Best way to make DVD?

ericlast wrote on 6/26/2005, 8:46 AM

OK, so I've finished my first editing project (what a great, fantastic improvement over my experiences with Pinnacle, Ulead, Roxio, and the $100 I recently threw out on Adobe Premiere Elements!). My goal is to burn the project to DVD. I'm very accustomed to making the needed files, and ultimately burning with Nero, so that won't scare me.

What's the best option to get this done. Is it better to render the project as a single .avi file and save it to hard disk (then create the project from within DVDAS and import the new .ave movie file), or choose the "make a DVD" option which creates the .mpg and .wav files.

Thanks in advance (before I go any further with this!)

Eric

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discdude wrote on 6/26/2005, 9:11 AM

As long as you don't plan on changing the bitrate, the "Make a DVD" option is fine.

If memory serves, the "Make a DVD" option outputs an 8mbs MPEG-2 file. You should be able to safely fit ~60 minutes on a disc at this setting.

The bitrate is not adjustable from within Vegas Movie Studio. You can adjust the bitrate in DVDAS, but what you are really doing is recompressing the file. This is not advisable from a quality standpoint.

So if your project is over an hour, I'd advise outputting an AVI file instead.