Mike Kujbida
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COW Coins
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[Harry Maathuis] “Yes, no new versions anymore. The technical concept is outdated, he said.
It was fun and a good run while it lasted. Fortunately for me I retire in less than 2 years so the existing version will do me just fine until then.
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[Harry Maathuis] “Sad message! I was at IBC 2015 and spoke there with Gary Rebholz about the future of Vegas Pro. VP will be maintained he said, but there will be no version 14.”
I wonder if he meant not this year or did he mean never.
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In addition to John’s excellent suggestions, here’s one to consider if your DVD has more than one VOB file in it as this avoids the audio gap that you get using the File -Import method.
Thanks to Gary James for this technique.
Vegas allows you to open up a DVD .IFO file. This imports the entire .VOB chain for both video and audio tracks.
First: Import the entire DVD onto your hard drive.
Click File / Open, then navigate to your VIDEO_TS sub directory and enter *.IFO in the File name input field. For a regular DVD you will see a VIDEO_TS.IFO, and a VTS_01_0.IFO. Select the VTS_01_0.IFO file and click on Open. Don’t try this on a DVD disk because Vegas will try to build an .sfk file containing audio peaks in the VIDEO_TS directory.
One other advantage of this method is that it imports the DVD title chapters and creates media markers at the chapter points. There are plenty of add-in utilities or scripts out there that can convert these to regular track markers.
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John, I use a JVC HM-750 and it has the same shooting option that your client’s camera does (i.e. record in mp4 or mov).
I discovered the first time that I shot in MOV that Vegas could not read the files and nothing I tried would work.
Then I read about my lifesaver utility 🙂
Go to the Nanoflash downloads section of the Convergent Design site and grab the free File Converter – XDCAM .MOV to .MXF (PC) utility.
Run your mov files through it. It rewraps them (no quality loss) from MOV to MXF and those can be used in Vegas.
I’ve used it a few times and recommended it to others and they’ve been very happy with the result. -
Make sure you render using “Best” mode.
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1. If you have Excel or another spreadsheet program, highlight all the project information by going into the Edit Details tab, clicking on the top left button (above 1 and to the left of Track), do Ctrl+C to copy it and then paste it into Excel. All the information will be there so organize and sort as needed.
2. As long as your computer is up to the task, then yes, multiple instances is the easiest method. Doing a copy/paste from one to another is very easy to do.
Being well organized is the key here so that you don’t have to have 50 instances open at once when 3 or 4 will do 🙂
I have the feeling that you’re very well organized so this won’t be an issue. Good luck with the project!! -
Heat? When was the last time you took the covers off and blew out the dust bunnies?
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My pleasure Kelly. Always glad to help 🙂
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Kelly, the following is from the Windows Help file on my Windows 7 machine. Hope this helps.
If you don’t want updates to be installed automatically, you can choose to be notified when updates apply to your computer instead. Then, you can download and install them yourself, or you can set Windows to automatically download updates, and then notify you so you can install them yourself. Here’s how to change how Windows installs or notifies you about updates:
Click to open Windows Update (Start – Control Panel – Windows Update).
In the left pane, click Change settings.
Under Important updates, click one of the following:
Install updates automatically (recommended)
Download updates but let me choose whether to install them
Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them
Never check for updates (not recommended)
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Glad to help. After all these years Sony still doesn’t have a decent titler so we do the best we can with the tools it has or use something else. In my case it’s Photoshop for most of my titles.
