Please excuse this question as I'm a newbie to Movie Maker+DVD but not to home computer DVD making in general.
I'm making a DVD, the original content is all in DV format from a Pyro A/V link box.
Part 1 is to make my movie in Movie Maker with all the titles, transitions, cuts, etc. etc. etc. Part 2 is to author the DVD in DVD Architect Studio.
For Part 1 I create a file using the "Make DVD" option to make a DVD ready MPG2/WAV stream. Fine, that's OK by me. However, it appears that I can not change the bitrate on the initial render out of Movie Maker. I can only change the bitrate in DVD Architect, which will result in a complete re-render of the movie for the resulting DVD.
This process makes no sense to me. I've searched here on this forum and read quite a bit (thanks everyone!) and it appears that this is the case. My other option is to render the whole movie in DV, then use the DV in DVD-Architect as my video stream.
Am I missing something? Why would Movie Studio not have the ability to adjust the bitrate? That makes no sense to me.
So what should I do, will I lose any quality by rendering to MPG2 from Movie Studio then rendering again to higher compression MPG2 in DVD Architect Studio to allow for more time per disc? Should I render to DV then render to MPG2 in DVD-Architect?
Thanks everyone!
I'm making a DVD, the original content is all in DV format from a Pyro A/V link box.
Part 1 is to make my movie in Movie Maker with all the titles, transitions, cuts, etc. etc. etc. Part 2 is to author the DVD in DVD Architect Studio.
For Part 1 I create a file using the "Make DVD" option to make a DVD ready MPG2/WAV stream. Fine, that's OK by me. However, it appears that I can not change the bitrate on the initial render out of Movie Maker. I can only change the bitrate in DVD Architect, which will result in a complete re-render of the movie for the resulting DVD.
This process makes no sense to me. I've searched here on this forum and read quite a bit (thanks everyone!) and it appears that this is the case. My other option is to render the whole movie in DV, then use the DV in DVD-Architect as my video stream.
Am I missing something? Why would Movie Studio not have the ability to adjust the bitrate? That makes no sense to me.
So what should I do, will I lose any quality by rendering to MPG2 from Movie Studio then rendering again to higher compression MPG2 in DVD Architect Studio to allow for more time per disc? Should I render to DV then render to MPG2 in DVD-Architect?
Thanks everyone!