John Rofrano
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Which presets? If imported properly, they should show up as presets under FX that they were created for.
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Extend the title event length to over one minute.
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> He never got a reply though so I will ask again. How do you convert the edited AVCHD files etc from Sony Vegas and burn it onto a standard DVD please?
Render the video using the MainConcept MPEG-2 render type using the DVD Architect NTSC Widescreen video stream template. If you are in a PAL counter use PAL instead of NTSC. Then render the audio using the Dolby Digital AC-3 render type using the Stereo DVD or 5.1 Surround template if your AVCHD camera supports 5.1.
Finally, author your DVD using DVD Architect using the media you just rendered. Vegas does not produce standard DVD’s on it’s own.
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What is your target device? DVD? Web? That will ultimately determine what you need to render to. DVD’s must be MPEG2. Web video is probably best rendered as MPEG4. Use the Sony AVC or MainConcept AVC render types. There are a number of templates for iPod, PSP, etc to choose from.
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How are you importing the DVD? Are you using File | Import | DVD Camcorder Disc? Does it copy some files but not all? Maybe it is corrupt? Try copying the VOB files to your hard drive and rename them to MPG and see if that works.
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There is also a possibility that the clips are that dark because the LCD on your camcorder is too bright. I would connect the camcorder to a TV and play the footage back right from the camera to see what the footage looks like on TV. If it’s too dark on TV you need to lower the brightness on your camcorder LCD so that you can trust what it’s showing you. If the picture looks fine on your TV then most likely your computer monitors need to be calibrated because they are too dark as others have said.
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> Would the file format be the problem?
Yes, it could be. What format are the files? i.e., what codec do they use? What camcorder do they come from? I assume they playback fine on the timeline.
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> Sounds crazy, but I get a much better result exporting as dv avi and then using a bit of freeware called xvid4psp to do the conversion to h.264! I’m thinking that surely my “paid for” bit of software should be able to do better??
What presets are you using in Vegas? Under the Sony AVC render type there are several PSP settings that should give you similar results to what xvid4psp is giving you.
> Yes, I can get the same quality, but for example, the same output file in 1280x720p h.264 from Vegas is about 2-3x the size from the freeware converter. How can I correct this?
DV AVI is 720×480 so you are feeding xvid4psp 2-3x less information which is why it is such a smaller file. As I said, try using one of the PSP settings in Vegas.
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Movie Studio should see all of the fonts that are available to Windows. Just install the font into the Windows fonts folder and it should show up in Movie Studio.
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> I am rendering in vegas with default settings.
Try using settings that are appropriate for your footage and target delivery format. If you are in the US or Japan try rendering to MPEG2 using the NTSC DV template. In other countries use the PAL DV template. Render MPEG2 from Vegas instead of having DVD Architect convert an AVI file to get the best quality.
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Sound like it may be compression artifacts. Do you see these during really busy scenes? (especially scenes with running water) MPEG2 does have it’s limits.
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