Can someone suggest how to render A1 video mixed with 5D? I am shooting with the A1 in 30f and encode my 5D files with neoscene. I am guessing I should have to stay progressive? Interlaced. upper field first? 1920 x 1080? 1440 x1080? I have been trying to render two projects for almost 2 weeks unsuccessfully in Vegas. Any advice would be appreciated.

Anthony,

I've been mixing XLH1, HV30 and 5d2 footage together using Neoscene to Vegas 8.0c with no problems. I shoot strictly 60i on the HDV cameras though. The project properties I use are:

I use the HDV 1080-60i template (1440x1080, 29.97 fps) which defaults at Upper field first and PAR of 1.333, Blend Fields. I use 8-bit pixel format - I tried 32-bit floating point but it didn't work for me.

I render to 1440x1080 .avi and resize using VirtualDub to 720x405 for SD-DVD and to Mpg4 1280x720 for Vimeo/Youtube.

This is probably more of a Vegas thing than a 5d thing. (Oh, I was just over at the Vegas Forum and see you've been trying to resolve it over there).

I'm thinking it MAY be an issue with the 30f as opposed to 60i. Also, Vegas 8.0c seems a hell of a lot more stable the V9.

I would suggest (just a suggestion) try shooting some 60i footage and dropping it into an HDV timeline with your converted files from the 5d. There's absolutely no reason that it shouldn't work... Hell, I've been doing it. If that works then at least you can begin to isolate the problem.

Anthony, I just read your Vegas posts... Not sure why I didn't get involved over there. I thought you had it under control. And I just read your OP which said this is Wedding footage. Yikes!

Just a suggestion. Can you edit each source separately, and render as an .avi to 1440x180 - then they will be a common format and then you can bring them back into Vegas as .avi, that should play together nicely.

I just finished a wedding that mixed all 3 of my cameras (XLH1, HV30, and 5d2), in an HDV timeline - without problems - so the only variable in your case is the 30f as opposed to 60i.

This light test between the HV30 and the 5d2 was edited in a 1440x180 HDV timeline.

5Dmk2 vs HV30 low light test on Vimeo (http://www.vimeo.com/6014123)

Thanks a lot Ken. I will try your suggestions today. I've bee shooting in 30f because I thought it would match better with the 5D footage. I'll keep you posted.

Hey Ken,
Well I managed to squeak out a couple of renders in of the 5D & 30f rendered to 60i. I have a 20 minute project shot in 60i. That just won't happen. I can't get past 6% in Vegas 8C or 9b. Can you tell me what your pixel aspect ratio is on your 5D and A1 clips? Mine are 1.333 HDV 1080 for the A1 and 1.000 square for the 5D files is this right?

Anthony,

You should forget about Vegas 9 altogether for now. See this thread.

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/what-happens-vegas/328504-what-wrong.html

I would try editing the 5d footage in an HDV 1440x1080 PAR 1.333 template timeline in Vegas 8.0c. I've done it, it works.

Just to back up a bit. You are transferring the 5d footage from your camera or card reader, storing it on your hard drive and then converting the footage to avi using Neoscene?

"Just to back up a bit. You are transferring the 5d footage from your camera or card reader, storing it on your hard drive and then converting the footage to avi using Neoscene?"

Yes, this is what I am doing. I also apply color correction and a color curve to the track. I read somewhere that this might be a problem. I am using a Quad core 9200 with 4gb RAM.

Anthony,

The CC may slow it down a little but not cause crashes. You're using way more processing power than me. I'm running Vegas 8.0c on a dual core e6600 with 2gb of ram, so there is no way that you don't have enough horsepower to run Vegas 8. From what I've read, V9 won't well with that setup.

I don't know if this is any use to you. Here's how I did it in Liquid:

Test of 5D mark 2 and XH A1 on same timeline in Avid Liquid on Vimeo (http://www.vimeo.com/6312993)

Hey Anthony,
I have had color correction and color curves kill several renders with mixed A1 and 5dII footage. I have found that if I mix the cams and formats that I have to render without full track effects. That has solved my render issues.
this is mixed footage with no render issues...
This is a password protected video on Vimeo (http://www.vimeo.com/6214596) password is drbeth
Bill

Richard,

Your link about incorporating the 5D and XHA1 into an Avid Liquid timeline was deleted on 9/15, can you make that available again? Thanks.