Burn in timecode using Vegas scripts

[Larry Brewer]

Is this from the script “add TC to all media” or from the Sony timecode effect?

Which version Vegas are you using?

[Graham Bernard]

Just to be thorough, here is a screen grab of the Timeline T/C Cursor Position “55 . . . . ” and the Reding from the MEdia T/C MPTE Drop “00:0014;xx”:-

Cheers

Grazie

[Graham Bernard]

It was using the Script, as per your method.

YUP!!! Reproed at last in VP11B521! – I’d call it an invertebrate – BUG – in the VP11 Script or maybe something even more fundamental(?).

Good stuff Larry. And another good reason to carry on editing in VP10e, then?

Cheers

Grazie

[Larry Brewer]

So maybe this is tied to VP11, and not some setting I can’t find? Hope that’s the case, I guess.

As for another good reason to keep VP 10e around… we were hanging on to VP 9 when VP 10 came out!!

Why is it the the “previous” version of Vegas is always the best?

Thanks Graham

[Graham Bernard]

Well, Larry, it would have been BUG-nuked to death by then!

As to it being “better”, as a comparison to VP521, I don’t agree. VP11 is going, eventually, to be the way forward. Once the BUGs are squished, we are ALL going to benefit from the improved blue-water experience of better framerates and having 3rd party OFX developers being able to create gorgeous FX options – I kid-you-NOT!

VP11 is only a peak or even a nod to what I believe SCS has planned. Us being the foot soldiers of this long term campaign can be exciting, presently it is mostly frustrating. But hey, good things sometimes are hard to grab, but when they do . . . woah!!!!!

Do I want VP11 to work better for me? Bet your sweet Pippy!

I’ve been hacking my business for 10 years with one flavour of Vegas or another, and at every “bleeding-edge” change Vegas has blown me away – driven me nutz sometimes too – but being part of this journey has had its major awards, for me at least.

I can’t forget the ease of the 3-Colour Wheel coming out in VV6(?), or my gasp at the working Media Manager, or the ease at which I could do stuff.

Cheers

Grazie

ps: Did I say I like Vegas?

[Larry Brewer]

My previous reply was somewhat tongue in cheek. I wish there was a smilie icon for that… : i maybe?

I like Vegas too, but sometimes I do wonder why the simplest features get screwed up when a new version comes out. I can understand the new features being a little iffy, but it seems like something I’ve used since VP7 should be cut in stone by now.

Thanks again for all your help.

Larry Brewer

[John Rofrano]

The “bug” is actually a “side-effect” that was introduced in Vegas Pro 11.0 when Sony converted all of their DirectX plug-ins to OFX. The script applies the Timecode FX without using any preset and the default preset in Vegas Pro 10 and earlier was the “SMPTE Drop (29.97 fps)” preset. Unfortunately that’s not the default in Vegas Pro 11.0. 🙁

The fix is simple. Just edit the script and comment line 20 and uncomment line 21 from this:

String presetName = null;
//String presetName = "SMPTE Drop (29.97 fps)";
to this:
//String presetName = null;
String presetName = "SMPTE Drop (29.97 fps)";
(i.e., add “//” to line 20 and remove the “//” from line 21). The script will now apply the “SMPTE Drop (29.97 fps)” preset as desired.

~jr

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[Larry Brewer]

John

Thanks for the technical walk through. I guess the process is to open something in notepad, edit, and save. Right?

Larry Brewer

[John Rofrano]

[Larry Brewer] ” I guess the process is to open something in notepad, edit, and save. Right?”

Yea, but the scripts are in a protected folder in Windows 7 so you’ll have to save it to your Documents folder and then have to copy it back. They’re in the “Script Menu” folder under wherever you installed Vegas Pro.

~jr

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