Stephen Mann
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The problem is probably out of Sony’s control. If the GPU driver firmware doesn’t like something on your PC, it either quits or returns an error to the calling program. And Sony gets the blame.
This is why I recommended to Sony a year ago that the GPU support should default off.
I seriously doubt there’s a “bug” in Vegas because the satisfied users outnumber those with problems by a long shot. If there were a bug, then any similarly equipped user would be able to reproduce the problem.
Steve Mann
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Times 20 performers….. they don’t pay me enough.
Steve Mann
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Blame the very onerous license requirements of the Blu-ray Disc Association. There isn’t anything Sony can do about it.
Steve Mann
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Many thanks anyway, even if it only took you minutes, it may save my reputation with this producer.
As I mentioned above, some of my projects include dance recitals which almost always have a tap number or two. Would RX let me find and enhance the shoe taps on the stage?
Steve Mann
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You are making a DVD, right?
You put the recorded media on the Vegas timeline then in the “Render As” menu you encode a Main Concept MPEG-2, use the appropriate DVD Architect template and click on “Customize Template” to adjust your bitrates.Steve Mann
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*how* does it stop working? Do you get an error message? does it just stop at xx%? Does your PC turn into a Mac?
Try removing all unused media from your Project Media.
Turn off GPU support in Options/Preferences/Video and in the encoding “Render As” template.Steve Mann
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It would be pretty difficult to find BD media that will play on any player. Heck, you can’t even guarantee that with CDs and DVDs. The problem isn’t the media, it’s the player and the write parameters you use.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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You encode your MPEG file in Vegas using the DVDA template. Us a bitrate calculator to get your min-average-max bitrates and encode VBR.
Steve Mann
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Pricewise, RX is close to the cost of Sony’s Spectral Layers. How would you rate/compare RX to SL? If you could only buy one for general noise fixing, which would you buy and why?
I like the spectral concept because I do record some dance recitals and they invariably have a tap number or two. If I could enhance the tap without PZM microphones that would be a plus.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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Last question first, download the free Avid DNxHD codec and you can freely exchange media between Avid and Vegas.
Disk space may not be the problem unless you have divided it into partitions. Generally you should have at least 2X free space in your TMP folder as your final render will consume. So if you are encoding a 200Mb file, then your TMP folder should have 400Mb free.
The next time you get the Windows error that Vegas has stopped working (this is Windows 7’s version of the BSOD), before you close the program, go to “Run” and enter resmon. In Resource Monitor in the Overview tab, look for “Vegas120”. Right click on Vegas120 and select “Analyze Wait Chain”. This will tell you if it’s a Windows process that is stopping you.
You can turn off GPU support in Options/Preferences in the Video tab. If your codec works with GPU support (such as AVCHD), then you can select GPU or not in “Customize Template” and in the Video tab, look for “Encode Mode”.
I believe that the GPU support in the Options/Preferences is for preview, and the “Render As” template GPU selection is specific to the encoder in use. Personally, I think that GPU support should *NOT* be turned on until you are confident that everything else in Vegas is working to your satisfaction.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com