Vegas Pro 9 Rendering settings

[Douglas Spotted eagle]

You MUST render to MPEG 2 to play the content on a DVD.
Render settings should match the media in this case.
Render to NTSC DVD Widescreen 720 x 480 at a bitrate between 6.5 and 8.5Mbps.
You’ll need to render audio separately as an AC3 file or PCM file.
There is a free tool from VASST that does this for you, called DVD Prep.

Douglas Spotted Eagle
VASST

Certified Sony Vegas Trainer
Aerial Camera/Instructor

[John Rofrano]

It seems as I watch the video being captured (through my viewfinder), the video looks better than I can get it onto a DVD.I am confused.Some recommend WMV files, some say MPEG-2.I need some input, as most of the online help seems to be settings for youtube

Yea, YouTube and DVD are very different settings.

For DVD use the video render type Main Concept MPEG-2 with the video template DVD Architect NTSC Widescreen video stream to render just the video.

Then use the audio render type Dolby Digital AC-3 Pro with the audio template Stereo DVD and render your audio using the same filename (just with the .ac3 extension)

Or you can download the free DVD Prep plug-in from VASST Freeware and it will render both for you in one step.

In DVD Architect set your project to:

Disc format: DVD
Project video format: MPEG-2 720×480-60i, 16:9 (NTSC)
Project audio format: AC-3 Stereo

Then select a DVD template, drop your rendered video on the menu, ad some titles and burn your DVD.

~jr

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[Mark Nacovitch]

Thank you very much. My other question is….using the same camera, there are some times I can record in HD. The settings in project media for that are as follows-1440x1080x12 29.97fps alpha=none field order=upper field first. Am also interested in burning these into DVD’s.

Thanks again, Mark

[John Rofrano]

using the same camera, there are some times I can record in HD.

The answer remains the same. A DVD is a DVD. You always render to the same format regardless of what the source media is to make a DVD.

~jr

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[Rob Burkhardt]

I have been using the main concept but my files come out with an .mpg instead of .ts. What am i doing wrong?

[John Rofrano]

I have been using the main concept but my files come out with an .mpg instead of .ts. What am i doing wrong?

You are not doing anything wrong. DVD MPEG2 files have the extension of .mpg.

~jr

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

[Rob Burkhardt]

I had trouble getting DVD architect to recognize the .mpg but it seems to be working fine now.

Thanks