VS10 - Okay to make video in parts?

[johnnyelectron]

I am making a 'slide show' for graduation, and due to its long length, I have made it in 6 parts, all about 4 minutes long each.
I have saved each one in its own MPEG2 file (6 total now).

Now I have taken the 6 individual MPEG2 videos and put them into one 'final project' and saved that as an MPEG2 file.

Question: Is that going to cause me to have a reduction in overall quality of the video by having the 6 separately rendered MPEG2 files going into one total project file and subsequent DVD? Does it just combine the 6 files, or make a whole new file?
Would it be better to 'somehow' combine the 6 VSP files and then render one whole big issue, or what?
Thanks,
John

[Black Lab]

Re-rendering the mpegs will cause some loss, but I doubt you will be able to see it.

You can combine the VSPs by using the Insert Media Files (folder icon above the timeline). Just insert the VSPs onto the timeline then render.

[BrianCee]

I certainly wouldn't consider 6 x 4 minutes = 24 minutes a long project - most of mine are around an hour after having been edited down from a much longer original - why not consider doing it as one project next time.

One other alternative you have is to import the 6 individual files into the 'Create Disc' timeline - that will give you a DVD menu with 6 thumbnails which you can select and show individually - or just run through all 6 - that would avoid any further rendering.

[Black Lab]

One other alternative you have is to import the 6 individual files into the 'Create Disc' timeline - that will give you a DVD menu with 6 thumbnails which you can select and show individually - or just run through all 6 - that would avoid any further rendering.

The only problem with that is, on the DVD there will be a slight pause as the one video ends and the next begins.

[Ken Berry]

But given that a slideshow is essentially stop/start, a slightly longer stop/start is not really going to stand out.