Sony Vegas/Architect bitrate issues?

[Abiyad]

Hi, I read that a higher bitrate makes higher quality. So I rendered a video in vegas at 9000, when I bring it into the DVD architect to make the dvd, a message comes up that say the video bitrate is too high to play properly on some dvd players. So in the optimize window I put the recompress settings bitrate to 8000, I was wondering if this will fix the problem and make the dvd compatible on all dvd players (or at least the majority) Thanks!

[Rudyard]

In my experience yes dvd architect will recompress it to a valid bitrate.

However can I suggest you go back and re render your file in vegas to 8000 from your original file if you still have it. By recompressing an already compressed file you will lose quality, especially if your original file was already compressed.

btw depending on what you are encoding the higher bit rate= higher quality may not be totally true, you may just be making a big bloated file that looks the same as if you used a lower bit rate.

What type of file are you encoding?

[guns1inger]

The specification maximum is 10080 combined video and audio bitrate (less for multi-angle). Some players can have problems with high bitrates from burned discs. I haven't found one yet that can't handle mid 9000's though. If I have the space I will usually render the video to around 8500 - 8700 kbps, and then add 256 kbps audio.So far this practice has worked on a wide range of players of all brands and ages.

Personally, I think DVD Architect is just a little bit too willing to re-encode video and/or audio, even when it is clearly within spec. I have it because the bundle was the most cost effective way to get all the bells and whistles for Vegas, but I don't use it, ever.