WMV to DVD

[Steve]

Would there be a point to rendering to avi? If not then do not.
Each time you render to a different format or bitrate you degrade the resulting video.
For Mpeg2 keep the bitrate higher for best results. On a single layer DVD R you can get about 2 hours of video with AC-3 or Mpeg audio using an average bitrate around 4k. Use 7.5k to 8k for 1 hour of video.

[Allen Zagel]

Hi SteveT

No point or reason to render to AVI unless I could improve quality which probably won’t happen. You’re right.

I’m not planning to do any editing to these WMV files. There’s about 5 or 8 each only about 3 minutes long. Reason for bringing them into Vegas is to line them up the way I want them on the DVD and set chapter points which in reality I think I could do directly in DVDA-2. So now that I think of it, probably no reason to even bring them into Vegas. Don’t remember if I can set bitrates in DVDA. it’s been a while since I’ve used it that way.

I also use DVD Lab Pro but I’d need to render to m2v/m2a for that. I’ve got a lot more menu choices and possibilities in DVD Lab Pro.

Thanks
Allen

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