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Sony Vegas 9 advice needed, puttin down a video mix

DJ Pimp 10:34 PM - 8 June, 2009
So I am putting down this 60min video mix in Sony Vegas 9.
What is the best format to export in in order to create a DVD track edited in DVD Architect.
And is there any advices in general?

Also Everybody who wants to get a copy PM me ur address and I will ship the DVD to you when it's finish.

It was recorded using:
MBP 2.8GHz, Nvidia 9600
TTM57
Mix Emergency (to record) + iMic to get the sound in

Now I am taggin it in Sony Vegas 9 and adding additional videos and footage over the recorded mix.
D-Twizzle 10:42 PM - 8 June, 2009
choose mainconcept mpeg2 and find the dvd architect template. you can tweak it from there.
DJ Pimp 10:44 PM - 8 June, 2009
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choose mainconcept mpeg2 and find the dvd architect template. you can tweak it from there.


Should adn/or can I do it widescreen or HD somehow?
D-Twizzle 11:55 PM - 8 June, 2009
You can record it to widescreen, but I personally wouldn't. Try both and see how you like it and what works for your TV. It's just preference. Standard video DVDs don't play Hi-Def. So it wouldn't be DVD compliant. PS3s can play HD content (mpeg2 or mp4) from a data DVD or even a thumb drive, so you can make an HD video from Vegas but since most if not all your content isn't HD, there isn't really a point.
Kenny Q 10:59 PM - 11 June, 2009
I always do Widescreen without a problem.
The TVs are Widescreen so why not make the DVD widescreen.
D-Twizzle 11:06 PM - 11 June, 2009
because many of your videos are 4:3 unless you cropped them yourself. there's a trade-off
Kenny Q 11:09 PM - 11 June, 2009
When editing in vegas I have everything cropped for widescreen.
D-Twizzle 11:34 PM - 11 June, 2009
so you take a full screen (4:3) video and cut off the top and bottom to make it fit to a widescreen display? that's a lot of picture area to be missing.
Kenny Q 11:42 PM - 11 June, 2009
Yes, My DVDs are all cropped that way.
Kenny Q 11:46 PM - 11 June, 2009
Actually, The videos play with the TV in fill screen mode. Then the mix is recorded to DVD.
After that I do some minor edit in Vegas. Everything is cropped to Widescreen but I don't think I'm losing anything.
DJ Pimp 5:30 AM - 13 June, 2009
How exactly you adjust that Kenny?
shigga 6:42 AM - 13 June, 2009
It really depends on the video, some lose quite a bit and some really don't feature anything fancy in the to-be-cropped area
DJ Pimp 8:46 PM - 18 June, 2009
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choose mainconcept mpeg2 and find the dvd architect template. you can tweak it from there.


Damnit, I just spent 2h rendering video with settings that you recomend, but there was NO AUDIO.
It doesn't let me customize either. So I just started it rendering as mainconcept mpeg2 DVD NTSC.
I hope that does it :)
DJ Pimp 9:35 PM - 18 June, 2009
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you have to save the audio separately then when you drop them in DVD Architect the audio will come out.


Huh.
What audio format, then?
mp3 192 kbps 44,100khz, or?
D-Twizzle 9:40 PM - 18 June, 2009
Yeah, you bring in a separate video and audio file to dvd architect.
Choose Wav Audio
There's a DVD template, but it's basically 16bit 48khz
Kenny Q 9:58 PM - 18 June, 2009
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you have to save the audio separately then when you drop them in DVD Architect the audio will come out.

You don't have to save it separately. They changed that in a previous version. I'm not near my computer at this moment but I'll check it out and let you know what you have to do.
D-Twizzle 10:01 PM - 18 June, 2009
you don't have to render separately. but if you want the best audio, you should render the audio as wav.
you can render audio when you render the mpeg2 video, but the audio will be compressed mpeg2 instead of uncompressed pcm/wav audio.