Stephen Mann
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Sounds like you’re doing everything right. Adding to John’s advice, there is also a GPU option in the render-as menu in the “modify template” window.
What does the glitch look like? Can you YouTube it so we can see the glitch? (Is YouTube a verb now?)
Steve Mann
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Two hours is stretching the limits of good results, but not impossible. I do it frequently.
What is your max bitrate when you encode the MPEG file?
Use VBR for better results. You need a good bitrate calculator for this. I like this one: https://www.johncline.com/bitcalc110.zip
NEVER let DVDA recompress your media – if it does you are guaranteed a quality hit.
Use a simple menu, or no menu at all to increase the available DVD space for the media.Steve Mann
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Your screenshot of the folders doesn’t tell me anything.
Like John said, try a lower MAX bitrate. Filesize is directly related to bitrate.
As I said, I “prepare” my DVD into an empty folder in Windows. If that folder size in Windows Explorer is less than 4.3Gb, I know it will fit – no matter what DVDA protests.
I am not at all familiar with the Studio version of DVDA, so maybe it won’t let you ignore the warning as the pro version does.I don’t know if DVDA Studio has this option, but try changing the target media size in file/properties. This may trick DVDA into accepting your 4.0Gb file. I’ve never tried it, and it may have other repercussions such as DVDA may try to split your media into a double-sided disk. But it can’t hurt to try.
Steve Mann
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What are you calling alising? Show a screenshot. Also, where are you seeing it? Preview? final DVD?
Steve Mann
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20 Seconds? 20Frames I can see since chapters can only start on a P-frame which occurs every 15 to 20 frames, depending on the codec you’re using.
Try moving the chapter marker on the DVDA timeline. DVDA will not let you drop the marker on an I-frame.Steve Mann
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You are correct – you want to control the filesize when encoding the files in Vegas. Use a bitrate calculator to determine the encoding parameters to plug into the Render As, Modify Template window.
Never let DVDA re-render your video. You are encoding already compressed files, further compromising your quality – do it right the first time in Vegas.
Also, don’t rely on the DVDA to “fit” to disk. The codecs in DVDA are not as good as the codecs used by Vegas.
Steve Mann
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Ignore that warning. DVDA is notoriously conservative with disk usage. I “prepare” all of my projects to a subdirectory of the project folder named… drum roll,,, “DVD”. When DVDA “prepares” the disc it generates the VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders. If my “DVD” folder is less than 4.3Gb according to Windows Explorer, it will fit on the DVD irrespective of the warning from DVDA.
You mentioned that “I use vegas because my camera records, umm creates like chapetrs, a lot of files, video files, so the only way is to put them all in vegas then cut 2 hrs slices and render 2hrs.”
You don’t say what camera, but I’ll bet that you are recording to a memory card and all those files from the camera are 2Gb. You should have received with the camera a program that collects those files into a single video file ready for editing.
Steve Mann
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That is correct. 2X is the best I’ve seen from BD-RW.
You might try upgrading DVDA 5.2 to 6.0
https://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/dvda6offerNo clue if this will help. The new features in DVDA6 are a mystery because DVDA6 is not on Sony’s “Software” page. DVDA6 is only in the more expensive Vegas Suite ($900), but no DVDA6 features are given in the suite description.
Maybe Sony figured out that to be taken seriously by Hollywood, the product has to be a suite and has to be expensive.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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“Unmanaged Exception” almost always means a driver error. Have you installed any new hardware or updated drivers recently?
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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