DVD production

alfa wrote on 3/13/2002, 5:43 AM
I see this is more complicated than I thought. Is there a FAQ as VV3's manual is very sparse on the use of the Main Concept Mpeg addin?

I upgraded from VF2.0 partly to get the MC MPEG2 to make DVDs, which would play on DVD players. My machine has twin PIII 800Ghz processors, 512Mb RAM and a Plextor 12/10/32/ and doesn't seem stressed writing the files. However, using the standard DVD template, I get a file which plays video and sound OK in players on the PC but has seriously mangled audio and occasional frame drop out when played on a Pioneer 545.

Comments

SonyEPM wrote on 3/13/2002, 8:39 AM
An encoding guide is in the works. There is also some good info in the built-in help: click on anything in the plug-in and hit the F1 key.

Also, make sure you have updated to 3.0a- there are a number of changes to the MPEG plug-in in the new release.
kkolbo wrote on 3/13/2002, 10:23 AM
I have to ask, what DVD authoring software are you using? I can't imagine anything even in the old encoder from MC that would cause that on a 545. It really sounds to me like you are just putting an MPEG-2 file on the DVD. It will play in a PC but the set top player will barf all over it.

It sounds like your authoring software is mangling the file, not Vegas or MC. If it plays on a PC, then the MPEG-2 file is most likely just fine.

For newbies who might be reading this, remember that a DVD-Video to be read by a set top player requires that an MPEG-2 file be input to an authoring software which converts the file into a VOB format and inserts other information on the disc for the set top player. Vegas Video does not do this operation. It is handled by specific software such as DVDit, DVD Workshop and a others. Then if the authoring software does not have the disc writing functions in it, you burn the disc image created by the authoring software to the DVD using Nero or some other DVD enabled disc burning software. VV prepares a great MPEG-2 video ready to be delivered to your authoring software.

K
alfa wrote on 3/13/2002, 12:57 PM
Count me in with the newbies! There's no beginning to what I don't know about this. I have succceeded in getting a 545 and an older 350 to play Mpeg1s but not using DVD templates, obviously. I'll try and get DVDit and see where I get to next.
VidJockey wrote on 4/30/2002, 8:45 PM
Same problem here. I have composed a still JPEG slideshow with background audio and stock crossfades. I have rendered it with MC with everything from the stock DVD NTSC setting to all kinds of variable and constant BR settings and lo and behold my Apex pukes the audio three pictures into the slideshow like clockwork!!!! I have used Ulead DVD Moviefactory, Ulead DVD Workshop, Sonic DVDit 2.5PE, all with exactly the same outcome!!!! Again like Alfa, the file plays beautiful on the PC, not the settop. I have also realtime encoded video with Sony Gigapocket MPEG2 card and edited with M2 Edit Pro 4.0. It plays outstanding! Please help!

Vidjockey
vonhosen wrote on 5/1/2002, 12:45 AM
Whenever I build a DVD (I use DVDit) I make sure that I have seperate streams. Vegas will seperate your streams into .m2v (video file) & .mpa (mpeg audio). DVD Spec for NTSC players does not support .mpa audio only Dolby Digital & PCM so your audio has to be convereted to 48khz .wav file. If you are using DVDit it will transcode for you but what I do is render my project twice from Vegas. Once for the .m2v video files & then as a 48khz .wav file to save transcoding time in DVD authoring. I'm afraid I can't be more exact with your problems as most of my experience is with DVDit but with that a lot of video/audio sync issues are to be found in people using 44.1 khz .wav (normal) as apposed to 48khz
doormill wrote on 5/1/2002, 12:54 PM
What kind of Disks are you using. This may or may not be the problem. If you have access to another player maybe even going to a store, this would be a quick way to find out. Not all disks work in all players

Have a great day!!
Former user wrote on 5/1/2002, 2:21 PM
Are you burning a DVD on a DVD burner or are you burning to standard CD's. A DVD player will probably not play a standard CD-R or CD-RW with the bitrates of a DVD encoded file.

Dave T2