[Mike Kujbida]

Download the 4.5a update for the fix.
Sony admitted that they messed up by forgetting to add this feature initially.

[Mike Kujbida]

Try the free Count Up/Down Sports Clocks veg file from VASST.
You’ll need to register if you haven’t already done so but it’s quick and painless 🙂

[Mike Kujbida]

You trim the auio in Vegas, not DVD Architect.
DVDA expects to see a completed file, not one that needs more trimming.

[Mike Kujbida]

Frankie, in the menu on the left side of the screen, do you see the individual chapters?
If so, double-click any one of them to have it displayed on the centre portion of your screen.
Now go to the End Actions Menu options in the menu on the right-hand side of your screen and make sure it’s pointing to the desired menu page.
Check all your chapters to make sure they point to this same menu page.

[Mike Kujbida]

Assuming that Movie Studio works like Vegas for this function, set your Preview Window to Best/Full.
The resolution comes out to 655 x 480 (square pixel version of 720 x 480).

[Mike Kujbida]

Here’s a few examples of why you do it.
If I’m working on a widescreen project, I certainly don’t want my preview showing me a regular width display.
How would I know if my titles were in the right place?
If I was using stills in the project, how would I know where to crop them if I had to?
If you shot HDV but wanted to render it as SD, how would you know how it’s going to look unless you set your project properties up in the first place?

[Mike Kujbida]

can you recommend something for under $200?

Everyone has their own speaker preferences so you’ll get a number of different suggestions.
I use M-Audio at work and have been very happy with them.
A check of their web site shows the Studiophile AV 20 multimedia speakers for $130/pr.
The Studiophile BX5 are on sale right now for only $200/pr. and are the ones I’d recommend.

[Mike Kujbida]

Hollington, it’s my understanding that this is an AGC-type of setting.
That is, the differences between quiet and loud passages will be substantially reduced.
BTW, if you do change these settings, save it as a preset. For example, “Stereo DVD-mod”.
Saving is done by typing a new name in the “template” box at the top of the tab you’re in and clicking the “Save” icon (looks like a floppy disc).

[Mike Kujbida]

As a long-time (full) Vegas user, I’d say to go with the full version.
However, odds are that Movie Studio will fit your needs.

On the differences between the two, here’s a reply from Edward Troxel on another forum to a user who asked the same question.

You give up quite a bit:

Unlimited Tracks
The ability to use scripts
Multi-camera tools
project nesting
32-bit floating point
Blu-ray burning support from the timeline
External preview
Scopes

etc…

[Mike Kujbida]

Dave, as long as your camcorder has a mic input jack, rent a decent lav mic for the day and use your camcorder as the record device.
You may want to consider videtaping the interview as you get the best of both worlds that way.
Make sure your camcorder’s audio is set to 16-bit and not 12-bit.
Also, use headphones so that you can tell if there are any unwanted sounds (heating/cooling system,background music) before you begin the interview. We have a tendency to filter these out but the microphone doesn’t.
When you get back to your edit suite, you have 2 options.
#1 is the firewire it in, delete the unwanted video (if you want only the audio) and save it as a WAV file.
#2 is to hook your camcorder’s audio out jacks to your soundcard’s line input jack(s) and record it directly into Vegas that way.