Re: Rendering AC-3 Audio for DVD Architect

Thanks for your reply Rob. I have reinstalled Vegas 8 and shortened the file name. Twice already this morning it has done exactly the same thing - stopped at 2%. I actually get a saved AC-3 file about 3500Kb in size but I haven't tried to play it.

When the Render As dialog box comes up I get a choice of AC-3 Pro or AC-3 Studio. If Pro selected I get 2 choices in the drop down box - Default Template & Stereo DVD. The Custom button is normal. If Studio is selected I get 3 choices in the box - Default Template, Stereo DVD & Stereo DVD AGC (Automatic Gain Control) On. When Studio is selected the Custome button greys out. ()The 2nd time I tried to render this morning I used AC-3 Pro; was using Studio.)

When I try to halt the render process by pressing the Cancel button nothing happens. When I press the X in top right corner to close the program I get a message saying something like process needs to be cancelled, press OK etc. I can press the close program X a hundred times and it won't do anything except bring up the message. Pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del and trying to end the program also results in clicking End Now a dozen times before the program eventually shuts down, in its own good time.

I am thinking it might be a song that is corrupting the process and if so how do I get around that? Can I split the project into several smaller projects, re-render the video & hopefuly the audio render will work? Am I able to rejoin the bits in DVDA? Are there certain audio file types that don't work in Vegas? I have previewed the entire project and it works fine.