Mainconcept MPEG2 or DVDA video stream

[Mike Kujbida]

You’ve got things mixed up just a bit.
“Mainconcept MPEG2” shows up in the Save As box while “DVDA video stream” is in the Template box.
The Template box is where you select whatever option you want to use for creating the necessary file for your final DVD. In here, you can select regular video, widescreen, 24p and a lot more.
The Custom box to the right allows you to customize any option even further and, if you want to, save the preset (as a lot of us do – I have 6 custom DVD presets myself).

Mike

[G. Knight]

okay i get it. thanks for the set straight. So then in the template pulldown menu, which is better to use for DVDA; DVD NTSC or the DVD NTSC video stream?

[Mike Kujbida]

I always render with the DVD NTSC video stream setting.
This does make it a 2-part process though as this is just the video portion. You’ll need to render the audio separately.
Most folks use the default (Dolby Digital) AC3 template.
As long as you give this file the same name as your video (myvideo.mpg & myvideo.ac3), DVDA will load the audio clip once you’ve selected the video clip.

BTW, if you’re new to Vegas, I highly recommend grabbing all of Edward Troxel’s newslettters. They’re an invaluable resource.

[G. Knight]

Thank you very much. Geoffrey

[Mike Kujbida]

You’re welcome Geoffrey. Have fun with Vegas & DVDA and don’t be afraid to ask if you have any problems. This is a great community with a lot of very helpful people.

Mike