• VEGAS Pro

  Replacing Source Media

  Posted by Gerrie Warner on November 26, 2007 at 11:17 am

  So here’s the problem: We have two cameras (wasn’t my idea!) My Canon XM is no problem at all as per usual. Client introduces brand new JVC Everio HD into the mix. Anywho we’ve now edited two 15 minute projects with mixed cameras. Eveything is cool until I close the program and open it again the certain chunks of audio are simply NOT audible. It’s always ONLY from the JVC, it’s always only at the very start of a clip – you can see the wave form on the track s it should be but you don’t hear anything for a at least a second or little longer and only seems to happen when the original clip is relativly large like 3 gigs or so …. Brand new computer with 3 gigs RAM on VISTA.

  So – I tried Save As = Copy Media + Trim Media in hopes that the trimmed versions would aleviate the problem – if the file size was a issue. No Go – didn’t help at all.
  Now I am currently re-rendering the JVC HD clips in question from 1920x1080x32 mpeg-2 Interlaced files to 720x576x24 progressive (I think!?!?) to see if that works.

  The problem being then:

  Can I open the project and force it to use the new Source Media and still retain the current editing?

  Mike Kujbida replied 18 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Mike Kujbida

  November 26, 2007 at 12:01 pm

  As long as the newly rendered files have the exact same name as the old ones, there’s no reason why it shouldn’t work.
  If, for whatever reason, you can’t do that, name them something like ‘clip01-changed’.
  Close Vegas, move the original files to a new folder and move these ones into the project folder.
  When you start Vegas again, it’ll say ‘can’t find clip01 – what should I do?’
  Select the 4th (??) option which is ‘replace with this file’.
  Repeat as necessary.
  Once the new clips are loaded in, save the project under a new name/version and you’re back in business.

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