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If the offset is consistant over time you can correct it by turning on the “ignore event groupings” and adjusting the length of either the video or audio. Adjusting is done simply by holding the CTRL key while moving the end point of the clip. At some point you should get them back into sync. You will have to experiment with the adjustment. I would suggest setting up a short preview loop at the end and play it while you adjust the clip end.

If the offset is not consistant over time it will be more difficult.

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Kevin,

I too haven’t seen the Schwabb add, but I have had experience with using the FX-8 and Grafiti-4 plugins to Vegas. I find the integration between Vegas and these two programs lacking. Rather than list the problems here I would urge you to try the demo version of Red before you buy. You may also want to search the Vegas forums to find additional comments and opinions.

Cheers,
David

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Tyson,

You may have checked this but perhaps the part of the frame that is chopped off is outside the safe zone of the display device you are watching the DVD on. You can check this by turning on a safe zone boundry option on the preview window of Vegas. It will show you what parts of your frame are at risk.

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Eeek, you are absolutely right about it only working at the end of clip. Guess I never really tried this in the middle of a clip. Sorry about the miss information… my bad.

There is another less elegant way that I used before someone told me about the loop option.

Split the clip and expand the time line until you can get at individual frames. Then set the loop region as the last frame and render. It should make a one frame AVI that you can place between the split and stretch to your hearts content.

Not exactly fast or convenient, but it will work.

David

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Steve,

You might try this.

1) split the clip at the point you want to freeze
2) move the right clip out of the way
3) enter the properties of the left clip and uncheck the “loop” option. This will cause the clip to freeze on the last frame when lengthened.
4) drag the end of the left clip right for the amount of time you want the frozen frame.
5) move the right clip back to butt up to the left clip.

Perhaps there is a more elegant way but I’ve used this technique with good results…

Enjoy,
David

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I think this can only be done in the XML file that defines the characteristics of a DVDA theme. If you know XML, you should be able to make some sense of the format and make the appropriate changes. If not, you might be able make changes to backgrouds or button images by simply locating and changing media filenames in a copied file.

It seems to me that somewhere on the web is a tutorial about theme development/modification. In fact, I might have seen it on the Sony Media site.

Good luck.

David

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I too have a Plextor along with a Pioneer. It seems to me that there was a Plextor tools choice on the install disk that installed the appropriate drivers. I can, however, confirm that DVDA3 works well with Plextor. Just make sure DMA is enabled in the Plextor properties. Those properties are accessed through the tools program. It wasn’t on my first few burns causing a 30 minute burn time for a 4.7 gig DVD. Once enabled, that was reduced 8 minutes.

Good luck,
David

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Thanks Gary!

I will look into the bezier curves. The controls don’t jump out at me when I look at the P&C control tab. But I do vaguely remember something about it in the V5 Tutorial DVD or perhaps it was in the Vegas manual. Anyway, thanks for the pointers.

David

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Also note that this can be easily done in Boris Grafiti and there is a tutorial on the BorisFX web site to step you through it.

Cheers,
David