At wit’s end!! Suggestions please?

[Bill Hames]

Exactly. Vegas imports correctly 90% of the time. When it doesn’t, a half second of audio missing at the end of a clip is a pain – especially with music!

[Edward Troxel]

I have found that when it splits files (over a chapter point) that I do seem to miss some audio. However, THE AUDIO IS THERE. You just need to combine the files first. I just go to DOS and then:

copy /b file1.mpg + file2.mpg + file3.mpg combinedfile.mpg

Then I load combinedfile.mpg onto the timeline and, sure enough, the audio really is there at the original split points!

Edward Troxel

[Tim Srader]

[John Rofrano] “Which means he renamed several .VOB files to .MPG files and then tried to recombine them on the timeline.”

Thanks for the advice John. You are correct…I did change the .vob to .mpg prior to dropping them into timeline. Maybe I’m going about it incorrectly (I’m relatively new)–here’s my M.O. when starting:

1) Copy .vob files from DVD to folder on desktop.

2) Open files in Avidemux (settings: video = MJPG; audio = PCM; container = AVI). Convert and save.

3) Drop AVI file(s) onto timeline for editing.

4) Burn DVD using DVDA.

So what I read from your post is that I should avoid changing .vob files prior to importing; use the import feature to bring files into Vegas (I had been using option Import > media = same thing?).

P.S. I “solved” the crash errors with Avidemux. I was saving the project instead of saving the file to the destination folder. Talk about the I.D.10.T error. 🙂

Thanks,

Tim

[John Rofrano]

[Tim Srader] “So what I read from your post is that I should avoid changing .vob files prior to importing; use the import feature to bring files into Vegas (I had been using option Import > media = same thing?).”

Yes. That should take care of everything for you. Then if you render to the exact same format and don’t add any FX, Vegas should “smart render” and not re-encode your video.

~jr

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[Tim Srader]

John,

I tried File | Import | DVD camcorder disc to import files from disc to desktop folder and it didn’t work! It started running for a few seconds then quit leaving an empty destination folder. Did I do something incorrectly?

Using windows explorer, I did a drag/drop to desktop folder and the files copied over fine although they are still .vob files. At this point, do I need to reconvert them to another format before editing? I will be adding generated text media and fx.

Sorry for the redundancy but I want to do this correctly.

Thanks for all the help!

Tim

[Daniel Diaz]

I’m not sure if anyone’s suggestions actually helped, but this problem has happened to me numerous times. The VOB file plays perfectly after being copied to the pc, using a media player like VLC, but once imported into the Vegas Pro timeline, the audio and video are out of sync by a second or so. The remedy is simple, although I must confess that it took me a while to even think about it.

Simply ungroup the two tracks, then shift the video on the timeline until the two tracks are in sync. I have done this now numerous times without a hitch.

I have noticed that if I slice the tracks before ungrouping, it may add artifacts, such as dropped video frames. I have no idea why this happens, but my suggestion is to ungroup first, shift the video clip on the timeline, then begin editing.

Hope this helps.