John Rofrano
3
COW Coins
Forum Replies Created
-
Just a shot in the dark but I shimmer could be a field order problem and HD is upper field first and SD is lower field first so perhaps having them both in the same project is causing this. DVD MPEG-2 is also lower field first which would make the HD the odd one out. Try rendering a section of the HD footage that shimmers to progressive and add that to your project with the SD footage. Then do a test render and see if it changes anything. Like I said, it’s just a shot in the dark.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com -
Your E6600 is 2.4GHz and the E8500 and E8600 are 3.1GHz and 3.33GHz respectively. You will definitely feel the differences. Especially with the E8600 which is almost a full 1000MHz faster and the E8500 is 700MHz faster. That’s quite a jump.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com -
> First, is 4 hours normal? I am running Vegas on a Pentium 4, 2.80GHz with 1.00GB RAM.
Yes, that sounds perfectly normal for 2 hrs of video and a single core processor. That’s only 2x real-time which isn’t that bad considering you are resizing each and every frame from HD resolution down to SD DVD resolution on top of anything else you added in the way of FX.
> Do I need more RAM etc to speed ths render process up?
Yes, more RAM means less swapping to disc and that always speeds thing up a bit. I would recommend that 2GB is the minimum when working with HD where each frame is 5x larger than SD/DV. What you really need is more processing power. A single 2.8GHz processor is bare minimum. An upgrade to a DualCore or QuadCore would give you more of a speed boost than adding more memory.
> Alternatively, should I render several movies as opposed to one long one?
No, not necessarily. If your work can be split up it would certainly help the fact that the render fails after 3 hrs since hopefully no one part would take 3 hrs. Are you sure your PC is not overheating? Long renders cause heat buildup and I’ve seen PC’s fail due to heat problems. Check inside that your PC and especially your CPU are not filled with dust! Clogged heat sink fins will cause overheating during long renders.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com -
Try the MainConcept AVC/AAC render type with the iPod templates or the Sony AVC render type with any of the Memory Stick templates. You might also want to use the Sony Sharpen FX on your video just to make the writing on the board a little clearer.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com -
Preview is not as multi-threaded as rendering so you are correct, a faster processor will do you more good than more processors for preview.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com -
I’ve never seen an Action Movie Essentials DVD but I would imagine that they are just video files that you drag and drop into your projects? Do you have the DVD? What’s on it?
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com -
Copy the audio track and use the Track EQ to cut off the bass on one copy and the treble on the other.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com -
> Actually it all depends on where your color corrected master is headed for. Actually S-VHS and component analog video out monitoring are the preferred methods for anything headed to NTSC broadcast, as analog signals need to be 7.5 IRE black versus the 0 IRE black output by firewire.
That is true but not the way it is being done here. The graphics card S-Video out may not be an unaltered signal. It may be applying gamma, brightness, sharpness, etc. to make the picture look better. The correct way is to use a digital-to-analog converter via the firewire port. This is guaranteed to be an unaltered video signal that you can trust.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com -
What does GSpot say the audio codec is? Perhaps it’s a format that Vegas Pro 8 doesn’t support. Just because you have the codec doesn’t man that Vegas can support it. There are some types that it just can’t edit.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com -
> Now, when I import that or an MPEG rendered project into Architect, does changing the properties to “BLU-RAY” instead of “DVD” actually produce a 1080i High definition disc if rendered and burned on a BLU-RAY disc in Architect 5.0?
Yes. Usually I start a new project with the Blu-ray settings before I add any media, but changing it after you add the media will work as well. This is how I make both DVD and Blu-ray from the same DVD Architect project.
> Also, on several occasions, when trying to import a project file, I’ve gotten a message that says the file is not in the correct format. I’ve tried changing the settings,but that doesn’t seem to solve the problem.
What format did you use? From Vegas Pro 8.0 you should be using one of the MPEG-2 or AVC templates that start with “Blu-ray” in the name. Then render your audio as AC-3.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com