[Mike Kujbida]

From the Sony Knowledgebase:

Question:
What happened to support for DeckLink cards in Vegas 8?

Answer:
Sony Creative Software has turned over support for DeckLink hardware to Blackmagic Design. They intend to release a driver update which includes support for all DeckLink and Intensity hardware.

[Mike Kujbida]

[jeditdv] “The Velocity Envelope is EVENT level.”

Thanks for catching that Edward.
I’ve been doing a lot of velocity envelopes the past few days so you’d think I’d know better 🙂

[Mike Kujbida]

Insert a Velocity envelope on the track, add points and set the speed (-100% to +300%) as desired.

[Mike Kujbida]

I looked through the manual and there are 2 separate sets of instructions on pages 106 and 109 for feeding an HDV signal to this camera, neither of which directly address your issue.

For example, p. 106 says feed an HDV siganl to the input jack, set the camcorder to HDV in and press the Rec button.
P. 109 says Set [PLAYBACK STD] TO [HDV] and [HDV DOWN-CONV] to OFF.
Could they be any more obtuse??

Sorry for not being of more help but, unless someone else has an idea, it sounds like you’re on your own 🙁

[Mike Kujbida]

What’s your camera make & model?
Does your camera’s manual say anything about the procedure for doing this?
I’m asking because there almost always seems to be a discrepancy between the way you think it should work and the way it actually works.

[Mike Kujbida]

Think of a (avi) wrapper as a paper sack that can contain many different products/items.

That’s the kind of analogy my students (and most faculty!!) can easily understand.
Thanks Spot 🙂

[Mike Kujbida]

For one track at a time, click the Track FX icon (in the Track Header to the left of the video track).
For the entire project, click the Video Output FX icon (above and to the left of the Preview window).

[Mike Kujbida]

If the mpegs initially came from Vegas, then you’ll be able to do it as is.
If not, then I honestly have no idea and can only suggest trying it to see what happens.
Either way, you shouldn’t have to do a “fit to disk” as your total file size is under a DVD’s maximum.

[Mike Kujbida]

Assuming it’s DVD Architect you’re talking about, just ignore the warning message.
It has a long history of incorrectly reporting file sizes.

[Mike Kujbida]

This should work in Movie Studio.
Place your cursor on the frame that you want to freeze.
Set your Preview Window to Best/Full.
Click the “Snapshot” icon (looks like a floppy disc and should be just above the preview window).
Choose a name for this image and the directory and format (JPG or PNG) to save it to. By default, it should add it to the directory that the rest of your video clips are in.
Split the clip at this point (use the “S” key) and delete or drag the extra video to the right to make room.
Add this image to the timeline and make it the desired length by placing the cursor at the end of it and dragging it left or right.