Sony Vegas MPEG-2 encoder

[prl]

Hello,

I'm having some doubts about the encoding of a Vegas project to MPEG-2. I'm editing some footage in Vegas and I want to convert it to DVD format. Usually the process I use is to render the edited footage to DV AVI and then encode it to MPEG-2 in CCE.

My question is: can I skip the CCE step and use the built-in encoder in Vegas to encode it directly to MPEG-2? Is it any good or am I going to lose too much quality by using it?

Thanks in advance.

[MozartMan]

Vegas has MainConcept MPEG-2 encoder plug-in. Quality is very good.