Vegas files on DVD skip after using DVD Architect

[John Rofrano]

[Patrick McKenna] “Is the problem that DVDA is just not good for burning DVDs or is it because of the type of DVD/CD drive that I have on my computer?”

How high a bit-rate are you using when you encode the MPEG2 files? I would not go above 8Mbps.

Also what brand DVD media are you using? Cheap brands like Memorex, Maxell, and some Fuji discs will perform poorly. Stick with high quality brands like Taiyo Yuden, Verbatim, and Ritek RiData (and don’t select the “value” lines of those brands either because it isn’t a value)

DVD media is definitely a case of “you get what you pay for”.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[Patrick Mckenna]

Hi John,
Thanks for the reply. When you say what bit-rate when I encode the MPEG2 files, what do you mean? Do you mean when I render the project out from Vegas to DVD Architect?

As for the DVD discs that I am using, the brand is Verbatim, so I assume they are a good quality disc.

[John Rofrano]

[Patrick McKenna] “When you say what bit-rate when I encode the MPEG2 files, what do you mean? Do you mean when I render the project out from Vegas to DVD Architect?”

Yes, that’s the bitrate I’m referring to.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[Roger Bansemer]

If you use a paper label on top of the DVD it will cause that problem. The DVD seems to heat up or something causing the DVD to skip or stop. Paper labels work well on CD’s but definitely not on DVD’s

[Patrick Mckenna]

Hi John,
Just to reiterate, I went back into my project in Vegas and when I click on the “Make Movie” button is gives me the options of either:
-Save it to my hard drive
-Burn it to a DVD or Blu Ray disc
-Upload it to Youtube
-Save it to my camera or portable device
-Email it

I click on “Burn to a DVD or Blu Ray disc” option and it brings up a window of selecting “DVD” or “Blu Ray” option and I select the “DVD” option.

Next window has the “Video File Path” and “Audio File Path” along with other “tick box” option such as stretch video to fill output frame size, save project as path reference in rendered media, save project markers in media file, use widescreen DVd format. When I click next, the file starts to render as MPG file. Where in Vegas do I find the option of changing the bitrate when encoding the file?? I really do appreciate your help on this and sorry about being a nuisance with all the questions but I’m new to Vegas and I’m still trying to get to grips with the whole rendering side of things.

[John Rofrano]

[Patrick McKenna] “Where in Vegas do I find the option of changing the bitrate when encoding the file?? “

You don’t have to worry about it because you’re using Movie Studio’s Make Movie button. You would only see that if you edited one of the render templates which you obviously did not.

I’m sorry but I have no idea why your DVD would skip. You seem to be doing everything correctly. Maybe it’s the DVD player? Do you have another one you could try? Maybe try different media just to test?

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[Patrick Mckenna]

Hi John,
I’m always very grateful for your helpful replies. I’m guessing that it could be something to do with my DVD burner or player, because I tried burning the file on my laptop with Windows DVD writer and it burnt fine using that. However, I think Windows DVD writer is very basic and I only used it as a test.

There is one thing that I noticed using windows DVD writer and of course DVD Architect; when I watch back the DVD on a DVD player, it appears that the DVD picture is slightly too big for the TV! The TV is a widescreen 16:9. I’m in the world of PAL. I think that I read that PAL mpg files are rendered at 720×576 compared to NTSC 720×480. Could this be the cause of this problem?

The reason that I ask is that I have been working on a project recently and when editing it in Vegas I have had to use the full width and height of the screen for different shots as it displays on the Vegas preview playback screen. My big fear is that when I render it out to DVD, the screen will have cropped slightly at the edges which will make some of the various shots in this roject look really poor, to such an extent that it will cut some of the subjects out of the picture. Any suggestion on how I can fix this problem??