Rendering for DVD questions

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engnorway

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Okay, so reading the instructions for getting my files rendered and compressed for DVD Architecht (I've got Vegas 5 and DVD Archi 2) it tells me I'll be rendering the MPEG-2 using the DVD Architect 24p NTSC video stream template which is only the video and then I'll have to render the audio as AC-3. If I understand this correctly I'll be rending my movie as two seperate files and then I'll have to open both of those in a DVD Archi project.

How do I know my video and audio are going to synch? Or am I not understanding how to render my project so it is compressed and ready to go for DVD Archi? For now I'm not making a menu based project though I don't believe that makes a difference.
 
Pick a region -- a loop area. Render the MPEG file with "Render Loop Section Only" checked; do NOT change the loop area, and then do the same with the AC-3 file.

Use the same filename for both: "MyMovie.mpg" and "MyMovie.ac3." Render them to the same folder.

Bring the MPEG file into DVDA. DVDA will automatically bring the AC-3 file in, if you named it the same thing.
 
Thanks so much, for the response. I also see that I can render the file as a PCM (I just realized I need to spend $200 for the AC-3 crap) but I don't see a PCM file option. What is PCM? Sorry, I'm not that tech savy when it comes to file formats.
 
What i like to do is customize my 24p DVDA stream and add audio. Haven't had problems doing it, but DVDA still compresses my audio.
 
CacheMoneyVideo said:
What i like to do is customize my 24p DVDA stream and add audio. Haven't had problems doing it, but DVDA still compresses my audio.
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Of course it does. The audio needs to be either PCM or AC-3. You're just lengthening your DVD prepare time. Also, if you've mixed any 5.1 surround audio, it'll be downmixed to simple stereo.
 
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