[Dave Mccormick]

Thanks for the response.

Vegas and DVDA are on my DS machine, so instead of creating an actual file to import, I’m just creating a reference file to the DS timeline, which works great when I’m compressing something in Sorenson Squeeze. So what Vegas and DVDA are seeing should be the totally uncompressed full resolution information on my DS timeline, which I believe is 4:4:4, but I’ll have to verify that when I’m back in the office. When making a reference file out of DS, there are no options to choose from. It sends whatever settings are on the timeline. It should be totally uncompressed information going to DVDA. So I guess the answer is no, I’m not exporting to DV first.

I’ve also exported an uncompressed quicktime instead of a reference file. So when exporting, I’ve set compression to none, quality to best and colors to millions plus, all the highest settings.

I tried both of these first direct into DVDA, and when I got soft images, read that I should go into Vegas first and use the NTSC templete labeled specifically for DVDA, which is the one I used. I forgot the exact wording, but it’s labeled something like NTSC DV for DVD Architect.

The only imputs into this machine are through my AVID system and it’s SDI and HD SDI. I go component through a component to SDI converter box. But I have no way of capturing with Vegas itself. This machine has no firewire input, and AVID support is very picky when you add such things to machines. They always want to blame what you’ve added for any system issues that arise, so I hesitate to do so. I do have a machine with Vegas that does have a firewire input, and I can master to HDV from my DS and capture on this other machine, then drag the file over the network, which I haven’t tried yet, but I was hoping to come up with a solution so I could simplify the process.