Stephen Mann
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Not sure what kind of file you made, but if you want the DVD to play in a DVD player, the video has to be MPEG2. The only thing that controls filesize in MPEG2 is the bitrate. 1.5-hours of video should fit using a bitrate of 8Mbps.
You control the bitrate in Vegas by using the “DVD-A” preset in the MPEG compression options.
You can also let DVDA make the decisions for you by simply opening your AVI file in DVDA. DVDA will select the encoding parameters for you to make the video fit on a DVD.
Steve Mann
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RENDERING a file doesn’t usually make it smaller, but ENCODING it does. You can RENDER an AVI file many times recursively before you start seeing any degradation of the image, but every encode to reduce file size will also reduce quality.
Don’t confuse encoding with rendering, notwithstanding that Sony puts both in the “Render As” menu.
Steve Mann
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You haven’t said yet why you want to wind up in de-interlaced video. I shoot in 60i and deliver on DVD all the time. No problem leaving everything interlaced.
Steve Mann
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A DVD that you can play in a home DVD player can only be MPEG2. Use the DVDA template in Vegas and render the audio to AC3 in a separate file.
For Web, use MP4.
Steve Mann
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So, if I receive an invite to the wave, I can then invite 8 others? Someone send me an invite and I’ll pick up the next eight.
Steve Mann
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Click on view and make sure it’s selected. Can you post a screen shot of what you’re seeing? I can’t picture it in my mind.
Steve Mann
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That’s not what I asked. The likely problem is that the viewing device is not precisely 16:9 and adds the bars to accommodate your video. Sounds perfectly normal to me.
Steve Mann
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You’re seeing the bars on the top and bottom of *which* screen? Preview, NTSC TV, HD Plasma, PC Monitor? What is the PAR of the output device?
Steve Mann
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You pass Levelator a WMV file and it outputs a new WMV file with the volume levels very well normalized.
Steve Mann
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Find the Levelator program. It’s free and it works miracles.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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