[Dave Lozinski]

Upgrade Premiere to Vegas since Premiere obviously isn’t working. 😉

Vegas 10e is more stable in terms of rendering such files. I know from 10a -> 10d there were issues with the Sony encoder. So maybe that was the issue.

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[Dave Lozinski]

Whenever you’re looking for something like this, one of the best places to go to is YouTube.

Do a search for something like the following:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sony+vegas+template&aq=f

You can see effects and some authors also provide links to download templates and project files for you to use.

Good luck!

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[Dave Lozinski]

No, there isn’t (at least that I’m aware of).

This solution wouldn’t work either unless you permanently assign a drive letter to your external drive because it *could* change each time you plug it in depending on how many other devices you have connected to your computer at the time.

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[Dave Lozinski]

Hmmm… you didn’t mention anything about file size, resolutions, or formats.

First off I would try rendering as a separate WMV or mp4 file just to compare results. I wouldn’t even concern yourself with trying to get it to DVD at this point. Just try rendering out to different formats and different settings as a separate file to see what works best for you.

There are lots of settings when rendering which can cause all sorts of spotty issues like this. For instance, if you’re original video is 640×480 and you’re trying to render something a lot larger like 1920×1080 — good luck with quality. 🙂

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[Dave Lozinski]

What happens when you drag the playing cursor slowly along the timeline? Do you see the lightsabers move smoothly as expected?

I’m wondering if somehow your keyframing isn’t messed up…

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[Dave Lozinski]

Have you tried just dragging/dropping the MP3 file on the timeline? That should work easily.

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[Dave Lozinski]

Thanks for that suggestion. I wasn’t even aware of that TV simulator plugin.

That’s what I love… learning something new every day.

Still looking for an overlay though…

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[Dave Lozinski]

Try uninstalling and then reinstalling the program.

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What is the movie’s resolution when you load it up and play it in QuickTime?

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[Dave Lozinski]

In a nutshell, imagine it like this… get a nice thick rubberband that will allow you to write some txt on it.

Write some words on it.

Now stretch the rubberband.

What happens?

Same principle in Vegas and other programs when “stretching”… in a nutshell. 🙂

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