John Rofrano
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Try switching your project pixel format to 32-bit (video levels) and see if this helps. It should eliminate the banding.
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[Richard Milner] “I need to know if I can use the DAW part of the package as a live audio recorder.”
Vegas started as a DAW so yes… it is very capable for recording live audio.
[Richard Milner] “If so how do I get it started? Can’t figure that out?”
What can’t you figure out? How many tracks do you want to record simultaneously? Assuming you have an audio device that’s capable of recording multiple tracks:
- You add an audio track for every input that you want to record.
- Assign each track to one of the inputs.
- ARM each track that you want to record.
- Press the record button to record the tracks.
Just like every other DAW.
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[Rick Hughes] “# Would I be better to convert prior to using on timeline to make videos same framesize, fps & same codec”
That’s what any editor on a Mac would do… i.e., convert everything to ProRes 422 and edit happily without any problems. Unfortunately, the PC doesn’t have a common digital intermediary like ProRes so it’s not that simple. If your target is 29.97 fps you might want to render the 25 fps video to 29.97. Maybe use Sony MXF. This edits nicely in Vegas Pro and maintains good quality. Of course, Sony YUV was designed for this but the file sizes and huge.
[Rick Hughes] “# If no need … then what should properties be set to … normally use match media settings – so which would I choose …. do I choose the one that matches the output ……. or if one doesn’t match, then set project settings to what I will be setting output as.”
When using mixed media, you should set you project to match your delivery format. This way there are no surprises when you go to render. What you see in the preview is what you will see when rendered.
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[Lakshiak Gayal] “Will I have to re-record it in better lighting conditions?”
That would be the best solution. Poor lighting is really hard to fix. You might be able to use a plug-in like NeatVideo which performs noise reduction but the results might not look much better since the details will get squashed into more of a blur.
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[Marcin Kostrzewski] ” I forgot to mention that I was told that I should do .mpg file format for that, as it can be opened by almost any player without any struggle.”
That was going to be my next question… why do you need this odd format? I assumed you were authoring a DVD or submitting for broadcast. MPEG2 files usually have MPEG2 audio not PCM. PCM is used for making DVD’s and if you look at the output of your file, the audio uses a muxing mode of “DVD-Video”.
What is the purpose of this video? Whoever told you that MPEG2 w/PCM audio @ 15Mbps was a good way to deliver HD was misinformed. That was true years ago for SD video. MPEG4 AVC/H.264 @ 15Mbps will yield much higher quality and is the most common delivery format for HD video for PC or Internet use. If you wanted to preserve the quality of HD video using MPEG2 I would use at least 25 Mbps. But if I was HD delivering video for PC or Internet consumption I would use MPEG4.
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Make a timeline selection around the area that you can’t get past and try and render just that section. If it doesn’t work, there is probably some corrupt media that is causing the render to fail. Start muting video tracks and re-render that section until the render works. When it does, the media on the last track you turned muted contains the bad media.
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720 x 486 sounds like an NTSC Standard Definition analog capture. You are correct that 720×480 NTSC DV digital is the template to use.
As for rendering… what is the purpose of the render? To put on a DVD? To use on the web? or playback on your PC?
I’m assuming you want to play it on your PC or the Web, in which case you could render with MainConcept AVC with the Internet 480p 4:3 template. If the video is widescreen use the Internet 480p widescreen template instead. These are designed for standard definition internet delivery.
~jr
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Render using the Sony MXF encoder. That will give you MPEG2 video with PCM audio in an MXF container.
~jr
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[Melissa Montalvo] “…but what do you mean by setting it to ‘straight’?”
Vegas Pro doesn’t always detect that there is an alpha channel in the media and sometimes you need to right-click on the media and select Properties | Media and go to the Alpha Channel drop down and set it to something other than “None”. The first one you should always try is Straight (unmatted) unless you know that the alpha channel has been pre-multiplied, and if so, use one of those settings.
~jr
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[Alan Langdon] “What is happening is that when the macbook is on battery power, it is very sluggish and the trackpad cursor is slow and lags behinds the movements, making the computer almost unusable. When I plug the AC in, the mac works fine… Any input on this?”
I just updated my Mid-2012 Mac Pro to El Capitan and I’m not seeing this behavior while on battery. It sounds like your MacBook Pro might be going into some extreme low power saving mode where the CPU speed is being dramatically reduced to conserve battery power.
I did find these with a quick Google search. You might want to try them:
MacBook Pro Running Slow On Battery – Fix It!
13 Common OS X El Capitan Problems & How to Fix Them
~jr
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