[Viki Kumar]

Hi Jedi,

Just for the record i tried redering to dv-avi and then loaded it into PD5 and rendered out with dolby ac3. Worked fine. Visual clarity seems the same (at least to the eye)as what i saw in the original dv-avi. So i guess this was my only way out. But i wanted to ask you 2 smaller doubts.
1. How do i make the timeline come to the bottom of the workspace. Right now, all the tracks open in a window which is in the upper half of the screen. The Preview and media/transition tabs window take up the lower half. What if i want it the other way around. Cant seem to move the timeline window lower.

2. Somewhere down my project. I deleted 2 media files (audio). But i did so because im no more using them in my timeline. But still everytime vegas starts and auto opens my last project. It says those 2 files are missing and gives options to ignore and leave media offline etc. But how do i stop it from asking the same thing everytime the project opens.

[Viki Kumar]

OK im sorry that mustve been realy dumb to ask. Thanks anyway.

[Viki Kumar]

No but POW DIR 5 wont allow you to render and ac3 audio file seperately. Can you plz tell me more specifically what i must do ? U mean i should render the video seperately in VMS+DVD Plat. Fine. Then take the audio track alone and drop it into the PD5 track and render out AC3 ? I dont think thats possible. What should i do.

[Viki Kumar]

OK Jedi. I have figured out a solution. What if i edit and render out as an mpeg2 with mpeg2 audio attached. Then i take this video into Power Director 5 and rerender as an mpeg 2 with dolby digital sound. Will the mpeg 2 go thru recompression and lose quality ? Ive heard some renderers dont rerender if its already in dvd compliant format. Or do you have any suggestion as to what is the best resolution and format i can render out from Vegas + DVD Platinum so that when i rerender thru Pow Dir 5 i wont loose clarity of video. Plz help with this. Id be thankful.

[Viki Kumar]

But then i can only author a dvd in dolby 2.0. I cant render an Mpeg2 file with dolby 2.0 so that i can play it back on my laptop for demo videos ? Can i ?

[Viki Kumar]

I am told be a sony representative that even VEGAS + DVD will not encode dolby digital 2.0 (as power director does) They specifically say it will only encode Dolby 5.1. What on earth is that ?? It will encode to a higher end format but wont do 2.0 ??? I tried talking sense to them. But they just insist. Am i missing something real big here ? Because i am everyday repeat reading the sony site where it very clearly says “will enocode dolby digital 5.1 or stereo”. Whats all this all about Jedi ? Plz help. I cant buy something so expensive and then not have it do what i require. Because i have no need for 5.1 projects. Or HERES the REAL BIG question…..If i just render out from VMS PLAT into mpeg 2 with mpeg 2 sound and then i take this mpeg and load it into power director just to get it out in dolby stereo. I heard that mpeg 2 is not recompressed if we are just rendering out to the same format. Or am i wrong ? I hope you understand what i want to do. Just edit and produce good quality videos or dvds with dolby 2.0. Will this second stage render dilute the video quality ??

[Viki Kumar]

I think the 3rd link is wrong. Its leading back to the 2nd newsleter only. Plz check and let us know. Very informative. Would like to see the third tutorial too.

[Viki Kumar]

Oh I get the picture. Are there any options of getting an external dolby ac3 plugin to work within VMS 6 Platinum. Or if i buy V6 Full version ? Yeah you are right as hell they have named their products so confusingly. My brother owns Sony Vegas 5.0 In the plugins folder he says there are certain ac3 dll files. Will a copy paste kind of thing work ? LOL. Also i noticed that in my current VMS Plat if i want to render a WMV 9 file it allows only certain templates. It doesnt allow selection of WMV HD 25p etc. But the irritating thing is, It doesnt even notify you when you hit render that this facility is not available etc. It just blinks and the render window is back. What a user friendly approach heh ?

[Viki Kumar]

HI Jedi ?

For even just 2 channel dolby ?? which even simple progs like Power Director 5 offer ?

But some say that Vegas 6.0 Full Version also has Dolby Digital 2 channel (Dolby Stereo). I have got VMS + DVD Platinum and there seems to be no option to render out an mpeg 2 with dolby 2.0.

Can you please demystify this for me. Is it that VEGAS + DVD comes with a DVD Architect higher than DVD Architect 3 (which is incl in VMS+DVD Platinum) ??

So even if i get VEGAS 6.0 full version i still wont be able to render MPEG2 with Dolby 2.0 (like with Power Director ??)

[Viki Kumar]

hi jedi,

thanks for the reply. so if i get sony vegas 6.0 (thats the full version rite ?) i can encode into dolby 2 ? no strings or plugins needed ? and once i do that can i open the project in DVD Architect 3 and my sound wont go back to PCM (i mean will it still stay dolby). Thanks a lot for helping me jedi. i really really appreciate talking to someone who knows. ud be surprised ! even the folks at sony were giving me vague answers.