[Peter Wright]

… just an afterthought. To verify how the process works before doing all that work, create a couple of files and do a simple edit yourself with the low res files. Close Vegas, change the name of the folder they are in then point Vegas to the originals.

[Peter Wright]

Yes, you can do exactly what you suggest – use low resolution files (be careful to create exact one-for-one files and name them the same or corresponding names to the originals) to do the edit elsewhere.

When the edited veg is opened back on your computer, Vegas will ask where the files are and you can point to the originals.

I don’t know of any script which would help here – it’s a fairly straightforward process.

[Peter Wright]

Yes to everything!

1 & 2. Select the appropriate Template when rendering

3. Right click / Channels / combine

or, if you want more control,

Duplicate the audio track.
On one track right click / channels / left only
On the other track right click / channels / right only

You can then control the relative volume and pan properties of each.

[Peter Wright]

The logo is apparently copyright, but the letters DVD aren’t – I usually use a font like Broadway BT and italicise them.

[Peter Wright]

Sound Forge only deals with a single file at a time – this is a job for Vegas.

[Peter Wright]

I think the DVD structure means audio belongs separately with each menu/page.

One workaround would be to create a single movie which shows the first page for what you consider an appropriate time, then transition to page two and so on, thereby allowing continuous music beneath.

[Peter Wright]

Just change the contents of the extras folder – DVDA will add the contents of the same folder, but make sure you do another “Prepare” process, rather than burning the existing process. DVDA’s smart prepare will only do the changes it has to – shouldn’t take any time at all.

[Peter Wright]

I’ve read good things about DVDWorkshop in the past. As Steve said, what specific features did you like in Workshop?

DVDA3 is already a remarkably well featured and designed program.

It weakest point is probably it’s burner compatibility, but in some ways I don’t mind Sony not rushing drivers without good testing, and that really is a non-issue anyway – DVDA will prepare the precise folders to burn to DVD using apps like Nero, Record Now etc.

I like many DVDA features, including the straightforward drag and drop customizable workspace, Properties windows, end actions, delayed buttons …

Gary has done an excellent DVD on how to use DVDA3, so maybe he can list some of his favourite features.

[Peter Wright]

The menu will be rendered into a short MPEG2 clip whether the thumbnails are still or animated. It’s usually when you have several menus that the space starts to add up. If your main video is an hour long, you should have no problems.

[Peter Wright]

Gary’s probably asleep now so I’ll have a go –

If you use the headphone out connected to sound card in, you may get an overloaded distorted sound, so best to use a cassete player with Line Out connected to sound card line in. However you can experiment if you only have headphone out – you may be able to achieve a good level.

Windows Recording control can be used to select inputs and levels. Once you’re connected, it’s a question of enabling record in a Vegas audio track, starting record then hitting play with the casette.

If any of these steps are new, have a read of the help files first – it’s good to get familiar with the basics of all the various ways of getting sound and vision in or out of Vegas.

Peter Wright
Perth, Western Oz
http://www.allroundvision.com.au