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Rendering Problems
I have recently installed Vegas Movie Studio 13. I have created a vf file which comprises clips from a camcorder, an iPad mini (converted to avi files),a mobile phone and a camera. When I render it keeps crashing, usually at a different point each time. On the vf file the ipad clips often appear black but usually show on the viewing screen as they should. I tried rendering an old vf file without any problems. Any ideas as to what could cause these crashes ?
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Why did you invert the iPad footage to AVI files? This may be causing the problem depending on what codec you used. I would have kept them in their QuickTime format or converted them to MP4 but not AVI.
~jr
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The iPad clips didn’t work in their original codec. I have tried several different conversions and sometimes they render, other times they don’t. A further nuisance is that the ipad clips often become black on the timeline. When rendering they sometimes render as they should while at other times they render as a black view. My other clips, apart from my main Sony VX2100E include photos and mobile clips which usually work OK. I have now pretty well given up on this film. I have one version which worked but included some mistakes I made in the timeline, but ever since, after correcting these faults I have not been able to finish a rendering. I did once and got very excited, only to find when it went into Architect Studio that it hadn’t rendered the audio files! I know that there is nothing wrong with the computer or the program as I rerendered old vf files with no problem.
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[Alex Bennett] “The iPad clips didn’t work in their original codec. “
They should because the original codec is AVC/H.264 in a QuickTime container which Vegas Pro supports, so something is wrong with your setup.
[Alex Bennett] ” I have tried several different conversions and sometimes they render, other times they don’t.”
Try Motion-JPEG video with PCM audio in an AVI container. That should have no problems.
[Alex Bennett] ” I did once and got very excited, only to find when it went into Architect Studio that it hadn’t rendered the audio files! “
The DVD Architect video files aren’t supposed to have audio. You should render the audio separate as Dolby Digital AC3 and give the file the same name as the video file but with the .ac3 extensions. That is how it’s supposed to work.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com -
Thanks for your comments. I have Movie Studio not Vegas Pro so that may affect it. As far as the audio is concerned my movie program renders the audio track automatically, immediately after rendering the video, and should then automatically pass both tracks to Architect Studio. As I have already said I think that it is time to move forward to a new film.
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[Alex Bennett] “As far as the audio is concerned my movie program renders the audio track automatically, immediately after rendering the video, and should then automatically pass both tracks to Architect Studio. As I have already said I think that it is time to move forward to a new film.”
Yup, that’s what should happen. Good luck with the new film. 😉
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com
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