Dual audio tracks in dvd studio pro

Is there a way to play two audio tracks at the same time? I have a documentary setup with chapters and would like to add low level music under the commentary to mask room noise. I am hoping not to have to do in my editing program and just add it in DVD studio pro!

DVD SP is an authoring program, not an editing/compositing arena.
You need to go back to your NLE or an audio program to do this.
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I'm trying to loop the main track in DVD Studio Pro and can't remember how?

Hi Steve,
The DVD-Video Specifications provides instructions for this and luckily, DVD Studio Pro allows us to implement it:
Set the last chapter's end jump in the Connections Window to the first chapter in your Track (Title PGC). This places the DVD Specifications 'Link Program' cell command, which keeps navigation in the Title.
Linking a Track back on itself with a Track End Jump setting causes mutliple, unneccessary player laser seeks through the Video Manager Domain, e.g, A 'Call VMG PGC#' command 'jumps system' the head of the disc into the Video Manager, then into a VTSM 1 PGC, then back through the VMG again and finally back into the Title - no sense allowing these extra seeks as some players on their bad hair days and on players that are already borderline compatible barely playing a DVD-R - can balk.
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Burning a Dual Layer Disc through DVD studio pro

Formating failed
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I need to know what is going on. I tried to burn a DVD studio completed project on a dual layer disc on my mac (which has dual layer capablities) and kept getting this message. I think it is the disc itself but don't have a clue what I am doing wrong.
I have been able to burn the video TS (etc) files to the desktop completely but when I try to burn to the DVD I get this error message.
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What type of media? DVD+R DL or DVD-R DL? Brand?
Is your DVD Studio Pro project set as dual layer?

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Hi, I'm having a problem getting the audio on a dvd project to play properly through my tv's speakers. The audio comes out very low and jumps in and out. I mixed my audio in FCP, sey the master gain at 0db, mixed it down, sent it to compressor, compressed it to dolby digital pro ac3, sent it to dvd pro, added it to the video and burnt it. The wierd thing is the audio seems to be okay when played through the speakers connected to my dvd player but doesn't work properly through the tv's speakers. Other dvd's work through the tv speakers so I know its not that. Any help would be much appreciated,
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OK - several things here.
Firstly, mixing to 0db is way too loud for most folk. A CD is often mixed to -3db and this is much louder than normal TV or film, which are at best -12 or -20db respectively. I would seriously consider remixing the audio to a quieter level to avoid sound distortion on your (or your client's) TV.
Secondly, exporting to Compressor and using teh Dolby settings is fine, but did you use -27 for the dialog normalisation? If so you will have attenuated the audio. Use a setting of -31 if you want the output file to sound the same as the input.
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Hi To keep it short, I have been providing clients with surround sound formats, Dolby ac3 & DTS .cpt   that are burned to their video projects.
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DVD SP is an authoring program, not an editing/compositing arena.
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I am working on a 2 plus hour project. If I want it to fit on a standard 4.7 GB Disc I will most likely have to compress it a great deal. I have a dual layer burner and media. Is there a switch or setting I can use to simply burn to dual layer? The video is over 2 hours and I want 3 audio tracks and some special features. Burning to dual layer would allow me not to compromise any quality etc. Thanks.

Is there a switch or setting I can use to simply burn to dual layer?
Yes. You just select the disc type (in the normal way). What is trickier is setting a suitable layer break-point. You either have to make sure that you do have chapter marker(s) at a suitable place, or - if your material is made up of short elements - 'balance' them between the two layers.

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I make pretty simple slide shows with music underneath of our travels. In the last couple of years, there has been static at various points in the audio on some of the slide shows and now on almost all of the slide shows. I have tried turning the slide shows into tracks with the audio there but I still get the problem. I read through the posts here (some of them) and I'm thinking that I need to convert all the audio to ac3? The formats of the audio are all over the place--aif, m4a, m4p, mp3. Should I be using only one file type? Can I convert all of these file types with Final Cut Pro or should I use iTunes?
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You should convert the audio to a standard type for DVD. If you give DVDSP anything non-standard then it will attempt to convert it to PCM (or .aiff) with mixed results.
If you use a decent audio editor (had a look at Bias Peak??) then you can standardise to PCM outside of DVDSP and make sure that there are no audio glitches in the final file. COnvert the output of that to AC3 using Compressor (making sure you use -31DNV and no compression) and your file should still sound the same as before. use that in DVDSP and all should be well.

DVD studio pro track doesn't accept HD video asset??

Hello,
I am ready to burn my project on a DVD but it doesn't seem to accept HD resolution in DVD studio pro?
I exported my project into a quicktime movie in FCP using Apple ProRes 422, aspect ratio HD(960x720).
When I drag the imported quicktime movie onto the track in DVD studio pro, it automatically corrects the resolution setting of the track to 720x480 and 1280x720 option turns not selectable.
Why does this happen and how could I set the track in DVD studio pro to burn the disc without changing the aspect ratio and quality of the video??
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thanks in advance.
YK

Hi Javi,
thanks for your message.
I was reading the discussion here and it looks like this explains the same question:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/4987864#4987864
meanwhile i have exported the project using compressor with settings for DVD. this time DVD studio pro seems to import the video fine and is able to burn.
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when i opened it in dvd studio pro 3 no chapter markers were there.
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I just finished making another DVD and I now recall the exact command. In DVDSP, right-click the movie file after it is placed in a track and select "Add embedded markers". If your movie file has chapter markers in it, they will appear.
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My audio is spot on for sync in final cut sequences.
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If I open that same finished self contained file in quicktime or place it in dvdstudio pro, there's what looks like moments the picture is faster than the sound but not always....it is not a lot like maybe 5 frames or so sometimes worse at times...this project is 90 minutes...it occurs in and out throughout not just at the top or the end.
This is the same both for the quicktime self contained with its aiff files and the mpeg with ac3 files the same amount of drift I can see when dropped into dvdstudio pro in the same places it appears...I checked the source audio files and don't see a difference
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the quicktime file
fps 23.98
rate 24.55 mbits/s
size 720x480
actual the same
playing fps (available while playing)
the mpeg 2:
720x404
fps 23.98
data size 3.85
rate 6191.42kbits/s
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