Subject:Edit 'from' movie studio

Posted by: Sargan

Date:2/2/2014 10:18:54 AM

This probably come under noobie Q.

I edit my videos to completion point in Sony Movie Studio Platinum 12 Suite.
Audio is in synch with video.

I select audio and 'open in editor' it opens in SF10 studio ......... interestingly it has some parts of audio that have already been deleted form the video (by deleting sections) - guess that is just way it works.

Once I have finished cleaning up in SF ... should I set bitrate before I close and have it updated in SMS (assuming this is possible) There could (and often is) multiple sound sources with mixed bitrates.

I'm sort of assuming its better to get audio MPEG-2 DVD compliant before I send it to DVD Architect
Or should I just let it close back into SMS and only concern myself with bitrate when I do a 'Render as' and select template I want to use.

Subject:RE: Edit 'from' movie studio

Reply by: rraud

Date:2/3/2014 11:25:34 AM

"Some parts of audio that have already been deleted from the video (by deleting sections)"
> Not 'really' deleted. (Non destructive editing) If it's like Vegas Pro, select the audio event, right-click and choose "Open copy in Sound Forge". Only the trimmed segment of the event should open in SF. Once saved, this creates a new take and automatically placed over the top of the original event. (The original and SF processed takes can be toggled be hitting the <T> key.
OTOH, selecting "Open in Sound Forge, opens the entire event (audio file) with the edited part in your Vegas timeline highlighted. If you save it in SF this permanently changes the original file and does not create a new "take".
"MPEG-2 DVD compliant before I send it to DVD Architect"
> Yes, that's the consensus of "musicvid10" and other video experts on the Vegas Pro forum.
"should I set bitrate before I close"
> You do not need to change the audio bit depth in SF.

Subject:RE: Edit 'from' movie studio

Reply by: Chienworks

Date:2/3/2014 2:38:28 PM

AC3 is probably a better choice for audio than MPEG-2 audio. It's better compression resulting in higher quality for less disc space. It's also more generally accepted by older DVD players.

Subject:RE: Edit 'from' movie studio

Reply by: Sargan

Date:2/4/2014 11:40:42 AM

Thanks to RRAUD for explaining what I was seeing about 'trimmed audio', understand now

and Chienworks .. taken your advice and rendered audio stream as AC3