[Don Kimball]

Hi Mike:

I discovered that unbeknownst to me that Architect seemed to disguise the actual size of the .avi file that was attached to the menu etc. That file was a whopping 5 gigs. No wonder it wouldnt work. I tried DVDA on a smaller size file and it worked fine. You have to love us Newbees right?

Now for a couple more questions please now that I have hope that I can work DVDA.

1. What is the maximum size of an .avi file that I can burn using DVDA? The Sony blank DVD I am using to burn my project to holds 4.7 Gigs

2. Can you recommend a way to compress or reduce the size of my .avi file but still keep the quality at the “best” setting in Sony Vegas for rendering?

Thanks very much!

Don

New to Vegas… excited and intimidated at the same time!

[Don Kimball]

Hi Mike:

Thanks for your kind answer. The original external hard drive is 750Gig. When I check in the section My Computer it says that I have 10.6 Gigs of Free Space on this drive. This would seem to indicate that I have tons of space left. I was thinking perhaps the folder size is the issue? I tend to agree with you that not enough space would prompt DVDA to give me that message but I am puzzled based on what I know about space left on the hard drive. I am certainly open to feedback thats for sure!

Thanks

Don

New to Vegas… excited and intimidated at the same time!

[Don Kimball]

Thanks very much for your help Terry! I am getting there and have created a project.

Cheers!

Don

New to Vegas… excited and intimidated at the same time!

[Don Kimball]

Hi Mark:

Are you suggesting that a tripod like the Manfrotto Basic 055XDB Tripod (Black) Outfit with 128RC (3130) Micro Fluid Head
Would not adequately support my Sony VX2100 camera?

A friend of mine swears by this for 35mm digital photography and I thought it would also work for my video cam.

Thanks

Don

New to Vegas… excited and intimidated at the same time!

[Don Kimball]

Hi Terry:

Another problem I had with this feature is that when my memory is running low on my PC Vegas will not do some funtions including split. I simply click save and then shut down the program. Then go back in and things split or perform what I want perfectly once more. This can be a bit frustrating but on my machine it only happens occasionally and not enough to cause me major stress.

Cheers!

Don

New to Vegas… excited and intimidated at the same time!

[Don Kimball]

Sorry perhaps I didnt explain very well. When the footage loads on the timeline track/view it is squeezed like an accordian horizonatally. This leaves it rather difficult to work with and edit in this format. This did not occur using Sony Vegas 6 but is a new look for me to deal with in Sony Vegas Pro 8. However I did indeed solve the problem by clicking on the negative and positive signs called zoom in and zoom out on the timeline track. I apologize if I was not clearer.

thanks

Don

New to Vegas… excited and intimidated at the same time!

[Don Kimball]

Thanks very much Ed

I also found another way which I found worked beautifully but took a bit more work.

Since I had about 5 legs of the road to show that this is how much I traveled on the map I created five different maps from the same gif of the original map. I used microsoft paint to draw each of the lines. Each map showed a progression of one more line indicating traveling to the destination.

I merged each of these 5 gifs on the video track on Sony Vegas so that they faded one into another in rapid succession. The result was a beautiful effect of the line gradually increasing on the route map quickly and clearly.

[Don Kimball]

Will this not lower the quality of the video project?

[Don Kimball]

Also I just remembered that I am burning DVD’s to ship to Australia and Britain. So far my standard Sony DVD-R format works great for overseas. Any idea how Dual DVD’s work in international situations?

thanks

[Don Kimball]

Thanks so much Ed. I am using a Sony Vaio computer with a Pioneer DVD burning system. It came packaged with the computer which I purchased 2 years ago.

Do I need a special DVD writing system to burn Dual layer DVD’s?

Thanks for all the great help!

Don