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Vegas 6 Order of work miniDV to DVD -help
I’ve used Ulead videostudio 8 for some years. I film the local amateur opera group and make a DVD for them.
Bought VMS 6.0 a few months ago and at first I couldn’t get on with it. I’ve now done my first DVD but I’m sure I’m doing something wrong. I’m not used to using two programs to make a DVD, VMS 6.0 and DVD Architect Studio 3.0. I’ve got a DVD out of it but it seemed rather long-winded. I did this:
1. recorded three Acts from 3 mini DV tapes, Acts 1, 2 and 3.
2. Added a few initial introductory titles, inserted a couple of spacers between the acts
3. saved the project to hard disc because I wanted to add some chapters in the DVD.
4. Used DVD Architect Studio 3.0 to add some chapters and a little menu system, and
5. Burned the DVD.I like the ease of editing clips in the timeline in VMS 6.0 but it took over an hour to render the film as a .mpg in step 3 and then I had to wait while it rendered it again in step 5. In Ulead VS8 I could do it all at once. Am I missing something? Is there an easier way?
Is it not possible to add chapters in VMS 6.0 and burn it straight to DVD?
I did search before posting this but couldn’t find anything to help.
Many thanks. Phil.
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3 Replies
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You will want to render using one of the DVD Architect templates so it will not have to render again once you bring it into DVDA. Save your audio seperate from your video (I am unsure if movie studio has ac3 encoders but if not, use PCM for the audio).
Once you get that down you will not regret having both programs as there is no re rendering going on as the files will be compliant and ready to burn. Of course, it will still have to build your disc but that is nominal.
j razz
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Thanks for that. I’ve saved the video using one of the templates but can’t seem to find how to save the audio separately! How is that done?
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You will choose AC3 for your audio template and either use studio or pro and tweak however you want. Make sure that it is named exactly the same except for the file extension and save it in the same folder as the video stream and when you open it in DVDA and drag the video stream to the timeline the audio will come with it.
j razz
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