my current rendering settings are butchering the grain.
what is your blu-ray authoring program?
Rocketeer When you say the grain is butchered, are you viewing the rendered file directly...or are you viewing a Blu-ray disc that has been re-encoded by an authoring program?
Granted I don't know what the (1.0) is.
Probably means square pixels (i.e., 1:1)? Just a guess...
Is there a manual to explain those settings and numbers?
FFmpeg has fairly extensive documentation on their website.
Keep support for Vegas 15 please.
BTW....Unlike the Blu-ray render workflow in Vegas / DVD Architect, you don't need a separate AC3 audio render if you use TMPGEnc Authoring Works. You can use Voukoder/VoPro to render a compatible MP4 video file containing AC3 audio, and TMPGEnc will pass it through without re-encoding.
Up to now, we've been discussing Blu-ray video-encoding settings. Which are the same regardless of whether you use Voukoder or VoPro.
Audio-only is a completely separate topic.
If you prefer Pro, then use Pro...
by the way, it's Voukoder Pro that I'm using, the Voukoder Classic can't export AC3 5.1 audio only from DaVinci Resolve like it does in VEGAS Pro, but with Voukoder Pro I can.
Settings are the same.
Why would you encode to MPEG-2 for a Blu-ray, instead of MP4/AVC? The capability TECHNICALLY exists to use MPEG-2 on a Blu-ray, but it's such a poor option as to be mind-boggling. Very inefficient compression, compared to MP4. (Shudder.) You do you, I guess.
1.8 Mbps is definitely on the low side, depending on what you're doing. If you're packing a long conference onto a disc and don't mind cheese-quality video, it's probably fine. If you're trying to archive a movie and expect great quality... yeah, not so much.
If you want Voukoder settings that work in TMPGEnc without re-encoding, here are some (very) basic ones to get you started:
Would ".AVC" possible? easier to achieve? because this format is also supported by DVD Architect without re-encoding.
DVD supports MPEG-2 and MPEG-1 video formats.
AVC is MP4, for Blu-rays. Not supported by the DVD specification.
You can read more here:
You're trying to make a DVD?
Bitrate limit for MPEG-2 DVDs is 9.8 Mbps, and max resolution is 720x480.
Your files are *way* outta spec! (E.g., resolution is set to 1080p, bitrate on the one file is 23.5Mbps).
Any DVD authoring program you plug these files into would need to re-encode them.
For some reason DVD Architect want to recompress it again
DVD Architect is stupid like that... and will never tell you why it doesn't like something. I didn't find a way to make DVDA work with any non-Vegas MP2 DVD renders, and got tired of fighting with old buggy (and abandoned!) software.
I switched to TMPGEnc Authoring Works and never looked back. Quality code, uses your GPU for MP2 encoding, and if there's a problem with your files it'll tell you what it doesn't like about them.
If you're making Blu-rays, TMPGEnc will take Voukoder-encoded MP4 files with no recoding (as long as your files meet the Blu-ray specifications). If you're making DVDs, TMPGEnc will port your Blu-ray project to DVD, and has GPU-accelerated MPEG-2 transcoding built-in.
There's a trial period if you just want to download and try TMPGEnc.
Voukoder Classic and VoukoderPro - both Apps will be free and Open Source.
Holy..... Really? I've been sitting here waiting for the paid version of VoPro since forever. As have other people.
Not complaining, I guess, but I hate to see all your care and effort go unrewarded.
Usually means the video/audio that you're sending to Voukoder isn't in an acceptable format. Post your log file.
I don't know why but I like vegas 12 more then 20.
Not unusual to dislike 20. I prefer 15 myself.
Right, thanks for that. Here's what's happening in Vegas Pro 12, as discussed above:
Full quality screen capture: crash.zip
Vouk Any chance of getting the forum upload function fixed?
sorry, I dont understand.
Relax. I'm just agreeing with you, and providing a video showing the crash happening. Yes, Voukoder connectors cause Vegas Pro 12 to crash.
I wonder if it's a glitch in how templates are being reported to Vegas by Voukoder.... because this issue happens while Vegas is trying to populate the Render As list.
(This forum is currently refusing to upload files, which is a separate issue.)
I'm using 8-bit.
This forum won't allow me to upload a screen capture of the crash. Tried uploading in GIF format (3.4 MB) and ZIP format (4.7 MB). Neither works, although the stated upload limit is 20 MB, and both file formats are listed as supported. Hmm . . .
(Webpage error: The file size exceeds the PHP limit "upload_max_filesize" and/or "post_max_size".)
EDIT: see screen capture posted below in Post #15.
I haven't used my copy of Vegas 12 for about a year and a half (July 2022), judging by the log files. It got to be a hassle changing the connector back and forth (uninstall/reinstall) between 12 and 15 every time.
But I know it did work with Voukoder at one point, and I'm pretty sure it was working last time I used it a year and a half ago. Tried the Voukoder/connector versions from that time period, though, and no joy.
Maybe something changed with Windows folder permissions etc? It's odd that no connector versions seem to work with Vegas Pro 12.
In "About Vegas Pro" -> "Components", voukoderplug.dll is listed. So the connector appears to be properly installed.
I did do a fresh install on a different computer, and behavior is identical.
Possibly the same issue as:
