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which lossless format to render for DVD arch
Using Studio6.
I am trying to figure out which format to render my project in, prior to importing it into DVD Arch. Is MPG2 lossy? Should I go AVI or other for highest quality? When I render in MPG2, and play it back in Windows Media Player, much of it seems a bit pixelated, not much but more than when previewing the project prior to rendering.
The project is video/sill image mix with music and talking.
Thanks.
Rodney
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7 Replies
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Rodney,
You don’t want to render to lossless for DVDA. Select Mpeg-2 as the type and use the “DVD Architect NTSC video stream” or the “DVD Architect NTSC Widescreen video stream” templates. Remember to encode your audio using Dolby AC3.
Jeff
http://www.narrowroadmedia.com
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Great! I got everything ready with the exception of the AC3 audio encoding. Is this a full version capability only? I am using Studio6. I went FILE/RENDER AS and there is no AC3 option on the drop down menu. I am choosing Main Concept MPEG2.
Thanks again for your help.
Rodney
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Sorry Rodney,
Your going to have wait for a response from a studio user. I never used it, so I don’t know the AC3 compatabilities.
John?
Jeff
http://www.narrowroadmedia.com
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Have any idea why there is no audio when put into DVD Arch 3? I dragged the MPG file from the explorer tab, into the main working area. When played after rendering in Studio6 it is with audio. The template is NTSC DVD.
Rodney
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In Vegas Pro the template “DVD NTSC” includes audio. The audio is not included, but can be, in the “DVD Architect NTSC video stream” template.
Make sure in DVD Architect that the audio is set to the .mpg file.
Preview your DVD before (from the toolbar) before you make the DVD.
Jeff
http://www.narrowroadmedia.com
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[Rodney Ballard] “Have any idea why there is no audio when put into DVD Arch 3? I dragged the MPG file from the explorer tab, into the main working area. When played after rendering in Studio6 it is with audio. The template is NTSC DVD. “
Rodney, have you tried using the Make Movie button and then selecting Burn it to DVD? This is the easiest workflow for Movie Studio users. No need to worry about any of this stuff. Movie Studio does the right thing and sends everything to DVD Architect Studio for you. (BTW, Movie Studio 6 does not support AC3)
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
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[Rodney Ballard] “Have any idea why there is no audio when put into DVD Arch 3? I dragged the MPG file from the explorer tab, into the main working area. When played after rendering in Studio6 it is with audio. The template is NTSC DVD. “
It’s kind of traditional for DVD applications to work on low-level assets. I’m not exactly sure why, only, that things like AC-3 or DTS in an MPEG-2 wrapper aren’t standard (DVD extended this, but it wasn’t part of the MPEG-2 spec). So that would normally be a separate audio and video file, with the video in MPEG-2 elemental stream format. And for many DVD authoring systems, it is. Vegas produces a more common program stream, but not to add audio, but instead to allow the inclusion of markers and other metadata.
So normally, at least in Vegas Pro, you’d render to the MPEG-2 “DVD NTSC” or “DVD NTSC Widescreen” template. These produce the MPEG-2 files without audio. Then you find the AC-3 (or WAV, if you like) option, and render the audio. If they’re in the same directory, DVD Architect should pick up the audio when you select the video.
-Dave
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