John Rofrano
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> So I’m thinking I need a certain codec. What do you guys think?
I’m thinking you have successfully diagnosed the problem. 😉
The next step is to download GSpot and open the AVI file with it and it will tell you which codec is missing. Then you can find that codec and install it. Whatever you do, DO NOT install one of these all-in-one codec packs. It will most probably mess up your computer. Just find the single codec that you need.
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While I am not saying that the program isn’t buggy, it’s also the media. DVD quality MPG files are for delivery, not editing. If you want to edit your videos, you bought the wrong camera. Cameras that record DVD quality MPEG are for people who want to shoot-and-watch. We call them “soccer-mom” cameras. The videos are already in the delivery format and you just burn them to DVD and watch them. If you want to edit videos, and you want SD, I would still recommend a miniDV camcorder. I realize miniDV tape is not as convenient as hard drive recording but DV is a robust media for editing and would not be giving you these problems.
But that doesn’t help you now because the camera is bought and the video has been shot. I don’t know of any other software that would recommend. Your original post spoke about rendering in sections. Perhaps you could render in sections to DV AVI and then in another project, bring all of the DV renders together on the timeline for the final render? That’s the same concept as nested projects just with rendering.
Alternately, try capturing the footage again using Movie Studio this time. Use File | Import | Hard Disk Recording Unit instead of the software that came with the camera. It may not make a difference but it’s worth a try.
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We’ve been seeing a lot of rendering crashes while using AVCHD. While it should work, it seems to be causing a lot of problems. There are solutions like AVCHD UpShift that will convert AVCHD files to HDV M2T files which are a lot easier to handle. (just a thought)
One question about your render:
> Going to Render the rest of the Video with the Previous settings
(Audio: 128 Kbps, 96,000 Hz, 24 Bit, Stereo.Why is your rendered audio so high? 48Khz/16-bit is the norm for audio accompanying video. Some computers can’t even handle 24-bit or 96KHz sample rate and will have to dither it down anyway. I don’t know if this is contributing to the problem or not but that’s an unusually high audio setting for video delivery.
Your original post had partial dump files. The errors looked like memory errors (Exception Code: c0000005). I would run a memory diagnostic on you PC just to be sure it’s not a bad stick of RAM.
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You didn’t tell us what you have tried that doesn’t work. Just use File | Render As… | Windows Media Video V9 (*.wmv) | Default Template and it should work.
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> i hear the other audio just not the .mp3s
Wow, that is strange! Try rendering the MP3’s to WAV files and see if that fixes the problem. I can’t imagine why it’s not working though.
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If you want this to happen while the timeline is playing then that’s not possible. You can run a script OR play the timeline, but not both. You could write a script that jumps to the next marker and shows the text from it. This is possible but I’m not sure if that’s what you want.
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> If I want to burn standard definition DVDs that will be viewed either on traditional CRT TVs or LCD high def TV but in Standard form, should I check everything on the Sony monitor PVM 14m4U or still on a LCD then?
If you are delivering SD then definitely use the Sony PVM14M4U. An LCD will not be accurate for SD.
> If I really want to color correct for High Def viewing, then why not use my Dell 24″ ? Well, it’s not really a pro monitor and kind of tough to calibrate though.
No reason not to for HD.
> Should I get a LCD TV such as this one: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/544287-REG/Samsung_LN32A550P3FXZA_LN3… or should I get a High Def computer monitor that can be better calibrated for color correction than a TV?
Personally I would go with a computer monitor over an LCD TV only because different manufacturers will use different technology to make their TV look more ‘cinema like’. The last thing you want is to use an HD TV that is applying some sort of color curve that you don’t know about. I’ve read that some people who can’t afford a broadcast LCD monitor use an HDTV but I believe a calibrated computer monitor is probably more accurate. I use a Spyder3 Elite Pro to calibrate mine.
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> Do you have any experience with Vega 8.1 running with 8MB or more of RAM on 64 bit Windows?
No, I can’t use Vegas Pro 8.1 because none of my FX plug-ins or codecs like CineForm and TechSmith work with 8.1.
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It doesn’t sound like there is anything wrong with the way you are importing them or that it’s any one file. I have read a fair amount of posts from Movie Studio users that have problems with long projects (around 1 hr) and MPG files. It may be a problem with the software. I would contact Sony technical support. Just like 9a had problems with the audio, maybe 9b introduced this new problem?
As for my suggestion of rendering to DV it would probably be very time consuming considering you would have to convert all of your MPG files just to see if it makes any difference. It involves placing each file on the timeline one at a time and then rendering using the Video for Windows type (*.avi) and the PAL DV template (I assume it’s a PAL camera if you are from Australia) then remove that clip and place the next clip on the timeline and render. This will leave you with DV AVI files that shouldn’t give you any problems editing. I would use this as a last resort just because of the time it will take to convert all of your clips.
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No, bold is not one of the highlight options. Text Mask Overlay is as close as you can get.
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