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ScottW wrote on 2/7/2005, 8:48 PM
No.

Really it gets down to integration. DVDA and Vegas work better together because they share some similar functionality in the encoding area and sharing of things like chapter marks, but if you're already used to the workflow with DVD Lab, then really nothing is going to change (IMO).

I use both DVDA and Lab Pro - DVDA is for the really simple projects, and DVD Lab Pro is for the more complex ones.
p@mast3rs wrote on 2/7/2005, 8:52 PM
DVD Architect is nice for the AC3 encoding. Im not sure if DVD Lab offers it but if not, then its a pretty good deal just for the ac3 encoding.
Adontech wrote on 2/7/2005, 9:11 PM
Well, I have a 2 channel ac3 plugin that I use in DVD-Lab which I'm not sure if I would ever need 5.1 as I am at this point only a hobbyist wanting to dive deeper and learn more about editing.

ScottW wrote on 2/7/2005, 9:27 PM
DVD Lab doesn't have any encoders (exepct for slow ISO MPEG-2 ones) but If you have Vegas, you have AC3 encoding in stereo or 5.1, you don't need DVDA for either of those. DVD Lab will accept either format (it will accept any AC3 file), so no need for DVDA.
Adontech wrote on 2/8/2005, 5:17 AM
Scott,
You say 'if you have Vegas, you have AC3 encoding in stereo or 5.1, you don't need DVDA'.

I didn't think 5.1 AC3 encoding came with just Vegas 5. I though you had to buy Vegas5+DVD for AC3 encoding. Or are you saying that 'if you have Vegas and you have AC3 encoding in stereo or 5.1, you don't need DVDA'.

I'm just unclear on your statement.

Thanks for the responses.
logiquem wrote on 2/8/2005, 5:38 AM
If Vegas can acces your AC3 codec (i would check this before to be shure) , i see no imperative raison to buy DVDA, ( altough it's a nice program in itself, more stable than DVD-Lab!).

BTW, you can very easily export all your Vegas markers to a text file and have them placed automatically as chapters in DVD-Lab. Very nice.
ScottW wrote on 2/8/2005, 5:55 AM
I keep getting confused about how they packaged things. I was incorrect. Unless you get Vegas+DVD you don't have access to the AC3 encoder.
Jøran Toresen wrote on 2/8/2005, 6:29 AM
Hello Adontech

To save some money, you can buy Vegas Movie Studio+DVD, it costs £100. Then upgrade to Vegas 5 for another £400, a total of £500. Instead of paying £560 for Vegas 5. So you save £60.

In this way you get the light version of DVDA and a DVD with extras included with Movie Studio.

Regards,
Joran – Norway
donp wrote on 2/8/2005, 6:39 AM
If you jest get Vegas 5d then and need ac3 encodeing you will need to purchase the ac3 5.1 encoder for an additional $279.00. I believe it is included in the Vegas + DVD package though. DVDlab Pro supports dual layer now I think. I don't have it, use Encore from Adobe for authoring. DVDA at this point does not support dual layer. DVDlab using TmpegNC will give you Dolby 2.0.
srymm wrote on 2/8/2005, 9:05 AM
<< BTW, you can very easily export all your Vegas markers to a text file >>

Would you please explain how this is done. Thanks...

Scott
jetdv wrote on 2/8/2005, 9:08 AM
Scott,

Go to View, Edit Details and select to show Markers

Highlight all the markers, press CTRL-C

Go to Notepad (or some other text editor or Excel ...) and press CTRL-V


Alternately, you could write a script to do it.
logiquem wrote on 2/8/2005, 10:28 AM
...and DVD-Lab will recognize and import any tab delimited text file.
srymm wrote on 2/8/2005, 2:15 PM
Thanks...

Scott