[Stephen Crye]

Thanks, John … as usual you stated what I was trying to say, only correctly and succinctly!

In the past I’ve found this link to be helpful and a bit amusing:

https://www.foolishpassion.org/vidding-tips/vegas-won%27t-open-avi.html

Steve

Win7 Pro X64 on Dell T3400, MultiTB SATA, 8GB RAM, nVidea FX 570, Vegas 10e (and 11) x64 DVDA 5.2(build 133) Sony HDR-CX550V

[Stephen Crye]

Hi;

Just a guess – I don’t use that codec, but I have had similar problems with other AVI codecs that have high compression. I get the best results in Vegas if I use very low compression when creating .AVI from video screen capture. Sure, the resulting files are huge, but Vegas is happier with them.

Steve

Win7 Pro X64 on Dell T3400, MultiTB SATA, 8GB RAM, nVidea FX 570, Vegas 10e (and 11) x64 DVDA 5.2(build 133) Sony HDR-CX550V

[Stephen Crye]

Hi All;

We all suffer with less than perfect preview in Vegas. One thing that I find helpful is to install Process Explorer from SysInternals.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653

There is no install, just extract and copy somewhere – I use c:toolssysinternals . Put it in your startup folder so it is always running.

Aside from being the slickest piece of geeky wonderfulness ever invented for Windows, the little icons in the systray that keep track of CPU load, I/O RAM, etc. are invaluable. (You will have to turn then on after you start the program).

Watching the little CPU meter will tell you a lot about what Vegas is doing. I notice that if CPU is anything above ~ 80% the preview will be choppy. When that happens I know to change something.

BTW I rarely am able to set the preview higher than Good (auto). Check out my system specs below.

Steve

Win7 Pro X64 on Dell T3400, MultiTB SATA, 8GB RAM, nVidea FX 570, Vegas 10e (and 11) x64 DVDA 5.2(build 133) Sony HDR-CX550V

[Stephen Crye]

HI;

Jeff, I’ve lived with this same annoyance for years, and also wondered about “ripple” … auto, manual, button-shift or whatever…. ;-p .

Are you saying that this ripple thing of which you speak can set rid of sections of blankness on the time-line? In other words, save me from dragging little sections of events for miles and miles to the right and left?

Finally, why the heck is it named “ripple?” That has bothered me for a long time. Kind of made me afraid of it – makes me think it is something that will produce a water-splash ripple effect.

heh .

steve

Win7 Pro X64 on Dell T3400, MultiTB SATA, 8GB RAM Vegas 10e (and 11) x64 DVDA 5.2(build 133) Sony HDR-CX550V

[Stephen Crye]

Hi;

More details, please. Project Settings? Type of clips? Exactly when does it shut down – when they are dropped in or during render?

Steve

Win7 Pro X64 on Dell T3400, MultiTB SATA, 8GB RAM Vegas 10e (and 11) x64 DVDA 5.2(build 133) Sony HDR-CX550V

[Stephen Crye]

Just starting using SVP 11. How does one select the Legacy test Tool?

Thanks,

Steve

Win7 Pro X64 on Dell T3400, MultiTB SATA, 8GB RAM Vegas 10e (and 11) x64 DVDA 5.2(build 133) Sony HDR-CX550V

[Stephen Crye]

Thanks Chris!

Regarding peaking – I had problems with it on the Sony NX70. In particular, one day I was at the base of a 500′ radio tower, shooting it against a blue sky. I had peaking on, and adjusted the focus in and out while watching the peaking highlights move up and down the length of the tower. My goal was to shoot the tower so that the top half all the way to the top was in sharp focus. Even though the peaking told me that my target zone of the tower was in focus, in post the shot was unusable. This was very annoying because I had paid $15.00 for a ride on the tramway to the top of the mountain!

I think the problem with peaking is that all it does it look for max contrast, and in this case, the bright red and white paint on the tower, combined with the high-contrast shadows of sun on the struts really fooled the system.

Other cases where peaking does not seem to work:
* Xmas lights at night
* Cat fur in full sunlight

There is really no substitute for expanded focus sometimes.

Steve

Win7 Pro X64 on Dell T3400, MultiTB SATA, 8GB RAM Vegas 10e (and 11) x64 DVDA 5.2(build 133) Sony HDR-CX550V

[Stephen Crye]

* ping * Hello Jan?

Win7 Pro X64 on Dell T3400, MultiTB SATA, 8GB RAM Vegas 10e (and 11) x64 DVDA 5.2(build 133) Sony HDR-CX550V

[Stephen Crye]

Thanks for the link, Guy!

Three days to go …

I wish Jan Crittenden-Livingston would respond to my other post about the details of the AC160 $300.00 focus upgrade. Hopefully she is just busy with post-NAB stuff.

Steve

Win7 Pro X64 on Dell T3400, MultiTB SATA, 8GB RAM Vegas 10e (and 11) x64 DVDA 5.2(build 133) Sony HDR-CX550V

[Stephen Crye]

HI;

While the Sony EX1 is unquestionably a solid cam with a lot of great features, for me it would not work. I need at least 1080 60p, don’t care about “broadcast quality MPEG codecs”, and just can’t afford SxS cards!

Keeping my fingers crossed that the AC160 will be the Cam For Me. ETA 4/23/12.

FYI:
https://pro-av.panasonic.net/en/sales_o/broch_pdf/ag-ac160a.pdf

Steve

Win7 Pro X64 on Dell T3400, MultiTB SATA, 8GB RAM Vegas 10e (and 11) x64 DVDA 5.2(build 133) Sony HDR-CX550V