[Larry Brewer]

Vegas can’t do this for you but I seem to have read about some Kereoke equipment that can. Have you looked into that solution?

[Larry Brewer]

As a video professional, I can’t see the price difference of a mere $200 between the 2 editing platforms being much of an incentive to drop one and go with the other. The initial cost of the NLE software has been a non-factor for quite some time.

And if I had ever been tempted to move from Vegas to FCP it certainly wouldn’t have been after the release of FCPx. Or haven’t you read the reviews?

[Larry Brewer]

It’s worth a try.

But after re-reading the entire thread looks like I tried that back in 2009 and it didn’t solve the timecode issue. But that was Vegas 9 at the time I posted.

[Larry Brewer]

Your can use 2 cards with 2 DVI or RGB outputs on each card. Windows will show all 4 displays in the display setup window, with the unused output grayed out.

I doubt the single card solution would work because when the HDMI is turned on, one DVI will get turned off. Anyone else ever try this?

I use the 2 card solution, GeForce 8600 GTS and GeForce GTS 450, and 3 Samsung monitors. Preview monitor set to 1080. Works great.

BTW, I also have a BlackMagic HD Extreme 3d card installed. I have used it for preview monitoring and it also works fine, but $900 is a lot to spend when a standard video card would work for what you need.

Larry Brewer

[Larry Brewer]

Then I am assuming that the issue still exists. My cure was switching over to HDV for all my shooting.

Do I remember correctly that there are 2 modes to record DVCam video to the CF card, avi or DV? Have you tried both options?

Larry Brewer

[Larry Brewer]

John

Just re-read your post and noticed the PD170 you are using. So HDV recording isn’t an option. I would still be curious is the ru_util.exe would help the situation.

[Larry Brewer]

John

Are you shooting HDV or DVCam?

I ask this because I’m certain my issues back in 2009 were concerning DVCam, standard def video. And I can’t really say if that issue was ever cleared up. These days I shoot only HDV on the Sony HVR-s270 camcorder with the HVR-MRC1 using 32GB cards and the time code is fine.

I’ll have my camera out this weekend and I’ll shoot some DVCam with it to see if Vegas 10E behaves any better that Vegas 8 did back when I first posted this complaint.

But until then, here’s something for you to try. Are you aware of a import utility for Sony Compact Flash recorders called “ru_util.exe”? ru_util.exe is a free program you can find at…

https://pro.sony.com/bbsccms/ext/hdv/z7u_s270u_m35u/HVR-Z7U/unit_software.html

Even if it doesn’t fix the timecode issue, it will fix the 4GB issue. What happens with the MCR1, is that it will break your continuous recordings into 4GB blocks. If they aren’t imported via ru_util.exe, there will be an interruption at the beginning and ending of each block. ru_util.exe is a stitching program that fixes that.

Of course if you never record long continuous clips exceeding 13 mins, you would have never even noticed this problem. BTW, this only works when used during the initial importing from the CF card, it can’t fix the stitching problem after the fact.

So… My issue was concerning DVCam recordings only. HDV recordings have timecode and should work inside Sony Vegas 10e.

Try re-importing the footage from the CF card using the ru_util.exe and see if it makes a difference.

Try shooting in HDV mode, if you aren’t already. You get 50% more footage on the same media as DVCam, and Sony Vegas 10e loves HDV footage. You can always downconvert your finished program.

Let me know if this helps and good luck!

Larry Brewer
Vegas Pro 10e
Intel quad core 12 GB ram

[Larry Brewer]

There may be more than one way to accomplish this, but my method would be to use track FXs. Place every event that you want the FX applied to on a single track, apply track FX to that track. Those you don’t want FX applied to, place on a different track.

[Larry Brewer]

“Well… that’s not the behavior that I’m seeing. I tested this by adding some FX to a couple of events and then I copied from an event with no FX and it cleared the other FX when I pasted. This is with Vegas Pro 10.0e. I believe you if you say it doesn’t work for you. Maybe there are some circumstances when it doesn’t…”

John,

I think you’ll find this interesting.

I currently have 2 PCs running Vegas 10. One running 10e and one running 10d. The 10d software behaves differently regarding PASTE ATTRIBUTES. My 10d software absolutely WILL NOT remove FXs from an event when you paste attributes from an event with no FXs, while the 10e does clear FXs when paste attributes are applied.

This seems constant regardless of which FXs I have applied. They can be removed on my Vegas 10e but not on my Vegas 10d.

I will update my 10d editor to 10e after I finish my current project. The paste attributes trick will be the first thing I try after I update.

I am pretty certain the behavior of 10d is consistent with all earlier versions of Vegas where I have tried to clear FXs using the PASTE ATTRIBUTES method.

I’m not ready to say 10e corrected the paste attributes issue other than to say I have one PC where it did. There my be other variables, but right now I can’t think of any that would explain this.

The ADD or REPLACE option on paste attributes would be a very nice feature on future Vegas releases. Also, an option to paste attributes without PAN/CROP settings would just make so much sense I can’t believe they haven’t thought of it. The current method of pasting attributes, all or nothing, is the easiest way to screw-up multiple events without knowledge of the operator until it’s too late to use UNDO. It has caused me more headaches than any other Vegas feature.

Thanks for taking an interest in this.

[Larry Brewer]

Building a RAID 0 with 4 hard drives is a good idea. But my own experience suggests keeping the drives internal. If you use external and firewire, make sure it is 800. Esata is a lot better than USB but internal was overall a better choice for me. I say this after trying all the other choices.

Your mobo has plenty unused sata connectors and your power supply is 750 watts, so all you need are the drives and a place to mount them.