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Setting for MPEG to fit 2 hours on one DVD
I have a little less than 2 hours (1 hour 45 minutes) on my timeline on Vegas. I thought I could use the standard compression on a MPEG-2.. but the compression isn’t small enough to fit on one DVD per Architect.
My DVD menu is very small..no music..just two choices and a simple background. I don’t think that is the problem.
Can anyone tell me what compression settings I should use to achieve this? I would like the best quality I can get but squish in onto one DVD.
Thank you in advance.
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Was it the “mpeg2-DVD Architect video stream” template you used?
Steve Rhoden
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No..not really sure what that is, but I used “Main Concept MPEG-2” after you click “Make Movie” under Vegas Platinum
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Now I see what you are talking about.. I used “DVD NTSC”. Should I be?
I am not really sure I understand the differences in all those:(
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“DVD NTSC Video Stream” is the recommended format. Then you have to
render the audio separately.
Then when everything is compiled in architect, you can from there
initiate architect to fit all on the disk…of course this would
result in a bit of quality degrading in the finished output.Steve Rhoden
Creative Director
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The “fit to disc” feature is within the optimize settings of Architect.
Steve Rhoden
Creative Director
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What do I use to render the audio then?
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Just simply “Waves(microsoft).wav
at 48,000Hz,16 Bit,Stereo,PCMFor now.
Steve Rhoden
Creative Director
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Ok. I rendered in the formats you recommended. How to I combine the video and audio in Architect. I went through the manual and I don’t see anything like that.
I feel really stupid right now. -
I use Vegas and DVD Architect Pro so my apologies if your version doesn’t have some of these settings.
First of all, make sure the audio and video files have the same name and are in the same folder.
For example, myvideo.wav and myvideo.mpg.
In DVD Architect, make sure your audio properties are set to PCM stereo (WAV format) and not AC-3 stereo.
Once you load the video file, the audio file should automatically follow.BTW, AC-3 is preferred for long programs such as this one because, due to it’s much smaller size, the video bitrate can be larger which means better picture quality.
My guess is that DVD Architect will have to recompress the files to make them fit but the only way to know for sure is to try it and see what happens. -
Well I often have the same thing happen.
Using Sony Vegas 9 I will render a MGEG-2 under Dvd Arch Template. My show was 1.5hrs so I thought it would fit. Once again it will not “fit to disk” in Architect. So I go back and re-render it to AVI then replace original file. Then I will shrink to fit the media I’m using standard 4.3 Dvd.
Is there another way to avoid this?Thanks,
JenniferIris Video Productions
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