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Sony Vegas DVD Aspect Ratio Problem
Hi I am having a problem making a DVD for my three hour documentary. Can someone please help me figure out how to get the aspect ratios correct?
The original video format in Sony Vegas is M2T created in HDV 720-30p (1280×720, 29.970 fps) and rendered as…
Video: 29.970 fps progressive, 1280x720x32, MPEG-2
Audio: 48,000 Hz, Stereo, MPEG Layer 2
not sure what bitrate but i believe around 8 mbps.I want to render this as .mpg so it can be put onto a DVD through Sony architect but I am having a hard time trying to figure out what aspect ratio to save it as. Apparently I should have saved this as .mpg and not .m2t, since I am a newbie at this I didn’t know. The good news is I saved it at a high bit rate, so I am not worried about loosing quality.
but the problem is what settings do i render it under .mpg
I tried the NTSC DVD architect widescreen mode which has the 16:9 aspect ratio. Problem is once this is put onto a DVD via sony architect and into my TV, my DVD player truncates large portions of the footage. Importation captions are not showing up.
So I tried it again at NTSC DVD architect video stream 4:3 ratio.
This time the right side of the video keep getting truncating on my TV. And even the left side was cut off a little bit.
All i want is this thing to show up on my TV without being truncated. I am at my wits ends on this please someone help.
Please see the attached pictures for more info on the formats i used.
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[James Rink] “All i want is this thing to show up on my TV without being truncated. I am at my wits ends on this please someone help. “
Did you keep all of the important action within the Action Safe area? Did you keep all of the titles within the Title Safe area? If not, this could be your problem. You can turn these area guides on with the Overlay button on the Vegas Preview Windows like this:
Every TV will crop the edges of the video signal. You are only guaranteed to see what is inside the safe areas.
BTW, you should be rendering to DVD Architect Widescreen Video Stream. This is how I deliver all of my DVD content that originates as HDV and I have no problems.
~jr
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no i didnt what do i do now
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You need to go back to Vegas, re-do all your titles paying attention to the Safe Area markings as John indicated and then encode (render) it all over again.
Render the audio separately as an AC-3 file, give it the same name and save it to the same folder as the video file.
That way, when you load the video stream into DVDA, the audio will automatically follow.BTW, I hope you’re burning this on a dual-layer DVD as there’s no way a 3 hour project will fit on a single-layer DVD without looking like mud.
If it’s not going to a dual-layer DVD, then find an appropriate break point half way through and make it into a 2 disc project. -
can i use DVD+R DL? yes and it does look like mud on one regular dvd.
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Yea, this is major re-do as Mike said. Use the overlay Guides in Vegas as you edit and you should be OK.
~jr
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“can i use DVD+R DL?”
As long as your burner supports it, go ahead.
BTW, Verbatim is the recommended brand for dual layer DVDs. -
hi the three hours of footage is done and in m2t format. Could i just adjust that footage to fit within the safety zone and save that as a .mpg?
I attached a picture for your reference.
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all staples had was memorex DVD+R DL
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“all staples had was memorex DVD+R DL”
That’s strange.
Staples is usually the only place in town that I can find them.
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“Could i just adjust that footage to fit within the safety zone and save that as a .mpg?”
You could but, IMO, you’d be better off working from the source footage as you’ve already compressed it once.
Render a short section (either low light or with lots of action) from the original project and from the rendered section and see which one looks better to you.
Use the following VBR settings:
8,000,000 / 5,728,000 / 3,432,000
Do it as a 2-pass render.
This will take longer but will give you the best quality.BTW, I got these numbers using the bitrate calculator found at https://www.johncline.com/bitcalc110.zip
I changed the Safety Margin (found on the main page) to 5% and set “1 kilobit = 1,000 bits” (found on the secondary page after clicking Settings on the main page).
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