Matt Crowley
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Hmm, strange that the sample rate conversion in Vegas didn’t work.
It’s probably best to record at 48k on the H4n anyway, as video systems generally use that. 44.1k is really only for audio CD.
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The audio conversion should be as simple as dropping the 44.1k file into an empty Vegas project, setting the project audio to 48k, then rendering the audio out as 48k WAV PCM.
If you have Sound Forge or an equivalent audio editor, you can do the same thing in that.
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Standard definition MPEG2 files from DVD are a lot less taxing on your PC during editing than HD files like AVCHD and HDV.
Try using them directly in a project and see how it goes. If you find it still gets a bit sluggish then convert to DV AVI, or MJPEG AVI as suggested in various threads by John Rofrano.
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The simplest way to get your DVD footage into Vegas is Vegas’s own disc import feature.
Just click “Import DVD camcorder disc…” on the Project menu and point it to your disc (or folder containing a DVD structure on your hoard drive). Select a destination folder, click OK and you’ll end up with one or more MPG files ready for editing in your project.
If that doesn’t work well for you, try the suggestions in this thread: https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/24/897683
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It looks like the “icon” your arrow points to is a window that has opened at a stupidly small size. Try stretching the window by dragging the edges outward, as if you were resizing a normal window.
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Stabilization and reverse are applied in real time (during preview or render). I guess Sony figured that allowing both might be too much of a processing hit.
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OK so I guess it’s not a true DV camera – DV is a particular video format recorded on miniDV tapes.
What exact format are the video clips on the camera memory card? Use a tool like GSpot to get the exact info. They might be something like MP4 video in a MOV or AVI file. If that’s the case you should be able to use them directly in your Vegas project, but the preview might get choppy unless you have a decent PC.
If the preview is too choppy, you need to convert the files (as it seems you have been doing). You can try converting the files to DV AVI if your converter supports that. The files will be much bigger, but the same quality and much easier to edit.
Your project should be set to match the input video format (frame size and rate). This is *probably* 720×576 25frames/second PAL.
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The timeline selection always collapses for me (Movie Studio 10) if I left-click in the timeline.
Do you mean the loop region collapses? This can be controlled on the Editing tab in preferences: “Collapse loop region when no time selection is present”.
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Is the camera a DV tape camera? How are you capturing the video onto your PC from the camera? is it PAL 720×576 format? Widescreen?
If you got some software with the camera then use that to capture to DV AVI files over the firewire interface. You can also use Vegas (Movie Studio or Pro version) to capture to the AVI format (Project menu > Capture Video).
That will give you standard definition video files to edit in Vegas. You can then render (export) the finished video as MainConcept MPEG2 using the DVD Architect PAL video template (widescreen if applicable). You also need to render the audio separately as Dolby AC3 format. These files are used in DVD Architect to create a DVD.
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It looks like your fonts may have been messed up (if it’s not DPI settings like John mentioned). The font used on the “Add to hue” etc labels next to the slider bars in your screenshots is not the normal one, and the different size is causing the sliders and text boxes to be shifted out of the normal panel area.
Check the font settings in your Windows theme or display customization settings, or reset the theme to default or a standard preset. It looks like you’ve got System as the font instead of the default (probably Tahoma).