[Rick Hughes]

Think I have found the answer … or at least a step towards it …

Created DVD Architect single video file, when I proceed to next window that is where i get the warning that it will recompress audio …
At that point if I click on ‘Optimize‘ I get following view for Audio:

The Vegas render produces a combined video & audio file in single mpg file, when I look at the mpg file using Mediainfo I can see that Audio is 224Kbps 48 KHz mpeg
The ‘optimize’ step above seems to be dropping this to 192Kbps to make it DVD compliant.

Does this make sense ?

[Rick Hughes]

Using DVD Architect 5.0

I have the completed Movie Studio project which is a single mpg file with embedded audio, want to create DVD MPEG standard DVD to give maximum compatibility in players.

I followed the advice to use the Make DVD wizard …. even DVD architect thinks it will fit on DVD … see attached .. bottom right corner shows only 4.5Gb

This is simple DVD – no menus

[Rick Hughes]

If DVD Architect already wanting to recompress presumably due to size, changing to wav would make an even bigger project file size ? …. wouldn’t it make it worse.

Is there somewhere I can go specifically for DVD architect support ……. something not right in way its working.

[Rick Hughes]

My worry is wav is not DVD compliant format.
It would risk a drop in quality to have to transcode from mpg file (with mpeg audio) to wav and then wav to AC3

To simply put a less than 4.7Gb file onto a 4.7Gb media would seem a fundamental use of DVD Architect, or am I missing something expecting it to work this simple ?

[Rick Hughes]

OK … still not following this …

Have used BitRatecalc … and reduced VBR form 9,500 to 9,00 now well within size of 4.7Gb DVD
I load file into DVD architect, elect single video DVD …
I still get message it will recompress audio, why ? …. there is no need for this, file is under 4.7Gb audio & video already compressed, recompression will lose me quality.

In Movie Studio I chose one of default templates (PAL DVD stream) only change was to set to 2 pass VBR and reduce VBR peak to 9,000

Why is DVD Architect wanting to re-compress audio … and more to point how can I stop it.

[Rick Hughes]

Is this achieved via ‘make DVD’ wizard, and customize template to use wav.
I thought AC3 was better format than wav?
As this is to produce DVD for domestic DVD players, can they play wav files OK?

[Rick Hughes]

Which gives best quality lowering bit rate … or leaving it as ‘wizard’ chooses, and letting it re-compress?
Juyst made some changes and it now only says:
“The Audio will be compressed”

I used the wizard as you advised so is using AC3

[Rick Hughes]

I did what you said …the video file is 1Hr 21m in length.
PAL SD stereo

When I render it, the render file is 4.1GB, larger than I thought for that run time (non HD), assume I used the ‘wizards’ that is right.
When I then load this into DVD architect, and choose single DVD no menus, it tells me it won’t fit on a disc and it will compress it …
Does it really lose 0.6GB (4.7GB DVD) in disc overhead ?

[Rick Hughes]

Thanks … and yep was going to use 2-pass.

[Rick Hughes]

If I use ‘Make DVD’ it still opens the screen where I choose the Render Template ?

Did you mean … I should choose one of templates with “=” alongside it which Vegas has decided is most suitable ?

Related to this ……. are there any ‘better’ and by which I mean increased quality Render add-ins ? … or are MainConcept ones as good as it gets ?

Spent an awful long time restoring VHStapes with AviSynth/Virtual Dub, just want to make sure I use the most optimum render step.