Maybe You Guys Know This Problem

[Joao Souza]

I didn’t say vegas doesn’t deal with avis(all avis), I was talking about that avi in my project.
Thanks for the link.

We have so much time and so little to do! / Willy Wonka

[Graham Bernard]

[Joao Souza] “I didn’t say vegas doesn’t deal with avis(all avis)”

Well, you did say this:

[Joao Souza] “One of the videos I have in my project was sent by a friend of mine direct from its cam, properties says it’s a AVI file, it was the problem.I converted it to mp4 and added to my project then deleted the AVI version………………BOOM………….rendering time now is 38 minutes!
Should we all convert videos to a specific format before importing to vegas?
I mean is there a video format that works better/faster with vegas?”

So, from ALL of that I am left understanding that your appreciation is that we should NOT be using AVIs in Vegas and that we SHOULD convert to another Format. Consequently I could not continue, thinking that you were under the misconception that AVIs needed to be converted. AVIs can be GOOD for Vegas, it ALL depends on what is INSIDE them. You’d generalized from a single experience, and I didn’t want you to think that that was the case – simple! – Now, if you had said, something along the lines of: “I understand not all AVIs are the same, what should I do?” But you didn’t. And as result I needed to assure myself you had more of a understanding what Media Formats can mean. Do you follow now?

Cheers

Grazie

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[Russ Froze]

Now aint that what I said… are there any odd ducks on the timeline. Yup a jpeg avi is ok but the odd frame rate of 20 fps and unusual audio sample rate in that file will certainly throw a wrench into the works. I told you it’s about math… that is what these programs do. Now look at what is being asked of the engineer who wrote this software. Kudos for Vegas for even trying to do the calculations and eventually succeeding. I assure you that programs used in high end productions would flatly refuse to do the math by simply disallowing the file. Programs / applications such as Final cut and Avid are used in production settings not because they are great, rather these apps are use because they will reject files that do not conform to standards and as such can not be used for broadcast. Back to the problem at hand. Throwing an odd duck on the time line results in the program having to do the math to match the desired output. Mainly readjust the audio and from 20 fps to match 30 fps or whatever the chosen output frame rate. So Vegas needs to interpolate audio bits and interpolate video frames that do not exist. This will take time a lot of time. I must agree with Graham Bernard that it would serve us all well if you were to read, watch or take a weekend course on the basics of digital media capture. Ask any question in forums and people will bend over backwards to help you on your journey. No question is too stupid, if the answers are not fully understood then ask for a different explanation and someone will be able to explain things in a manner that makes sense to you, we all learn in different ways. Still I’m pleased the issue has been resolved and something has been learned. Oh yes had the avi been a divx then unless the divx encoder is installed Vegas would not know how to interpret the file and would have told you that it can not imported. There are also ways of getting files into Vegas without trans coding but that is for another lesson. As for the problematic file, it could have been encoded to an avi again using one of the intermediate setting or perhaps an uncompressed avi.

Russ Froze

[Joao Souza]

Yep, you know texts are texts, people get whatever they want from them.
That’s a nightmare when speaking in a different language, the way you say things in your own language sometimes is different the way they say the same things in another language 😉
Did my mediainfo pic help in any way?

We have so much time and so little to do! / Willy Wonka

[Stephen Mann]

What threw me off was that the OP said it was the SAME PROJECT that rendered differently at different times, which was why I was probing the O/S for anomalies.

Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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