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DVD AUTHORING – PLEASE HELP
Hi All-
What is the correct way to author a dvd from an AVI file. I edit my projects in Newtek Toaster VT4. I and then render the project to .AVI (My edit software cannot render to mpeg2) I recently installed Tsunami Mpeg encoder to my system However the render process take approximately 10 Hours. (This is way too long for me) after the encoding process is complete, I then need to author the dvd in Ulead DVD workshop. This is way too lond and stressful. Can anyone here please tell me the most efficient way to author a DVD. MOst of my projects are appriximately 2 hours long so I need to use the Standard quality mode of dvd authoring. -
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If you are already using the Tsunami encoder, you have one of the best encoders around. You don’t mention what settings you are using so I suggest you look into some experimenting with some attributes such as “Motion Search Precision” where sometimes the standard setting does a good enough job. CBR will encode faster than VBR. If you are expecting miracles, it’s not going to happen. Long encoding times are pretty much a fact of life in the DVD authoring world. You may need to adjust your expectations.
If 6-10 hrs of encoding a 2 hr DVD is just not going to work for you. You may consider getting a standalone DVD recorder and output your VT[4] directly to it. I know several VT users who do this. Some even have found ways to strip the VOB files and re-author them in DVD-Lab Pro or Ulead to get better menus.
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