Drake Hatfield
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Most of the people who hire me have the web as their end result. We all live on the internet, and its not like we’re moving away from it! I think if everyone watched Planet Earth in high def suddenly there would be explosive growth in the HD market.
The other thing to consider is that most Audio Visual & Production companies (atleast in the United States) do not use blu-ray. VGA, as old as it is, is the standard. Which means that a projector and switcher have the capability of EASILY displaying 1080p, but it must be played through a computer. Most computers don’t have blu ray, most companies don’t use blu ray players…
BUT, they can definitely play a high def file over a laptop. BAM! The only surefire way to play HD content at any event! Drives me nuts..
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Its a very helpful plugin but Steve is right. If you apply it to your entire film it will DEFINITELY take ages to render, even on a great i7 rig. Neat Video is one of the more intensive plugins out there.
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I am not joking when I say this… I have yet to meet a client who has a blu-ray player. I generally give my clients a copy on DVD (dual or single layer depending on the length) as well as a high definition data dvd (NOT an HD-DVD) with an MP4 file on it. I am a fan of AVC/mp4/h264, so I am thrilled to distribute in that format.
Most of my clients want a high-end data file on a disc so that they can upload it to youtube/vimeo so forth. The DVD is usually a backup, and a failsafe.
If anyone ever asks for a copy on blu-ray, I will go out and buy a burner and some discs. I have offered it for 3 years now, and no one has asked for it!
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I respect your opinion but I am honestly shocked.
I always do a 2pass render out of Vegas. I shoot on great high def cameras (HMC150 and GH2 with fast lenses), solid lighting so forth and my original footage is top notch even before grading. Working with HD I am spoiled when it comes to quality so I will freely admit that I am always sad to see my great footage dumbed down to DVD.
That being said, I still respectfully, yet whole-heartedly, disagree with you. There is a reason that the quality meter drops to 44% compared to a video around an hour. The average bitrate drops by half and the quality and bitrate correlate directly.
There is a reason why Lord of the Rings (and every other major movie) is pressed onto DUAL-LAYER DVDs and not single layer 4.7gb discs.
This is not to say you can’t get viewable footage. I’m sure if its someone speaking at a podium for 2 hours, it will look alright, but it just wont look nearly as good as the video split onto two DVDs or the entire thing burned on a dual-layer DVD at a proper bitrate…
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Disk Type: select DVD-5
Audio Encoding: 192
Total video time: 2hours, 10 minutes (or whatever your project is, to the second)
Safety Margin: 5%
On the multiple choice choose VBR, and you will get your values.2 hours on a single layer DVD is going to be horrible quality FYI. Might want to consider a dual layer DVD if you have the ability.
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Thank you!!
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I think you are right. I will try it out on my quad core at home. My laptop has always been a joy for editing on the road. I am currently putting together a 4 dvd set of my in-laws trip to Scotland from 10 years ago. Minidv footage… I forgot how much I hate interlaced cameras…
What a joy to be able to edit in Vegas on the road. Hate that a plugin would be entirely dependent on GPU processing, but then again, I should be grateful for the opportunity to use a plugin that is not currently supported by the manufacturer. They really need to get back in with Vegas. I hate CS5 but have purchased it and intend to learn it… ;/
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You all keep referring to motion on TVs.. What about nice LCDs? If I am taking footage someone shot that is interlaced (home video crappy camera, dv), and editing it within Vegas, then exporting it to DVD, then playing it on a super nice HD LCD tv… Why in the world would I still want it presented in interlaced format? Wouldn’t I want to render it out progressive and have Vegas do the conversion and not rely on the player?? Wouldn’t that be a higher quality product?
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Hmmm… It crashes on initialization. That seems weird to me that it would crash before even attempting to be used. It is simply being loaded along with everything else in Vegas. Will have to try it on my quad core when I get home. I’m out using my Dell Studio 17′ laptop, which only has a Core 2 Duo and built in graphics card.
Thank you again!
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Thank you all. I contacted Red Giant and told them of my interest in support for Vegas. They sent me a link to the 1.4x version that supported Vegas and I installed. HOWEVER, after installing it, Vegas crashed every time I started it. I removed Looks, and I’m back in business. Any suggestions as to how I can get Looks to not crash Vegas 10 32bit?
Are you using Vegas 10 32bit, latest build, or an older build?