HD to SD DVDA issues.. at DVinfo.net

Peter Ferriero · August 18th, 2009, 09:43 AM

Well..I have footage shot in HDV with a Canon XH-A1..Put it in the time to work with it..project is done. I rendered it out asa mpg with a calculated Bit Rate to 16:9 for a Standard DVD. The file size of the DVD is 4.22 or something like that. When I place it in DVDA it comes up at about 5.9. What would be causing this?

Mike Kujbida · August 18th, 2009, 10:19 AM

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What would be causing this?

This has happened to me numerous times and it's because DVDA has a long history of incorrectly reporting file sizes.
You would think this is something that would be fixed by now but it hasn't happened yet :-(

If you know that the combined total of your MPEG-2 and AC-3 files is under the limit, ignore the warning and go ahead like you normally do.
Unless something else is wrong, DVDA will continue on it's way as if it never warned you in the first place.

Dennis Murphy · August 18th, 2009, 01:09 PM

Make sure you save the video and audio as seperate streams - this fixed that issue with DVDA for me.
Another thing, look at Perrone Ford's workflow in this thread: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/what-happ...d-quality.html for a much improved downscaling from HD to SD as Vegas and DVDA do a pretty lame job of it.

Mike Kujbida · August 18th, 2009, 02:30 PM

Dennis, I've been rendering separate streams ever since I started using DVDA and it still does it to me periodically :-(

Peter Ferriero · August 18th, 2009, 04:07 PM

How do you mean to render as seperate streams? Literally render the video/audio seperate..how does it match up in the menu?

Mike Kujbida · August 18th, 2009, 04:43 PM

That's right Peter.
Video gets rendered as MPEG-2 (w/o audio) and audio gets rendered as AC-3.
Give both files the same name (i.w. myvideo.mpg and myvideo.ac3) and render both to the same folder.
That way, when you load the video file into DVDA, the audio file loads automatically.
Edward Troxel covers this process in Vol. 1 #7 of his newsletters.
They're an excellent (and free) resource.

August 18th, 2009, 09:43 AM	#1
Peter Ferriero Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Lyndhurst NJ Posts: 78	HD to SD DVDA issues.. Well..I have footage shot in HDV with a Canon XH-A1..Put it in the time to work with it..project is done. I rendered it out asa mpg with a calculated Bit Rate to 16:9 for a Standard DVD. The file size of the DVD is 4.22 or something like that. When I place it in DVDA it comes up at about 5.9. What would be causing this?

August 18th, 2009, 01:09 PM	#3
Dennis Murphy Major Player Join Date: May 2006 Location: Whangarei, New Zealand Posts: 396	Make sure you save the video and audio as seperate streams - this fixed that issue with DVDA for me. Another thing, look at Perrone Ford's workflow in this thread: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/what-happ...d-quality.html for a much improved downscaling from HD to SD as Vegas and DVDA do a pretty lame job of it. __________________ http://www.dmvideostuff.co.nz

August 18th, 2009, 02:30 PM	#4
Mike Kujbida Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Windsor, ON Canada Posts: 2,770	Dennis, I've been rendering separate streams ever since I started using DVDA and it still does it to me periodically :-(

August 18th, 2009, 04:07 PM	#5
Peter Ferriero Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Lyndhurst NJ Posts: 78	How do you mean to render as seperate streams? Literally render the video/audio seperate..how does it match up in the menu?

August 18th, 2009, 04:43 PM	#6
Mike Kujbida Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Windsor, ON Canada Posts: 2,770	That's right Peter. Video gets rendered as MPEG-2 (w/o audio) and audio gets rendered as AC-3. Give both files the same name (i.w. myvideo.mpg and myvideo.ac3) and render both to the same folder. That way, when you load the video file into DVDA, the audio file loads automatically. Edward Troxel covers this process in Vol. 1 #7 of his newsletters. They're an excellent (and free) resource.