Replacing a video in a DVDA project
by Allen Zagel
on
Jul 1, 2008 at 3:21:23 pm
Hi
I have a DVDA project. I want to recreate the exact same project using the exact same video, menu graphic and chapter settings, but with a different project name. It's a DVD I'm producing. The first project is the DVD video that will be released commercially. The second one is the exact same video except that my watermark has been replaced by a big DEMO accross the video. No changes in chapters, menu, graphics, nothing but the MPEG/audio stream. This is to send to prospective distributors. Both the same length and same chapters.
Can I open the original DVDA project and just change the video without messing with my menu, background or button settings, then using save-as, give it a new name. Or do I have to start all over again?
Re: Replacing a video in a DVDA project by Mike Kujbida on Jul 2, 2008 at 10:35:06 am
Allen, here's two different ways of doing it.
#1 is to load the existing file and then double-click the green "Play" icon (looks like a filmstrip) in the menu screen on the left.
If this is a single item DVD, it'll be the 4th item from the top.
If you named the item, it'll be this name instead of "Play".
After double-clicking, go to the right side menu and click the "Track Media" tab.
This will show you the path to the MPEG-2 and AC-3/PCM files used in the project.
Click in the MPEG-2 box and, in the dropdown box at the far right, select "Replace".
Browse to the folder where the new file is, click it and it's replaced instantly.
Confirm that everything is OK, save the project with a new name and you're good to go.
#2 is to replace the MPEG file in the current folder (you do have your Vegas-rendered files in a folder, right?) with the new one, making sure to save the original one elsewhere.
Open the existing DVDA project file, make sure you have the new file in there, and save it with a new name.
Remember that, if you didn't give the AC-3/PCM file the same new name, you'll have to add it manually.
Re: Replacing a video in a DVDA project by Allen Zagel on Jul 2, 2008 at 12:11:56 pm
Hi Mike
Okay thanks much. Yes, I have a Vegas Temp folder I put all my rendered files in until I'm actually finished with them. Then on another HD (my 3rd one) I have the DAR folder created, all empty and ready to go.
That's basic stuff. I am just not all that familiar with the in's and out's and nitty-gritty of DVDA ;-)
