Stephen Mann
Forum Replies Created
-
Does anyone know of a good way to convert firewire to USB?
Short Answer – no.
Medium Answer – Yes, it’s called a PC with a Firewire port.
Long Answer – Maybe. USB and Firewire use different protocols. USB is interrupt-driven – send a packet, receive an acknowledgement, send another packet. Firewire is DMA based. Tell the sender where the data goes and get out of the way.
Maybe this will work. I have absolutely NO experience with this, but another user tells me that it *does* capture Firewire into a USB port. If you get this, please report your experience back here for others.
Here’s what the specs say:
Capture Options
Capture from DV, HDV and Digital8 camcorders or VCRs (requires a FireWire® port)
Capture from analog camcorders, 8 mm, HI 8, VHS, SVHS, VHS-C, SVHS-C, or VCRs (NTSC/PAL/SECAM). Requires DirectShow® compatible graphic board or TV tuner board with analog (Composite or S-Video) inputs
Import from AVCHD* camcorders (requires USB 2.0 and a UDF driver)Output Options
Output to DV, HDV or Digital8 tape (requires camcorder with FireWire Input port and a PC with a DV/FireWire port)
Output to analog videotape (requires DirectShow compatible video device or video card with TV-output)
Output to Apple® iPod® and Sony® PSPâ„¢ formats*Import Formats
Video: AVCHD*, DV, HDV, AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, DivX®*, MPEG-4*, 3GP(MPEG-4)*, WMV, Non-encrypted DVD titles*
Audio: MP3, MPA, WAV, AC3*
Graphic: BMP, GIF, JPG, PCX, PSD, TGA, TIF, WMFExport Formats
Video CD (VCD) or S-VCD with optional CD burner (CD-R or CD-RW)
AVCHD*, Blu-ray BD*, HD-DVD*, DVD* disc with optional disc burner (incl. dual layer)
Apple iPod and Sony PSP compatible (MPEG-4) formats*
DV, HDV, AVI, DivX*, RealVideo® 8, WMV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4*, Flash, 3GP*, WAV, MP3* files
Dolby® Digital 2 channel* and 5.1 channel** audioSteve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com -
I’m not sure where you’re getting your information, but setting your PC’s dynamic RAM to zero will guarantee a Windows crash.
Many, many questions are apparent.
Describe your system configuration, O/S and especially how much RAM and how much hard-disk?
What are you trying to render from/to?
Has this particular “Render As” worked before?
Have you installed any new hardware or software?
Any error messages?Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com -
I’ve CTRL-Z’d back several steps. There is no limit as far as I know. At least I’ve never hit it.
BTW, if it’s on the timeline, it’s an event, not a clip.
CTRL-Z should restore any events that you’ve deleted from the timeline, but if you have deleted the media from the PC, then no amount of undo will recover it.
(In fact, I just tested it.)Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com -
I’ve never done it that way, but I tried it here and it works as expected. The recommended way is to put the subtitles into Vegas as regions. This way you have one source file. Doing it your way in DVDA means any edits in Vegas will require a matching edit in DVDA if the subtitle text or location changes.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com -
Is your C drive a RAID array? What RAID level, and why??
Run chkdsk on the C: drive.
I don’t recall from earlier posts, but is this problem a new development or has it always acted this way.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com -
Subtitles or closed captions? How are you adding them?
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com -
Look in the Project Media window. If the media is there, Vegas wants to load it.
If you are nesting veg files, then all media in *those* projects also needs to be loaded.Don’t forget to save the project (veg file) after you delete unused media from the project.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com -
How many hard-disk drives do you have and how much space is free on each of them?
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com -
#2, would probably require a script.
#1, I don’t have a Vegas session open right now, but doesn’t dragging the clip to the timeline using the right-mouse button give you this option?Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com -
I know of at least one editor who buys 1 hard drive per project and gives that to the client with a full copy of the project.
I don’t give it to the client, but that is my workflow, too. Before the flood in Taiwan, I purchased a box of 1TB Seagate Barracuda hard disk drives. I wasn’t prescient, just that at $49 each, I had to stock up. Anyway, everything I do is on HDV, so your mileage may vary. I dedicate a new hard-disk to each project, and drop that drive into a USB (2.0) external dock. I do all my editing on that drive. If I need to move the project to another PC, I just pull the hard disk from the dock and drop it into a docking station on the other PC. The drive letter is usually different, but I have a fix for that, too.
On the root of each external drive, I copy this batch file: 3603_makedriveb.bat.zip
This batch file makes the current drive look to Windows like drive B:.
When I drop the hard disk into a dock, I run this batch file and then all my file references are to drive B:, regardless of the actual drive letter assigned by Windows.My next move will be to make the batch file run automatically upon inserting the drive into the dock.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com