[Nigel O’neill]

Hi

Without knowing your Vegas version, render out settings or even the length of project, it’s hard to tell. I am going to assume you are cramming too much on a disc. The pixelation could be caused by over compression i.e. your project is too long for DVD. Generally, I don’t put more than 90 minutes on a DVD. I would also use ‘Mark’s bit rate calculator’ (a Google search will turn it up) to help you calculate the project length and match it to your media.

I would also check my project settings and set the de-interlace method to interpolate, and in the ‘render as’ template, deselect ‘stretch video to fill output screen’. Lastly, I would render using vbr, not cbr, as I have at times noticed stuttering of the vision.

My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 12 (x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6

[Nigel O’neill]

Have you tried other disc brands. I had a similar issue a while back and discovered the discs were not burning properly, even though the writing software said it was complete. I could only play menus but not content.

[Nigel O’neill]

[Umer Rehman] “I’m not able to render a sharper video with the rendering project properties that I’m using. They are:
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Ummm…those are your project properties. What are your Render As… settings? A screen shot would also be useful.

My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 12 (x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6

[Nigel O’neill]

I use Shintaro’s and set the book type to DVD-ROM to ensure playback compatibility with most players.

My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 12 (x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6

[Nigel O’neill]

You are welcome. Hope that was the fix.

I have never had to resize my jpegs before bringing them into Vegas. I just bring them in. I might have to do some cropping through the video event properties, but Vegas generally does a good job.

You should also right click the event (image) on your timeline and enable ‘reduce interlace flicker’.

[Nigel O’neill]

Rachelle, have you tried right-clicking the Video Preview window and deselecting Adjust Size and Quality for Optimal Playback?

When the command is selected, video quality is emphasized, and the frame rate will be reduced if necessary, which means flickering and jittery play back.

My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 12 (x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6

[Nigel O’neill]

With very few exceptions, most players sold in NTSC countries have been able to play region-free PAL for at least five or six years now (since about 2003). PAL players all play NTSC, using the PAL-60 quasi display very similar to analog Brazilian PAL. The only caveat with playing a “foreign” disc is that the disc needs to be made region-free. You can use DVDdecrypter to do this.

[Nigel O’neill]

What is your deinterlace method under project properties? blend fields or interpolate? You may need to set it to interpolate.

[Nigel O’neill]

[Ralph Hajik] “https://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/vegaspro/whatsnew?keycode=64947”

Thanks Ralph for the promo code. I never get the upgrade offer emails. The last time I went from V11 to V12 I had to call the US as Sony Australia don’t/will not honour my upgrade as I purchased it online from the US. Software direct from the US is so-o-o much cheaper than buying it locally.

My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 12 (x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6

[Nigel O’neill]

I never get the upgrade emails. I always have to chase Sony.

Which V13 product is equivalent to the SVP 9 pro product that was originally released? I purchased product assistant and sound forge pro through upgrade specials running at the time, and it sounds like the top tier ‘pro’ product I originally started with is no longer the case. Sounds like if I want to obtain the top tier, I have to upgrade to the pro suite. I am not sure that this forced upgrade tactic is kosher on Sony’s part.

My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 12 (x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6