[Larry Brewer]

Graham

Thanks for the link. I had already read that portion of the release notes and was looking for more detail. My issue came up when I edited a 1 hr project using 9.0a and when I opened it in 9.0b all the graphics were missing. The graphic events are still on the timeline but are now blank.

Larry Brewer

[Larry Brewer]

SONY did a quick turnaround to produce VP9b . Get on the INTERNET and the SONY site and read all about it.

can you post a link to the info about vegas 9.0b fixes regarding text generator.. In the release notes it mentions a fix with little detail.

[Larry Brewer]

Got it. Thanks Steve!

[Larry Brewer]

I haven’t used Vegas 7 in a couple of years and never with HDV. Why not try a Vegas 9 trial download, it won’t cost anything, and installs side by side with Vegas 7. (it doesn’t overwrite older installs) Vegas is a really fine edit system overall. Trying the latest version would only be fair before you give up.

[Larry Brewer]

I’m work on a Vegas / DVDA project and I am experiencing similar problems to the one you were asking about. I’ve discovered the trick to keeping the project size down is to use exact formatted subtitles for every instance they appear in the project. If you so much as make 1 subtitle bold in one instance, on one timeline, but not in the other timelines, that will add an addition VOB and increase the project size accordingly.

Can some one help me figure out how to “save” a formatted set of subtitles, so that I can re-use them on subsequent timelines and avoid the problem I just described.

Thanks

Larry Brewer

[Larry Brewer]

Be sure that..

1. Under “Select Operation to Perform” Select “BURN” not “PREPARE”

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2. Select “Current Project” and a folder for the TS_VIDEO files

I have made these mistakes and it resulted in the greyed out situation you described.

[Larry Brewer]

Thanks Mike for taking this on and showing interest.

I have noticed with most Vegas renders the “estimated time to completion” will settle down at precisely 4%. Up to that point the ETC will increase while the rendering progresses. but at exactly the 4% mark, the countdown will begin. This is not the issue I’m concerned with.

I can view the Frame count beneath the Video preview monitor during rendering. At the beginning of the render, thru at lest 15%, it is easy to estimate an approx 90 frame per sec progress. The project I’m rendering is a parade, the render speed is at least 3x for the first 15%.

I have no FX in this video. It’s one continuous clip from a 184 DVCam cassette. The nature of the material is pretty much the same at the beginning, middle and end. The motion content does not vary.

The memory usage just keeps creeping up (now at 5.17 gig) and the CPU usage gradually slows down. Now at 40% average. It’s as if the computer is dragging it’s rendering chores along with it. I’m certain the RAM memory usage is related to the CPU slow down.

I’ll let this render finish, about 1 hr remaining, and try some different memory allocation settings.

Thanks again,

Larry Brewer

[Larry Brewer]

I guess I just wanted better quality. My test render, before I started the 3 hr clip, showed very good speed approaching 3 to 1. Frankly, 15 fps didn’t render that much faster. I also got this speed at the beginning of my 3 hr clip render. But after about 15 mins of rendering it gradually slows down. My CPU usage starts at around 85% but decreases to about 45% as my memory usage rises.

So, I can understand slow rendering, but why the gradual change in speed after the rendering starts?

[Larry Brewer]

Mike

Like I said, The DVCam tape timecode works just fine. It’s only when I use the Compact Flash card. (HVR-s270)

If I use the script to “add timecode to all clips” the timecode still comes up 00:00:00:00 at the beginning of each clips. So that is of little use.

Thanks

Larry Brewer

[Larry Brewer]

Thanks Mike,

The problem isn’t the ability to display TC, as in a window timecode function. I figured out that one along time ago with the help of someone from this forum. I’m talking about field timecode issues. I shoot time of day, Dropframe, free run and my client takes notes from her wristwatch. The timecode is fine on the DVCam cassette and the notes are helpful in finding shots. But not from clips recorded on the 32GB compact flash card. Each clip begins at 00:00:00:00, even though the timecode numbers are visible on the LCD screen of the HVR-MRC1 during taping and playback.