Stephen Mann
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MKV is just another container. Here’s a link to more information on video containers than most of us will ever need:
https://www.afterdawn.com/glossary/term.cfm/container
Steve Mann
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I have used Vegas to lip sync music videos – being able to play video and record audio at the same time really makes it easy. It works great for voiceover recordings and ADR.
However, I really think that you are obsessing over a really inconsequential issue. In my ten years of using Vegas, this is the first time anyone has ever brought up the pixellation of a resized preview window as a problem.
Did anyone else in your group see the problem before you pointed it out to them? I’ll bet not.
I’m not denying that the preview windows pixellates, I am just not sure *why* it’s such a show-stopper. It’s PREVIEW, not your final product.
Steve Mann
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I just saw an interview with Parker and Stone in Wired Magazine where they described how they created South Park characters with construction paper, and that they still do it this way.
I’ve never done it, but here’s how I would approach it:
For each phoneme, play the timeline and hit the “M” key when the “Oh” (for example) should appear. Then slide an “oh” frame to the marker. Clear the markers and do it again for the next phoneme.
When done, stretch the phoneme frames on the timeline to fill in the blank spaces.
I would really like to see your finished project, and to know how you did it.
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[dusty powers] ” would Vegas ask me if I want to convert the file?”
Vegas will never ask you to convert a file format. If you have the right CODECs installed, then Vegas can pretty much take anything on the timeline. You want your project properties set to represent what our output will be.
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[Mike Kujbida] “Sorry to hear about what is unfortunately a known problem with no real solution :(“
Mike – I’m not sure about that. I have never heard of a veg file going bad, so if it’s a “known problem”, it’s escaped my attention for ten years.
I do agree that backups of the veg file should be sequentially numbered. They are small enough that I would really like to see it as an option.
OP – First, look for a backup or older veg file. I, too, have lost weeks of work, but it was my own fault for not making backups of my project files on a different hard disk, then my project drive died.
Steve Mann
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[Jay Patel] “Any suggestions?”
Yes, try another player.
Steve Mann
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It sounds like you have a problem with your PC. Both of the errors you listed are from Windows, not from Vegas.
Is this a new symptom or has it always behaved this way?
What happens if you start over with a blank timeline?
How much RAM and how much hard-disk space do you have?Steve Mann
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AVI is just the container. You can put any video format into an avi file. Look for the free program: “mediainfo” to see what CODEC was used to create the file.
Steve Mann
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There’s no need to uninstall, just reinstall. But first, what is “it” in “it just shuts down”. The PC, the program, the room lights, your cat? And is there any error message or other symptoms?
Something you can try first: Hold CTRL-SHIFT when you click on the Vegas icon. This does a “reset” of all Vegas parameters.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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The push analogy was that you can’t push more processor resources to Vegas. The program will use whatever it needs. Dual core processors typically have CPU usage running 90-100% when rendering or encoding because there isn’t enough processor available for Vegas.
The default affinity is for all processes and programs to use all cores. This is the most efficient. I’m not sure about the 4Gb story, but I haven’t ever seen any supporting documentation. I don’t know where you would dedicate RAM to Vegas – the program uses all the RAM it needs. Are you confusing it with the Ram Preview setting? This is RAM that is only reserved for preview buffering (CTRL-B). It’s also used if you loop on a region, (Ctrl-Q).
Keep in mind that the Windows CPU usage is only a snapshot taken every second, so you really only see an average.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com