Stephen Mann
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I don’t know about MXF – never used it. But my tip above only applies to Dolby encoded audio. If the client never complained about the audio levels, then you are probably OK.
Steve Mann
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Welcome to Dialnorm
In the Custom Settings for Dolby AC3, bump the Dialog Normalization to -30
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I’ve never done it, but it should work. I just ran my Bitrate Calculator and got the following encoding bitrates for 600 minutes of video on a single-sided BD disc:
Maximum 46400 kb/s
Average 5050 kb/s
Minimum 2000 kb/sYou do realize, though, that it will only play on a BD player.
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I don’t recall where, but there is an automatic crossfade added to the ends of cut events. You can turn it off.
Or you could open your project file with all the original events, and just render the audio to a new WAV file, then use it on your final composition.
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That’s a good question. On both of my editing PC’s here the max available is the installed RAM on the PC.
Steve Mann
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Editing is really nothing to the PC, but encoding (Render As menu) is very resource intensive.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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What OS? With only 2Gb of RAM, I am suspecting XP.
Your PC is barely adequate for editing h.264 footage.Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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That sounds genuinely strange – what are your computer specs and what version of Vegas are you using? also what is your project material source?
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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When a program appears to hang, use the Resource Monitor (run/resmon) to see what the program is waiting for.
Open Resource Monitor, find the Vegas112.exe process, right click on it and select “Analyze Wait Chain”. Normally this should be empty, but if there is something in the wait chain, it may provide a clue.Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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OK, some new information here.
Red screen is an indication of low resources. (RAM + Pagefiles).
How big is your Pagefile?Gracie – 80-degrees is not hot – my CPU gets over 100 during an encode.
Encoding a 30-second project shouldn’t tax a system with 53Gb of free disk space, but around here when there is less than 100Gb, the disk is, for all practical uses, full. On the other hand, if you are using a high bitrate and a lot of image files, you could be simply running out of hard-disk space. As Grazie said, “is this your only hard disk”? If this is a desktop PC, then run to your nearest electronics emporium and buy a second drive. You should be able to get a 2Tb drive for less than $100. If it’s a laptop, then buy an external drive for it. USB3 if your laptop supports it.
Out of curiosity – when Vegas appears to halt, go into the resource monitor (run/resmon), find the “vegas112.exe” and right-click on it then select “Analyze Wait Chain”. This should be blank, but if not, then the stalled process may provide a clue.
Look at the “Memory” tab. In the graph at the bottom, how much memory is “in use”? If while encoding this approaches 100% then you are using your Pagefile which could be why you are getting the red-screen if there’s not enough hard disk to hold a dynamic Pagefile.
While you’re in Resource Monitor you can click on the “Memory” tab. Click on the header for “Commit” to sort on that column. This tells you which processes are eating your resources. It’s most likely to be your browser. (I do not run a browser on my editing PC).
One last thing? Is your PC overclocked?
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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