[Terry Nahirny]

Could you explain twittering please?

t.

[Terry Nahirny]

Mike has good advice with recording a new vocal track, however, if that’s not possible….

you can run the song through an equalizer and remove the low and high frequencies and boost the mid frequency of the voice. Depending on what is in the music you should be able boost the vocal frequencies and reduce the unwanted music frequencies. This may or may not work well enough and depends again on the music in the song.

it’s worth a try for sure -works for me in the studio here to a point. whether it’ll work well enough for your lip sinc software….??

t.

[Terry Nahirny]

Tks KB,

So a 24p DVDA render and a rented commercial DVD are all mpeg 2 compression files?

So the Vegas project settings are really just for cpu workflow load and previewing? They won’t affect the way it is rendered then? It doesn’t matter the different formats on the timelines then either?

Is it better to have DV on a seporate track then the HDV track?

Would I be thinking correctly that shooting progressive vs interlaced should get rid of flickering and interlacing issues?

Gosh I’ve got a lot of questions! I’m really enjoying video production but I’m really picky on quality. I’m learning as much as possible these days. I appreciate everyone’s input greatly.

The Cow is great! A wonderful tool I’m on almost everyday.

t.

[Terry Nahirny]

Tks DSE!

Your answers are helping me understand the process. A few more q’s if you don’t mind.

Are all commercial DVD’s mpeg 2 then?

So I should be editing in Vegas with upperfield selected, but leave the DVDA render template to lowerfield?

I was under the impression that graphics should be set to the same field as your project, but I’ll try rendering as progressive.

I’ve noticed that I see horrible interlacing lines on fast moving objects in my footage and on clips that I’ve slowed down in the timeline. Should I deinterlace those spots? Can I intermingle progressive/interlaced/deinterlaced footage on the same timeline?

I also am seeing a significant amount of flickering on footage with grass and gravel(smaller objects). Is this possibly the cameras (HC7) weakness or is it a rendering issue?

tks, t

[Terry Nahirny]

Tks for the specs!

2.16ghz duo is fast enough for previewing at full? I don’t suppose you’ve tried to capture CineformHD through your laptop? They recommend using a 2.8ghz processor and it doesn’t seem that Cineform utalized duo core.

What do you think about Hp’s new pc?

https://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/computer_can_series.do?storeName=computer_store&category=notebooks&a1=Brand&v1=HP+Pavilion&series_name=HDX_series

tks,

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[Terry Nahirny]

Tks for the response Cuervo!

Still haven’t decided on a macbookpro or a pc. HP is coming out with a huge laptop this month with a 20″ screen, 512mb video card, up to 2.8ghz dual core, 4mb ram, HD drive.

It seems like most people are having downers with Vista and Vegas. Still would like to hear of anyone using them successfully.

What’s your specs on your Inspiron?

tks,

t.

[Terry Nahirny]

Brian hey!

Just saw your post today -sorry.

I’m really trying to understand how interlacing needs to function from shooting to rendering.

If I understand correctly, I should not be blending if I’m rendering to DVD because the rendering will interlace it again?

I’ve checked the average bps within custom and it’s default is set to 6,000,000. Should I bump that up to 8,000,000 for max quality?

I’ll try some tests today to see if there is any differences.

I’m having some issues with my text looking very interlaced and flickery as well -any ideas on what to do with that? Should those media text events be set to interlaced or none?

tks,

t.

[Terry Nahirny]

Hey Jerry,
Ya the files look amazing on Vegas timeline -very sharp HD quality. I don’t see any pixalization and don’t see any flickering in the picture.
And yes I do realize that I’m losing quality going to DVD.
Is it not possible to get clarity and quality like that of a commercial DVD with the process we’re doing?
The last test burns I did last night looked good, just not as good as when I popped in a CSI DVD. My burn has pixalation where there are lines in the picture (looks like interlacing outcome) as well as flickering on lettering on the side of a truck in the video. Is there something else I need to be doing like blurr effect?
I realize that my little HDV cam doesn’t have the clear blacks that a larger one would -does that have anything to do with why my burn looks blurrier?
I’m just wondering now if I’m rendering and burning correctly, but am missing something else.
Thanks for your time this week Jerry -I’ve appreciated much.
I’ve got my first paid video shoot coming up next month and I want to be really happy with the final burn on DVD.
I made a 20 sec video clip for my production company that looks amazing on the timeline (computer generated material-no video footage), but burns out really blotchy/pixelated and blurry like crap!
It just doesn’t look even close to commercial production logos at the front of motion pictures. I’ve read that I need to be adding a blurr effect on computer generated material -have you come across this as well?
I’ll be on my pc for the next few hours. tks, t

[Terry Nahirny]

Jerry, I’ve been doing numberous tests all night here. Tried exactly what you suggested. Captured a clip to avi w/Neo and rendered it from Vegas w/DVDA temp and burned using Nero on a different burner. I also (for comparison) burned the same DVDA file with DVDA burn on my laptop drive and after putting them back to back on 3 different players didn’t notice a bit of difference between the two burns. Quality wise -about the same results as I usually get, blurier, less defined than a commercial DVD.
I’m just finishing up one last set of test burns tonight -m2t file rendered to DVDA and burnt with DVDA compared to a converted m2t file to avi with Neo rendered to DVDA and burnt with DVDA. No noticable difference at all. Go figure! Mabe I should try to post a before and after capture shoot. Can I just paste a small pic in this box?

[Terry Nahirny]

Jerry, ya that’s what I do(haven’t had probs with the audio). DVDA doesn’t seem to render it again. DVDA says it is rendering but it quickly changes and doesn’t seem to need too. Just to confirm that I render out of Vegas with mainconcept mpeg2 and DVDA temps. Any other ideas? I’m stumped at this point. I’ve been reading many reviews online this week from HDV m2t users getting fab results on their DVD burns -I’m envious!! tks, t