What format do you export to when preparing to create a dvd?

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lucidz

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As the topic says, whats the best format to render as when preparing for creation of a dvd?

Also, is there a best "draft" format that you can use to just see how magic bullet is going to make stuff look in motion with all correction, that wont take 10 years to render?

Also, lol, sorry another question... I figured, when rendering today, that I should go to MPEG2, since thats the dvd standard anyway. Well it said it would only go to a 29.97 fps clip. Does this toss out the 24p timeline I've been working in, or is it safe to render to this?

Thanks for all the help.

Btw, while i have your attention:
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

I've got 14 tapes of event footage I'm having to pour through to make a single dvd out of, and its MURDERING ME!!!

Ok, I'm done :)
 
DVDs are MPEG2. However, you must decide whether YOU want to have to pick the proper bitrate to fit it to disc or take the easier way out.

The generally recommended method is to render MPEG2 and AC3 out of Vegas and give DVD Architect both files. That requires YOU to get the files the proper size to fit but gives you more control over the various settings.

The other method would be to render to AVI, give that to DVDA, and let DVDA handle converting to MPEG2 and AC3. Using the "fit to disc" option will allow DVDA to pick an appropriate bitrate to let everything fit.

I have the complete process written up in Vol 1 #7 of my newsletters at http://www.jetdv.com
 
Using the DVD Architect 24p template in your MPEG render options, you can export a 24p file and make a 24p DVD (assuming you have DVDA2 or higher).

As Mr. Troxel says, you’ll have to render the sound as a separate AC-3 file. Give it the same name as your MPEG file and save it to same folder – DVDA will then automatically bring it into the project when you drop in the MPEG. Remember to render the same loop region for both, though, to maintain synch.

If you want to render as AVI and let DVDA figure it out, you can, but you lose control of the process, AND you lose the possibility of 5.1 surround. AVI clips do not support it. (You *could*export AVI, discard the sound in DVDA, export a separate AC-3 file, and bring that file in as audio . . . but that’s pretty complicated if you don’t have a lot of experience.)
 
surround sound isn't an issue whatsoever, it is event footage, and the sound is really flat anyway.
 
OK, future reference, then.

Another thing to think about is that if you let DVDA do the rendering for you (as in, you feed it an AVI clip), every time you edit the DVD (change a menu or fix a typo or anything at all which will require you to prepare new DVD files for burning), DVDA will re-render the AVI file every time. It can take hours to do.

If you render a DVD Architect-format MPG to begin with, it will not have to go through that step. You only have to render the video once – when you export from Vegas.
 
Jubal28 said:
Another thing to think about is that if you let DVDA do the rendering for you (as in, you feed it an AVI clip), every time you edit the DVD (change a menu or fix a typo or anything at all which will require you to prepare new DVD files for burning), DVDA will re-render the AVI file every time. It can take hours to do.
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Of course the new "Smart Rendering" feature in DVDA3 can help in this regard. But it is definitely a valid point.
 
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