Questions regarding "recommended procedure"

[brodwidr]

Hi -
Thanks so much for the detailed work flow and format guidance. I have just started with VS 10+ and succeeded in the first 2/3 of the workflow. I was able to get to the stage of having an .mpg file that I could burn to a DVD and which is playable within within Windows Media Player and the usual other DVD players.

But... when I went to burn it to disk following the recommended procedure I got the warning message about long rendering times, which suggests I did something wrong. I double checked the settings and they appear to be same between project and burn. The only thing I didn't do exactly per recommendations is at the capture stage I opted for 256 bit audio instead of 448, but I kept this consistent through all three stages. Any suggestions what I'm doing wrong. (By the way, there is not a "cancel" button on the dialog box that warns of the long rendering time.)

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[jchunter]

The warning about "converting videos and long rendering times" had to be tempered when Video Studio 10+ was released because enabling "Motion DVD Menus" triggers that same warning. I thought I had changed the wording but will double check.

Motion Menus does actually trigger a "convert videos" phase as it creates the menus from sections of your video, which can add 10 - 20 minutes to the burn phase.

If you want the fastest DVD burn phase, uncheck the Motion Menu option for every level of your DVD Menu.

[Black Lab]

I would ignore the message for now and go ahead with the burn. If you have problems report back.

[Ken Berry]

I get the warning about long rendering times each and every time I use the VS10 burning module. And I don't enable motion menus. In fact I get it when I don't have a menu at all!

I simply ignore it and proceed to burn. Always works.

[brodwidr]

Thanks for the advice. I wasn't doing motion menus. I went ahead anyways and it worked! Terrific!

- David

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi

The blue progress bars indicate what is happening during render.

If you see ¡¥convert titles¡¦ then your main Mpeg is being re-coded, not what you want.
If you see ¡¥Convert Menu¡¦ then the menu structure is being rendered, this is normal

Regards

Trevor