[Steve Kauzlarich]

Happy Otter tool is AWESOME and one heck of a deal for $79! I use it all the time on older footage to deinterlace, uprez, sharpen and more. Much better than Vegas tools that supposedly do the same thing. It uses virtualdub, avisynth and other older proven toolsets as well as scripts that operate within Vegas. And Wayne is great for tech support and adding features that people recommend and need.

Steve Kauzlarich

[Steve Kauzlarich]

Francois – I think it’s the audio track in Andrew’s posted video. The music sounds a bit muddied. Hard to tell with music that may have been recompressed along the way. YouTube’s compression is very accurate these days. Here’s one of mine from 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7RvatSALX0

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[Steve Kauzlarich]

Cool video Andrew! The link works, but not through Cow. Just copy/paste it into browser.

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[Steve Kauzlarich]

Karl:

I use a Sony GV -200 Digital 8 deck to capture Hi-8. The deck does a superb job, but the only drawback is that it doesn’t capture PCM audio. So when necessary, I’m using my EVO-9720 to capture audio, as the 9720 has capacitor problems and the video is bad.

For DV I use a Sony GV-HD700/1 which works fine. I bought both of these decks new just before they were discontinued, knowing that at some point I would need to digitize hundreds of tapes. And BTW – tapes going back to 1992 work just as they did when shot. No dropout, they just played back. I’m sure you can find both decks on eBay.

Also, I located an application (actually several that work as one), which converts 60i avi files, and 60i HD files to 60p. The fields are converted to frames and interpolated into full frames and saved to mp4. All other deinterlacers are JUNK in my opinion. It was written by a talented amateur programmer named Al, and it does a superb job.

Like most on this board I’m a perfectionist, but I was astounded by the quality and clarity of the video. At 60p, the Hi8 and DV takes on a whole new look and they become ALIVE! The file size of the Hi8 .mp4 avi files are about 1/5 the size of the original capture. Al is currently working on a feature that will uprez during the conversion process.

Here’s the link: https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/370304-How-do-convert-a-Digital8-AVI-to-play-on-a-Roku3
Scroll down to the post by “AL” at 19th Feb 2015 18:42. You won’t be disappointed.

Steve Kauzlarich

[Steve Kauzlarich]

Glad you found the solution Larry! It would have driven me nuts too.

I still use the MRC1 with my Z5Us when I need them as back up cams, or with my V1u at airshows (because of the 740mm lens). I’ll use my X-180, and hopefully the Z190 going forward. The maximum focal length is close to the V1u on the X180, and the same on the Z190. Plus I can shoot in 60p.

Steve Kauzlarich

[Steve Kauzlarich]

I’ve used the MRC1 quite a lot. Normally, I reformat the drive evertime I use it (which you probably do as well).

My guess is that you’ll have to take the 2 second glitch “hit”. It’s probably better than spending a bunch of time trying to resolve the problem with a very old technology that had a hickup.
Steve

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[Steve Kauzlarich]

Have yoiu tried https://vegasaur.com/ ? It’s loaded with scripts.
Steve

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[Steve Kauzlarich]

Hi Edward:

Thanks for the feedback. I’ve never saved titles from the built-in Vegas titlers, unless I wanted to use them over again later. But it’s different with New Blue.

Although it does share the title cell concept with the Vegas titlers, the difference is that once the title is lost and all you have is an empty “enter text” box when you open Vegas, you have to remember exactly what the title or graphic that was in the now empty box and regenerate it all over again. This happened randomly and often, even if I simply rebooted the computer before rendering a project. So the only safe thing to do was to save the file as a template.

I figure that the reason that this was occuring is that a link between NB and Vegas was being lost somewhere and I have no idea how to re establish it. Since this hasn’t happened to me in NB6 yet, I’m hopeful that it is finally fixed. But I’m still saving titles, at least for now.
Steve

Steve Kauzlarich

[Steve Kauzlarich]

I’ve had “Enter Text” problem since using NB. Many emails to NB, and then many more. They even had me place a log checking application on my computer that I’ve sent that to them when a problem occurred. I’ve suggested a number of application changes to NB, including offering user preferences.

I’m in business and this issue is a real problem. Working on a large video with a client and opening the project the next day to continue editing and seeing “enter text” where your titles once were is unacceptable and a time killer. I must check the entire timeline after closing, even if no changes were made, to check all the graphics before rendering.

I purchased NB6 as soon as it was introduced. I haven’t seen the “enter text” problem since, but I don’t trust NB at all. I’m using lots of shapes such as boxes, arrows and circles, and it’s a snap with NB. Great program, but…

I’ve developed a workflow that insures that when my titles are lost I can easily get them back. I don’t like the template/shared nonsense that NB offers. I don’t need it and I don’t want it turned on. But there is no option to shut it off. So here’s my workflow – which is a necessary hassle.

– Drag a NB cell onto the timeline

– Create a title and save it as a template. The best I can figure this is the only way to save an individual NB title. Copy the name of the title.

– Go to Vegas, select the properties for the textbox and paste the name of the NB title into the properties name for the cell. That way if the “enter text” box ever comes back, I can open the NB file that I saved and regenerate the title, plus I know what was in the blank cell in vegas. I save all NB titles in a folder on my D drive.

– I also unshare each title in the templates box because I don’t want one graphic affecting a chain of previous graphics that I might be unaware of. It seem that many times if I open a title it turns on the “shared” button, and I don’t always see it. I don’t really know the implications. There is no good tutorials or documentation on NBs logic or operation that I can find. Only bits and pieces of information can be located and the rest you must figure out.

Other bugs have been worked out of NB6, but I don’t trust it for a second. I use it because I don’t know of another titling program that can do simple shapes for Vegas. NB does do other cool things as well. You can use Photoshop, but that’s even more of a hassle than NB. If anyone has anymore insight into NB – or knows of another graphics program, please let me know. It’d be worth the time to look into it.

Steve Kauzlarich

[Steve Kauzlarich]

Thanks for the suggestions guys.

I have been working with Caleb (and once with Edward) for several months off and on. Caleb had me download a special version of the program about 3 months ago that tracks NBs antics via logs. I sent in log files a couple of times to them with no reply except an automated response that says ‘we haven’t heard from you, are you still having problems’. I’ve also sent them screen shots as requested. I rebuilt the NetFramework and disabled the OFXBridgeB64.dll.

Generally, they want me to reproduce the steps that led up to the “Enter Text” disconnect problem, which of course is not possible, because it happens randomly. In fact – it happened on four titles this morning.

I have detailed other issues in the program such a the default “shared” button which the user should be able to set in the preferences box as to whether they want it on or off.

Also, many times when I use control Z in Vegas, the NB interface pops open, and if you just close it without being careful, the “shared” box is active… and I don’t know what changes that I may have made to other titles.

I’ve also noticed that the “enable cache for this title” and “only cache Region of interest (ROI)” appear as checked randomly even it I have unchecked them.

So, at least on my system (Boxx, SSD “C” drive, 8 core, 32 gigs of ram) inconsistent things are happening. I’ve dealt with other titling programs in the past which were also buggy, and after purchasing the latest and greatest suite from NB, I was hoping that I wouldn’t be put in the position of bug tester again. I need to get work done.

The bottom line with the “Enter Text” issue is that NB is losing its reference (or connection) with Vegas. I’m not a programmer, but it would seem that they could have made more progress with this issue since I purchased it 9 months ago. I have read about the Enter Text problem for a year or so.

Thanks again,
Steve

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