New to Vegas (9)…which format to render?

[Jeremy Rasnic]

You can, have two in the same project- it is called a nested veg. Just drag the veg file to the timeline.

As for best render setting- use DVD architect (either widescreen or the other) depending on your format and then encode your audio as AC3. Then save those in the same folder with the same name. Open DVD Architect and point it to the video file and it will find the audio file automatically. Now it will not have to re encode the video as it is already compliant for DVD.

Also, you can adjust the settings under the custom button to give a higher or lower bitrate depending on the length of your video.

j razz

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[Terry Esslinger]

To make a DVD you MUST have an MPEG2 file as that is the ‘language of DVDs’ You can increase or decrease the quality (and thus the size) of the MPEG2 by adjustong the bit rate. The most common way is to render to Main Concept DVDA compliant MPEG2 video stream (adjusting the bit rate as required) and to render a separate AC# audio file. Nmae both files the same (except for extension) and place them in the same folder. When you go to DVDA to make the DVD and drop the MPEG file in DVDA will automatically grab the associated AC3 file with it. No rerendering should be required in DVDA thus saving quality.

[Ron Lukow]

Jeremy
Thanks for help. I’m not sure how to render the audio file separately. I haven’t done that before. Or, is that a setting I make before rendering the .veg file into an mpeg2? I’ll hunt around a little.

I have the Sony Architect, so I’ll make the video in there. I have in the past (Studio) always used Chapters. I assume Architect uses chapter similar to the way Studio worked.

Thanks again.
Ron

[Ron Lukow]

Jeremy
Thanks for reply. I wonder what I might be doing wrong. I’ve tried to drag the 2nd veg file into the existing timeline…no luck. I’ve tried dbl clicking on the veg file & making it open in the timeline with a veg file already sitting there…but no luck. Is there a Preference setting I have to change to make “nested veg files” work?

Thanks again

Ron

[Jeremy Rasnic]

I would set your chapters in vegas (the “m” key) and then when you go to File-Render As make sure you check the box that says save markers…

As for AC3 audio, just go to File- Render As and in the available templates choose one of the two AC3 templates and tweak it to how you want.

For the video do the same thing as above and choose mpeg2 and DVDA Architect Video (or the widescreen if your footage is such) and render out from that. This one does not save audio with the file.

j razz

https://www.jrazzcreations.com

[Nhat Nguyen]

Hi,
My name is Max and this is my first time on this forum. I was looking for some post about “highest Quality” render out from Vegas 9
and stumble into this one which somewhat related to my search, so Pls excuse me if i jump in the midle like this.
I’ve been using Vegas since version 5 and render out as “Video for Window” and Template “NTSC DV” or “NTSC DV Widescreen” I did some rendering comparisons and thought that “Video for Window” would give me the Highest Quality AVI file so that i can import into ENCORE
later to transcode and make DVD. Now reading this forum i see responses to several posts that need to render out from Vegas as MPEG-2 and now I’m all confused because when doing HD editing i recall that i have to render out as MPEG-2 also (for later import into ENCORE), SO what is the best? “Video for Window” or “MPEG-2?”
Would someone give my the right answer Please.
Thank you so much.
Max

[Jeremy Rasnic]

Hi Max,

I do not use Encore so I don’t know how its encoding engine is tweaked to handle compression for DVDs. However, I do know that Vegas has a pretty good encoder that is tweakable and I would let it make the compliant files and then just open those in your DVD authoring program of choice.

j razz

https://www.jrazzcreations.com