[Angelo Mike]

Vegas 8 and 9 have always done this for me on my HV30. It never bothered me that much, but it is annoying. I never figured out how to stop it.

When I used Cineform Neoscene to capture footage it would keep it all in one file unless you set it otherwise. You can download that for a 15 day trial before buying it for $100.

[Angelo Mike]

Actually, with the HF S21 doing native 24fps and with a 64GB hard drive, I’ll be going for that.

Thanks again.

[Angelo Mike]

Yes, I played it on Windows Media Player classic. It ran smoothly and looks great.

I’ll still consider the camera. But with used Vixia HF 20’s going for about $400, I may just go with that or another version of the Vixia.

[Angelo Mike]

Thanks Steve. I’ll just have to live with it then.

[Angelo Mike]

I’m using Vegas 9.

I used the pan and crop function and it went away when I zoomed in on the picture.

I feel like I have deja vu and this is all oddly familiar, like the colors on the bars are supposed to mark something.

I tried viewing footage that I shot in 30p in it by running it through Cineform to make it 24fps, and I get the same result.

And, any footage that I set to 24fps (actually 23.976) gets me the black bar on the right side. Running it through Cineform Neoscene seems to put those sort of sound meter bars on the side.

[Angelo Mike]

Ok, I got it in my timeline and it looks great. Eerily so because of the 60fps movement, which is almost unsettling because I’m not used to seeing it. I kind of don’t like the aesthetic, actually, and kind of prefer the gaps between frames in 24fps. Then again, when DVDs first came out I remember opposing those, too, because they lacked the intimacy of physical tape.

I tried rendering some footage in MP4 at 30fps and it looks great as well. What are the special render settings you want me to try?

[Angelo Mike]

Thanks very much, Danny. I’m rendering footage tonight so I’ll get started on this tomorrow.

If I render a video at 60 fps from the TM700, does it play back at 60 fps on DVD or on Youtube or Vimeo?

I could almost live with my Canon Vixia HV30’s ability to shoot 24fps footage with Neoscene, but even then I occasionally see some deinterlacing artifacts. I suppose that will be an issue on any camera, but going tapeless is a big plus, as well as a better overall picture and low light capability.

Also, I didn’t initially look into them since I just assumed any Vixia would be the same as my current one, but I’ve been looking into Canon Vixia HF20, HF200, and a few others, and they seem like a step forward, especially with a really low price on used and refurbished ones. Like, I could buy ten of them, and they weigh a few ounces each. I’d even overlook the lack of xlr inputs. My main issue, then, is finding one with a lot of storage capacity, or at least dual memory card slots.

The HF20 has a lot of menu controls like my HV30 (as opposed to manual ones), but I’d live with that for its price, features, and 24GB hard drive. But it only has one memory card slot, meaning no continuous shooting.

The HF200 has two memory card slots but is all touch screen, which I don’t like. I’ve even resisted it on my phone.

And then there’s the TM700, which I’m still learning about.

[Angelo Mike]

Ok, I know I’m posting a lot, but Danny’s really selling me on the TM700 (along with all the footage I’m seeing online).

How does it handle with 24 fps? Whatever camera I get, I will end up shooting short films with it. And 30 fps?

[Angelo Mike]

Thanks Dave. I’ll think about that.

[Angelo Mike]

Decisions, decisions.

Thanks for the offer-sure, send me some footage and I’ll test it out.

Thanks again.