[Joe Willis]

Thanks again. Your last reply helped a lot. I probably will not get the sound where I would ultimately like it to be but you helped me get the bass into my sub. It made a huge difference but the built in mic just isn’t getting the job done as far as getting the clean, sharp lower frequencies.

Now I will be looking for a nice external mic. The built in mic in this camcorder is pretty nice for what it is, but to do it right I now know I need an external. More money, more money. 🙂 Now I have to wait until next year to get the fireworks show again. The video I got is great but the audio is just as important. It doesn’t sound “bad”, but it needs more for a good fireworks presentation.
Thanks again.

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[Joe Willis]

Thanks for your reply. I am not sure it is that cut and dry. The problem seems to be that when I am playing the video unedited and unmodified the audio only plays through the 2 front speakers and none through the sub on my pc surround or my home theatre surround. I know there is definitely some frequencies low enough to activate the subs. There is just no signal going to them in the state the video file is when it comes from the camcorder.

I guess that I should have phrased my question better. I am trying to find out how to get Vegas to send these lower signals to my subs. When I go into the audio properties for 5.1 in Vegas, I am not seeing the options for the LFE frequencies like I saw on a video someone posted on YouTube on how to do 5.1. I was following exactly what they did but in the audio properties in my Vegas didn’t show all of the options that his window showed.

Thanks again.

I think I know everything….at least thats what everybody tells me.

[Joe Willis]

Ok while I am typing this I have my video in Vegas set rendering to be burnt to a Blu Ray at 1920×1080 in my BD Burner but I am using a DVD disk. It is a very short video. It will easily fit on the disk. I think it is like 700 Mb.

Is there a handy dandy app or something that you know of that will show the resolution of a video you are playing?

Lets see what happens.

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[Joe Willis]

I have heard that from some people but apparently you can. I dont know if it is because I am burning with my Blu Ray burner or what but I put my videos on a DVD and played it on my big screen HD tv and it certainly isnt 720×480.

There is talk all over the net and many people are doing it. I have blank Blu Ray disks but I am trying to avoid using them until I have something that large. Maybe a compilation disk or something.

When I go through the settings before the burn I set it to 1920×1080 24 and it burns away.

Right now I am going to set it explicitly to burn a Blu Ray disk and use a DVD disk and see what happens.

That is the way I did it from the timeline in Vegas and it came out beautiful on the DVD.

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[Joe Willis]

Ok thanks. I know you didnt tell me to buy it. Im not complaining. You have helped a lot. I did try the software for a very breif time but of course i couldnt use it for what i wanted it for without the hd pack. You cant use the hd pack with the trial version. Funny huh? This is the kind of thing I speak of with these software companies. They are a bunch of sneaky sheisters.
Dont think in the least that i have any problem with your advise. I am well aware of the risks. Hell i may very well have you beat on getting screwed!
This Movie theatre will do what I want as soon as I find why my menu didnt show up entirely. Once again i only tried it once.
Thanks again for your help.

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[Joe Willis]

Yes that is exactly what I play them on. My PS3 and my PC. They play beautifully. I bought the DVD Moviefactory for the sole purpose of getting the menus with my high def DVDs and Blu Ray disks.

Maybe I am misunderstanding something here. With Ulead DVD Movie Factory 6 Plus I could not open an Mts File. So I looked online and found to be able to use MTS Files I had to get the HD pack plugin to do this. Pretty much the same idea the Sony does Except Sony wants you to buy the Pro version. Once I installed it I was able to have the program see these files so I could use them to make a dvd (with menus). I was able to set it to 1920×1080. This file was directly transfered from my Cannon camera to my storage drive and then to Movie studio. It worked for the most part. Everything except the menu picture and the template I used. As I said it was a black screen with a button and the music I used. Once I clicked the button the video would play.

Now I need to know how to render my video after editing it in Vegas so I can create a hi def DVD or Blu Ray. And possibly why Movie factory failed to show my menu properly.

PS. I was just pokin fun when I said “you failed to mention…)

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[Joe Willis]

Ok I was desperate. I downloaded and bought The Ulead DVD Movie Maker 6 Plus. You failed to mention that to make it work with my HD Mt2s or whatever files that I needed the Plugin for that! 🙂 🙂 Another 20 bucks. 🙂 They all gitcha one way or another. I am playing with it as I type this. Burning one now. A Disk that is.

Could you please answer another question for me? When I make my movie in Vegas, how should I render it to work with the DVD Movie Factory? Remember I want to keep the video top notch. 1920×1080.

I think I will save all of my renders on my hard drives so later when I get a real DVD Makin program I can do them more the way I want. For now I will fart around with this one.
Im not to sure I like it too much so far. It is very limited from what I see so far. I want more creative control.

Well it is still crawlin through this burn. It is a very short video (for test purposes).

Hold on I think it is done. It is only a 4 min 14 second video.
It took 16 Minutes. I have a very fast PC with dual widescreens.

Fail!! It said it was succesful but I only hear the music I put in for the menu. There is no menu only a black screen with a button on the bottom right. I hit the button and the video plays and looks good. But the menu isnt working. I used a dvd disk and the program did see it as that. For the menu I put in one of my pictures and used one of their stock templates. Can I create my own templates? Any ideas on why the menu wouldnt show up?
Thanks

If I am becoming a pain just let me know and I will research for myself. Any help is appreciated though. Hours of searching for answers really sucks sometimes so if somebody has the time and patience to help it is a plus. 🙂

I think I know everything….at least thats what everybody tells me.

[Joe Willis]

Thanks for the reply again. Dont get me wrong, i am no professional in the least. I dont do this for a living and i certainly dont make any money at it.
The price of pro is just too much for somebody that doesnt do this for a living I think. In itself its not too much money its just that i spend a lot on the hardware side. I have many expensive hobbies. It is really hard to keep up with them all monetarily. I just appreciate quality in anything i venture into.
I have never seen the Pro version so I am not familiar with how much more it will offer than the Platinum Pro version I have. I dont consider the version i have to be a slouch in the least. Actually , to me, it is quite impressive for the money. But then again what do I know never seeing the Pro version. I have made some quite interesting videos being a novice. I would like to learn the version i have now in depth and then maybe move up. Its just that when I bought this boxed set it said it was HD capable. Of course one would expect it all would all work with HD. I am pretty sure it was intentional by Sony to lure you in and after using the software find it is not complete. So your left with one choice, not a fifty or a hundred dollar upgrade, more like six hundred dollars. A bit extreme just to be able to make the complete package truly HD capable. At least allow us to make menus in Blu Ray. As I said I had the previous version and liked it. But then within a two months I switched to Vista…..now it was useless. They didnt update it to work with Vista. So I had to buy it again.
Thanks again, I will keep looking.

[Joe Willis]

Thanks for the info. Man, software companies are just so…….sneaky.
I mean this happens all the time. “Hey buy this and you can do all of this and that” only to find, “But if you want to do this…You MUST upgrade”. The box tells you it works with HD so of course I am to assume the whole package does. It does tell you that Vegas works seamlessly with DVD Architect Studio. This doesnt feel to be seamless to me. I will check out what you suggested. I am looking for a somewhat professional feel with the software. Is DVD Movie Factory of a good quality or does it have that cheesy “Lets make an easy home movie that fits everybody kind of feel?

Thanks again for the quick reply, I could have been trying to blindly figure out what I was doing wrong for days. Now I know I have been kinda suckered. I used a previous Vegas and loved it but didnt have HD camera then. So I saw that Platinum 9 does it and went with it. Live and learn. Can I get 5.0 without PRO? Tell me I can….come on say yes….If not its the old bait and hook.
I have sooo many Sony products its disgusting. Cameras alone I have 5. But my last two cameras I switched to Cannon. The G10 for my stills and the HF20 for video. Gotta say they are fantastic.

I think I know everything….at least thats what everybody tells me.