John Rofrano
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> can you tell me how do I start a new thread?
Click the ADD A NEW POST link at the top of the forum index right under the forum name like this:
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> So there’s no way to have a progressive menu on a DVD, even if the content is 24p?
Not with DVD Architect. I’m not sure if the DVD spec allows it or not but DVD Architect doesn’t support it.
> So if I render as 30p, then drop this into DVDA, it will RE-render and change the frame rate to the 24p spec?
Yes it will re-render. 30p is not part of the NTSC or PAL DVD spec. 60i, 50i, & 24p are the only frame rates that are allowed.
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Hi Edan, We got your email and will work with you off line on this and post back here when we figure out what’s going on so that others who may encounter this will know what to look for. Yea, those files are way to big to be DV. 😉
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> It says Full HD MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 It was easy for me to see and assume AVCHD seeing the AVC!
Yea, this seems to confuse a lot of customers. AVCHD is a standard. It is a written specification that uses a subset of H.264 to hopefully provide some compatibility to a format that has too many profiles and parameters to allow any one manufacturer to support them all. When you see the AVCHD logo on a product, you know it uses a standard video format that software that is AVCHD compliant can edit. Anything without it is a gamble at best.
> So what does this mean then and how to edit and make a SD DVD? Do I still have to down convert or just lay it on Vegas timeline and edit?
I like to lay it on the Vegas timeline and edit but that’s because I have a Blu-ray burner and while I may be working on a project for a customer that only wants SD DVD today, having the HD project allows me to easily provide an HD version later. If you know you will never produce an HD version, then you can work on a SD timeline or downconvert the footage to SD from the start. GearShift will allow you to do this. You can batch create the DV Widescreen proxies and then just use them in the final SD render.
> Now I’m stumped. Ive been using MPEG Streamclip and it seems to be working fine but maybe that’s not the way to go?
Well… MPEG Slipstream is a necessary evil because the camera you bought shoots a video format that Vegas can’t edit. You have no choice at this point. For the same price I would have chosen the Sony CX12 and, in fact, I did and I’m very happy with it and edit the AVCHD files from it directly in Vegas.
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> <>1) When I follow these instructions, I have a 122MB file that is only a little over 5 minutes. I’m pretty sure Youtube allows 10 minutes and 100MB, so I’d like to be able to have more than a 5 minute file on youtube. Is my compression ratio normal or should it be better?
It’s not the compression ratio… it’s the bitrate. Try a template with a lower bitrate.
> 2) When I go to the “bit rate” tab on the rendering settings, all the options are greyed out. I can’t select/change the settings. The default is set to ISDN 500K, and I can’t change it. I’m using Vegas Platinum 9. Shouldn’t I be able to change the option to the suggested 1M?
You are using Vegas Movie Studio and the Movie Studio version does not allow you to customize rendering templates. You need to purchase Vegas Pro for that functionality.
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Hi Ananda,
You may have not gotten a reply because this is a new problem and you should start a new thread so that people see it more easily.
There have been a number of people reporting problems rendering to AVCHD so you are not alone. It is very taxing on even the most modern computers. Increasing your virtual memory is not a good idea. Your virtual memory should be set at 1.5 times your real memory. So if you have 2GB of RAM your virtual memory should be set at 3GB and no more.
How powerful is your PC? Could it be overheating? i.e., is it more than 1 year old and have you vacuumed the dust out lately? Try rendering with the case open and see if that gets you further.
Unfortunately, these are very difficult problems to diagnose. Tell us all that you can about your PC and maybe someone here will have a suggestion.
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Are you saying that you are seeing more motion blur when rendered than what is visible when played back on the timeline at full frame rate? Are you rendering to a frame rate that is different than the original footage? Frame rate changes may cause unavoidable motion blur if you are asking Vegas to create frames that didn’t exist in the original footage because it must bland existing frames to make new ones. More information on what you are doing would be helpful.
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> Any clue why the “progressive” setting in the project properties dialog is greyed out?
The progressive setting is determined by the frame rate which is why it is grayed out. Also the project settings are only for the DVD menus. They have no bearing on the video that you place on your DVD. The DVD spec does not support progressive menus. If you switch to Blu-ray and select 24p as your frame rate the progressive setting will change to Yes.
> I’ve exported a mainconcept widescreen progressive (at least I think so) video and want to make sure it burns that way from DVDA.
It will only burn that way of you rendered it as 24p. That is the only progressive media that the DVD spec allows. If you rendered as 30p or 25p, DVD Architect will recompress your video to make it DVD complaint.
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> Has Sony improved that part of the program?
Indeed they have. Vegas Pro 8.0 will take advantage of up to 4 cores and Vegas Pro 8.1 will take advantage of up to 8 cores.
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