Stephen Mann
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Sounds like a codec issue. The AVI file is just a box with the video inside. Just because some new gadgets that produce an AVI file don’t work properly within Vegas doesn’t mean that Sony broke anything. It means that the gadget maker just stuffed an incompatible format video into an AVI container.
What codec does the camera use?
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You really can’t predetermine the resolution of your video that YouTube will offer after it is finished “processing” (I.E. re-encoding). That’s a decision that is made by YouTube.
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Run DvdIdentifier on your prized media. Odds are that the name on the box is not the name of the manufacturer. I’ve found TDK discs in Verbatim boxes.
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“Name brand from then on, no issues…Verbatum, Memorex, & Sony for me.”
Who Really Makes the Disc?
Realize that most media is produced by a relatively small number of factories, located in several different places. These factories are mostly present in Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, China and India. There are more, but those are the largest ones. The best media generally comes from Japan, Taiwan and Singapore. The worst typically comes from China and Malaysia.
Understand that the blank disc brand means almost nothing. Apple is a great brand, but they do not make their own discs, instead outsourcing to a company like Mitsubishi Chemicals. Common companies like Memorex, Maxell and Imation all outsource to media vendors.
It is the media ID that is important, as it reveals the disc manufacturer. Unfortunately, this is not written on packaging or anywhere else. Companies want consumers to be oblivious to this sort of behind-the-scenes information.
I recommend the freeware “DVD Identifier” available from:
https://www.afterdawn.com/software/cd_dvd/dvd_tools/dvd_identifier.cfmSteve Mann
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Why are you running chkdsk?
If your computer runs it automatically every time you start the PC, then you have some real serious PC problems.Steve Mann
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Sounds like a computer problem.
Vegas is non-destructive. That means that your media is never changed. All editing is recorded in the veg file. So, if your PC is trashing the veg file, then make multiple copies of it.Steve Mann
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Vegas has never been backwards compatible. Is there a reason that their V10 work has to be compatible with all 12 seats? It may be too late now to take advantage of the $139 per seat upgrade to 10, but that’s the obvious choice.
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I think that I always was going to get the low-end laptop, but I was hoping that someone had a must-have reason that I would want an iPad in the house.
Steve Mann
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