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M2T render problems
I am just starting to work on projects shot with high definition cameras. One project is really perplexing. I shot a wedding with the HD cams (HDV), but want to produce a standard definition DVD. The project is about 75 min. long. I have tried to render to MPEG2 using a two-pass variable bit rate. I have tried to render approximately 5 times. Each time I get the error message “An error occurred while creating the media file. The reason for the error could not be determined.” When I got this error in projects shot with my standard def cameras I would adjust the VBR down some, and it would work. But that is not happening with this project. I first started with a VBR of maximum 8,000,000, average of 7,834,000 and minimum of 2,000,000. I kept adjusting the VBR settings down. The last one was an average of 4,440,000. None of the adjustments have worked. I am leaving the output type at HDV. I tried using MPEG as the output type, but that did not work either. Any suggestions? TIA, Jim
Vegas Pro 8 DVDA 5 Excalibur
Dell Quad Core 2.67 GHz
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I was able to open the MPEG file in DVDA, and I noticed that each time the project stopped in the same area. I am going to try making an AVI of that area and substituting that in the nested project and render that. Will report back. Jim
Vegas Pro 8 DVDA 5 Excalibur
Dell Quad Core 2.67 GHz
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The project failed to render using the AVI. I am thinking I am up against the 4 GB limit. Jim
Vegas Pro 8 DVDA 5 Excalibur
Dell Quad Core 2.67 GHz
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Are you rendering to an internal drive or an external one?
If it’s internal, it “should” be formatted as NTFS.
If it’s an external, odds are very good that it’s formatted as FAT32 and will need to be re-formatted as NTFS.
To find out, double-click My Computer, right-click the drive and select Properties.
Next to File System, it will say FAT32 or NTFS. -
I have already copied the project to an NTFS drive, and I will render the project over night. I am pretty sure it will work this time. Will report back. Thanks for your help. Jim
Vegas Pro 8 DVDA 5 Excalibur
Dell Quad Core 2.67 GHz
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[Jay Gilhart] “Vegas will only render to an NTFS drive?”
Jay, that’s not what I said.
Jim was thinking that he may have run up against the 4 GB limit of a FAT32 drive which is why I suggested making sure the drive was formatted as NTFS to avoid this issue.[Jay Gilhart] “That’s bad news because after reformatting, the drive will be useless anywhere except a Windows machine.”
And this is a problem because?
If you trade files with a Mac user, get another external drive and leave it formatted as FAT32.
I deal with a local Mac user a lot and leave one of my externals formatted as a Mac drive.
I have a program called MacDrive ($50) which allows me to see it as a regular hard drive. -
It was a FAT 32 4 GB limit issue. On the NTFS drive it worked fine. Thanks again, Jim
Vegas Pro 8 DVDA 5 Excalibur
Dell Quad Core 2.67 GHz
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My pleasure Jim.
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[Jay Gilhart] “To be honest, I have never rendered a +4Gig file.”
Most DVDs I create are this size.
…or ever seen one.”
4 gigs is only 20 min. of DV-AVI footage.
I regularly shoot events that are 2 hr. or more long so I’m looking at 25 gigs (or more) of raw material.
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