Compressing Vegas MPEG-2 with Cleaner for DVD at DVinfo.net

Tony Hall · January 19th, 2005, 01:01 PM

I want to make a DVD with a TON of footage. I rendered footage with Vegas in MPEG-2 format for the DVD. The only problem is that my footage is about 4 times too big for the DVD. So, instead of making 4 DVDs, does anybody have any good recipies for compressing MPEG-2 footage in Cleaner?

I've come up with some pretty good Windows Media and Real Player recipies, but I don't know much about MPEG-4.

Really what I need to do is cut the file size down to a forth of it's original size without it being that noticable on a TV screen.

Dan Euritt · January 20th, 2005, 02:30 PM

dvd's that'll work in the current desktop players can only be mpeg2, although if you are doing this for personal use only, you can encode to the xvid mpeg4 format, there are a couple of commercial dvd players that'll handle it.

you do not want to re-compress mpeg2 with windows media or anything else, it'll look like garbage... since you used vegas to edit with, just export wmp or whatever you want directly from vegas instead.

i doubt that cleaner has a better mpeg2 encoder than vegas does.

Tony Hall · January 20th, 2005, 05:49 PM

Cleaner doesn't. My first run through Cleaner doubled the file size and I really couldn't get the file smaller than 2/3 of the original size.

January 19th, 2005, 01:01 PM	#1
Tony Hall Major Player Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: springfield, OH Posts: 344	Compressing Vegas MPEG-2 with Cleaner for DVD I want to make a DVD with a TON of footage. I rendered footage with Vegas in MPEG-2 format for the DVD. The only problem is that my footage is about 4 times too big for the DVD. So, instead of making 4 DVDs, does anybody have any good recipies for compressing MPEG-2 footage in Cleaner? I've come up with some pretty good Windows Media and Real Player recipies, but I don't know much about MPEG-4. Really what I need to do is cut the file size down to a forth of it's original size without it being that noticable on a TV screen. __________________ Tony "Good taste is the enemy of creativity" - Picasso Blog: http://www.tonyhall.name

January 20th, 2005, 05:49 PM	#3
Tony Hall Major Player Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: springfield, OH Posts: 344	Cleaner doesn't. My first run through Cleaner doubled the file size and I really couldn't get the file smaller than 2/3 of the original size. __________________ Tony "Good taste is the enemy of creativity" - Picasso Blog: http://www.tonyhall.name

January 20th, 2005, 02:30 PM	#2
Dan Euritt Trustee Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Carlsbad CA Posts: 1,132	dvd's that'll work in the current desktop players can only be mpeg2, although if you are doing this for personal use only, you can encode to the xvid mpeg4 format, there are a couple of commercial dvd players that'll handle it. you do not want to re-compress mpeg2 with windows media or anything else, it'll look like garbage... since you used vegas to edit with, just export wmp or whatever you want directly from vegas instead. i doubt that cleaner has a better mpeg2 encoder than vegas does.