[Edward Troxel]

DV is about 12 Gig per hour. 5 minutes would be about 1 Gig. You sure you’re not rendering to uncompressed instead of DV?

Edward Troxel

[Edward Troxel]

[Devon Thomas Treadwell] “After that, the Insert Track option is greyed out.”

Sounds like you’re using a “Movie Studio” version which is limited to 4 tracks. Upgrade to the “Pro” version which allows unlimited tracks.

Edward Troxel

[Edward Troxel]

Here’s where I’d start:

Right-click a blank area of your computer desktop (NOT Vegas), and choose Properties.

Go to the “Settings” tab and click on Advanced.

There you should find a “DPI” setting. Try adjusting this setting and see how different settings affect this. Mine reads “Normal Size (96DPI)” with an option for “Large Size” and an option for “Custom”. See what happens when you change it to the other default preset.

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[Edward Troxel]

[ed vandenderen] “if I can prepare mpeg2, use fit to disc and then burn with Nero”

Yes you can. But you will reduce quality because then you’d be rendering to MPEG2 and then re-rendering to MPEG2 to get it smaller.

Edward Troxel

[Edward Troxel]

Give DVD Architect the AVI file and let IT compress it to MPEG2. It should automatically use an appropriate bitrate in the process.

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[Edward Troxel]

The timeline area is resizable. Move the mouse to the bottom of the dialog box. Just above the bottom of the dialog it will turn into an up/down arrow. Click and drag UP.

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[Edward Troxel]

Where you specify the separating timecode, put a MINUS sign in front of the timecode and it will go OUT instead of IN.

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[Edward Troxel]

[John Rofrano] “Ultimate S Pro can do the same as Excalibur but with less clicks”

Hmmm… Excalibur takes 1 click. 😉

Edward Troxel

[Edward Troxel]

Here’s the current version of that script for Vegas Pro 8.

/**
* This script will set four points around the selection area on all selected tracks.
*
* Written By: Edward Troxel
* Copyright 2004-2009 - JETDV Scripts
* Modified: 07-18-2006
**/

using System;
//using System.IO;
//using System.Windows.Forms;
using Sony.Vegas;

public class EntryPoint
{
Vegas myVegas;

public void FromVegas(Vegas vegas)
{
myVegas = vegas;

//Change this line to change the distance between the points
Timecode FPDist = new Timecode("00:00:01:00");

foreach(Track track in myVegas.Project.Tracks)
{
//Now check for Volume Envelope
if (track.IsAudio() && track.Selected)
{
// Find the volume envelope on this track - add if needed
Envelope VolEnv = FindEnvelope(track, EnvelopeType.Volume);
if (null == VolEnv)
{
VolEnv = new Envelope(EnvelopeType.Volume);
track.Envelopes.Add(VolEnv);
}

double ClipVol = VolEnv.ValueAt(myVegas.SelectionStart);
//Now set the points
SetPoint(VolEnv, myVegas.Transport.LoopRegionStart, ClipVol);
SetPoint(VolEnv, myVegas.Transport.LoopRegionStart - FPDist, ClipVol);
SetPoint(VolEnv, myVegas.Transport.LoopRegionStart + myVegas.Transport.LoopRegionLength + FPDist, ClipVol);
SetPoint(VolEnv, myVegas.Transport.LoopRegionStart + myVegas.Transport.LoopRegionLength, ClipVol);
}
}
}

private Envelope FindEnvelope(Track track, EnvelopeType etype)
{
foreach(Envelope env in track.Envelopes)
{
if (env.Type == etype)
{
return env;
}
}
return null;
}

private void SetPoint(Envelope menv, Timecode PLoc, double PVal)
{
EnvelopePoint a = menv.Points.GetPointAtX(PLoc);

if (a == null)
{
a = new EnvelopePoint(PLoc, PVal);
menv.Points.Add(a);
}
else
{
a.Y = PVal;
}
}

}


Just save it as “FourPoints.cs” and it should do the job for you. You do need to have a selection area (it will still work even if you don’t but won’t give you what you want) and a selected audio track.

Edward Troxel

[Edward Troxel]

Vol 2 #10 of my newsletters explains this exact process.

Edward Troxel