[Wayne Waag]

If there is audio then select the first piece of video media and then hold SHIFT down and select the last piece of video media so that only video media is selected..

This will not work if you have multiple video tracks with events scattered about or if you have audio tracks intermixed with video tracks. Here is a very simple script that I prepared that selects all video events. Just run the script and then go to Edit:Switches:Disable Resample. Done.

/**
* Program: SelectAllVideoEvents.js
* Description: This script will select all video events.
* Written by Wayne Waag June 3 2015.
* Based on Original Script by John Rofrano 2004
**/

import Sony.Vegas;
import System.Windows.Forms;

try
{
// step through all the tracks
for (var track in Vegas.Project.Tracks)
{
// Step through all events
for (var evnt in track.Events)
{
// Check to see if selected track is Video
if (track.IsVideo())
{
evnt.Selected = true;
}
else
{
evnt.Selected = false;
}
}
}
}
catch (errorMsg)
{
MessageBox.Show(errorMsg, "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
}

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[Wayne Waag]

A good tip, except that it doesn’t work if there are any audio events on the timeline–the resample boxes are greyed out. You must select only video events–at least on V13.

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[Wayne Waag]

I can’t find a way to render AAC outside of the Sony AVC/AAC renderer.

Very simple. Select any Sony AVC template. Then customize. On the video tab, simply “uncheck” the Include Video box. Then go to the audio tab to customize however you want. Then save as a Preset and you can now render out AAC audio any time you want.

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[Wayne Waag]

Vegasaur will do this. Also there are some free scripts. Here is the link to a recent discussion on the Vegas Pro forum

https://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?ForumID=4&MessageID=922464

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[Wayne Waag]

So long as your source is progressive, Vegas ignores this setting, so your three renders should be identical. Glad to be of help.

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[Wayne Waag]

So long as you’re recording progressive video, which I presume you are, it really doesn’t matter. It is of importance only if your source is interlaced and you are rendering to a progressive format. In that case, you need to choose which de-interlacing algorithm Vegas uses–either blend fields or interpolate fields.

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[Wayne Waag]

Hyperlapse has also been applied to Google Streetview Maps.

https://petapixel.com/2013/04/09/create-a-gorgeous-hyperlapse-video-with-google-street-view-photographs/

Apparently, the code is open source.

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[Wayne Waag]

I don’t know of any way to do this within Vegas. I’ve also had this problem so here are a couple of very simple scripts I’ve written that will enable you to do this.


//Move Cursor Right by 1 Frame
import Sony.Vegas;
var addFrames : int
addFrames=1;
Vegas.Transport.CursorPosition = Vegas.Transport.CursorPosition + Timecode.FromFrames(addFrames);



//Move Cursor Left by 1 Frame
import Sony.Vegas;
var addFrames : int
addFrames=1;
Vegas.Transport.CursorPosition = Vegas.Transport.CursorPosition - Timecode.FromFrames(addFrames);

To use these in Vegas, you need to do the following:

1. Open Notepad. Copy each script and Paste into Notepad. Save each file with a .js extension, not a .txt extension. The file names I used are “MoveCursorLeft 1 frame.js” and “MovecursorRight 1 Frame.js”, although you can save them to any name you choose.
2. Copy these two files into the following directory: “C:\Program Files\Sony\Vegas Pro 13.0\Script Menu”
3. Open Vegas. If Vegas is already open, you will need to Rescan the Script Menu by selecting “Tools, Scripting, Rescan Script Menu Folder.
4. Under Options, Select Customize Keyboard. Once the window opens, select the Global Tab. Then scroll down until you find the two scripts that were created. In turn select the script and add whatever shortcut keys you like. I would suggest using Alt-Left Arrow for moving one frame left and Alt-Right Arrow for moving one frame right. In this way, you would use the same shortcut keys that Vegas uses in TrackView and Trimmer mode. In fact, you will see the other two shortcuts in the box.

That’s it. I’ve tried it in the pan-crop window and it seems to work OK. You don’t have to move the cursor or click on the Transport Area. One interesting thing is that once you’ve run the script inside the pan/crop window, you can then simply use the right and left arrow keys to move one frame. I have no idea why this happens. In any case, hope this works for you. Good luck.

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[Wayne Waag]

Jim,

You seem to have a basic misunderstanding about “smart-rendering”. The OP for this thread wanted to know about simply cutting commercials from a recorded video without re-rendering the entire file. In simple terms, a “smart-render” renders only the changed parts of the video and copies the unchanged parts. In this way, generational loss is minimized. In the second post, John Rofrano lists the only formats that Vegas will smart-render.

Converting NTSC to PAL is a completely different kettle of fish that has nothing to do with smart-rendering. Perhaps you should start a new thread focused on this particular problem. Here is a link to a thread on the Vegas Pro forum that discusses such conversions.

https://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?ForumID=4&MessageID=909594

Of interest is the claim that PAL blu-ray players will also play NTSC-formatted blu-rays. I have no idea, but if that’s true, then keeping it at 60i would avoid conversion problems. Perhaps someone with experience in doing such conversions could comment. In any case, good luck.

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[Wayne Waag]

You need to be more specific in terms of your source footage–frame size, frame rate, interlaced or progressive, etc. Also your project settings and what render templates you are using. From your last post, one could infer that you might be trying to convert from NTSC to PAL (60 to 50)?? In any case, you need to provide more information.

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