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DVD Architect help
DVD Architect help
Please help
I am not stranger to Sony Vegas I have been using it for the past 4 years now.
DVD Architect is the problem, it gives me hard time.
All I am trying to do is to get the best quality on DVD.
Before I burn I optimized and the first problem I have is that I can not ever optimized it over 4.2 GB (over 4.2 it will mark red) and if I will optimized it over 4.1 most likely I will have issue of DVD get stuck after some time of playing it and some DVD Players will error it.
I render all my finals in Sony Vegas as AVI file
WHY do I get red mark over 4.2 when DVD is 4.7 GB and why does it not stable beyond 4.1gb?
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Even though a DVD has a capacity of 4.7 GB., that’s for data, not for a DVD.
The maximum for a DVD is 4.3 GB (total of audio & video).
BTW, for maximum quality, you’ll always do better giving DVDA an MPEG-2 and an AC-3 file.
If your video is under 70 min. long, you can use a CBR (Constant Bit Rate) of 8,000,000.
Don’t exceed this limit or you’ll run into player problems.
If you go over this time limit, you’ll need to use a bitrate calculator and set a custom bitrate. -
I think you will get better DVD quality if you render in Vegas the “MainConcept MPEG-2” USING the “DVD Architect X?X?X?X video stream” template. Click “Custom” and set the bitrate you want to use (after you have determined it using a bitrate calculator).
Don’t use “Optimize” in DVDA. You should have less problems.
Charlie
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The Vegas render quality thread on this forum about a year ago gets into the technical reasons as to why rendering to AVI for DVD Architect isn’t a good idea.
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Thank you so much for your prompt respond
“For maximum quality, you’ll always do better giving DVDA an MPEG-2 and an AC-3 “file.
Are those 2 different steps, video and then the audio?
Could you explain the steps.
Thanks again for all of you. -
[Dror LEVI] “Are those 2 different steps, video and then the audio?”
Yes they are.
Once you’re finished editing, render the audio by selecting “Dolby Digital AC-3” and use the “Default Template”.
For video, select “MainConcept MPEG-2” and use the “DVD Architect NTSC video stream” template.
Make sure to give both files the same name (for example, myvideo.ac3 and myvideo.mpg) and render both of them to the same folder.
That way, when you start up DVD Architect and load the video file, the audio file will automatically follow.Be advised that the default template will work as long as your video is under 70 min. long.
If it’s longer, you’ll need to use a bitrate calculator and do a custom template for your render settings.
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