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Posted by Ken Maltby on 11/03/05 23:21
"John" <road@runner.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 13:24:39 GMT, A strange species called
> spam@uce.gov (Bob) wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 23:16:47 +0000, John <road@runner.com> wrote:
>>
>>>For now I am just making do with Nero Vision Express, but I am not
>>>liking the amount of time it is taking to author.
>>
>>I think you will find that the reason is because Nero is doing the job
>>correctly. I use Ulead Movie Factory 4 and it has a setting for quick
>>renders. However, using that render screws up the audio sync in almost
>>every instance. So I have no choice but to do the Two Pass render and
>>that takes a very long time.
>>
>>I may try Vision Express - can you tell me if it really does work in
>>terms of audio sync and preserving subtitles. MF4 is a POS toy.
>
> I can't tell you about preserving subtitles because I have not copied
> a DVD to another one. I am just importing video where I add my own
> titles/chapters etc. When you say subtitles do you mean writing on
> screen? If so, I don't have a clue about this.
>
> As far as Audio goes, I have not had any sync problems at all.
>
> Nero does take blooming ages to burn a DVD. If I have 1 hour of video
> to burn, it takes 1 hour and a bit more. Equal to or more than real
> time!
>
> John
>
A Number of us won't use Nero's VideoExpress, because
it has a bad habit of reencoding into it's own codec, anything
it gets its hands on. This not only totally unnecessary, if you
have DVD compliant MPEG to start with, but can introduce
compatibility issues later.
As I mentioned before I prefer the speed and smooth
workflow of TDA, I also like that with a few easy tricks
you can produce just about any visual effect you want in
the menus. For more complex and unusual menu actions
as well as multiple audio tracks and subtitles, I like DVD
Lab Pro. I've found that 99.8% of the DVDs I have
made, and all those that weren't just experiments to see if
something could be done, were made with TDA.
Now, my primary sources are DVD compliant MPEG,
(my hardware MPEG capture card or a RW disk from
my DVD Recorder) so there is no further encoding
required at all. I also own and use MPEG Encoders to
create DVD Compliant MPEG from other sources, I feel
that a separate encoding step produces a better result
than that provided by the built-in encoding used by Nero
Video Express and other such all-in-one programs.
Despite "Bob"'s comments many find MF4 to be the next
easiest Authoring program to use, and quite effective. It
can be set to not further encode DVD compliant MPEG.
VideoReDo has a setting to provide for the slight difference
in the MPEG input requirements of the "Movie Factory"
programs.
Luck;
Ken
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