[Wayne Waag]

One piece of advice. Whatever you decide upon, make sure that your vendor will accept returns if you’re not satisfied. Some very well known vendors now have a policy of “replacement for defects only”. In other words, if it doesn’t work in your system, it’s your tough luck. Just a suggestion.

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[Wayne Waag]

You could use the RenderPlus tool in HappyOtterScripts. https://tools4vegas.com/ I just did a test run with your unsual project dimensions and it worked just fine. Here’ s a screen grab of the resulting video. You’ll note the dimensions of 1088 x 64 and a framerate of 25pfs. If you want to try it, there’s a free download. It’s still in beta testing and will continue past the 15 Jan date that’s shown on the website.

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[Wayne Waag]

There’s a similar question that’s just been asked on the Vegas Pro forum with pretty much the same conclusion.
https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/graphic-card-recommendation-for-vegas-17–118302/

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[Wayne Waag]

Here’s what I wrote to another with a similar question about a month ago.

“I’m sure that others may violently disagree, but It’s pretty simple IMHO. If $ is no object, just get the best Nvidia card you can afford, at a minimum a 1660 or 2060 card (I still use a 1050 ti). In other words, stay away from AMD cards. In V17 hardware decoding is supported only for Nvidia cards at the moment. Moreover, if you look at external apps that support GPU encoding, most everyone supports QuickSync and Nvenc, but virtually no one supports AMF. That may change in the future, but for the moment I’d go with an Nvidia. They also have a “studio driver” version designed for creative apps such as editing as well as the usual driver for “gaming”. One other recommendation–buy from a retailer where you can return it if not satisfied. Some well-known sellers do not permit video card returns.”

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[Wayne Waag]

It’s probably not what you want, but here’s an Elapsed Time Generator app that I wrote awhile back. https://tools4vegas.com/elapsed-time-generator-2/ It creates a sequence of time code images with an option to render to a lossless mov file with alpha that can be added as a track to your project.

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[Wayne Waag]

New version 1.0.2.66 released. Change log may be found here. https://tools4vegas.com/wp-content/uploads/HappyOtter-Change-Log.pdf

New Features

o RenderPlus

-Use of Vegas render templates to create intermediate for 10bit Avisynth filtering and x264 renders
-Image sequence with alpha and choice of bit depth (including 16bit/channel) for png, tif, and dpx
-Gif Animation encoding
-Joined file from regions now CFR—support for playback and import to timeline added

o ImportAssist

-Enhanced MKV and MP4 import including choice of audio streams, chapters, and subtitles
-Gif animation import

o GoToFile –single app that combines the previous GoToEvent and GoToMedia
o FileInfo—new tool that provides detailed media info for selected project media or timeline events
o Simplified Vegas Template Selection dialog for RenderPlus, RenderEvents, and ProxyAssist
o Quicker loading and simplified dialogs for RenderEvents and ProxyAssist
o AviDub – improved dialog logic

Bug Fixes

o Import Assist—import folder dialog not working for still images—fixed
o Audio Trim – erroneous error message after track renders—fixed
o RenderPlus—x264 render of interlaced footage crash—fixed
o AviDub—use of VFW direct renders not working–fixed

Comments are welcome

wwaag

[Wayne Waag]

No problem. Glad it’s working for you.

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[Wayne Waag]

Hi Steve,

Sorry I didn’t get an earlier notification. In any case, you can download a set of selection scripts at https://tools4vegas.com/library/. These are the text scripts from which the previous dll was created. They should work on all Magix versions of Vegas.

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[Wayne Waag]

Create a region for each “segment” and then do a batch render (using the batch render script that comes with Vegas) selecting Render Regions in the dialog.

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[Wayne Waag]

Sounds like an easy way forward to me as well.

“The proxy assist on Otter site does not show stills possibility.”

Sadly, the website is really out of date. That was the reason for the screen shot. Creating proxies for stills was introduced roughly 4 builds ago back in July. This option was added at the request one of the beta testers.

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