[Liz Margoshes]

OK, we’ve moved on to other problems (same project) — NOW:

I kept crashing my OS (XP) when trying to render, It’s just and MP4 with a wave file. After reading some of the discussions on this topic, I tried cutting the video in half and just rendering the first half (since the crash always happened in the second half.) However, the rendered video ended up as just the sound and no picture (in mp4 format.) Or maybe it was just a totally black picture. Did I do something wrong?

Thanks!

[Liz Margoshes]

There are no video formats listed, just audio.

[Liz Margoshes]

Thank you so much for responding so quickly. This is actually for my son. He asks if he can do this DV avi conversion directly into Vegas, or does he need another program to do it, and, if so, do you have any recommendations for one?

Thank you again.

[Liz Margoshes]

UpShift or GearShift?

I am looking at the site now.

thanks

[Liz Margoshes]

Wow.

Thank you for putting this all together for me. I’d heard that mp4s were an editing problem, but I thought that this particular sub-format my camera uses was an improvement. I have gone to the VASST site and am exploring the software you are recommending.

Thank you, very much appreciate your help!

[Liz Margoshes]

Steve,

Thanks for that info. I will now cease driving myself crazy changing settings every minute. I still have my question, however: how have people been able to edit video for “all these” (a bunch) years on their computers, then? I understand I don’t have the most souped-up system, but really, five years ago, a system as powerful as mine didn’t even exist!

I am wondering what the minimum requirements would be in order to say for sure one would able to have a smooth editing process? I am also wondering what the contribution of the particular graphics card is to all this.

I can’t seem to find out what graphics card I have.

Thanks.

[Liz Margoshes]

I’ve set it as low as Draft (auto). No difference.

Any theories as to why it will play so nicely in WMP but not in the Vegas preview window?

thanks

[Liz Margoshes]

Thank You Thank You Thank You

I just did a decent little snip and post-edit ripple.

I am learning a bit about the “looping”, too.

[Liz Margoshes]

Sorry,

Going insane.

Most important issue:

after I split, then delete, I have a blank amount of time(let’s say I deleted a portion at the beginning of the video). So now I push Play and it begins with that empty time. If I deleted the first two seconds of video, I now have two seconds of no picture and silence.
How do I get rid of that empty time??

Once again, I have tried to “pull” with my mouse, the video that remains, to the left, so that it begins at the beginning. But what happens is, it RESTORES what I deleted!

So, to sum up: I don’t get it. (and no tutorials I have read or watched or the Vegas manual I have read addresses this question)

(thank you for any insights)

[Liz Margoshes]

hi again,

I did try rendering and it does then just play the “footage.” So: yay.

Here’s my next question: I now choose a place to split the video, and I split it. Then let’s say I would like to delete the second piece completely. I delete it. Fine. NOW here is what I find: If I put my cursor on the end of the piece that remains and “pull” it out, there’s the stuff I deleted! and it plays! Is this “normal”? Then I sometimes try the “post edit ripple” but I can’t really say if it makes the cuts “permanent” or not.

Am I really not permanently deleting the footage?

Also, sometimes when I edit (I’ve been editing the same file over and over again, for practice), I get FRAME — gray space — FRAME — gray space — etc. What is that gray space?

I feel that I have no control over this situation, and have faith that a DVD-type NON-interactive tutorial is not what I need. In my experience, the experts tell you what to do and show you that when THEY do them everything works as predicted. Then we students do these things and voila, something’s screwy! Because (obviouslY) all of these generalized situations have to be personalized to one’s own computer setup, how one has shot the video, etc. etc. (excuse that mini-rant, I’m still frustrated).

I need a teacher. Unfortunately everybody in New York City seems to be walking around with a Mac and Final Cut Pro and that’s what all the schools seem to teach (or Avid).

It’s sort of delightful to be here, where it’s apparently acceptable to admit that one is editing video on a PC!

(end of whine)