Hallo guys,
Could you help me with the settings of Vegas 10 to fit 3 hours of DVD in a single 4.7 DVD?
Thank you

Interesting that I got the exact same question on another forum when I logged on today :)
Here's the Vegas render settings I get with the bitrate calculator I use. Be advised that if you have a lot of fast motion it may not look that good due to the low bitrate. Render a short segment in Vegas, watch it and see what you think before rendering the entire project.
Audio: AC-3 default of 192
Video: 2-pass VBR render. MAX - 5,976,000, AVG - 2,984,000, MIN - 2,240,000

For very long DVD it is better to use a smaller frame size (352x576).

If you can manage it, a DLdvd is more likely to provide the space you need for 3 hours
Or do 2 x single 4.7gb dvd as in Part A and Part B

DVDArchitiect does not have the best encoding. If you have TMPGenc it will do a better job with the similar settings to what Mike suggested. Then bring the file into DVDArchitect.

Ron Evans

I've done a few different DVD projects that were 3 hours long, and both were talking head/training-type videos and the quality looked just fine using a 4.7GB DVD. Would not try this on a video with a lot of motion though!

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
Digital Vision

Thank u all!!!
What about if i decide to burn 2 dvds from 4,7 gb; in that case what would you suggest me?

Still do a 2-pass VBR but use these render settings.
MIN: 3,696,000
AVG: 6,168,000
MAX: 7,712,000

i have an program that I found years ago called Bitrate calculator. Using 192 dolby digital, it came out to
min 2400
avr 3208
max 6416

David, if you're referring to Mark's Bitrate Calculator, that's the same one that I use.
The reason for my lower numbers is that I bump my safety margin up to 5% from the default 1% as I like a bit of extra room, just to be on the safe side :-)
The other change I make is to click the 1 Kilobit = 1,000 bits option (found after clicking "Settings".
If anyone wants it, I keep a copy on my Dropbox account at
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20488019/Sony%20Vegas/bitcalc110.zip

I usually do that as well but just went with the default for his purposes.

It seems as for maximum average and minimum vbr i have just 3 options:

192000
4200000
9800000


What am i missing?

putting in your own figures ;-)

Leslie is right. Type in your own numbers and save it as a preset for future use. I've got several presets that I use all the time.

Wouldn't a dual layer DVD mean he could avoid the low bitrate issue?

It won't let me leave the values i write.

It won't let me leave the values i write.
For me, "it" does not keep the values if I write e.g. 9 000 000.
It keeps my values if I write 9000000.