Mike Kujbida
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Zoom in closer on the timeline.
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Give DVdate a try.
As an added bonus, it’s free 🙂 -
As Rick suggests, do it with AC-3 audio.
Use the DVD Architect NTSC video stream template for you r video and the Dolby Digital AC-3 (default is fine) for your audio.
You don’t say how long the file is but, on a DVD-9 with this template, you’re good for 2 hr. of video without having to tweak the default bitrate.
Make sure to give both files the same prefix (i.e. myvideo.mpg & myvideo.ac3) & render them to the same folder. This way, DVDA will automatically load the audio once you load the video.Burn it as a data DVD with Nero but prepare it (i.e. create the VIDEO_TS & AUDIO_TS folders) in DVD Architect.
I do this all the time with RecordNow and it works just fine.To get it the way the client wants (the movie to start right away for her presentation), in DVDA go File – New – Single Movie and do as it says.
This way, the DVD will start playing right away.And now, since it’s WAY past my bedtime, I’m going to sign off.
Hope this all works for you 🙂 -
Yes it’s included, otherwise…
Martin, I never assume anything so I’m just making sure 🙂
Now for another potentially dumb question.
How are you putting the video onto the DVD?
Are you creating a DVD in DVD Architect (i.e. AUDIO_TS & VIDEO_TS folders) or just dropping the MPEG-2 file onto a disc?
If it’s the latter, then I suspect that’s why it won’t play properly on a DVD player. -
Did you make sure that the MPEG-2 template you used was set to include audio?
Some do and some don’t so you need to make sure you picked one that does.
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What was the total size of the rendered video & audio streams?
Keep in mind that, although a DVD claims to be able to store 4.7 GB, in reality it’s only 4.3 GB.
You also need to make sure you’re looking at the correct file size.
For example, a recent project I did claimed to be 3.90 GB in size. In Detail mode, it said 4,096,552. Right-clicking on it and selecting Properties said 4,194,869,248.
This last figure is the one to use for sizing.What bitrate did you use for the render?
According to the bitrate calculator I use, a 1 hr. 50 min. video works out as follows. This assumes AC-3 audio.
VBR: 8,700,000 / 5,000,000 / 3,000,000
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DV is approx. 13.5 GB/hr. so that’s normal.
It’s not until you convert it to MPEG-2 & AC-3 for a DVD that the file size shrinks. -
Is there anything I could change for not getting any dropped frames??
Unless your machine is connected to the net and you’re running 6 CPU-intensive programs at the same time as you’re capturing, dropouts should not be happening.
Check out this FAQ for more suggestions.
If at all possible, capture to a secondary drive.
Drive C should be for OS & programs only.
The first thing I do when setting Vegas up on a new machine is to change all of it’s defaults to something other than C:\My Documents.And what is the format that it’s been captured with??
Captured video will show up as DV-AVI files.
The client wants me to only transfer the tapes to dvd only…
Buy yourself a standalone DVD recorder and save a lot of time (both yours and the computer’s).
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You didn’t say how large your images were. I’m talking about image size (in pixels) as opposed to file size. Quite often resizing the image(s) helps a lot.
Try the flicker reduction In Vegas instead of DVD Architect.
Right-click on the clip and select “Switches – Reduce Interlace Flicker”.
To apply this to every clip on the timeline, select all of them (click the first one and then shift-click the last one) and do this.You can also apply a very light Gaussian blur (vertical only – set to 0.001) at the track level or master output.
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I personally use Color Curves to do these adjustments.
The Color Correction in Sony Vegas DVD from VASST is an excellent resource for learning this – and much more!!