Rob Franks
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The burner *MAY* be the difference here since I use the LG burner.
Just for the heck of it…try doing it in 2 steps and see what you get; prepare your disk as an ISO in DVDa then close the program and re-open. Choose BURN PREVIOUS PROJECT and burn the ISO. See if that makes a difference in burning time.
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As I stated before, I completely agree that 7 hours is an unreasonably long time but I sincerely doubt it has to do with DVDA in itself and more with what or how you’re using it. It may be even a hardware conflict for all I know.
What I do know however is that in DVDa it takes me about 2.5 hours from start to finish and my disks are about 23.5 gigs with mpeg2 menus and avc videos (usually about 3 videos at an hour each…. sometimes same resolution each one…sometimes not).
My equipment is nothing special… Q6600 quad, 8 gigs ram, windows7
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What are you outputting to…. Blu Ray or normal DVD (for dvd players)?
Your output file(s) from vegas should be a separate audio/video file in the form of M2V and audio type (ac3… mpeg…etc)
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The only 2 reasons I can think of why it would take that long is if you have an extremely complicated menu….. or you’re re-compressing.
What file type(s) are you exporting from Vegas? Are you exporting separate audio/video files from Vegas? (DVDa likes the separate audio/video files better). Are you SURE you’re not re-compressing? When you go to “disk optimize” just before you burn you should see green check marks beside all files except for the menu (the menu will always re-compress). If you do not see a check mark beside all your files then dvda is re-compressing the ones that aren’t checked.
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That depends. Are you talking strictly burning time or the entire disk process?
I can *burn* a Blu Ray in about an hour give or take a little. My *preparation and burn* is about 2.5 hours, but then most of that does not have to be re-compressed.
If on the other hand you stick a file in DVDa and it feels that it is not to the proper standard (not compliant) then DVDa will re-compress (totally re-write the file)… and that takes a
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>>>That’s interesting….I don’t use any of their buttons as I create my own in Vegas including all animations.<<< This is why you don't re-compress... You're not asking DVDa to add a composting layer to your original work (the buttons).
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To the best of my knowledge there is no way to control the length of the time line itself after a project has been initially dropped onto it. The length is set by the first set of clips that you drop on it and it will grow when you add more. But SHORTENING it is not really necessary at all. You can have HOURS of nothing after your last clip and it will not be reflected in the final render so the issue is little more than cosmetics.
Is there any specific need for what you ask?
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There is a Vegas script that will do this but I can’t remember where it is. Have a look through Ed Troxel’s site… it may be there.
https://www.jetdv.com/vegas/forum/index.php?sid=4f729d75369fb22ac324955ca13ca5d0
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I’m not sure I understand what you’re saying here. Are you saying that you have some blank time line ***AT THE END***? if this is the case then you don’t need to worry about it. Vegas is smart enough to figure out there is nothing there and not include it in the final render.
If you have blank space IN BETWEEN 2 clip then just drag the clips together. If you turn on ripple edit then these gaps will automatically close when you remove some thing.
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The Menu will A L W A Y S re-compress.
When you add a video to the time line the menu HAS TO BE rebuilt to include that video…. which is why it re-compresses. Anytime you build a dvd or blu ray with a menu system included it will re-compress because the menu is actually have to be CONSTRUCTED by dvda.