Brian Sinks
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Depends on the format you want to email and the size of the file. If you render a higher compressed file – like MPEG1 or Windows Media Video (WMV) – you can attach it to an email (try it with different template settings to get what you can tolerate). Or, with a less compressed file – like Quicktime MOV or WMV – you can upload a file under 100mb at yousendit.com or unlimited at sendthisfile.com.
You can also upload a file (I’d suggest WMV 320×280) to YouTube and everyone can see it.
Brian Sinks
IN1ACCORD Productions
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Hey Rick
Yeah, I’ve found this to be true as well.
When I got one of my cameras, a couple years ago, I had the opportunity to tape a radio show. So, the first time I used the camera, I left the lens cap on (avoid that spitting on the lens!) and taped audio with a shotgun mike, setting the record levels manually (exclusive video guys needed to be reminded of this occationally). I made a CD right from the Vegas timeline and the radio station said the quality was very good and asked us what studio we were using for the recording. I taped it in the talents office!
Brian Sinks
IN1ACCORD Productions
Tulsa, Oklahoma -
If everything was okay in Vegas until you rendered, it could be your render settings were set to 16:9 or maybe you had the “Maintain Aspect Ratio – Do not letterbox” checked.
What type of render are you doing? Maybe MPEG2?
Brian Sinks
IN1ACCORD Productions
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I, like you, bought some of these Maxell a couple years ago at Sam’s and for the first time had several dropout on my recordings on several tapes. No more Maxell for me. I just use Sony and Panasonic.
Brian Sinks
IN1ACCORD Productions
Tulsa, Oklahoma -
Your Vegas veg project should be set (FILE>PROPERTIES) to “NTSC DV (720×480, 29.970fps)”.
If so, it sounds like your video clip is set to 4:3 so: right click on the clip (in PROJECT MEDIA), select PROPERTIES, and change the PIXEL ASPECT RATIO to “1.2121 (NTSC DV Widescreen)”.
It should automatically letterbox the video.
Brian Sinks
IN1ACCORD Productions
Tulsa, Oklahoma -
Congrats Rick!
Brian Sinks
IN1ACCORD Productions
Tulsa, Oklahoma -
When you rendered out of Vegas using MPEG2 (DVDA Template) did you make sure the box was checked at the bottom that says to render with chapter markers?
You can also access the video in DVDA and add chapter markers to the video there as well (if you don’t have time to re-render in Vegas).
I’m assuming (to do the looping DVD) you have the “End Action” of the video in DVDA set to itself.
Brian Sinks
IN1ACCORD Productions
Tulsa, Oklahoma -
Could it be something with the settings? Either your m2p clip or the settings in the Vegas project is trying to de-interlace (blend fields) the 60i and then interlace again when it renders for the DVD? I know from experience that going back and forth can cause problems (smearing, pixalation). Have you checked the render settings within the MPEG2 render (custom) to see if the average is set too low – which could cause pixalation?
Brian Sinks
IN1ACCORD Productions
Tulsa, Oklahoma -
Try:
https://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid=63059188You can get the Epson R series pretty cheap and they print on DVDs that are inkjet compatible like at:
https://www.supermediastore.com/ritek-ridata-8x-dvd-r-white-inkjet-printable.htmlBrian Sinks
IN1ACCORD Productions
Tulsa, Oklahoma -
Bingo! I avoid labels like a plague. I’ve had early DVDs I recorded that skipped and froze up but when I carefully removed the labels (or scraped some off) the discs played without errors.
As suggested http://www.meritline.com or http://www.supermediastore.com are sites you can buy inkjet printable media by mass for 30-50 cents each. I use Ritek (without problems) but others suggest Taiyo Yuden. Epson has good cheap printers (R series) for about $60 (R260) to about $100 (R580 all-in-one) that print on these DVDs (look professional and dry pretty fast).
Brian Sinks
IN1ACCORD Productions
Tulsa, Oklahoma