[Larry Brewer]

I’ve located the .lic file. I’ve copied it into the vegasaur folder. Now I get the trial expired notification when I start Vegas 13.

What’s going on?

Larry Brewer

[Larry Brewer]

Michael

“Would the image quality resulting from captured digital output be noticeably better than digitized analogue?”

To capture the digital signal from the D2 VTR would avoid the digital to analog conversion at the deck, and the analog to digital conversion on the capture side. There should be some advantage however noticeable I can’t say.

I searched and couldn’t find the answer to the D2 resolution question . Either 480×720, or 486×720. 0r 480×640 would be my best guess.

I’ve since added a different solution to my D2 to D1 capture needs. An Innovision DX-210.

https://www.recycledgoods.com/innovision-dx210-d2-to-d1-analog-to-digital-translator.html

Looks like this one can go either way, and a nice price if that ad is still current.

I admit I actually haven’t tried the one I purchased for a similar price a few months ago. But barring bad caps, blown fuses, burnt power supplies, it should be fine. I suggest you dump the 2100 and the AJA. This is a one device solution, and loaded with bells and whistles.

I realize I sound pretty confident for someone that hasn’t even plugged it in. But wadda got to lose?

Good luck and let me know.

[Larry Brewer]

David

Did you receive your rm-1000bp? How do you like it? Would you like to sell it?

Thanks,
Larry Brewer

[Larry Brewer]

Agreed, my bad. I hadn’t used DVDA in a while and started with the “DVD Architect NTSC Widescreen video stream” then “customized the template” and changed the frame rate to “23.976”. I should have selected the 23.976 + 2-3 pulldown, or used the “DVD Architect 24p NTSC Widescreen video stream” from the get go. Oh well, live and re-learn.

Thanks again for your help.

[Larry Brewer]

Thanks for getting back to me John. 5.2 was removed when I installed 6. I had already thought of that actually and was ready to go looking for the older version. But then I got to thinking about it.

I did discover the issue. I had shot all my material in 24P and edited my material in 24P. The keep the 24P look I had decided to render the m2t file in 24P. But DVDA doesn’t really support 24P per-say.
So when I imported that into DVDA, the 3.5 GB file with 24 frames per sec. was necessarily recalculated at 29.97 and accordingly got bigger. I should have rendered at 23.976 + 2-3 pulldown.

Hope I explained that correctly. So I re-rendered with 23.976+2-3 pulldown and the imported file size approx equals the file size shown in DVDA.

[Larry Brewer]

I’m stunned. I never knew you could put an .ifo file directly to the timelime.

[Larry Brewer]

Thank you very much for that generous offer!

I would try resetting all the boards in the DFX-2100. If that doesn’t work and the D2 deck is doing its job, then the problem is probably with the DFX-2100 electronics. The capacitors have most likely dried out. That vintage of Sony equipment is notorious for that issue.

[Larry Brewer]

Were you the one that bought that $50 DFX-2100 off eBay? It had been listed for months and then it was gone. The only one remaining is $500. Was about to make a best offer on that one when I remembered our thread.

You connected the converters in the correct order when you went from the deck to the DFX-2100, then DFX-2100 to the AJA C10PS. This should have worked. As I recall the CFX-2100 on eBay was a “no way to test it”, therefore as-is, situation.

Very simple really.. the dfx-2100 converts the parallel composite to parallel component. It is the one thing it is designed to do and it has the correct connectors to do that. I have used them for that purpose. The C10PS converts the parallel component to serial component. I have not used the AJA C10PS, but according to its description it should be the device for the job. It is described as a parallel to serial converter where the “output” follows “input”. Parallel Component in, Serial component out. Parallel Composite in, Serial Composite out. I have one but can’t use it without the DFS-2100.

In my setup I had an ACCOM parallel to serial converter. A single rack unit sized device. I used it downstream from the DFX-2100 and it did the trick. There is no ACCOM resembling this device on eBay today. It is NOT the ACCOM d-bridge, that is another animal.

I’m thinking the problem you have is with the DFX-2100. Even testing it would be difficult, no device I know of today that can even display a standard def parallel component signal.

My next solution will be a INNOVISION DX210 D2 TO D1 TRANSLATOR. I’ll let you know how that works out

[Larry Brewer]

Any luck with the C10PS converter?

[Larry Brewer]

Thank you!

the file does play on Vegas 12 now, but wo audio. What method did you use to convert it to .mp4?