MPEG-2 file size problem

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thomasharman

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I've used Vegas for several months now and have been rendering MPEG-2 files for use in DVA. For my longer projects I have used both CBR and VBR rendering with bitrates recommended on a chart in an article written up by Ed Troxel. They worked fine in DVA in the past.

In the last week I've had two projects which ended up being larger after rendering than DVD disk capacity, according to DVA. I have tried the same MPEG-2 file in DVDWorkshop and it will fit the disk. I don't want DVA to have to re-render the file.

Any idea what I've done to mess this up?

Tom Harman
 
The last project of 1 hour 27 minutes done at 5,300,000 by CBR was read as 4.6 Gig in DV Architect and 4.2 Gig in DVDWorkshop.
 
Thanks. The footage is 24p, and rendered that way. But that still does not explain to me why the MPEG-2 file is seen as a smaller file in DVD Workshop, and I could burn a DVD with it without re-rendering, but too big in DVD Architect. That would suggest to me that something is amiss in DVD Architect. That's what puzzles me. I certainly would rather use as high a bit rate as possible, which at least this last two projects, DVD Workshop is allowing and DVD Architect is not.

Thanks for your suggestions. I will contact software support if this happens again.
 
Hi, I faced the same problem last week. Yes you are right that theres something slightly awry going on within DVDA. But all round its great program except for some small intolerabilities.
 
Thanks for the note from plainman007 that has also had this problem.

I wonder if it is only for 24 p converted MPEG-2 files, because I never had this with a standard NTSC DV project.

If this is common, it is not just an inconvenience, considering how many 24p projects I might do in a year. I will send in a question to Vegas support because this would make DVD Architect unusable in those projects. I still wonder if there is a setting I am making that creates the problem, because I would think the outcry would be big and well known by now if it were universal.
 
Have you tried making the DVD?

Does it tell you it's re-rendering the video?

How does the DVD look, compared to the other software?
 
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