Optimal Photo Montage Settings in Vegas

[James Dubendorf]

Ah, and just one more question- if the goal is to play the DVD on a DVD device and then to a television, is it pointless to render 24p/progressive in the first place, or will there still be a 24p “look” to the project.

I’ve seen arguments going both ways, and don’t have the technical knowledge to sort through them.

James

[John Rofrano]

[James Dubendorf] “DVDA continues to tell it does not support 24p and must recompress my file- this appears to happen whether I set the render to include pulldown or not.”

I wonder if this is a limitation of the Studio version of DVD Architect? Seeing has how Sony didn’t provide a 24p project template for Movie Studio, it may have also removed 24p support from DVD Architect Studio. I would check with Sony to be sure.

~jr

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[James Dubendorf]

Thanks, John. I’ve emailed Sony’s customer service and await a reply. Before I think about upgrading anything, however, I’d like to be confident that if I burn to DVD, and play on a television, all the effort will not have been for nothing. In other words, will the aesthetic advantages of 24p survive all the way to the television screen?

Gratefully,
James

[John Rofrano]

[James Dubendorf] “if the goal is to play the DVD on a DVD device and then to a television, is it pointless to render 24p/progressive in the first place, or will there still be a 24p “look” to the project.”

It will still be 24p and it avoids line twitter caused by interlacing because the video is now progressive.

~jr

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[James Dubendorf]

Some more comments in the mix. First off, I displayed my test dvds on a better quality large screen television and dvd, and the difference in quality was significantly better than the other set up I had been using. I had no idea that the quality of dvd images could vary so much depending on the display components!

It is encouraging to realize that many of the artifacts and pixelations I was observing might have more to do with display components than the dvd itself. On the flip side, it discouraged me to think there is no reliable way to ensure your dvds look good. Can poor components pretty much screw anything up?

Also, I downloaded the trial version of Movie Studio Platinum HD 11.0. Initially, when I rendered in Vegas 11.0 and then burned in DVDA, I had the same problems with recompression. However, when I burned directly to disc from 11.0, I discovered that unlike 10.0, it provides a 24p 16:9 template! Unfortunately, it appears 11.0 has the same version of DVDA as 10.0, so I imagine I will encounter the same issues with DVDA even if I upgrade.

This leads me to a few more questions.

First, is it true that Movie Studio 11.0 can handle 24p in direct to disc mode but NOT in DVDA? This would seem to be a real draw back of the product if it is indeed true. If I’m wrong, the upgrade to 11.0 would be very attractive.

Second, do I just ditch 24p right now even though it has the advantages mentioned above by John?

Third, should I try rendering in Vegas 10.0 in 24p (my version of Vegas DOES allow this, even if it doesn’t provide a way to burn it), but burning with another program such as MuxMan?

Thanks for your thoughts.

James