Please help a Newbie with Rendering problems.

[Kert]

You can go 2 ways:
1. Render as -> Main Concept AVC/AAC (.mp4) then
Template Choose: Ipod 320×240 or 640×480
this will give you mp4 files that can be uploaded to Utube.

2. Rander as -> Quick Time 7 (.mov) then
Template: choices between 28.8 kbs to 3 Mbps
this choice will give you .MOV files playable by both QT player and MS Media player. This too can most likely to be uploaded to Utube.

John

[Terry Esslinger]

But I think he would like to know what happened to his .wmv choice.

[Gary Beckwith]

thanks, but I’d really like to make a WMV file. Is this not supported by Vegas? It’s weird that it was there at first, but no templates for it, and then it just disappeared.

I have read that WMV gives the best quality Youtube videos, and for other reaons I’d like to be able to create WMVs.

Is WMV supported?

thanks

[Douglas Spotted eagle]

hello Gary,
Vegas *does* support WMV, not sure why your templates are deleted? When you look at the render options, you don’t see *any* wmv options?

BTW, MP4 is often better for Utube, depends on the content. We experimented heavily with various bitrates when working on the “Video For The Web” training DVD, and found that it’s a myth that Utube likes WMV best. it depends on the content, and bitrate. MP4 from Vegas Pro 8 does a slightly better job with motion, and wmv does a slightly better job with color, based on our findings.

Douglas Spotted Eagle
VASST

Certified Sony Vegas Trainer
Aerial Camera/Instructor

[Gary Beckwith]

thanks for the good info about mp4 and youtube.

to answer your question – sometimes there is an option for WMV but not templates, and it won’t let me render. other times WMV is not even there (and it seems like most of the options are audio only). I thought maybe I just had the audio track selected and that caused the wmv to disappear, but I made sure I had everything selected and it still wasn’t there. I guess I need to fiddle with it more.

[Lucia Helena]

Having too problems with Vegas Pro8a at my laptop: Can´t render in mpg (don´t have this “save as” option), neither have the DVD Architect template !! See what my Render Options show :https://wikisend.com/download/195716/Vegas Pro8a Save as.jpg and https://wikisend.com/download/947300/Vegas Pro8a Templates.jpg

I used Vegas 6 at my PC and NEVER had this problem. Tried to copy the File Templates carpet to C:\Users\Lucia\AppData\Roaming\Sony and got NO result. Tried same thing at …AppData\Local\Sony and nothing again (Help file at Vegas pro uses c:\Docs&Settings\\Application Data\Sony\File Template\\ as reference, but I use Vista now in my laptop and couldn´t find WHERE I should put my old templates so as to make Vegas Pro 8 to render as it should ! Some help ?

I do have the plug-ins (mpg, ac3 etc) installed at my machine,(look here:https://wikisend.com/download/925718/Vegas 8a Plug-ins.jpg) but somehow Vegas Pro isn´t reading them (I couldn´t find ANY of the *sft files for the templates doing a search in C , that is to say, I have the plu-ins but don´t have the templates from day zero!!)

I´ve uninstalled, restarted, installed again and nothing changes…What is happening ??? Help pleaseeeee ! 🙁

[Mike Kujbida]

Do you have DVD Architect installed?
If you don’t, there’s no way you’ll be able to render to MPEG,
If you do, you have to select “MainConcept MPEG-2 (*.mpg, etc. etc.) in the “Save as type” dropdown box.

[Lucia Helena]

Yes Mike, I do have DVD Architect (4.5a) on my laptop. But the problem is just this: I DON´T have the “Save As” option of the “MainConcept MPEG-2 (*.mpg, etc. etc.) ” to choose (see please the pictures I uploaded that shows what I have – although the plug-ins for mcplug ARE THERE !!!!) I´m really confused here… Thanks for ANY help 🙂

[Mike Kujbida]

Something is very strange here.
When you click in the “save as type” box, MPEG-2 should be the 8th item on the list.

ATRAC audio
Audio Interchange File Format
Dolby Digital AC-3 Pro
Dolby Digital AC-3 Studio
FLAC
MainConcept AVC/AAC
MainConcept MPEG-1
MainConcept MPEG-2

All I can suggest at this point is to contact Sony Customer Service and see if they have any ideas.
Sorry 🙁

[Lucia Helena]

Thanks anyway…I know it´s VERY STRANGE – my old Vegas 6 had it all…!I´m going to uninstall ALL Sony products at my laptop, and try to install again and see what happens…(What makes me mad is that I can´t go back to my Vegas 6 to render the veg file created at Vegas Pro (it´s unrecognisable by Vegas 6 !) Argh…@#*@&# !!