[Jeremy Rochefort]

Have you tried the option of “Rreduce Interlace Flicker” in the active take properties? What are the render options you have selected for the project

Cheers

Jeremy

MJ Productions

[Jeremy Rochefort]

Much the same as for all of us I’m sure – space is always a premium.

If you do save your veg file and at a later stage recapture your footage, you should be back to square one. However, it is imperative you follow the same capture procedure to ensure you obtain the same files (timecodes and naming) you had before – otherwise its going to go out of kilter. Clip naming conventions must be consistent.

Its always a good idea to print (or save) the details of the veg file for later use. Go View|Edit Details and select “Events” from the “Show” field. Highlight all the lines and then copy and paste in Excel or similar which will give you a good record of your project.

If you capture your footage to a different place than before, you can then point the veg file to the location of the footage and all should be plain sailing from there.

Cheers

Jeremy

MJ Productions

[Jeremy Rochefort]

Since we don’t know the name or coder, it would be easier for you to pop “bit rate calculator” into the Google searchbox.

You might want to look at this one:
https://dvd-hq.info/Calculator.html

Cheers

Jeremy

MJ Productions

[Jeremy Rochefort]

This is a subjective point.

$125.00 US dollars for the finished DVD’s sounds a bit cheap to me for 1.5 hours of shooting and dvd delivery.

Best would be to set a standard hourly rate for filming that you are comfortable with. Your edit time could be included in that hourly rate or quote a seperate hourly rate for editing.

This is such a wide open subject with the result is that many people will have vastly different opinions.

Good luck

Jeremy

MJ Productions

[Jeremy Rochefort]

I must concur with Edward on this, DONT be cheap on this one.

I have setup systems for people and the Canopus ADVC 110 (or better) has always given consistent results (and fairly good quality as well). Besides, the ADVC can then also be used for non-dv capture of footage (from a VHS machine for example) for conversion to dvd for customers

Cheers

Jeremy

MJ Productions

[Jeremy Rochefort]

Edward has got a point about the disc not being finalised or similar. I must be honest and say I haven’t worked with dvd camcorder footage.

I quote form the Help file:
From the File menu, choose Import, and then choose DVD Camcorder Disc from the submenu. The Import DVD Camcorder Disc dialog is displayed.

From the Source drop-down list, choose the disc that contains the video you want to import.

The Destination box displays the folder where the video will be imported. The folder name is based on the disc’s volume label.

Click the Browse button if you want to choose a different folder.

Click the OK button to start importing video.

After importing is complete, the video from the disc is added to the Project Media window.

You can then add the imported video to your project just like any other media file.

Cheers

Jeremy

MJ Productions

[Jeremy Rochefort]

The quality is the same as from an equivalent DV camcorder. This is what I should have added in to my post.

Most often we encounter older camcorders (where I am anyway) using D8 hence the quality of the camcorders is less. I still have my Sony trv which is D8 and if I compare the footage to a vx2100 – well, you get the picture………..

Cheers

Jeremy

MJ Productions

[Jeremy Rochefort]

Your default project setting should determine what your output format is going to be.

From what I can gather from your post, you are using 16:9 footage (or project settings) and delivering on a 4:3 (or project settings) format. If this is the case, then your sides will cropped off.

Some more info here would have helped in giving a more definitive asnwer – what resolution is your footage, what project setting are you using, what is your final delivery format you want??

Cheers

Jeremy

MJ Productions

[Jeremy Rochefort]

First remember that PAL is 25fps as opposed to NTSC which is 29.97fps so you need to select the correct project profile in Vegas.

Mpeg is not a good format to edit in – your final output for a dvd is mpeg so you would edit in avi and then render as mpeg2

Cheers

Jeremy

MJ Productions

[Jeremy Rochefort]

No special treatment needed.

In Vegas, just select Import|DVD Camcorder disc to import your footage.

Cheers

Jeremy

MJ Productions