[Mil Bogo]

Hi Mary,
I found this on another post:

Here’s an answer from Rob Lohman at a different location:

Greg: the project settings should be widescreen 16:9 in PAL or
NTSC. Don’t change that!

When exporting QuickTime go to custom and then video tab.
Make sure frame size is set to custom frame size and set the
vertical to normal (which will be 480 pixels for NTSC or 576 for
PAL) or a lower value (which you usually want if you want to
put it up on the web!), usually 50%.

Then use then multiply the horizontal resolution (720 for both
PAL & NTSC) with the pixel aspect ratio number in the project
settings (which is 1.2121 for NTSC and 1.4568 for PAL 16:9).

This should be either 872 (NTSC) or 1048 (PAL). If you are using
a lower resolution take the same percentage out of the horizontal
resolution as well (usually again 50%).

Make sure the pixel aspect ratio on this screen is set to 1.0

This should get you a widescreen movie.

What do you think of this solution”
Kind regards,
Mil

[Mil Bogo]

Quote from other thread:

The Quicktime Player is notorious for ignoring the pixel aspect ratio and boldly assuming that the video has a PAR of 1.0. The only fix that I know of is to actually render with a PAR of 1.0 and adjust your resolution accordingly.

Can you please explain how to do this? What is meant by adjust your resolution accordingly – I am a bit green and want to make sure i get it right.

cheers.

[Mil Bogo]

Hi,
I tried again and I am still not getting good results. Even though my DV footage is 16:9 – Quicktime is playing in 4:3.

anyone?

[Mil Bogo]

> Where is the Load Chapters button?

[Mil Bogo]

Is there a way to get it to navigate to a totally new mpeg file whilst keeping the same menu names? The markers in the new Vegas file have the same names as the menu items?

In summary:
1. I have a DVD artitect file that has menu names set up with and older version mpeg I want to replace..
2. I have a new mpeg, that has markers created in Vegas with the same titles in the orginal DVD architect file.

Your further assistance would be greatly appreciated/

Kind regards,
Mil.

[Mil Bogo]

I have have it set on high – but still quality was not good.

Judging by your answer you are saying it is possible to get good quality full screen preview on a second monitor?

I am not sure how it can work since the preview has limitation because it is not rendered. ie it looks OK if it is small – but full screen is a different story.

Your enlightenment would be appreciated.

Thanks for taking the time to respond.

[Mil Bogo]

The main issue I have with vegas is managing the source clips.
The project i did had over 4 hours of source video.

Doing this with out a source or trimmer set up was a night mare – especially since I had multiple scenes captured – hundreds of them.

How would you guys handle this with standard vegas paradigm?

[Mil Bogo]

Danny,

Your method seems to work well, if you know what you want (or dont want)in you final video up front. ie, you simply go through and cut out the bits you dont want. BUT what happens when you are compiling, and you are doing a lot of inserts? ie going back and forth?
Without a trimmer setup it would be a nightmare?

I get the feeling Vagas’s paradign may be good for short videos and when you know what you want – for longer videos – maybe not.

Maybe I am missing something – and I dont understand Vegas – (Hence the title of this post). I hope this is the case as I want to like it. but I simply cant see how Vegas paradigm works for longer projects.

Kind regards,
Mil.

[Mil Bogo]

Hi guys,

I will explain what I am trying to achieve.

I am trying to decide which video program to use and I want to “future proof” my video captures – incase I decide to change systems.

My fear is having all this captured video, then I decide to change to another system in the future – but cannot use my material. Is there a way I can do this? ie capture in a neutral format?

Kind regards,
Mil.

[Mil Bogo]

I am new to Vegas – so I hope my answer is correct (I think it is because this is what I do)and it works.

You need to also render the audio – not just he video to mpeg to. I render to Ac3 – then bring both into DVD architect.

good luck.