Inserting a project into a Timeline - also TMPGenc

[jparnold]

In the past I have created a single project of trips from literally hundreds to clips (separate avi files) from say 2 or 3 one hour mini DV tapes.
Each time I load such a project it takes quite some time to load presumably because VS reads every avi file from disk.

I know that a previously created project can be inserted into the timeline of a new project and now I am thinking that even though I want to render to SINGLE (DVD mpeg file) that I should create SEPARATE projects for logical breaks (eg one for each day of the trip) and then later insert each of those projects into the timeline of a project for the entire movie.

What I would like to know if anyone knows of any DISADVANTAGE of doing it this way (eg. is there any loss of quality etc).

I also realise that another way to do this would be to have separate projects and render each one to a SEPARATE file to be later added when creating the DVD however unless someone can tell me of a disadvantage I would prefer to do it the way described above.

Lastly does anyone know if the rendering 'engine' in TMPGenc results in a noticable better quality DVD than using VS (eg does rendering AVI clips into an AVI file with VS and then rendering to DVD (mpeg) using TMPGenc result in a superior quality DVD).

[Ron P.]

Hi John,

With nesting projects you're only allowed to nest projects that do not already have a nested project. In other words, 1-deep. You can not make changes to the nested project, without closing your existing one, and opening the nested project. Other than that, I can think of no real advantage or disadvantage.

I'm aware of TMPGenc, however never used it, so I'm at a loss to provide any comment towards it. There should not be any noticeable loss in quality, if you choose to render to avi in VS, and then use TMPGenc to produce your DVDs.