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DVD A3 Strange File Size World
I went too far for DVD A3. My last mpeg file had 3.7 GB and this without the audio 5.1 stream. So I had to clean up the HD for DVD A3 – not enough space anywhere – so the message. I was reading the source files from drive P. On C where I put the temp files there were still 5 GB left. On F where I put the prepare folder there were 8 GB left. No way – DVD A3 says not enough. Giving up I moved the temp folder to the F drive (the one what is used for the prepare folder already) and start. It works!!! I think a software cannot be more basic!!! Did they ever use it?????? For me it was not that simple. It took me hours to free up my drives…for nothing. A very bad experience.
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Assume up to double the space needed to prepare. Once the prepare is finished, the temp files are deleted. Sounds like you’re STILL very tight on disk space.
Edward Troxel
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I have in total around 900 GB. But this not only for DVD A3. Confusing is that there is no guidance where the problem is. I used DVD A3 very often (for smaller files) – and pretty often simply to add the 5.1 audio stream to the mpeg stream (what Vegas cannot do…). DVD A3 is not my first choice. The menus you can create are pretty basic. But at least it does not stop you rendering if you get a bit high with the bit rate like some other programs do (still thinking about the first DVD players on the market I guess…) But lets see the positive things – there is still (a lot) room for improvement…
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[stubenkastl] “DVD A3 is not my first choice. The menus you can create are pretty basic.”
Really??? I’ve seen some very complicated menus created in DVDA3.
Edward Troxel
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[stubenkastl] “The menus you can create are pretty basic.”
Just out of curiosity, what menus would you like that you can not create with DVDA?
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Terje A. Bergesen -
I could not find out how to put the buttons in a different way than simply horizontal. I would need them to be at any angle for instance. If you know a solution I would be very grateful for a hint.
Also for a way to add the 5.1 audio to the mpeg file without DVD A3. I have to check the 5.1 sound long before creating a DVD. My computer has problems when using Vegas with the direct sound surround mapper. So I go the VOB way with DVD A3.
DVD A3 is okay but has some problems. This with the drives and the missing space for creating the DVD is one of them. I still do not understand why it did not work with two partitions and almost twice the space but with only one partition and half the space. And on top of it it did not use the space at all (I checked while rendering)… My computers are on a net and allow music, videos, etc. for all rooms with TV/Stereo. This is why my HD are a bit full. I was busy for hours to create the unnecessary space 😉
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I could not find out how to put the buttons in a different way than simply horizontal.
I am not quite sure what you mean here. Are you saying you can not put several buttons on a menu in other ways than horizontally? You can move a buttons to anywhere on the menu page using your mouse. Horizontally, vertically, star pattern, whatever takes your fancy.
When DVDA creates a DVD it will need up to twice as much space in the folder where you create it as is needed for the DVD it self. DVDA can not grab space from random directories or drives on your computer. This is perfectly normal behavior and all other software will have the same issue. If you, for example, try to unzip a 10G zip file containing many smaller files, onto a drive with only 5G available it will not work, even if you have 200G available on another drive.
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Terje A. Bergesen -
Buttons can be placed anywhere you want, especially with snapping turned off.
Create your 5.1 mix in Vegas and render as AC3, then bring it into DVDA.
Gary Kleiner
Learn Vegas and DVD Architect
http://www.VegasTrainingAndTools.com
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The problem is that DVD A3 simply calculates a space requirement what has nothing to do with what it will need – a kind of take the maximum to be on the save side. I know how to trace writes… But it is okay – just kept me very busy.
In respect of the menues I would like to put them in a certain angle. For instance 15 degrees rotated to fit them into the background picture. For this I did not find a way.
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No, you cannot rotate the buttons, but you CAN create buttons of any shape in a paint program with a trasparent background and drop them into the Thumbnail Media for the button.
Gary Kleiner
Learn Vegas and DVD Architect
http://www.VegasTrainingAndTools.com
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OK, I see what you mean about the buttons. You are correct, Vegas can not rotate an image for your buttons. You will have to use a paint program for that, I would recommend Photoshop Elements if you don’t have anything. Create the image you want with a transparent background and drop it in as the image for your Vegas menu.
Personally I use Ulead Cool 3D Studio when I want 3D style menus. I can both create 3D stills and animated 3D buttons. I really wouldn’t want Sony to add this capability to DVD Architect, they should focus on the DVD creation aspect.
Come to think of it, I assume you have Vegas Video as well. Create a 30 second movie (or less), apply a 3D moving path to the thing, export it as a non-compressed AVI. I think that would allow you to have a 3D menu with a transparent background. I’d have to check at home. I am not sure if Vegas can export uncompressed AVIs with transparent backgrounds.
My advice when it comes to disk is that you never let your harddrives go as full as you described them. Not for the sake of Vegas or DVD Architect, but for the sake of your harddrive, the performance, Windows etc. When harddrives are as full as yours, your PC will have significantly lower performance than normal, and there is a good chance that Windows will eventually crash. In addition, harddrives that are that full will be seriously fragmented, and there will not be enough room on the drive to de-fragment.
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Terje A. Bergesen
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