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Read this thread. https://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/showmessage.asp?messageid=937493.
Bottom line. If you want a laptop for editing, you’ll pay roughly twice as much for half the computing power when compared to a desktop. It all depends on your needs and pocketbook.
wwaag
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I’d be happy to share them. Just know that they require installation of Avisynth and Virtualdub and that you will have to make some changes to the scripts. If you’re a member of the Sony Vegas Pro forum, they do permit PM’s so communication is a lot simpler. If not, it might be worthwhile to join since it is another valuable forum for Vegas users.
wwaag
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Rick,
That was a very nice description of your workflow and rationale. I went through a similar exercise a few years ago in an attempt to archive my footage. I began filming with the arrival of our daughter in 1986 and have continued ever since. Fortunately (I think), I started with 8 and later, Hi8 footage rather than VHS which made the conversion to DV a lot easier. Surprisingly, the original tapes show little signs of deterioration, except for a few Hi8s.
Although tedious, learning to use Avisynth and Virtudaldub in concert with Vegas has really opened up lots of possibilities. In my view, the noise reduction scripts written by John Meyer are far superior to Neat Video which, in comparison, destroys a lot of scene detail. Plus, as you point out, they don’t cost anything, other than your time to learn to use them.
One thing you might consider for the future, now that you use Proshow, is the integration of stills with your old video. Rather than losing the resolution of my still pictures, I have taken the route of up-rezzing the video. A good compromise for project settings seems to be 720 60P–still pictures are reasonably sharp and the video maintains its temporal resolution. The key to making it work well is the choice of de-interlacers. Using Avisynth, QTGMC really gives good results, especially when you use its Source Match or Lossless options. Then a Spline36Resize to 960 by 720 and render using a lossless codec. Once in Vegas, there are lots of options to get rid of the black bars if you choose to do so.
Again, thanks for taking the time to provide your workflow. Hopefully, it will be of use to other forum members.
wwaag
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Just for grins, try turning your GPU off if you are using it.
wwaag
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Just to be clear, you want to save “parts” of your DVD (presumably 720 x 480) so you can delete the entire file. In that case, render the “parts” using a lossless codec such as Lagarith, UT Video or Magic YUV, to name a few for best quality. If the resulting file sizes are too large, you could render using codecs such as Cineform, or even DV although there will be some loss of quality. Although I’ve never used it for SD, you might try Sony MXF. Lots of choices. See what works best for you.
wwaag
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[Rick]
So glad you finally completed your project and that it was well-received by your family. Comments from loved ones truly make the effort worthwhile. Congrats.
wwaag
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Very odd indeed. Suggest you create a short loop region around the problem event and do a test render for that loop–just to rule out that it is not just a Vegas “preview” problem.
wwaag
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If you edit your DVD clips in a separate project, the easiest way is to simply “copy” the edited events from that project and “paste” those directly onto the timeline in your AVCHD project. There is no need to render to an intermediate.
wwaag
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And a Merry Christmas from my house to yours and a fervent hope that the New Year brings a softening of those hearts filled with hatred and intolerance. Just Imagine.
wwaag
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The default MainConcept Bluray render template has an average bit rate of 25 mbps with a max of 40 mbps. The max bit rate for Sony AVC is roughly 22 mbps. For Handbrake renders, I usually set the average bit rate to 22 mbps. Alternatively, you can use a Constant Quality setting and the average bit rate is usually much lower. Bit rates for MPEG-2 are usually higher, but no more than 35 mbps. Again, I would try playing the file you’ve already rendered. If it works great. If not, you can always re-render at a lower bit rate setting. My Sony Blu-ray player successfully plays XAVC S files which have a bit rate of 50 mbps, so maybe yours will work. Just try it.
wwaag