germany. After creating it with Vegas, i have to burn it to DVD… The Problem is that i have tested a lot of formats and codecs for the best quality… but i just don’t know which format and which size i have to use to get out the best quality for DVD.
I can burn it with DVD Architect or Nero Burning or something else…
Please Excuse my bad english!
Lukas R., Germany (16) -
7 Replies
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Take a look at vol 1 #7 of my newsletter. It discusses the process of going to DVD.
In short, a DVD is MPEG2. If you’re using DVDA to author the DVD, you should give it either an MPEG2 file (preferably with AC3 audio) or a DV-AVI file.
Edward Troxel
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Thanks a lot Mister Troxel,
i try to read your Newsletter right now.
My Vegas 6.0 says, that mpeg-2 has an disintegration from 352×240 – is that correct for DVD?
Well and another problem is: how to get that plug-in (mpeg-2)?
Do i have to register it online? -
No. Pick one of the DVDA presets as a starting point. For NTSC, it would be 720×480. The numbers are different for other formats but never as low as 352×240.
If you don’t have DVD Architect, you will have to “register” the MPEG2 encoder (it comes WITH Vegas but registers separately if you don’t have DVDA). You will NOT be able to do AC3 without DVDA, though.
Edward Troxel
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Hi,
okay i installed DVDA and i could render the movie with MPEG-2 Format and format 720×480
Please tell me right now all proberties:
what do i have to choose, or shall i let it all costum?
(you have to know that the video i want to render is a 35-40 minute video)
I-frames:
Profile:
Field order:
ASpect Ratio:
B-Frames:
Level:
and variable bitrate: shall i make it like you’ve said in your newsletteR?
(max: 8.000 average: 6.000 and min 2.000)?and what is the difference between mpeg-2 and ac-3 ?
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Pick one of the DVD Architect presets. On the second tab, don’t change ANYTHING except the average bitrate and make that appropriate for the length of your video (there’s a bitrate chart in Vol 1 #7 of my newsletter). If you want the mpeg2 file to include audio, check that box on the audio tab.
Leave all the i-frame, b-frames, field-order, etc… alone!
Edward Troxel
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okay
thanks for the first time
i try to try it all out -
Hello,
well, thanks for your big help!
I finished my video and i have rendered it in mpeg-2 codec. the sound seperately (dolby digital, ac3).
i have to say… the quality is a bit strange. i don’t know how to explain. if you watch the movie in PREVIEW mode – DVDA, all borders from persons are… like curves.
i could upload you a piece of the video if you want to see that. with winamp the quality was quite good.
sincerely
lukas r.
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