-
Sony Vegas Rendering assistance please :)
Heya.
So here is the thing. Im currently making my first video using Sony Vegas.
Ive recorded ingame footage with Fraps running at 1680 * 1050 widescreen resolution, and ive been recording at 50 fps.
Now, its like i said ingame footage, so for the movie to be worth watching the quality has to be somewhat decent.
My problem is since im new to this, what res / fps and codec should i be rendering in?.
I have roughly 30 mins of movie, and its meant to be uploaded to a site where people can DL the movie.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
ISnt there something about the ratio of the render quality vs the recording quality?
Regards
boas
-
4 Replies
-
As a general rule I like to work in the format of the footage. Open the project properties and press the folder icon all the way on the right labeled “Match Media Settings” when you hover your mouse over it. Then navigate to a piece of FRAPS footage so it can match it. This should set you project properties to match 1680 x 1050 @ 50 fps. I would also right-click on every video event, open the properties and select Disable Resample. This will keep Vegas from blending frames together which will look horrible for animation. Then do all of your editing.
Next you have to think about how you want to render it. That resolution is quite large so you might want to reduce it at least in half to 840 x 525 @ 25 fps (you don’t need 50 fps). I would use the Sony AVC codec because it can make high quality MP4 files at low bitrates. Then start with 1MBps and test a section to see how it looks. Adjust your bitrate up or down to trade-off between quality and file size. When you’re happy with the quality, render the whole thing as MP4.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com -
Heya, i guess my english was a little broken :D.
What im trying to say is:
Ive FRAPS recorded my gaming sessions.
So its recorded in 1680 * 1050, and ive set fraps to record at 50 fps.
My question is.
What resolution and setting (fps and HD? 720?) should i render at.
Ive been told something along the lines of, that my rendering resolution should be exactly half or a quarter of my recording resolution for best picture quality.
I do not want to render ud 1680 * 1050 since the file size would be enourmous, but i want to render it at a frame setting where i lose the least amount of quality.
The raw footage from fraps looks amazing (3gb for 90 secs roughly), but when i render it at 720p (1280 * 720)29,xx fps, it looks alot worse than i would have thought.
Would i benefit from rendering at a custom setup og 840 * 525? Or what would my optimal rendering setting be?
Hope i made myself clear this time 😀
-
> I’m looking at my Sony AVC template and I see AVC and Memory Stick. I assume you’d use AVC…
Yes, Sony AVC would be my first choice for internet video.
> Also, I assume you’d go half size, just so it doesn’t interpolate pixels quite so much.
That, and the fact that we don’t want to change the aspect and make the characters look taller or fatter than they are. It makes so sense to confine internet video to a TV standard. It’s not a TV.
> I’ve been rendering my 1080i footage to 720p for video delivery via YouTube and Vimeo. What settings would you use to take 1080i (1440 x 1080) to deliver to YouTube? Would you recommend 960 x 540? I haven’t tried full 1080 yet. Just curious…
I haven’t uploaded any footage to YouTube or Vimeo so I’m not the person to ask. They both accept 720p so that’s what I would use as well. 1080i and 720p are both 16:9 so there should be no problems with resizing. It doesn’t have to be “half”, it just needs to be an even multiple.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com
Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up