VOB file too big for its type?

[Mike Kujbida]

[Diane Sosnoski] “Could that have had any impact?”

It sure could, especially if Drive C is getting too full.
The default folders for both Vegas & DVD Architect are generally C:\My Documents and you don’t want to use the defaults.
My computer has a Drive D (for all captured material) and a Drive E for all edited projects.
I created Temp folders on each drive and direct the defaults to either of these two locations.
BTW, if you go into the Properties option (File – Properties) in Vegas, you’ll find temp folder paths in the Video and Audio tabs that you can change as well.

Before I forget, here’s another mod you can make to your AC-3 template.
A lot of folks often complain that the final DVD seems to be too quiet in comparison to what they hear from the Vegas timeline and, apparently, this has to do with the way the AC-3 encoder is configured.
Here’s how to get around this.

Encode set to AC3;
Click on custom tab;
Dialog normalization: -31 dB;
Dynamic range compression: None;
On the first tab set diag. norm to “-31”;
On the last tab marked preprocessing;
Set the Line Mode & RF mode profiles to “None”;
Now save this as a preset.

[Diane Sosnoski]

Mike,
Can I ask you some questions about Mark’s BitRate Calculator?

[Mike Kujbida]

Diane, I’ll mention the changes I’ve made to it and see if that answers your questions. If not, ask away.

#1. Click the Settings box in the bottom left.
#2. Click the 1 Kilobits = 1024 bits box.
#3. In the Audio encoding type and Bitrate dropdown box, select the 192 Kb/s – Dolby 1.0 as this is the AC-3 default in Vegas.
If you change this setting in Vegas, make sure to change it here.
#4. Change the Safety Margin to 5%. This is a very conservative number but I’ve never had a DVD exceed the allowable size limit having it set that high.

Note: It’s been drilled into me for a very long time that you should never go over 8,000,000 so, if I get a setting higher than that, I leave it at 8,000,000.

Correct Bitrate settings in Vegas for DVD Architect is a thread where a few of us got into a more detailed look at this calculator.

[Rick Wise]

And here it is, many years later, and this same problem pops up: “VOB file too large for its type.” I’m using Vegas Pro 14 to render an 18-minute movie to Quicktime 7; size: 3.07 GB. In DVD Architect 6, when I click on burn/ optimize, fit to disc, I get the message: The estimated total size of all menus is above the maximum of 1 GB and will probably fail while being prepared.” Yet when I click on optimize/fit to disc, I get: “There is enough space available for this project. The bit rate does not need to be adjusted.” When I try to continue, after a while, the message above, “VOB file too large for its type” pops up and the burn is aborted.

Rick Wise
Cinematographer
MFA/BFA Lighting and Camera Instructor Academy of Art University
San Francisco Bay Area
https://www.RickWiseDP.com

[Francois Pénzes]

Hi Rick

Can you take snapshots of your your DVD Architect settings ? Make sure it includes where your finished files are and the default render files will be after being processed by DVD Architect.

One last thing, could we get your computer specs ?

Cheers !

PC Win 10 Pro 64-bit 16gb Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core 3.40GHz
Cameras: Canon XF305 + Canon XH-A1
Blackmagic HyperDeck Studio Mini
Vegas Pro 16, User since Vegas 3.0

\’\’When the cutting stops, the editing begins…\’\’

[Rick Wise]

Thank you for replying to my inquiry, and my apologies for being so slow to respond! It looks like that even though I get that error message, DVD Architect burns the disc anyway. So I don’t think we need to dig down any deeper on this topic.

Again, thank you!

Rick Wise
Cinematographer
MFA/BFA Lighting and Camera Instructor Academy of Art University
San Francisco Bay Area
https://www.RickWiseDP.com