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So What’s the Secret?
I rendered my Vegas files to DVD Architect Mpeg settings, but when I open them up in DVD Architect, I’m told they’ll need to be recompressed. Does anyone know how I can avoid this?
rgb
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12 Replies
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How long was the video?
What render settings and templates did you use?
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How big is the output file? If the file was too big, DVDA would have to recompress to make them smaller. Also, it is recompressing the VIDEO? Or only the Audio? If you don’t give it an AC3 file for the audio, it will compress the audio to AC3 by default.
Edward Troxel
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I have this problem sometimes and found that if I save the DVDA project then exit and restart DVDA it no longer shows that the files need to be recompressed.
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The file is about ten minutes long. Rendered to DVD Architect settings, separate video and audio streams. I rendered the audio to PCM, it’s also saying it’s going to recompress the video. Since I’ve already compressed it, this makes no sense to me.
I’ll try the restarting trick, but would it be better to render my original file as an uncompressed AVI in Vegas, then let DVD Architect create the final mpg files?
I thought I was saving time by compressing to the DVD Architect template. Apparently not.
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You have some setting wrong if DVDA is trying to recompress the MPEG file you created in Vegas from a ten-minute AVI. Make sure that you’re using the DVD Architect NTSB preset.
Steve
Stephen Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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Yeah, I used the preset. Which is why I was surprised it decided to recompress. Is there a way to shut off the recompression in DVD Architect that I don’t know about?
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The way to “shut off recompression” is to make sure it is DVD compliant AND small enough – using the preset with the proper bitrate should do that for you.
However, you might look at the optimize screen to see which pieces it’s wanting to recompress.
Edward Troxel
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Just don’t “continue”.
Click on optimize and look at the list, then cancel.
You really have the curiosity up – let us know what optimize says.
Stephen Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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Optimize is grayed out where it says recompress yes/no and is set to yes. I can’t change it.
One clip is about 10 minutes long. The second is about 15. Both rendered in Vegas using the DVD Architect NTSC video template, no changes. Are those considered long? Doesn’t seem as if it should be.
I’m perplexed.
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10 and 15 minutes are NOT considered long. Using the DVDA presets should create a compliant file that should NOT be recompressed normally.
Edward Troxel
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