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Noob Help with VPro 9 settings?
Hello everyone.
OK, I’m not done learning, but I need to upload a few short videos to YouTube and Vimeo in HD/H.264 by tomorrow night, and also embed them on my website. I have some training DVD’s by VASST and COD (which are great), but I am out of time.
Can anyone please help me set the right project properties in Sony Vegas Pro 9?
I recorded some footage on a Canon HF S10 in AVCHD at 30p, and converted it to .avi using Cineform NeoScene, so the files will be .avi. Data storage is on D:. Machine is Dell CoreDuo Quad at 3.0 GHz, 8GB RAM, 4GB ReadyBoost RAM, GTX 260, Vista x64 Ultimate, C: and D: in RAID 0, with external backups). My NLE is Vegas Pro 9 x32 (because Cineform x64 for VPro9 is still in Beta). I think I can maybe handle the edits, but at the moment I just need help setting the Project Properties.
I opened a new project. In Project Properties, I have selected:
VIDEO TAB:
Template: Custom (1920 x 1080, 29.970 fps)
Field Order: None (progressive scan)
Frame Rate: 29.970
Pixel format: I have a choice of 8-bit, 32-bit floating point (video levels) or 32-bit floating point (full range). Which do I choose/select? For the moment I put 32-bit floating point (full range), because that sounded like the best quality.
For Compositing Gamma do I want 1.000 (Linear) or 2.222 (Video)? Default was 1.000, so I left it there.
Full-resolution rendering quality I set to ‘best’.
De-interlace method I set to ‘None’.
Do I check “Adjust source media to better match project or render settings”? Or do I leave that alone/unchecked?
For the Prerendered Files Folder, VPro suggests: C:UsersVideoAppDataLocalSonyVegasPro9.0. Do I leave it there? Or should I create a similar folder on D: [Data] and use that? At the moment I just left it where it is.
AUDIO TAB:
I just left Master Bus Mode in Stereo (even though it will be mono/single microphone), 44,100 Hz, 16 bit. Sample and re-stretch quality I set to ‘best.’
VPro gives me a default ‘Recorded Files Folder’ as C:UsersVideo [computer name]Documents. Do I leave it here, or create a folder on D:?
I must post by tomorrow night. Any advice or suggestions you could give me would be very much appreciated. Thank you in advance for your help.
Norman
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I would NOT use 32-bit video levels. Lots of people have been complaining about crashes with it. It’s a brand new feature and there are very few instance when you need that kind of accuracy. We’ve been using 8-bit for years and it’s certainly plenty good enough for a video targeted for YouTube.
I would use the Match Media Settings button in the Project Properties to have Vegas match your source footage. Then leave everything else at the default. Just make sure that it set the Field Order to None (progressive scan).
~jr
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Wow, that helps. Thanks!!
The Cineform files have no audio track. The original .MTS files have an audio track. I wrote Cineform, to see what they say.
Since the narration track is only 4 minutes long I decided to try to try using the original .MTS files. However, although the audio waveform shows up, there is no sound. (I can get sound by playing music in Windows Media Player.)
Ideas? Thanks!
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I just opened up 8.1, and it has sound. So I will try it that way.
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> I just opened up 8.1, and it has sound. So I will try it that way.
That’s strange. Are you using the 32-bit or 64-bit version of Vegas Pro 9.0. I would try both and see if you get different results.
~jr
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I was using vpro9x32 by default, because I wanted to use Cineform. (But as previously stated, there was no sound.) I have not loaded the NeoScene x64 Beta yet, but would be interested to know how people find it.
Funny. As you suggested, I opened vpro9x64, and I get sound on the .MTS file! Project Properties is at 32-bit floating point (full range). I played through the timeline once, and so far it works.
Moving forward on vpro9x64!
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> I have not loaded the NeoScene x64 Beta yet, but would be interested to know how people find it.
I believe it’s officially released now. I was beta testing and the final builds worked great. I can preview and render CineForm in 64-bit.
~jr
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Great! I’ll probably install it next week, since the .MTS files are working.
I am working on EQ, and then Noise Reduction. I can open Noise Reduction as a copy in Sound Forge, but then how do I send it back to Vegas when I am done?
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OK, I got the Noise Reduction I need in Sound Forge. It’s not perfect, but it will probably hold me until I can get to the VASST training DVD.
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Is it possible to import a .pdf?
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Got it.
Ready to render.
Thanks, John!
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