Edward Troxel
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How LONG is this video? What bitrate was it originally rendered to? Sounds like you’re starting with a file at a low bitrate and need to cut that in HALF. It’s possible that the new needed bitrate is too low.
Edward Troxel
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7 meg??? That would fit on a CD with well over 600 meg to spare!
Edward Troxel
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It is 100% fully functional for 2 weeks in demo mode.
Edward Troxel
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Just double-click above the timeline between those two markers. That will create a selection area between them. Then render that section to its own file.
Edward Troxel
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Vegas only has a single preview screen. It usually shows the final output preview. If you open the trimmer or preview a clip in the explorer, it will show in that same preview screen replacing the output until you return to the timeline.
This has never been a problem for my workflow but I can see how you might miss it if you’re used to it. Instead, consider all the screen space you’re saving by only having one. There really isn’t a need for two.
As for workflow, I only use the trimmer when I have a specific reason to do so. For normal editing, I just use the timeline so the preview is almost always showing me what would actually be output should I render at that point.
Edward Troxel
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I have not seen a problem of that nature. Vegas 6.0c looks and acts like 6.0b for me. What if you totally uninstall Vegas 6 and then reinstall only 6.0c?
Edward Troxel
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The good thing about the Quick Labels tool is that it WILL name each one separately (for the name of the file) for you. You don’t have to manually change anything! Very quick and easy.
Edward Troxel
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You can either render out the various pieces separately using loop regions to pick the sections or you can go ahead and render out as one long piece. Either way you can do what you want. In DVDA you can specify whether any link uses a portion of the file or the whole thing.
Are you wanting to also be able to start at the beginning and let it play all the way to the end? If yes, I would vote for a single file. If no, you may very well be better off splitting it into smaller pieces.
Edward Troxel
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Download the most current version of Excalibur and check out the new “Quick Labels” tool. You can find more details by clicking on “What’s New” at https://www.jetdv.com/excalibur
This will let you label them all in a matter of seconds.
Edward Troxel
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[johnny S] “1) The external hard drive says FAT32 under File system when looking at it in MY Computer (though my others show as NTFS). Is there a way to change that? If not .. i should be able to just pull the 5 clips together … no biggie right? (also … fyi … when i video’d the program I did start all 3 tapes and ran them continuous … didn’t turn either of them off until the play was over)”
Yes, you can just pull these five clips onto the timeline back to back and they will fit seamlessly. To change the format of the drive, there are a few options. The easiest is to simply reformat it but has the disadvantage of destroying all data on the drive. If you have data you wish to keep on the drive, research the “Convert” command built into XP.
[johnny S] “left the marker for the start spot as 00:00:00”
Just change that to about 00:00:05:00 and all would have worked. It’s tough for it to start capturing before the image has stablized.
[johnny S] “Your program Excalibur … (my bro Mike got from you in October) … sounds as though it would probably make it quite simple for me to make all these scene changes for this play. Do you have any copies of your previous versions that you have not sold yet?”
It definitely will help speed up the editing. Just go download the current version and play with it for free for two weeks and see what you think. As for previous versions, only the current one is available. I don’t know if Class On Demand has any older CD’s but the code to unlock it still works in the most current version so there really isn’t a “previous version” at this time.
Can you send me an e-mail?
Edward Troxel