Eric Pautsch
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DVDSP is your only real option for professional results on the Mac. Look into Video Symphony or Moviola for training in LA
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DVD only supports 48k. Since it has a higher sample rate it should sound the same. Convert to 48k before using TMPGEnc
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Not thats it’s bad but mixing different resolutions from menu to titles and vice versa is not good. I also understand some players balk at this frame resolutions.
My main concern is the amount of money involved, the tools and techniques your using and if you feel OK about using a tool which the designers say shouldn’t be used for anything other than home use 🙂
No authoring app is perfect and I’ve only used DVD-Lab once to check out it’s abstraction layer but based on that comment from them I see “zero” chance of using it in a professional environment.
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Thanks Steve
There’s only one way to do what they need and it will take about 3 days work…so there’s no cutting services here. I’m still waiting to here from them. I guess I’ll just keep there assets safe forever if I have to. I want to send them back the stuff but not sure how long to go with that.
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Thats correct…I;m not sure why your set top recorder is giving you 704×480? Don’t use these in your project. You MPEG should be 720×480 along with your menus.
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Also, there are place you can go to have your build testing before replication. Here’s one:
https://www.dvdverification.com/
Trai can get you some more insight on how compliant their builds are.
I, myself have done no testing on DVD-Lab builds but when the makers of the tool tell you to use something else for professional work (especailly a job where 500,000 units will be pressed) – I would listen!
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In After Effects you can change the size of your comp. All DVD design needs to be 720×480 (4×3) – they need to be rendered out 720×480. Do not use 1/2 D1 resolutions!
I can say 10mb/s is way too high. Depending on how much video your looking at 7 is about right – but it all depends on your job
Look around for a free bitrate analyzer to make sure your bitrates aren’t high.
DVD-Lab is a great tool and nothing comes close to it in features for the price on a PC. However, it hasn’t been tested the way professional tools are. The DVD-Lab staff even tells you this..
DVD authoring needs to be done with the myriad of players in mind existing worldwide. Some are good, some are bad. When you author, you need to do so in way that reduces that incompatibility ratio. This means using a proven tool and following certain steps. Just because it plays fine on your set top doesn’t mean it will on others. Again, don’t take this the wrong way, but your going about this incorrectly based on your posts.
I strongly urge you to get some professional DVD advice before continuing. I don’t mean to scare you but there’s much on the line here. You may be OK in the end…but maybe you won’t. But the 704 x 480 needs to go out the window…just for get those number..PLEASE! 720×480 throughout your workflow.
I may have been the one to suggest DVD-Lab to you but I would never do that if I knew what was at stake here.
Also if you go to replication..get a check disc of the run first before moving on .
Good Luck
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Since the cow doesn’t have an EDIT BUTTON! I must correct something I said. I should have said DVD-Lab and DVDSP can’t target a loop point DIRECTLY like in a spec tool.
PLEASE don’t use DVD-Lab for a 500,000 unit job!! DON’T DO IT! – Especially if the designers urge the same!!
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704×480 (NTSC) is supported by the spec but I believe DVDLab may only support 720×480 (NTSC). Some players don’t support 704×480 anyway. You might want to do some searching in the manual. What were you using to extract the MPEGs? And what video recorder were you using, at what bitrate?
If your After Effect comps are 720×480 that’s what you need your mpeg streams to be as well. In addition, there are much better encoders out there than going to an outboard set top recorder – some under $60.00.
You need to seriously reconsider your work flow IMO. To make things worse check out the quote on DVD-Labs’ website:
“Is This Software Recommended for Commercial Project?:
It is strongly recommended that professionals who are getting paid for their commercial work use a commercial grade software. There are few industry standards for making DVD’s such as Sonic Scenarist or Apple DVD Studio Pro.
While nobody will stop you from using our low-cost solutions for commercial projects, it is not advisable. Once you invest a lot of money and time into making your commercial project, it doesn’t make sense to suddenly go “low-cost” on the last, but equally important step such as authoring DVDhttps://www.mediachance.com/dvdlab/dvdlabfaq.html
If the designers of the tool are saying this then I would listen 🙂
To answer your second question DVD-Lab is not a spec level tool. Something like targeting a loop point can’t be done. Its the same way with DVDSP. Think about making a duplicate menus without the intro and target that with your menu button.
Not to sound like a jerk (really) 🙂 But if your going to have half a million units made, I would strongly consider going to someone who really knows the ins and outs of DVD. Someone (maybe you) is putting up alot of money and this needs to be done right.
Good Luck
Eric
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Sorry to tell you this but your brother did you a great disservice by trashing those .ifo and .bup files. These files are required for playback…gotta love family 🙂
You must extract the original streams from the Vob files. I use MPEGStream Clip for this. Then reauthor using whatever tool you like. I just hope you can extract the streams without the ifo files