Stephen Mann
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For a DVD, you want to use the Main Concept MPEG2 “Save as type” and the “DVD Architect NTSC Widescreen video stream” preset.
Steve Mann
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You Tube will make your video either 4:3 or 16:9, whichever You Tube decides is closest to your project. You have little control over how You Tube re-encodes the video. If you want a 16:9 You Tube video you have to upload a 16:9 video.
And that little sliver of white on the side is likely to only bother you.
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I would make the frame in Photoshop and put it on the top layer of your project.
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Yes, just remove and reinstall the program.
As far as processors go, you want the fastest processor and as much RAM that you can afford. That honor moves back and forth between Intel and AMD. Currently the Intel i7 dominates, but the AMD hex-core is no slouch either. AMD has a processor in the pipeline that by the end of the year the trophy may swap again.
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Start with a bigger picture.
If your picture is something like 320X180 pixels, when you zoom in it’s still 320X180 pixels. But because you’re trying to display it in a large frame, say 640X360 pixels, then the picture will double-up on the displayed pixels.When you zoom-in you are just blowing up the available pixels. Start with an image in the *ending* size and resolution.
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If I remember correctly, the XL1 records four-channels of 12-bit audio (the only prosumer camera that does), so your external mic may be on channel 3 or 4, which the capture program in Vegas won’t import.
Scenalyzer Live does capture four channels of audio.
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Quite likely you don’t have the codec for the video in your PC.
*** DO NOT *** install a “codec pack”. They tend to replace good codecs installed by Vegas with inferior ones.
Find the freeware gspot to determine what codec you need, then find that codec.
Alternately, there is some freeware that may convert the camera file into a format that Vegas will recognize. Find out what codec the camera uses and someone here can suggest something to convert the files.
Steve Mann
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4-hr, 20-min is quite long even for a 2-sided DVD. But you have left out your workflow, so there’s nothing for us to go on for a guess.
Steve Mann
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[Jerry Rio] “I just got this new camera which shoots in the AACVD format.”
I think you mean AVCHD:
Video Format : HD: MPEG4-AVC/H.264 AVCHD 2.0 format compatible (1080/60p:original format); STD: MPEG2-PSEncode your video (“Render As”) in the same format that you shoot: 1920×1080/60p, 24p, or 1440×1080/60i. YouTube is going to re-encode it anyway.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com