[Curtis Suter]

Great Idea.

While looking around for that option I also found these options that I’m not sure of what to select:

It’s under Data/Advanced tab.
Type:
Track at Once, Open
Track at Once, Closed
Disk at Once, Closed

Mode:
Mode 1
Mode 2XA

File System:
ISO+Joliet (106 character file names)
ISO+Joliet+UDF
ISO Level 2 (212 Character file names)

It was defaulted to TAO,Open, mode 1 and ISO+Joliet.

What should I be using?

Thanks
Curtis
Montana

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Thanks a lot. I’m using Sony DVD-R’s.

Thanks for the tips on good brands of DVD’s.

Curtis
Montana

[Curtis Suter]

John,

I’m sorry I’ve confused you.
I’m not worried about the NTSC version for the USA, it plays and works great whether on the timeline in Vegas Studio, DVD Architect or via a DVD player on the computer and finally good on the TV. So the USA is good to go! 🙂

However, I sent it to a friend in England whom uses PAL format and wanted him to try the PAL and NTSC formats on his computer and TV. I couldn’t get the PAL to work here in the USA but didn’t know what would be best for the computer.

Here’s a chart of what he reported back.
He uses WinDVD on his computer.

……….PAL…………………..NTSC

TV
……..Video OK………………Poor Video
……..Audio OK………………No audio from .mov
………………………………..Good audio from Cinescore (.wav)

Computer
…….Video a bit Fuzzy……….Good Video
…….Audio OK……………..Same as above for audio.

So I guess that if I want to send him a PAL disk for TV than I should make it in PAL.

So if he wished to view it mainly on his computer I should send him the DVD in NTSC but redo the audio from AC-3 to PCM Stereo.

Does that sound right?

Thanks
Curtis
Montana

So it seems that

[Curtis Suter]

JR,

Thanks.

Ok, when I go to Vegas Movie Studio the audio that does play comes up as .wav it’s from Cinescore.

The audio that doesn’t play comes from the Camera as Quicktime.
Here’s more details on that audio:
Format ulaw 2:1
Attributes 16K, 16Bit, Mono

In DVD Architect I’m able to select:
PCM Stereo
AC-3 Stereo
AC-3 5.1 Surround

Okay, both disks I sent were in AC-3 Stereo. So that’s the problem. But there isn’t a Wave (.wav) option. Or is that the PCM Stereo?

Thanks JR
Curtis

[Curtis Suter]

Sorry about not giving enough info, I’m new to this and didn’t realize the other products.

I think I have more of this figured out. I’ve gotten it sorted so that it views properly on a 4:3 TV and 16:9 TV.

If I purchased the PLATINUM version would it give me the options in DVD Architect Studio the ability to select above a 720×480 resolution?

The reason I ask as it seems that the Movie Studio and Platinum version both ship with DVD Architect ver 4.5 and that version 5 may be required to render in a higher resolution.

Thanks
Curtis
Montana

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Well I see that I do NOT have the PRO version so that’s why my resolution can’t go any higher.

I have DVD architect 4.5d and see that there is no way to force a resolution. Is there a workaround for any of this?

I really don’t mind having the whole movie full screen or widescreen, I just need what I’ve shot with the camera to render with the entire width.

I’ve lost my cows! 🙂

Thanks
Curtis
Montana

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JR,

Thanks but I’m still having issues.

Just a reminder my camera only shoots in 1280×720 (HD720p)

I’m using Vegas ver 9.0b (build66) and here’s my options under Project Properties:

https://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c330/cloudyifr/Properties.jpg

So I selected NTSC DV Widescreen (720×480,29.970 fps) and Pixel Ratio of 1.2121 came up automatically so I used that.

If I click on Properties of the video in the timeline window I get this:
https://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c330/cloudyifr/PropertiesVideoTimeline.jpg

Then I Rendered the video as MainConcept MPEG-2 with the template DVD NTSC. I had been using .wmv.

After it rendered I went to DVD Architect and selected these properties:
https://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c330/cloudyifr/SonyArchitectProperties.jpg

I’m still getting cropping of the video on the left and right although I have black bars top and bottom that look about right.

Thanks for the help.

The cows are now out to pasture this morning, hope we can get them in soon so they are warm and happy! 🙂

Curtis
Montana