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easiest way to make both DVD and Blu Ray from Vegas 9 project
I am trying to make my first Blu ray disc of a wedding I shot last month. I have edited the project using Vegas 9 and am ready to render. But I’m not sure what I should be rendering as. Some background: I edit 1080i HDV footage with Vegas 9 and then convert to 24p for the finished product. My usual routine would be to render to MPEG2 DVD Architect Widescreen 24p and then import to DVDA and make a DVD. But since I want to make both a Bluray and DVD without having to create two whole DVDA projects, I thinking it’s probably best to render to some sort of HD file and then have DVDA make the necessary adjustments. Just trying to figure out which template to use. Thanks!
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I would not go the route you are proposing. I would indeed do two renders in Vegas (more control over the properties of the render). I would do one in HD adjusted to fit your BluRay disc (bitrate, etc.) and then another for DVD using the DVD Architect video widescreen template and AC3 audio template for audio.
This way DVD does not handle the compression but Vegas does which gives you more control over quality.
j razz
https://www.jrazzcreations.com
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Thanks for the input. My problem is that I am not very good at adjusting bitrates. A lot of times I end up with files that are “too big” for the DVD and DVDA winds up re-encoding them anyway. Is there a way to know exactly what file size you are going to end up with?
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Yes, if you use a CBR (constant bit rate). VBR will make smaller files, but obviously there’s no way to calculate beforehand exactly how big the file will be, since it’s dependent on movement. Eventually you should get a feel for it.
If you really want to use CBR, you can use any online bitrate calculator to get the size (google it).
If you’re shooting in 1080 60i (not at all clear from your post), then you should output the same. 24p is preferred by filmmakers, but they have the luxury of staging their shots. you can’t do that for a run n gun wedding. You’ll end up with a blurry mess.
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