[Gilles Gagnon]

Thanks Stephen,
I wonder if it’ll be the same settings the other fellas have mentioned here?
I look forward to hear of yours.
For now, I’ve been rendering using the Studio template.
G

Gilles

[Gilles Gagnon]

Thanks Mike.
I have several projects to re-render and some also have several videos per DVD. Hence looking to cut corners and get this burned 🙂

That’s why I was asking.
G

Gilles

[Gilles Gagnon]

Thanks Bob,

I did a search on this and indeed found some good threads. Mike has been all over this ac3 thingy 🙂

I re-rendered everything at ac3 using the Studio template. As stated before, my volume is now fine.

Q. What would I have to gain by re-rendering yet again in ac3 Pro using the settings recommended here? (by Mike)
(if the benefits are slim, I’ll leave well enough alone)

Cheers,
G

Gilles

[Gilles Gagnon]

UPDATE:

The volume is significantly differs between the stock AC3 Pro template and both other AC3 files, the one using Mike’s settings and the the customizable ac3-Studio template.

I guess this explains the lower volume.
It is much lower. Arggghhh. I have to re-render all my audios, for all the videos in my DVDA project and replace the media.

Mike’s settings generated a file with Audio which was louder than the AC3-Pro stock, but not as loud as AC3-studio stock.

Can anyone shed some light? What is going on here?

Gilles

[Gilles Gagnon]

OK Mike,
I’ve done this and will see.

So I understand/learn:

What is the reason for these changes from the stock template?
Are saying that these settings will result in higher volume?

Gilles

[Gilles Gagnon]

Thanks guys.
I just checked and I am using the AC3 Dolby Digital PRO (not Studio).
This way I am able to drop the bitrate to 128 to conserve space.

In this template “dialog normalization’ is set to -27db

Any of the above an issue?

Gilles

[Gilles Gagnon]

Hi Oskar…and every one else here…
Did you get a solution for this?
I have the exact same issue.
Cheers,
G

Gilles

[Gilles Gagnon]

I agree with Mike. It just happened to me a few days ago. After making changes to my project, replacing some media, a very inflated estimated size was reported.

Gilles

[Gilles Gagnon]

Art,
Try this. Pretend you’re going to burn this 7 gig DVD with the “Make DVD” button, until you see the “optimize” button in the bottom right of the popup window.

The resulting window will tell you how the space is to be used by various items. Don’t worry, you’ll cancel before any attempt is made to burn the DVD.

What do you see there?

Gilles

[Gilles Gagnon]

Thanks for jumping in Steve.

Gilles