Stephen Mann
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“I thought that was pretty resourceful of him. But then too, why don’t they just print the license number with your receipt when you finish the purchase?
Some software vendors do that.”
Probably because hiccups (like yours) in the existing process are exceptionally rare. If more people experienced problems registering their purchases from SCS, then they would likely explore other options.
Steve Mann
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I wouldn’t use a Drobo unless it were a gift. Nothing technical, but it’s still a proprietary RAID box. I can build my own RAID box a lot cheaper and with better capacity than a Drobo.
That said, why do you even think you need a Raid/Drobo? Terabyte disk drives are hovering right around a hundred-dollars, and I can put quite a few projects on one drive, then put them in the closet for storage. (Egghead recently sold some for $39 after rebate).
3Tb disks will be on the shelves in just a few months and 4Tb can’t be far behind them.
Steve Mann
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Does Windows and Gateway get along?
There’s your answer.
Steve Mann
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I always used Scenalyzer Live for my DV captures and HdvSplit for my DV captures.
Steve Mann
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TV is meant to be viewed from across the room. A monitor much closer. They are not interchangeable.
For example, my 22-inch (diagonal) monitor screen has a native resolution of 1680 X 1050. It looks good 15-inches from my eyes. Great actually.
My HDTV has at a resolution of 1920 X 1080, spread over 40-inches (diagonal). At 15-inches it looks like crap. High-resolution crap.
Across the room it looks very, very good.
Steve Mann
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Again, do all of your editing in Vegas, including markers, and you won’t have to do anything in DVDA but prepare and burn the DVD.
Make sure you have the markers selected in the ripple drop-down menu. If you do an edit that affects marker placement, they should ripple to match your ed.
Steve Mann
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I am not completely following your question, but if you make the MPEG2 and AC3 files in Vegas, and the markers are your chapter points, then any edits on your project other than adding or deleting a chapter/marker will not require any additional work in DVDA.
Steve Mann
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Your HDV/MiniDV camera will produce more editable files than any AVCHD camera. The quality of the images will be roughly the same.
If you are targeting an SD distribution, then do ahead and capture in DV.
Steve Mann
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“12x – default”
There’s your problem. Never, ever, ever burn a DVD at the fastest rate. (I am not aware of any DVD recordable media that will go to 12X anyway, so that may be a secondary issue – what is your blank media rated?)
I never burn faster than 4X, and in hundreds of DVD’s produced, I can count the number of coasters made using one hand. Not counting the thumb. Or pinkie finger.
Steve Mann
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“I was always under the assumption that when you render out a project as Mpeg2, your compressing everthing. Then when you bring your compressed Mpeg2 into DVDA, it’s rendered again and recompressed once more losing the picture quality. ”
No. If you encode the MPEG and AC3 files correctly in Vegas Pro, then DVDA will not require re-encoding. (MPEG is encoded, not rendered, notwithstanding that Sony put the encoding processes in the “render as” menu).
If DVDA insists on re-encoding the project, then you need to go back to DVDA and adjust your encoding parameters. Most likely to reduce your maximum bit-rate.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com