DVDA Emergency Call! at DVinfo.net

Roger Shealy · January 1st, 2009, 08:44 AM

My son is submitting a film to a film festival and decided to use DVDA 5.0. He started with Pinnacle and rendered from .avi into their authoring program; footage looked good, menus were lousy. With DVDA the menus are great, but the footage looks highly compressed, especially in black areas during night scenes (shades of black blocks moving around in the corners, totally crushed blacks with no depth).

The Pinnacle mpg2 render looks cleaner than the Vegas mpg2 (MainConcept MPEG-2 DVD NTSC), but DVDA forces us to re-render the Pinnacle file before authoring.

Any ideas?

Edward Troxel · January 1st, 2009, 09:09 AM

Re-render in Vegas, use the DVD Architect preset, and render the audio to AC3 separately.

How long is the film? You need to use the proper bitrate for that. Vol 1 #7 of my newsletters has full information on rendering to MPEG2. Vol 4 #1 would be another good issue to look through.

Roger Shealy · January 1st, 2009, 10:40 AM

Edward,

Thanks, I'll do a little reading. The piece is 90 minutes.

I didn't realize from my previous conversations you were this serious into Vegas. After seeing your site, you are obviously more than serious. Thanks!

Paul Kellett · January 1st, 2009, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Roger Shealy

Edward,

Thanks, I'll do a little reading. The piece is 90 minutes.

I didn't realize from my previous conversations you were this serious into Vegas. After seeing your site, you are obviously more than serious. Thanks!

Hehe, Ed's the man when it comes to Vegas !

Paul.

Roger Shealy · January 1st, 2009, 11:16 AM

That's why I love this forum; everybody pitches in to help each other out.

Ed,

Who produces the best video training materials for Vegas Pro 8?

Edward Troxel · January 1st, 2009, 11:53 AM

I'll point you to this post which has many listed:
http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/what-happ...tutorials.html

If you want DVD training materials, there's some from Sony, Class On Demand, VASST, etc... but I don't like saying which one is "best". Besides, what's "best" for me may not be "best" for you.

January 1st, 2009, 09:09 AM	#2
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Re-render in Vegas, use the DVD Architect preset, and render the audio to AC3 separately. How long is the film? You need to use the proper bitrate for that. Vol 1 #7 of my newsletters has full information on rendering to MPEG2. Vol 4 #1 would be another good issue to look through. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

January 1st, 2009, 11:53 AM	#6
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	I'll point you to this post which has many listed: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/what-happ...tutorials.html If you want DVD training materials, there's some from Sony, Class On Demand, VASST, etc... but I don't like saying which one is "best". Besides, what's "best" for me may not be "best" for you. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

January 1st, 2009, 08:44 AM	#1
Roger Shealy Major Player Join Date: May 2007 Location: Fayetteville, GA Posts: 772	DVDA Emergency Call! My son is submitting a film to a film festival and decided to use DVDA 5.0. He started with Pinnacle and rendered from .avi into their authoring program; footage looked good, menus were lousy. With DVDA the menus are great, but the footage looks highly compressed, especially in black areas during night scenes (shades of black blocks moving around in the corners, totally crushed blacks with no depth). The Pinnacle mpg2 render looks cleaner than the Vegas mpg2 (MainConcept MPEG-2 DVD NTSC), but DVDA forces us to re-render the Pinnacle file before authoring. Any ideas?

January 1st, 2009, 10:40 AM	#3
Roger Shealy Major Player Join Date: May 2007 Location: Fayetteville, GA Posts: 772	Edward, Thanks, I'll do a little reading. The piece is 90 minutes. I didn't realize from my previous conversations you were this serious into Vegas. After seeing your site, you are obviously more than serious. Thanks!

January 1st, 2009, 11:16 AM	#5
Roger Shealy Major Player Join Date: May 2007 Location: Fayetteville, GA Posts: 772	That's why I love this forum; everybody pitches in to help each other out. Ed, Who produces the best video training materials for Vegas Pro 8?