[Peter Frank]

Yes! Please share how this was done.

[Peter Frank]

Mike thank you for this advice.

I see how he made that work, however he started with all of his pieces visible within the frame. He then has the Parent Track Motion move the composite offscreen to start, and then it pulls the composite back across the screen.

My challenge is that if you took my entire filmstrip, all the pieces won’t fit on the screen at once. I want each clip to appear 480×216, and I have ten clips total (so the composite should be 4800 wide).

One thing I notice is that when I create a video track and add all my clips as Child tracks, in the Parent Track Motion window it’s showing me a 1080×1080 box (my project is 1920×1080). So my composite is only 1080 wide.

How can I create a composite that’s wider than 1080?

At this point I’m resolved to set my filmstrips up four clips at a time (1080 wide), and create three composites (four clips, four clips, and two clips).

There’s gotta be a better way though, right?

[Peter Frank]

Aaron I understand and respect that position completely, though my project does not involve a movie.

I’ve sung barbershop quartet harmony for more than 25 years. In that time, I’ve amassed a number of show and competition videos of my groups (all amateur), so I’m compiling them into one library of videos – cleaning up the video and audio as best I can, etc., with the intent to give them as gifts to my friends with whom I’ve sung.

For one particular local contest, a barbershopper shot the event on HD camera, then published a blu-ray of the event for the participants.

To be honest, I’ve worked around it, however it required another conversion, which drives me nuts.

If you understand my project better, and are willing to share any insight, I’d still be grateful.

If no, again I completely respect your views.

[Peter Frank]

Aaron do either of the two things above play a role, in your experience?

[Peter Frank]

I ripped a blu-ray to MKV, to edit it.

I demuxed the MKV to separate the video and audio files, but Vegas doesn’t like the MP4 that came from it.

I used VLC media player to “convert” to MP4, as for some reason Vegas accepts it.

The MediaInfo above is from the file VLC produced.

I noticed something else.

When I click on the MP4 (from VLC) in Vegas, it reports the properties are 1920x1080x12

When I told it to “Match Project Settings to Media”, it sets the project settings to 1920x1080x32

I’ve researched that a little, and I get it may be nothing, but I don’t really understand it and it’s one of the few differences I’ve noticed between the AVCs Vegas renders (all with stutter) and the VLC file (which plays perfectly).

Also, I noticed the VLC file is actually 1920×1088, though Vegas says it’s 1920×1080.

I assume that’s not causing stutter, but I’m not sure.

Any ideas?