[Edward Troxel]

I see no way to get the behaviour you are describing.

Edward Troxel

[Edward Troxel]

No

Edward Troxel

[Edward Troxel]

[Allen Zagel] “I was thinging of trying PCM audio but I tried that once before in DVDA-2 and couldn’t seem to do it. Only choice I had if I remember correctly was AC-3.”

If you go to the optimize screen, you should be able to specify you want PCM instead. Then there should be NO changes to your audio.

[Allen Zagel] “So Rendering to AC-3 sets all volume to some default setting no matter what I set in the timeline of Vegas?”

Not exactly. The net result is that the audio being played is reduced on your DVD unless you change a couple of settings. There’s been a few larger explanations listed.

Edward Troxel

[Edward Troxel]

If you render to AC3, the volume will be reduced using the default settings. I have the “fix” fully documented in my FAQ section:

https://www.jetdv.com/vegas/forum/viewtopic.php?t=401

Edward Troxel

[Edward Troxel]

I would first try a reinstall.

Edward Troxel

[Edward Troxel]

[Juan Karlo de Guzman] “What If I want the transition to be exactly 1 second…”

And it’s really possible in Vegas too. As Peter said, there’s a readout showing you exactly how long a transition is. You can also fine tune the length by moving the event using the 1 or 3 keys on the numberpad (which will move the event one frame at a time). However, the best solution may be to use a script. With a script, you could actually have it pop up a box, accept a timecode, and then move the event so that it overlaps the previous event by that specific amount.

Edward Troxel

[Edward Troxel]

[Juan Karlo de Guzman] ” tried it… that is why I figured out that rendering is really slow.”

Rendering *can* be slow but is not necessarily so. There’s some things you can do wrong that will slow down rendering speeds. There’s also some effects you can add that are really slow. But, overall, rendering speed is NOT bad.

Edward Troxel

[Edward Troxel]

[Frankie] “a scope would be handy too, is there such a thing?”

View – Video Scopes

Edward Troxel

[Edward Troxel]

Use a photo program to adjust the size properly to 655×480 the way you want it to appear. Then add that image instead.

Edward Troxel

[Edward Troxel]

I usually use a volume envelope to adjust the levels as needed. You also have the normalize tool which you could apply to individual clips.

Edward Troxel