Sorry for bothering you even more, but..

MPEG-2 doesn´t show up as an alternative when i render.
I got my Vegas 6 as a birthdaygift from a friend and sadly I think is safe to say he didnt pay for it. But he registred it some way. It sucks, but atleast I ususally buy all my software.

1. What do i need to make it possible for me to render to mpeg2?
A codec? Encoder? Iam totally losy here and would forever be thankful for some help?

2. In case it´s not possible, is the loss in quality so big for me to be an idioit to render it in PAL DV and put it in DVDa? When I try it looks ok on the tv screen but the audio seem to be a little bit off sync.

Thanks so much!

Methinks you have Vegas Movie Studio. Am I correct?

Please refer to http://www.videoforums.co.uk/sony-ve...-question.html

In which case you'll have to do as you are and create your MPEG2 in DVDA (presumably) DVD Architect Studio as you were before starting this discussion.

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Tim

Sorry for not being more specifc but Iam kind of a newbie here.
Anyways, I dont think Iam using movie studio. Iam using Vegas 6.0.
Thats all it says. Unless that is movie studio? Its the only version of Vegas
i have ever used.

In the "About software" window I can read this:

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MPEG

mcplug.dll = not loaded

AC3

ac3plug.dll = not loaded.

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Can this have something to do with it?
Thanks in advance!

That sounds to me like you're using full version then - so no need for any apology (not that there was, even if you were using VMS - most people who use that don't realise there are other versions - one of the reasons Vegas re-introduced the "Pro" suffix for version

Anyway, back to the plot. The dlls not being loaded could have everything to do with it. Unfortunately MY version 6 was VMS and I didn't get "grown up" Vegas until v7 and I've never had this problem.

However you might get a pointer from

Answer

Sorry I've no further suggestions at present.

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Not a problem Tim,

I use the same formula Edward Troxel uses (the creator of excaliber)

using AC-3 audio at 192 Kbps, the formula is:
(36096 - (((# Minutes * 60) * 192) / 1024 )) / (# Minutes * 60)
meaning that if your video is 1 hour 40 minutes (a total
of 100 minutes) you would use:
(36096 - (((100 * 60) * 192) / 1024)) / (100 * 60)=5.829
meaning you can use an average bitrate of around
5,800,000.

If you are using PCM audio, the formula is:
(36096 - (((# Minutes * 60) * 1600) / 1024)) / (# Minutes * 60)
meaning that same 100 minute video would need an
average bitrate around 4,450,000. As you can see, using
AC-3 audio will allow the bitrate to be significantly
higher.



The reason to use 8,000,000 as the max bit rate is because some older players can only handle "8" to insure that my disc play in "most" players I use it as a max. If you know your machine can handle 9.5 thats fine but just keep it in mind it might ot work in others. I would go over to www.jetdv.com :: View topic - Vol #1, Issue #7 (June 2003) you can find more information from Edwards news letters

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Oly, Washington
DP, Producer, Editor

Feel free to visit ( UPDATED!!! )
http://www.myspace.com/chapmanphotography
http://www.myspace.com/sport_specific (personal and training site)

Many thanks Will. I downloaded all of Ed's newsletters a while back - they are indeed a great source of info. If only I'd remembe to glance through them from time to time to remind myself what's in them
I recommend them to anyone using Vegas - great beginners guides along and a good collection of references for more experienced Vegans

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