Michael Lester
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Thanks for all the replies. My first thought was also the split screen button had been accidentally hit but then realized just like all of you there is no black line in split screen. So, just to rectify this I simply deleted everything between the two markers and reinserted the events. There is no centerline now.
I’ve been using versions of Sony Vegas Pro for probably 5 years and nearly on a daily basis and have never encountered this problem before. It’s a mystery to me that may never be answered.
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When a “noisey” VHS tape comes in, I’ll try using the double, maybe triple, pass and post it here. It may be two days from now or maybe two months. Depends when one comes into the studio.
Also, I’ll take a look at the AVT-8710 Time Base Corrector to decide whether to fork out the $$$.On another note, some of the “jitters” or “jumpiness” can be caused by a tape not being played for years. Every tape that comes in to the studio is run fastforward and rewind. Sometimes this has to be done three times to get the tape to run smooth.
When digitizing analog video tapes, I use the Canopus ADVC 300 feeding into Vegas Pro 10. With ADVC 300 a person can adjust the hue and saturation on deteriorating tape before going into Vegas Pro. Then, one can use Vegas to fine-tune color with the primary and secondary color corrector along with using the other fxs. This doesn’t work all the time because some of the tapes are so washed out and color-shifted that not a whole lot can be done; However, Canopus ADVC and Vegas Pro are a perfect combination for me when digitizing analog video. It’s like a marriage made in heaven.
By the way, I’m a retired guy with a part-time business (to stay out of my wife’s hair and remained married to her for another 40 years) that has no financial interest in Canopus and Sony.
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Thank you VERY much, Dave!! Your explanation makes perfect sense. One could even do three or four takes and the noise would be reduced even more.
I do quite a bit of digitizing old VHS, High8, etc for people and occasionally a “noisy” tape comes in that contains important family history on it. Since there is really nothing that will stop the decaying process of old tapes (like there is for old 8mm & super8mm film – freezing), digitizing should be done with the best results possible TODAY because it will probably be the last time transferring takes place. Your taking the time to explain how this is done will help better preserve families’ heritage.
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I read with intense interest the remark on cleaning up video noise by employing multiple sampling utilizing 1/N samples then summing the N samples. I have no idea how to do this! Could someone walk me thru the steps using Vegas Pro 10?
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Thanks to all that replied and helped. Now I have an understanding as to what to do.
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Well, there is finally an answer to the “Rogue Pixels”. The cause was a bad eSATA card. Mr Stephen Mann was extremely close to the answer when he stated it may be a bad firewire cable. My apologies for not getting back to the forum sooner, but the guys in the shop just discovered the answer to the problem. Again, many thanks for being here in this forum and helping all the people. It’s greatly appreciated.
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Sorry about not getting back to the forum in a timely manner. A VHS tape was passed thru a Canopus ADVC 300 then into Vegas Pro 10; Thus, no DV tape was involved. John, the digitalized video (AVI file) showed rogue pixels in Windows Media Player. Upon realizing that, it was played in another computer with Windows Media Player……………..with no rogue pixels!!
So the problem is not with Vegas nor any hardware or cables going to the computer it is withing the PC itself. Knowing my limitations, the PC is now in the hands of 3 trusted computer people. When they come up with what is causing the problem and also the solution, I will post it on this forum just in case some other soul happens upon the same problem as me.
I want to thank all of you who have not only responded to my question but for helping many other people, too. Your help and suggestions are truly appreciated beyond what you can imagine.
Today is Friday, and I am going under the surgical knife this afternoon. I won’t be able to give a response until probably the middle of next week. -
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! Mr. Rofrano you have made my day!
That change in bit-rate was just what was needed! It works! Another thing that is amazing is the response time from when the question was posted…….a matter of minutes!
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John, your suggestion was very helpful. I ran some old video thru Vegas Pro and it ran flawlessly. It was the same type as the video giving me trouble. So the problem is prior to utilizing Vegas Pro. Something needs re-calibrating, re-installing, re-setting, etc., but not Vegas Pro. It is performing perfectly! Thank you very much for getting back with me so quickly. I truly appreciate all the imput you and the other professionals give to people having problems with video.
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Forgot to mention: This is before rendering.