Douglas Spotted eagle
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You might try reinstalling the codec AFTER Quicktime?
Douglas Spotted Eagle
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EdgeDetective from VASST, Pixelan has a plug as well.
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Lower risk of dropout. No image quality difference whatsoever. It’s digital.
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you’re sure you rendered the exact same number of frames? My recommendation prior to rendering is to create a region, name it “renderzone” or similar. This allows you to be sure you’re going to be rendering the same area.
Alternatively, you could use the free VASST DVDPrep tool, which renders the same frames to the same folder, and marries audio/video properly for you.Douglas Spotted Eagle
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I would urge you to follow Ron’s recommendation.
You can easily log and batch capture, thus saving space, time, and having the shots you want, and in the process, I suspect you’ll learn alot about how NLE’s and file management work.
This will only serve you well in the long run. 60 hours is a lot of tape, and will likely Xlate to 120 hours of work, but you’ve probably spent that much in frustration and set-backs at this point.
At some time, it’s more profitable and self-fulfilling to realize the horse is dead.Douglas Spotted Eagle
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Looking at this post, Jill, the problem isn’t at all Vegas, it’s pilot error and a lack of understanding of video in general.
Your computer is the first place to start. Full resolution DV files are a cakewalk on any reasonably tuned system built in the last 5-6 years.
It sounds like your computer is in major need of a tuneup~side note, saying “uncompressed DV files” is somewhat like saying you have a two-wheeled trike. DV is always compressed, which is why a fast computer isn’t needed.
FWIW, it’s a better/more productive idea/workflow to simply capture full-length tapes, cut/edit as needed, using regions and markers, or media tags.A better grasp of codecs and general video would probably help you a lot. DV for example, is about the lowest rez, most easily decoded of all the current formats, for all NLE software, and outside of FCP, all of the NLE software apps out there can share files easily and painlessly.
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I doubt its your footage.
You sure you have plenty of free space for the peaks to write?
I’ve seen this occur at various percentages, often times rebooting, reimporting works.Douglas Spotted Eagle
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Is your source ONLY HDV footage? Any stills, or other codecs on the timeline?
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You have everything important listed except the bitrate of the video, which is the likely cause of the graininess.
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Some projects do indeed benefit from 32 vs 8, there is a great article by Glenn Chan on the differences and comparisons.
Because so much of our work lately involves sky and landscapes, we have a lot of subtle gradients, so no matter what the source, we benefit from 32 bit due to the almost-always color correction work.Douglas Spotted Eagle
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