[Larry Brewer]

Guess what? The problem is back.

It goes like this… I have a 5 min animation, delivered to me 1348 x 768 avi. And everytime I try to render it to quicktime, it screws up my quicktime / Vegas relationship. The render ends even before it begins. Render window says 100% complete, but no file.

I can reopen Vegas, put up up another video clip, any resolution, and attempt to render quicktime… nothing.

As crazy as it sounds, the 1348 x 768 avi file is having an effect on the Vegas setup, or the quicktime setup, or both.

I have never been this puzzeled before.

I’m going to reinstall quicktime.

[Larry Brewer]

Bingo! Yesterday’s Quicktime upgrade messed up my Sony quicktime rendering. Now everything is back to normal with 7.6.5.

BTW… Earlier today posted a question regarding ProRes 422 codec and how I might render those files from Vegas. I guess it can’t be done. Is that your understanding?

And thanks for the quicktime suggestions.

[Larry Brewer]

The older quicktime install 7.6.5 solves the problem. Now I’ll put that version on the primary boot drive and try it again.

Fingers crossed!

[Larry Brewer]

I got a little behind in the thread so this is where I am on the problem. Yes I can render other formats, avi, wmv, mpg… that all still works.

I’ve located an older download of quicktime that I saved. I going to install that on another boot drive with a new install of vegas and see what happens.

I’m thinking the Quicktime upgrade is the culprite.

[Larry Brewer]

Vegas 9.0e

Intel Quad i7-930 2.8Ghz
12 GB RAM
4TB RAID 0

I just walked across the room, installed a fresh copy of Vegas 9 onto a Dual core PC and rendered a quicktime in a matter of seconds.

So we both know it is supposed to work.

I have re-installed Vegas 9.0e onto the problem PC. I have upgraded quicktime recently. I wonder if the upgrade to quicktime might have caused this issue?

BTW.. thanks for the help so far.

[Larry Brewer]

That would have been too easy. The include video box is checked.

I considered the “no audio” might be an issue for whatever reason. I’ve place a new clip on the timeline, with audio this time. I’ve checked both include audio and include video, and rendered nothing.

Same problem. The render process takes less the a half sec, the 100% complete window is displayed, but there is nothing in the folder. Not even the title of the clip I was supposed to be rendering.

[Larry Brewer]

No. I checked render loop region and I have the entire clip selected. 5 mins of video, no audio.

[Larry Brewer]

Thanks Mike. I have Quicktime Pro installed and reading the files was never an issue.

My current task is to provide video clips for import into an AJA Ki device and the AJA Ki operator has requested Pro Res 422 video clips.

Do you know of a good conversion utility that outputs Pro Res 422 video files?

Thanks again,

Larry Brewer

[Larry Brewer]

Peter

The best way to import Hi8 footage into your PC is with a firewire. Obtain a Sony Digital 8 camcorder, a camcorder that used 8mm video cassettes but records in a digital fashion very similar to DV cassettes.

Most of these camcorders were backward compatible with standard 8mm video and Hi8 video cassettes. This gives you a playback and a conversion to firewire in one step, and control of the camcorder via the firewire cable.

I assume your PC already has a firewire or IEEE 1394 jack. If not, the card is about $20 and Ulead software comes with most of the cards. Windows also has a capture utility for the firewire port.

Just finished uploading 45, Hi8 cassettes to a 1 TB hard drive using a Digital 8 camcorder I bought on eBay for $85. Well worth it.

Captured video used about 13 GBs per hour.

[Larry Brewer]

Frantz,

The solution I found was always there. After I loaded the BlackMagic software for my HD Extreme 2 video capture card, the codecs showed up in my Vegas folder. I simple had to select .avi as my render format and click “custom” and select one of 3 different options.. 8 bit, 10 bit, or motion jpeg. I believe these codecs came not with Sony Vegas, but with the Blackmagic software.

Whichever editor your are using, the codecs may already be there. Short of that, you can download a free Sony Vegas trial good for 30 days. The Vegas “studio” series is cheaper than the “pro” series and may be all you need.

Or contact Blackmagic customer support and ask about codecs for your editor. They will always be happy to discuss problems with customers.

Be sure to get the latest Media Express 2.1.1. There are several fixes in that version.

Larry Brewer