Vegas 11 Can’t Render MP4s????

[Ken Mitchell]

I have always been able to create .mp4 files in vegas 11. I have not run into that problem.

[Mike Hinkel]

Make sure there is nothing in the preset windows. Found that to be problem when trying to render at times.

[Jim Greene]

There does seem to be a limit of how high a bitrate you can use. For instance, I can’t go above 8mbps when rendering 1280×720 24p in Sony AVC.

-Jim.

[Ken Bennett]

If there was no limit in V10e, why would Sony impose one in V11? Makes no sense. To even get MP4 I have to go into the options and in the Systems tab change from M2TS to MP4.

This seems to be a game NLE software manufacture seem to to play with updates. I’ve seem it happen in Premiere as well.

Ken Bennett
Video Adventures
Capturing Your Life’s Adventures!

[John Rofrano]

[Ken Bennett] “To even get MP4 I have to go into the options and in the Systems tab change from M2TS to MP4.”

Ahh… what you might be experiencing is the change in Vegas Pro 11.0 from Sony AVC to MainConcept AVC as the primary MP4 render codec. All of the MP4 “Internet” templates have been moved to the MainConcept AVC encoder which is now GPU accelerated. This is what you should be using for MP4 files. The Sony AVC engine is just primarily for Blu-ray now (although you could make your own MP4 templates but it’s better to use MainConcept).

This is confusing and I’m not sure Sony documented it but you’re gonna love the GPU speed boost with MainConcept AVC if you have a beefy graphics card.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[Steve Rhoden]

The new render dialogue box is a wonderful idea, but I really do
not like how they implement it.

Steve Rhoden
(Cow Leader)
Film Editor & Compositor.
Filmex Creative Media.
1-876-832-4956

[John Rofrano]

[Steve Rhoden] “The new render dialogue box is a wonderful idea, but I really do not like how they implement it.”

I’m having the same feelings. What use to be 2 clicks is now several clicks and while I understand what they were trying to do, it’s just a lot harder to use. I believe what you have to do is mark all of your most used templates as Favorites and then tell it to only show favorites and then it gets easier because you only see your most used templates (which for most people is just a few).

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[Steve Rhoden]

Mark as favorites is the best method to keep it simple yes….

Steve Rhoden
(Cow Leader)
Film Editor & Compositor.
Filmex Creative Media.
1-876-832-4956

[Stephen Mann]

[John Rofrano] ” All of the MP4 “Internet” templates have been moved to the MainConcept AVC encoder which is now GPU accelerated.”

On one of my workstations I have never been able to encode MainConcept AVC. On a suggestion from Sony Support (yes, they do respond) I have no issues encoding MainConcept AVC when selecting CPU Only in the “render as” options.

(You don’t “render” MP4 notwithstanding that Sony put the encoding options into the “Render As” menu)

Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com

[Ken Bennett]

Old habits are hard to break. (10e vs 11)

Problem solved. Thanks all. Thanks Stephen for a detailed diagram.

But I still need to borrow John’s brain.

Ken Bennett
Video Adventures
Capturing Your Life’s Adventures!