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Rendering Audio?
Hi again
Ok so when i burn my MPG2’s to disc in DVDA2 I have to prepare them first, right? When I do so, first I get a window showing the audio files being rendered. But I don’t understand this. I thought I already rendered the audio files with the video when i converted the AVI’s to MPG2’s… didn’t I?
is there any way around the Rendering Audio thing?
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6 Replies
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DVDs use PCM audio (WAV) or AC3 audio. Therefore, DVDA has to convert your MPEG2 audio to AC3 which is why it renders the audio. Instead, you should render the audio to AC3 yourself in Vegas and give DVDA that AC3 file which it won’t have to render.
Edward Troxel
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Do you have to render the AC3 in Vegas separately? Or is there a way to do it all at once when you render the AVI to MPG?
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If you render using a script, it can be programed to do both at once. Otherwise, you need to do each separately. One problem with your current method, the audio is compressed, uncompressed, and the recompressed to AC3. Besides, you have more control over the settings when rendering in Vegas.
Edward Troxel
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And audio doesn’t really take very long in Vegas.
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To me it is a missing function that DVDA does not support PAL DVD where MPEG2 sound is a possible standard. And MPEG2 was THE standard for PAL DVD before they accepted AC3 (I think in 1997). Did Sony overlook this?
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Maybe they just chose to support the two global formats and not the one local format? For whatever reason, MPEG2 audio is not supported even though it IS in the standards for Europe. I know people have requested that functionality in the past. You could submit a request to Sony.
Edward Troxel
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