[Lynn Ellsworth]

Again Thank You,

I will have to try the MPEG 2 video and .WAV audio combination.

You are correct that I don’t understand the difference between files with all my movie information and what rendering is. The fact you have pointed out there is a difference is helping me learn.

After we bought the Sony miniDVD camcorder saving to MPEG 2 the hard drive camcorders saving to MPEG 4 became popular and now the latest camcorders use SD cards saving to MPEG 4. Most editing software seems to have jumped from the old tape camcorders format to the new MPEG 4 format and camcorders saving to MPEG 2 have been skipped in good editing software development. Like you said live and learn.

I really like the size of the new camcorders saving to SD cards and I am researching them for their ability to take good video in less than ideal inside lighting. The Sony 405 miniDVD camcorder is not very good in less than ideal outside sun light.

[Lynn Ellsworth]

MPEG 2 for video and .wav for audio and the video is just dropped on the audio.

OK, but the video and audio have to match perfectly as I am making international folk dance DVDs. Any problem matching up the video and audio exactly?

Maybe I should just stick with letting Vegas make .vf files and let Vegas render (translate) the .vf format to the .dar format that Architect needs.

I suppose Sony has some reason for making .vf and .dar file formats but it seems clumsy to me. Or is it because I am using a miniDVD type camcorder that records in MPEG 2? The miniDVD type camcorder doesn’t seem to have been a good idea. Even a tiny Fuji Finepix Z still digital camera takes better videos under inside lights with MPEG 4 than our Sony miniDVD 405 Camcorder.

[Lynn Ellsworth]

Thank you,
My current DVD of folk dances is complete.
Like you said MPEG 2 does not copy audio but MPEG 1 does.
I did send the Vegas file directly to Architect and it did work this time but I experimented with MPEG 1.
The work only took 9-1/2 hours and 30 minutes of swearing.
Lynn

[Lynn Ellsworth]

What is a volume envelope?

My latest problem is that I lost all audio between Vegas and Architect. I experimented at first with saving the Vegas output as a .MPG file and then went back to a regular .vf file format. Some where the audio got lost.

I am using 3 tracks for audio and 1 track for video. Audio plays fine in Vegas and audio comes directly from the mini DVD.

I hate Sony Vegas and Architect Studio. Trying to take video off a mini DVD from a Sony Camcorder, making edits, and then making a full size DVD takes all day because the instructions are terrible.

I still can’t figure our how to get rid of the title “MENU 1” or change its name in Architect.