Seth Bloombaum
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the timeline going mad and there’s skipping sound occurs, like FWD on CD player. Seems like audio rushing 1,5 times faster than normal.
Sounds like you’re still experiencing this problem. Have you looked for updated drivers for your emu sound card? In regards to “timeline going mad”, not too sure what that means, but a reinstall of vegas may be in order.
Sorry I can’t offer help specific to your issues.
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…if we use the “B” sound package maybe we’ll just hear the good stuff that went into the production???
Hah! Maybe yes, maybe no! Unlike, say, editing there are no magic boxes in playback for an audience that cost less, weigh less, take less time to set up, use less power, yet sound better. (maybe there will be? let me know so I can unload my equipment fast!)
On a more serious note, if I bring my “A” system the benefit to you is your audience will hear the low end and the sound fidelity will be more linear and uniform across all audience seating positions.
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I don’t have the information at my fingertips, but there is a quasi-limitation of Windows for WAV file sizes. Is it 2gb? Don’t remember but I think so. Perhaps this message indicates that you’ve exceeded the limit.
I say “quasi-limitation” because some audio apps ignore it, working just fine, even though the windows spec says that’s it.
If this is the case, you’re going to need to work around. Experiment to find the max length for one audio render, then do some sort of split and join. You might be able to join in DVDA, or try audacity or any other app you have.
Or recut your source media for DVDA into smaller chapters.
If it isn’t the wav size limitation I don’t really know what’s going on, but the error message seems to point to it.
Sorry I don’t have experience with double-layer yet.
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OK, I’m out of good ideas… sample rate mismatches? Will the emu do the sample rate you want?
Dead card?
Can you record anything with this card with another app?
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I decreased/increased buffer time from 2 ms to 500 ms in step of 10 but nothing happend.
assuming those changes were made in Vegas prefs, you should also look at buffer times in your sound card driver.
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In addition to the method Edward mentioned, you can also add info to an existing wmv using the “attributes” tab in Windows Media File Editor, a utility that is included with WM Encoder.
From there, plenty of additional security is available, including:
1) Using an index, pointer or asx file, preventing use of “save target as…” and concealing location of wmv.
2) Using a streaming server, preventing the complete movie from ever appearing on the user’s hard drive. (do with #1 to be effective)
3) Using javascript to create a popup window and also prevent right-clicking, to further conceal the location of the wmv.
4) (I’ve not done this one, but I think it would work) Set page permissions, only allowing page views referred from your own web site. (but how? via the server? or with scripting…)
5) Use Digital Rights Management (DRM) on a streaming server (set it up in WM encoder) to only allow playback when the server issues a key, set up appropriate rules for when a key will be issued.
6) Aggressively pursue copyright violations even if you’ll take a loss on attorney’s fees – a letter from your attorney to ebay will probably shut down that auction item, and possibly the seller.
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First, make sure “quantize to frames” is on (it should always be on when cutting video).
Bring focus to the tracks by clicking in that area or hitting alt-0 (that’s a zero).
Zoom in using the mouse scroll wheel or up arrow.
Watch the TC reader and hit your left and right arrow keys and see if they are advancing by frame. When you’ve zoomed in enough they will, and you can edit with frame accuracy.
What looks like a 3-step process is actually extremely quick and almost subconcious as you get more familiar with cutting in this way. I find myself zooming the track view in and out constantly for different purposes.
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Reinforcing what Tom said, if there are specifications then a fixed price is possible. If the spec is “soft”, your bid must also be soft.
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Ron, thanks for pulling out that thread and developing it further.
I had the good fortune of working on a multimedia project repurposing content from a nationally-known sales training and motivation speaker a few years ago.
As he put it: “Prospects ALWAYS listen to one radio station, WIIFM, or, ‘What’s in it for ME?'”
Every time you state a feature, follow it with a benefit to the prospect, in simple language such as “(feature), the benefit to you is…”
For example:
“Our editing is all done in Final Cut Pro! The benefit to you is a very creative production made more quickly at a lower cost.”
“If you step up to our ‘A’ sound package your audience will be able to hear everything that went into the production.”
“We could also put this video up on your web site, the benefit to you is that your resellers could receive this training whenever and wherever they want it.”
SB
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My streaming calculator (no longer available for download than I can find) says about 200MB per hour of 512Kb/s wmv. Presumably 400MB for 1024Kb/s. If you’re concerned with space and the number of CDs/DVDs you’ll need for 11 hours I suggest that you’ll find your sweet spot somewhere between these two bitrates.
You should see how 512 works at 320×240 with your content, and try viewing it at 640×480 and fullscreen – probably a little fuzzy, but may be acceptable for conference video. 1024 at 640×480 should look very good at native resolution and full screen if the source video is good.
Let me grab that slide rule :-0 you could probably get all 11 hours on a single layer DVD-Data at 1024Kb/s. (but you might want to test a little first because its a tight fit and 11 hours of video is a lot of rendering!)
If nothing but outstanding video will do, you’ll probably find it somewhere between 1400 and 2400Kb/s bitrates with wmv. But I use 1024 frequently.