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Managing projects
Hi Guys,
I have a project that I am working on that is only 20 mins in length, but I seem to have so many edits that once it gets to about 10 mins in length, the project takes an excesive amout of time to load and edit.
As my PC is a bit older and it’s specs are marginal, I also find that with a project like this, the PC will quite often just lock up.
To date, I have been creating 2 (or more) separate projects (.vf files) and I render each as a .AVI file.
Then I create a 3rd project where I join the 2 .AVIs together and then create my DVD from that.
I’m not sure if I am loosing any quality doing it this way as the files are rendered twice and it’s also a long process if I want to make a change to one ‘child’ project. I need to render it, then fix my ‘master’ project and render it too.
Can any one tell me if there is another way to render several .vf projects into a single pair of .mpg & .ac3 files so thay can go to the DVD as a single program?
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7 Replies
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For longer projects i just save the project as a .veg file. I don’t render it.
When you save a project Vegas allows you to drop that project file (.veg) on to the timeline of another project.
When I’m ready for a final output/render i put these .veg files together on a new project timeline. Then i render them together. That way I’m only rendering them once, and all at the same time.
mike
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Mike, that won’t work as Alan is using a version of Movie Studio (the .vf file extension is the clue here).
Alan, then number of edits shouldn’t make any difference to the load time.
Do you have a lot of (digital) stills in the project?
If so, are they large (over 2000 x 2000) or small (under 1000 x 1000)?
If it’s the former, use something like IrfanView to batch resize them.
Save them in PNG format at the same time as Vegsa prefers this format for images. -
Mike & Mike,
Thanks for your comments. I was suddenly very excited while reading the first reply :-), then got a little dissapointed with the second 🙁
I do not have any still photos, just the files from my JVC video camera. (.MOD files)
Would it be better if I renamed the files as I believe they are just .MPG files, but for some reason JVC seem to name them .MOD?
I have just upgraded my PC’s RAM from 1 Gb to 2 Gb in the hope that may help, but I’m not sure of that yet. I guess another Gb cannot do any harm anyway.
The first part has 134 clips, is that a large number?
Thanks for your continued help.
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I do not have any still photos, just the files from my JVC video camera. (.MOD files)
That (unfortunately) explains your problem 🙁
Yes, .mod files are mpg files and no, changing the name won’t help.
Mpg files always have been and always will be a problem with Vegas, especially if you have an underpowered computer as you do.
More RAM won’t too much.
Upgrading to a more powerful computer will help a lot.
The only suggestion I can offer (with hesitation due to the work) is to render the original clips out in AVI format and then bring them back into Vegas for editing.
You will lose some quality but you’re going to lose it with a re-render of mpg files anyway.
Sorry I can’t be of any more help but that’s the sad reality of working with mpg files in Vegas. -
Thanks for the info Mike.
Just one more question…
If Vegas struggles with .mpg files, what does it work best with?
Regards.
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Alan, DV-AVI (what you get from a miniDV tape capture) is still the easiest and best for Vegas to handle.
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ohhh, my bad Alan.
Sorry:)
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