Bob Peterson
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The lesson to be learned is that Sony Vegas is a serious video editing tool. If you do not take the time to learn how to use it, it will still produce a video for you with not very much effort. If you want something with a little more thought behind it, you will need to start thinking about what you want and start searching to find out how Vegas can give you what you want. It is not the tool. It is you who must spend the time to learn how to use the tool. Good luck!
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You need to create a video file which will encapsulate all that you have done in Vegas Pro. You do that with the “Render as” command which is one of the “File options”. Once you click on render as, you will see an extensive list of the types of files which Vegas can create. Pick one of those, and render your video.
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It looks like your problem is in the Adtec decoder. I think you need to look for a forum or support site that centers on that software. This one is focused mainly on Sony Vegas and, to a limited extent, Sound Forge.
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Frame rates on DVDs are fairly simple. They are either NTSC at a fraction under 30 frames per second (29.97), or PAL which is 25 frames per second. Similarly, the sizes supported on DVD are very limited. If you look at the DVD Architect default rendering templates you will see that there are basically two choices for both NTSC and PAL which are standard and widescreen. If you click on one of these in the rendering window, and then click on “Customize Template”, you will see the standard pixel sizes for these formats.
The most significant thing in producing a crisp and clear video image is the number of bits used to describe each pixel of your video image. Up to a point, the more bits you use, the better the image will be. So, how do you find out how many bits you can use? A common recommendation in this forum is to use Mark’s DVD Bit Rate Calculator. It will tell you how many bits you can use, and still be able to fit your video file onto a DVD. If you search the forum for bit rate calculator, you should find many discussions and recommendations on this subject.
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You really should use a hardware/software combination to be sure what you are seeing is reasonably accurate. I use Spyder 4 Elite which does a fairly good job of walking you through the process. It also helps a lot to have a monitor which has some advanced controls to assist with the process. I have an Asus PA246Q (thanks to John Rofrano’s recommendation) which has the controls to give the Spyder 4 a good running start. However, even with all that, when I look at a rendered video on, for example, a television, the image is noticeably different in brightness, color, contrast, etc. than what I am seeing on my monitor. Thus, I eventually wind up adjusting the video for the kind of device that I am targeting. It may take several rounds of adjustments, but I can eventually get what I want on the target device.
With all that said, a television, another computer, or some other display device is usually not calibrated. Its owner has probably adjusted brightness, color, contrast, etc., the ambient lighting will be quite different, and other factors unique to that device will affect what you see. That is something you cannot control. I adjust for my target, and hope it works reasonably well where ever it is viewed.
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It looks to me like it is simply being interpreted with a lower contrast. I think the affected areas are not too bright (i.e. pushing above 235) or too dark (pushing below 16). I would simply boost the contrast in Vegas, and I think your problem will largely, if not completely, disappear.
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John described how to move the screens. You can also do the ammo counter, if I understand what you mean by that, by rotoscoping with a mask. That can work in theory, but it would be an enormous amount of work. Things like After Effects have tools to make rotoscoping a lot easier.
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The [MIC Terminal Input] should be MIC Microphone not LINE External Audio. A Line input has much greater signal strength than a microphone has. Thus, you need to tell the camera it has a microphone attached. Also, be sure the microphone is turned on. It probably has an on/off switch. Also, check the mic’s batteries to be sure they are good, and,as John said, the camera’s recording level.
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I simply drag the preview screen “over” to the TV monitor. It works fine for me.
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Do you mean a part of a frame such as the lower, left corner of a frame? You can do that by using a mask in the event pan/crop window.