[Jeff David]

I had another thread already where I got all of the written instructions on burning a dvd but there is something I am not doing right.

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[Jeff David]

Graham – I’ve been unable to burn the dvd. I’m stuck. Would you be willing to help me by walking me through it? Yes – I have all of the instructions but but I’m missing something. I am willing to pay you for your help.

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[Jeff David]

No – it’s better to use the bit rate approach. I never doubt the advice of those with vastly more experience than me – especially when I’ve never done that part of editing before.

This thread had been extremely educational. Over the weekend – I will print this off and follow it closely as well as the training video.

I will definitely run it through the bit-rate viewer. Yes – for sure.

Like mentioned – next up – is for me to do the audio render and then follow the rest of your advice/instructions combined as well with the training video instructions.

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[Jeff David]

Graham,

I just saw where I inadvertently put a ? mark after your name in my last post. That was accidental – I did not even know that was in there. My bad! Sorry!

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[Jeff David]

Graham,

You have absolutely been crucial and helped me work through roadblocks. I would have been stuck at several points if not for you. I can’t tell you how grateful I am that you share your knowledge with me.

Yes – I was able to figure things out based on your tips in those cases where I still was confused. I try to do research on my own before posting here. Yes – I was only able to find that instructional video thanks to you. Your post prompted me to do a search and bingo! That additional training video I found is Hugh! It goes through the entire process including the DVD Architect which I recently got but have not used yet.

Last night – I rendered the video to my hard drive – took about 10 hours. Tonight I’ll render the audio. I know the audio render does not take long.

Like I said – I know how to burn the Blu-rays – but the DVD is much more involved. Funny – you would think it would be the opposite.

Most of what I learned – I learned here – or on my own.

I was not able to work on my project for about 6 months as I was tied up w a job I had.

I’m going to send you a 100% discount so you can watch my completed video.

Give me a few days and I’ll send it to you as thanks for your coaching!

Jeff

ps. Is Grazie your nickname? I see that listed at the bottom

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[Jeff David]

Thanks a million Graham?

I just spent the afternoon training to be able to do the dvd burn.

I would not have been able to figure it out just based on just the bit rate calculator but I found this awesome complimentary training video that is fantastic and covers the entire process!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHBHsY2qdd8

I’ve yet to attempt to burn the dvd but that’s the next step!

I’ve burned blu-rays in the past w out any problem but it seems dvd’s are more involved.

I only just realized from reading the links that most organizations don’t even have blu-rays! Wow- I figured they would all have state of the art but I found out different!

Thanks again!

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[Jeff David]

Thanks Graham,

I downloaded both programs.

I saw where the poster said what to put in some of the fields on the bitrate calculator but what about:

Motion Menus running time
fixed menus
nr of subtitles
total slides
Menu transitions
streams per vts
duration each

do I have to put anyhting in those fields? I have no idea where I would get that info??

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[Jeff David]

Thanks a million! I’m going to study your links now and see if I can figure out how to do it.

I don’t understand the one that Francois sent – although it’s prob pretty simple if you’re not a novice like me.

Wow – I’m glad I don’t have any fireworks like stuff as that seems like ti would be difficult to combine mpeg2 in there. Wow. I’m glad I don’t have to do that – it seems complicated.

I’ll let you know how I make out after studying your links!

Jeff

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[Jeff David]

Thanks Francois.

I downloaded the calculator but I am somewhat confused.

For the video specs, I know I can look them up under “project properties” and I did except I was unable to find

“TOTAL FRAMES”

I am using Sony Movie Studio Platinum 13. Where do I find the number of frames please?

Also – where do I find the bitrate and size for the audio tracks? I have a voice track and sound track.

Am I correct that on the right hand side under “CALCULATE FROM” I only need to enter the final size I want?

I see that 1,457 is entered in the video bitrate option and 0.001 is entered in the bits/pixel farm field. Do I need to enter anything in those boxes?

I’ve never had any experience w this type of thing.

Thanks.

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[Jeff David]

Thanks! My video is 2 hours long.

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