John Rofrano
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This may actually depend on the DVD player. On some that I have, when you press STOP and then PLAY it picks up where it left off on the DVD (it actually says RESUME on the screen for a brief moment when you hit play). On others it starts the DVD again. This is not a behavior of the disc but rather of the player. My advice is to use the pause key unless you are finished watching.
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> 1. There is no mention in the product blurb that DVD Architect will create AVCHD disks
What do you mean by “AVCHD disk“? There are DVD’s and there are Blu-ray discs. I’ve never heard of an AVCHD disk. What type of player do you watch this in? Please explain what you meant.
> 2. You mentioned 720p blu-ray, but its 720p AVCHD that I need
Yes, Blu-ray is a disc format and it supports playing 720p AVCHD video. This is like DVD supports MPEG2… Blu-ray discs can have either MPEG2 or AVCHD content. Most people will want to print their AVCHD to Blu-ray which is why DVD Architect supports it.
> 3. If DVD Architect will do the job exactly how do I get my project out of Vegas (currently in AVCHD form) and into DVD architect without a horrendous amount of transcoding?
There is no way to get your project out of Vegas with performing a render. If all your edits were straight cuts with no other alterations (i.e, FX), Vegas Pro 9.0 will smart render in that it will simply copy the source to target unchanged. Otherwise all of your edits will need to be rendered to create new frames with the FX you have applied.
You should render your project using an AVCHD template that is closest to your source. Vegas only supports AVCHD templates at 1920x1080i and 1440x1080i. You will need to create your own. I would start with the Sony AVC render type using the Internet 16:9 HD 30p template and raise the bitrate to match your source files. This seems to be the closest to your original camera footage.
Note: This is just a guess. My AVCHD camera shoots 1920x1080i so I have not had to deal with 720p footage. You might want to post on the Panasonic forums here at the Cow and see what others who have this camera are doing.
Things to consider: As a video “editor“… I would never buy a camera unless I know how I am going to edit the footage. That’s one of the reason’s I bought a Sony CX12 (‘cuz I already knew people were editing CX12 footage with Sony Vegas)
Good Luck,
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The three things that affect rendering time are the FX that you apply, the compositing of tracks, and the format that you are rendering to. If you applied several CPU heavy FX it could take minutes to render a frame and at 30fps that could mean 30 minutes for each second of video! Likewise for a lot of compositing and transparency/opacity because each frame needs a lot of processing.
Also what format are you rendering to? WMV takes forever even when no FX are applied. Some formats like MPEG2 are multi-threaded and render a lot faster on a multi-CPU PC.
Oh… and the speed of your PC and number of CPU’s is a big factor as well since rendering is primarily CPU bound.
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Vegas Pro does not have a template for 720p AVCHD but you can probably make one by modifying a Sony AVC MP4 template. DVD Architect will burn a 720p Blu-ray (you can select it in the project properties) so that’s not a problem.
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> Which tool in Ultimate S can do this?
On the Editing Tools tab use the Fade In/Out tool and just check In. You can select the duration, curve, and optional transition. It will apply this to all selected events so you need to select the 10 events first. If they are all on the same track you can select the first event and right-click and choose Select Events to End.
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Then Graham is correct. You’ll need a script to do it. There is no short cut way in Vegas.
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The same version of Excalibur 6 will work fine with Vegas Pro 9.0. It should just show up after you install Vegas Pro 9.
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Are you trying to make a DVD or Blu-ray? DVD is only 720×480 so there is no need to render to 1280x720p. You should just render to DVD Widescreen and it will fill your HD TV (although the quality will not be HD).
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No, Movie Studio is for editing your own video, not importing commercial DVD’s.
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Are you sure that the clip has an alpha channel? Did you output it from the Juicer with an alpha or just drag it from the DVD? Try using the Juicer. If not, it may be that you need to do a luma key because it really does have a black background without an alpha. Also sometimes DJ gives you masks that match the video. If not, you can use the Mask Generator to create a mask track to key out the black.
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