[Rune Letrud]

I see people are still checking this out, and I’ll just update by saying that I’ve never found a solution for this.
So I just live with it, getting annoyed every time I render video.

[Rune Letrud]

Imported via Vegas Import. I never use the camera software, they never get the merging right, and I have to spend hours cutting and resyncing audio at the cuts…

[Rune Letrud]

And just for comparison, this is one of the working files from the other camera;

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ID : 0 (0x0)
Complete name : D:\Sons of Bill\M52\00004.MTS
Format : BDAV
Format/Info : Blu-ray Video
File size : 1.91 GiB
Duration : 11mn 20s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 24.0 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 24.0 Mbps

Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=12
Codec ID : 27
Duration : 11mn 20s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 22.7 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.438
Stream size : 1.81 GiB (95%)

Audio
ID : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : 129
Duration : 11mn 21s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 256 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : 96ms
Stream size : 20.8 MiB (1%)

[Rune Letrud]

Thanks for taking the time to brainstorm, Stephen.
Deeply appreciated, really!

The footage was filmed onto a 32GB SD Card, of very high quality.
It’s long since removed from the card, but I have backup on work-computer and externaly. Transfered via card-reader to pc.

I’ve successfully rendered clips for YouTube without the slow-motion.

This is the output from one of the files from the camera (I’ve rendered the whole concert, and the problem persists throughout)

Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=12
Codec ID : 27
Duration : 11mn 20s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 22.7 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.438
Stream size : 1.81 GiB (95%)

Audio
ID : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : 129
Duration : 11mn 20s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 256 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : 128ms
Stream size : 20.8 MiB (1%)

[Rune Letrud]

Ycu can still notice that that camera looks slightly slower than the other, but it’s nowhere near as noticeable as on tv.

I tried two things.

First I rendered a portion to BluRay avc, and then dragged it to Vegas and rendered again to mpeg2. The slow motion is gone, but instead I have ghosting.

Then I rendered to m2ts, and then re-rendered that clip to mpeg2 – that made it ten times worse…

This thing is messing with my head 😉

[Rune Letrud]

Sony Vegas Pro 12. Sorry, should have said that in the first place.

Made proxies for all the affected files; no change. Made proxies for ALL files – no change.

The footage from that camera still comes out like it’s in slow motion when rendered to mpeg2.

I’m going to try to render to a MP4 and then re-render to a mpeg2 just to see what happens then… gotta get this project done some way or the other ,)

[Rune Letrud]

YES!
This sounds exactly like what I’m experiencing.

And you’re right – I use the Windows sliders to move up the timeline when it falls out of view.

Haven’t tried just letting it regain control – I’ll see if that does anyting to the flow.

It’s immensely frustrating when you fall out of the flow all the time, and have to stop and do it again…

[Rune Letrud]

Like we say in customer support; “Have you tried turning it off and on again?” 😉

And I did, and it didn’t help. Same problem after a while…

[Rune Letrud]

That was allready off…

[Rune Letrud]

That, Sir, is correct! I’m sorry I’m vague, but I don’t know all the english names to the different aspects 😉
But your deduction is spot on, it’s the timeline cursor.

I’ve enclosed a picture that shows the details, where one such cut would happen in the wrong place. It will happen were the black cursor is situated, not where the timeline cursor is at that point. But not all the time, just more and more frequently over a project.

The Blue is where I would want the cut (in theory, that is – no-one in their right mind would place a cut in the middle of a pedal-steel solo), and the red cross is where the cut happens when I press (in this case) “1”.