Documentary settings for a 45 minutes documentary in Sony Vegas and DVDARCH

[Stelvium]

Hallo friends,
i was wondering if u would use the same settings for this render about a documentary. I shot it with sony FX1 the interviews (about 35 minutes in 1080-50 i), then i shot the landscapes and the aerials from helicopter with D7100 (the other 8 minutes) and 4opro 4 (in 4k downsized in HDV1080 for about 45 seconds cause i loved the wide shots from above).
My workflow has been:
- edit everything in HDV 1080 50 i timeline
Field order UPPER frame rate 25,000 (as i'm in Pal Land)
Full resolution rendering quality BEst
Deinterlace Method: interpolate
Was this the choice u should make considering 85%interlaced material in 50 i and13% shot in 25 p?

Then it comes the authoring part for 45 minutes of DVD:
Variable Bit rate ticked
Maximum 9.500.000
Average (bps): 6.000.000
Minimum 192.000
What do u guys think? It's an important documentary and i was tryng to achieve the best quality

 

[David Jimerson]

I'd edit on a 50i timeline, render using the PAL DVD Widescreen template under MPEG-2, and use the standard settings for authoring the DVD. It's pretty straightforward. Doesn't matter if it's a documentary or anything else.

You might be able to increase the bitrate if it's only 45 minutes. But you do that when you render from Vegas, not in DVD Architect. Your goal is to create a file that DVD Architect won't change.

 

[Stelvium]

Thanks DAVID, how long...how are u buddy?

 

[Stelvium]

David what about the output Audio volume for broadcast use? I should stay under -6 db?

 

[David Jimerson]

Your highest peaks should be no more than -6. Average should be around -12 for dialogue.