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Vegas Mainconcept Templates for DVDA
I’m new at this. I want to render my [Avi file and audio file]Vegas project for DVDA, and I’ve got video tracks and a music track. The template has a “DVD NTSC” which I use and seems to work OK. I notice there’s a template for “DVDA Video stream” and that the DVDA manual says to use this and to render the audio seperately, in a .wav file. So, should I do this?, and if so, do the seperate streams sync up when I put them on the dvda timeline? And, when I render the audio as .wav, I guess I use the Microsoft version with the sample rate upped to 48 kHz as per the DVDA manual? Thanks
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Do NOT render it to a wav file. Make sure that you can render the audio stream in Vegas to ac3 – you have more settings there than in DVD A. You can link this stream in DVD A to your video without any problems. But before you use ac3 check the settings there. One I do not like is the Dynamic Range Compression. Play around with it to understand it. I switch it to NONE since my DVD player cannot decompress it. And so the sound gets very flat. But it might have an advantage if your player can handle this correctly.
Also the video template has many settings. One of the most important is the bitrate setting. Try to understand this to select the best settings for you.
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So you’re saying I should render them seperately, using the DVDA Video Stream template, then do an AC3 render for the audio even though it’s just stereo, and that the .WAV is no good.
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Rendering to wav is the best way to go unless you are pushed for space on the DVD.
AC-3 is compressed, so it takes up less space and sounds almost as good as PCM wav audio, but if you have plenty of space there’s no reason to compromise the audio. (If you go this way, make sure the project settings in DVDA specify PCM Stereo under Audio).
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The wav file is great. But it is not real DVD standard and takes up a lot of space – but SHOULD work – mostly. I am not a friend of stereo ac3. DVD Architect 3 forgets completely PAL where mpeg as sound is allowed – and renders again and again. I am still guessing if they do not know… If you want to stick to your wav make sure that DVD Architect does not render it – under File > Optimize DVD.
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[stubenkastl] “The wav file is great. But it is not real DVD standard and takes up a lot of space”
WAV IS a standard for DVDs. US standards include WAV and AC3. Europe standards include WAV, AC3, and MPG audio.
Edward Troxel
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