John Rofrano
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> from a sony dvd handycam…mpeg2 codec..
How did you import it? You should have used File | Import | DVD Camcorder Disc…. That should bring the footage in so that Vegas can edit and play it correctly.
> it doesn’t playback on the timeline but it plays in the trimmer…
It will never render properly unless it plays back on the timeline. You need to solve this problem first.
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It sounds like a bug in Vegas. I would contact Sony Tech Support. You could try rendering the audio for each clip separately as a wave file and adding it back as a take but that’s a lot of work.
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The Vio POV uses the DivX codec and Vegas doesn’t support DivX. You will need to use the software that came with the camera to edit, or re-encode the video with a utility like MPEG Slipstream into something that Vegas can edit (preferably DV AVI). Perhaps the software that came with the Vio POV can do this for you.
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OK, let’s start from the beginning:
> (Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 9.0). ALL media is on the C drive. Some of the media is saved on the Desktop (C Drive in Properties)
The first step is to get organized. Having media on your desktop and all over the place is asking for trouble. Make a new folder for each project and place ALL of the media for that project in that folder.
> Project/Import Media: Locate the short video clip (.AVI)and Import from my Jazz Elite HD Video Camcorder
This may be the source of your problem. The Jazz Elite HD Video Camcorder uses a non-standard video format. The best i could tell from the web is that it’s some form of MPEG4 which means it may be DivX or Xvid which Vegas does not support. Here is the statement that makes me say that:
> …when I reopened the file only the sound was there and the same ‘black box’ where the video should be.
This is “classic” for file formats that Vegas doesn’t support from $99 “gadget” cameras that don’t follow standards.
My guess is that you will need some other program to re-encode the files from your camera to make them compatible with Vegas or use whatever software the camera manufacturer gave you to edit the video. These cameras a great for capturing the fun and playing it back on your HDTV but they are terrible for editing.
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What did you do different to the ones that don’t appear? Did you apply a different FX to them? You still didn’t tell me the source of the files and what codec they use. It may be a codec that Vegas doesn’t support well.
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> Do I have to actually buy a new PC or can I buy a new processor?
If you are staying current with upgrades, there are times that you can just buy a new processor. Unfortunately, your motherboard is too old to support the new processor technology and so it is best to get a new PC because after you buy a new motherboard to support the processor, you will need new memory to support the new motherboard, and at that point you have spent enough money to buy a new PC anyway.
If you don’t have a lot to spend, HP has QuadCore PC’s starting at $699 with 3GB of memory and a 500GB hard drive. If you want to go with a boutique builder, a company like iBuyPower.com has the latest Intel Core i7 PC’s starting at $999. This will give you effectively 8 cores because each of the 4 cores is hyper-threaded to process 2 threads simultaneously.
This is a big decision because all of the new QuadCore PC’s come with Windows Vista 64-bit and your copy of Vegas 6 is not supported on Windows Vista (although it will run) along with a lot of other software and peripherals that you might own. This means software upgrades too. You have to take all of that into account when you decide to upgrade. HP Workstations (business not consumer) still have an option to get Windows XP but they cost more (and are built better).
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Have you tried using the HDV 720-24p (1280×720, 23.976)) project setting and then rendering to AVI as NTSC DV Widescreen and PAL DV Widescreen? This is all you should have to do to get good results.
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> This question and the Pro 8.0c trimmer issue would be tied for #1 🙂
I don’t know… “Vegas won’t import my DivX video” would give both of those questions a run for their money.
BTW, for anyone reading this who doesn’t know… Vegas doesn’t support DivX or Xvid which is what most YouTube download programs encode to.
Another vote for stickies or at least a FAQ.
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> I used Sony Light Rays. Every time I use this effect (commercials, plays, etc.), it makes for an extremely long render
Well… at least you realize what’s causing the problem. Using FX like this across an entire project requires a powerful PC or, as you have seen, it takes days to render.
> I have a Pentium 4 and 512 MB of Ram (not sure what the 2.40Ghz means). — Is this good?
No, it’s not really that good. Pentium 4’s are very old technology. Most modern PC’s sold at BestBuy and other chain stores have a QuadCore (4 cores) processor. Older technology uses DualCore (2 cores) processors. You have 1 core. Getting a new QuadCore PC has the potential to shorten your render times by 4x. Your 2 day render would be done in 1/2 day.
512MB of memory is also far too little and is probably the bottleneck in your current PC. Increasing that to 1MB would make renders run faster because Vegas would have more memory to work with.
> The total project time is 2 hrs. 17 min
> I used a bitrate calculator for 77 minutes and it told me 6532kbps
> Could you put these figures in your calculator and let me know what you come up with?2 hrs 17 minutes is 137 minutes which comes out to a bitrate of approximately 3352kbps. 77 minutes is only 1 hr 17 minutes which is why you got a 7GB file instead of a 4GB file.
> They used something else. Some kind of compressor program.
I would venture to guess that this program created a file that was incompatible with DVD Architect. What you might want to do is place the 7GB MPEG file into a new project and render it using 3,352,000 as the average bitrate and see how long that takes to render. It might not take that long.
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> 3. Wait till Vegas releases support for 8 threads or get NLE that does.
Ahh… that would be Vegas Pro 8.1 for Vista 64. It’s been out since last fall and will use all 8 cores.
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