[Rick Mac]

By going the TV route you get a better look at what your video really looks
like in the NTSC TV world. What you monitor on your computer monitor can look a lot different on a video monitor.
I use a DataVideo converter box for this purpose. You could do a pass-thru
your camcorder to your TV. Of course your TV needs to have a video input for this to work. If most of your work is to be seen on computer monitors it might be better to monitor on a second monitor.
The graphics card that Gary suggested is a good one. I have the
Matrox 450 and it works well. I monitor both on a LCD and NTSC Video Monitor and compare the results.

[Rick Mac]

A few questions for ya. Did you render useing the MainConcept MPEG2 type and which Template did you use? Pull your rendered MPEG file onto the timeline, how do the transitions look played back there? (make sure your preview window setting is Preview auto quality).

To adjust bitrate you click on the custom button you will then have access to your bitrate settings. The default settings should be fine.

What are your Vegas project settings on this project?

[Rick Mac]

John,

email me and I will forward you Edward email address.

Rick
cooledit2003@yahoo.com

[Rick Mac]

Mr. WizeGuy,

Are your stills from a digital camera or did you capture them from Video?
Could be an interlacing issue.

Rick.

[Rick Mac]

If your ripped file is an AVI file you can use a free program called G-Spot that will tell you what codec’s you need in order to view your file.
Just google to find it. If your rip is not an AVI perhaps someone else could suggest another method.

regards, Rick.

[Rick Mac]

Sounds like you are missing the required codec to read the
video portion.

[Rick Mac]

In case previous post did not fix things.
Saw a similar problem once (different camera). Turned out that WinXP
did not see the Cam since it was Service Pack 1. After updating to SP2
XP loaded correct drivers, the camera was then seen in Vegas.

You can check your SP version by checking: Control Panel then System tab.

Good luck.

[Rick Mac]

If your are only going to ouput your project to DVD just go ahead and
render your project in Vegas directly to MPEG-2 Video and AC3 Audio.
This will save you drive space and render time. Since you are authoring
your DVD with Architect select the following.
1) Render As
2) Save as Type: MainConcept MPEG2, Template: DVD Architect NTSC Video Stream
3) Click Custom Button and set your bitrate according to Mike’s post.

Now go ahead and render out your MPEG Video file.
This renders out video portion only.
After video is done, render out the audio portion as a AC3 File

4) Render AS
5) Save as Type: Dolby Digital AC3
6) Template: Stereo DVD

Now go ahead and render your audio portion using exactly the same file name
as you used for your MPEG render. This will allow DVD Architect to marry
your Video and Audio clips automatically for you.

Hope this helps.
Here are some links for further reading written by Edward Troxel of
JETDV that can help you.

https://www.jetdv.com/vegas/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1076
https://www.jetdv.com/vegas/forum/viewtopic.php?t=485

This link has a bitrate chart
https://www.jetdv.com/vegas/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15

Regards, Rick.

[Rick Mac]

Gary is correct, it would be re-compressed.

[Rick Mac]

First off 320X240 resolution is really low. DVD’s for example are 720X480.
I’m not familar with V.J. applications. Can you explain why you put a keyframe for every frame and how you did this. What were you monitoring
the render on. What will you be displaying it on in the end.