Does dvd arch 5.2 recompress If i render out of Vegas mpg

[Stephen Mann]

I rarely, almost never, let DVDA recompress already compressed media – it will result in a it on the quality.

When you ecnode your final output in Vegas (in the “Render As” menu) select MPEG as the type and use one of the DVDA templates. You also need to encode the audio as an .ac3 file – using the same root filename.

Drag the .mpg file into your DVDA Project Overview and the audio *should* load as well. (Though it won’t show up as media in the project overview).

Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com

[Don Cobble]

Sir Stephen you said “almost never, let DVDA re-compress already compressed media – it will result in a hit on the quality”
Is there a way from stopping re-compression or is using a DVD Arch template automatically stop re-compression?
Thank U

PC
I7 2.8 Ghz 8GB Ram
Win 7 Pro 64bit OS
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3-4 TB HD
Vegas 10 64bit & Vegas 11 64Bit & Adobe Production Premium CS5.5

Camera
Sony EX1 shoot in 1920×1080 30P

[Mike Kujbida]

Use a bitrate calculator to determine optimum encoding settings.
I prefer the one found at https://www.johncline.com/bitcalc110.zip

If the video is less than 70 min. long, I use a custom CBR setting of 8,000,000
Anything longer and I use the numbers that I get from the calculator and do a 2-pass VBR encode to maximize the quality.