[Mark Thompson]

Debbie,
if you still have this problem, here’s a couple of debugging tips:
Find the Folder where your start-up information is logged. On my box this is: C:\Users\zthom\AppData\Local\Sony\Vegas Pro\13.0

where you need to replace “zthom” with your username. Also replace “13.0” with your version – “12.0” ?

In that folder there are two files of interest:
FileExplorer.log This contains a line for each startup. For example:

======== 1/11/2015 12:22:22 PM: Created Window Successfully
======== 1/13/2015 12:00:55 AM: Created Window Successfully

The above are successful startups, perhaps yours has some error information there?

IF there are reports of problems there look at file FileExplorer.settings . Whatever you do don’t edit/change this, perhaps copy it to another file. Then have a look. On my box this contains:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

Your file should look much the same except should be different.

Check that it is not pointing to a device that is no longer on your system (perhaps you used and then removed a USB drive).

[Mark Thompson]

Sean,
on your project properties you have a de-interlace mode set for progressive footage. I don’t think you need that and it may be doing some harm, i.e. contributing to the jagged lines. Set it to where it should be for progressive footage, i.e. none.

Are you trying to get half speed on the DVD?

If you want to post a short clip somewhere it will be easier for others to help resolve the problem.

mark

[Mark Thompson]

Hi Chris,
it looks like you have this under control.

All the same, people in this forum report good results with your gpu card so there is no obvious reason it should not work.
mark

[Mark Thompson]

Hi,
can you post a small clip on-line somewhere that shows the problem?

MXF is a “container” format so the actual format could be one of many. In fact using that HDV size it is probably is MP4. You don’t need to “Import” MXF files – they go straight on the timeline.
Add a file to the timeline, set project properties using the “Match Media Settings Button” to see what Vegas thinks it is.

What do the MXF clips come from? i.e. which camera? What is the process you use to get the clips off?

IT appears the clips are getting corrupted somehow – but that is just a guess.
mark

[Mark Thompson]

Hi Debbie,
thought I would step back in again 🙂

The Blu-ray disk on your pc is either a BD-ROM or a BD-RE, either it is a Blu-ray reader or burner. A lot of PC’s have a Blu-ray reader and a DVD Burner in one unit. What is important is that if it shows as type BD-ROM it will never burn a Blu-ray disk – no matter what software you use. It is the type of device that matters.

If you post a description of the device properties people can find out for you.

If you only have a BD-ROM then you will have to purchase an external Blu-ray Burner.

mark

[Mark Thompson]

Debbie,
not quite, what I meant was change the project to 5:1 and you will get 5:1 render options as a result. I’ve never done a proper 5:1 mix I just distribute to all channels.

I have found there is a small advantage to doing this but you should test whether it works for you. Also as you have spent a lot of time mixing already this is a bit of a crude technique.

The rationale behind it is that Blu-ray was really meant for 5:1 and some players don’t deal with a stereo signal very well.

mark

[Mark Thompson]

Hi,
just adding my 2 cents. I’m not saying anything is wrong but I would shift the emphasis slightly.
CUDA is an architecture. You program to it in C or CUDA C which is an extension to C/libraries for C. That enables you to program the CUDA based chips from NVIDEA.
OpenCL is a standard that implementers can use provide a common programming interface across multiple gpu architectures.
In theory OpenCL should be a little less efficient than programming the chip’s native interface. There is no fundamental reason that you couldn’t provide an OpenCL interface on top of CUDA.

In keeping with the Horse theme 🙂 there is an expression “you can take a horse to water but you can’t make him drink!”. In this case I think that means that whatever architecture/interface is used it all boils down to how efficiently it was programmed. So benchmarks are the best way to determine how good the implementation is.
mark

[Mark Thompson]

Debbie, when I say the sound levels are too low I mean as perceived when playing a Blu-ray. I’ve not done any technical analysis as to how low it is. I usually do File delivery now as you seem to have some level of control over audio.
As a format Blu-ray seems to be quieter that Broadcast even for Retail Movies. I’m told this is to cover the audio range from softly spoken vocals to Apollo rockets taking off!
I have a few tips that help somewhat. One is to use Sony Wave64 audio in preference to AC-3. I got that from a guy that does video’s on YouTube that show you how to render using DVDA – however even he qualifies saying “I find I get the best results using Wave64”. If you are using AC3 then look at Dialog Normalization on Customize Template. Google for “DialNorm”.
Also render in 5:1 surround. Even if you don’t have the hardware to test/play that.

mark

[Mark Thompson]

Hi,
I would call a 3 year old computer “new” so no problem there! By the way I burned a project on BD-R and Vegas (Pro13) managed that just fine (as I expected it would but just to be sure).

On device properties Windows 8.1 (and Windows 7) shows my good drive as BD-RE – that supports BD-R as well as BD-RE disks.

I just had a thought, you said you had it do something for an hour before failing. Are you trying to burn your completed film? perhaps it is too big? Having you tried just burning a small project? That will be a waste of a BD-R.

mark

[Mark Thompson]

Hi,
I just did a Blu-ray burn on Vegas 13 and (apart from the sound) it works just fine. I’m using Verbatim BD-RE 25gb 2x speed (Hard Coat).I know you have Vegas 12 but I’m sure it worked just the same.

Perhaps you are trying to burn a Blu-ray that is too new for your burner? How old is your machine?

On my pc I have a BD-ROM drive and a BD-RE drive. It is easy to select the wrong one (if you also have multiple drives).

Can you do a device properties on the drive and report back on what you find?

mark