Vegas Video discussions from 2004 (Q1Q2)

Law Tyler · February 15th, 2004, 01:52 PM

Is that the term, when you have the volume set too high, it "topped out", and the speech sounds like it is in a can?

Well, I messed up. Is there any audio effects in Vegas that can at least improve it some?

Glenn Chan · February 15th, 2004, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Vegas does not reverse audio.

Dang, with all the other audio editing goodies you'd think Vegas would be able to do that. Oh well, I'll figure out if the open copy in audio editor thing works well.

Rob Lohman · February 15th, 2004, 03:33 PM

I've only seen this happen under the normal explorer and mostly
under Windows 2000 professional I think. Can't remember ever
having seen it under Windows XP.

Edward Troxel · February 15th, 2004, 05:07 PM

That's pretty much the ONE task it does NOT do.

As Law said, you *could* play in single speed reverse and record the timeline. But it's easier to just reverse it in Microsoft Sound Recorder.

Edward Troxel · February 15th, 2004, 05:09 PM

There's very little you can do. There's a few tools available that will help restore the peaks but you can only do so much. You'll be better off using Sound Forge to do this.

Joe Sacher · February 15th, 2004, 05:41 PM

If you invest in the Noise Reduction package from Sony, it comes with a clipped peak restoration plug-in that helps with light clipping. I've used this to fix some things that people recorded a little too hot.

Rob Lohman · February 15th, 2004, 06:26 PM

Keep in mind that SPDIF (digital out) doesn't have to transport
AC3. It can just as well transport PCM (which almost all receivers
support as well) or dts for example. A good card should have no
problem routing raw 5.1 output as PCM (which is RAW) over the
SPDIF link for your receiver.

Paul Rooney · February 15th, 2004, 06:44 PM

I'm a new user to DV and Vegas. I have been successful in capturing video from my TRV19 but have not been able to Print to tape or use the camera for external preview.

When I try and print to tape Vegas starts the camera and puts it in record mode, but the screen on the camera is blue with no video or audio signal recorded.

I am connecting to the camera via a built in 1394 port on a Nvidia Nforce based small form factor computer (Shuttle SN41).

I have the full version of Vegas 4 that I purchased in combination with the Canopus acedvio card. I have not yet installed the Acedvio car to see if that makes a difference or not.

Other than this small glitch I'm having a BLAST! playing with this software, I can't believe what you can accomplish on a PC and this affordable software.

Any ideas or tips?

Thanks,

Paul.

Law Tyler · February 15th, 2004, 08:15 PM

Thanks.

The clipping is slight, so just gonna have to put up with it.

Edward Troxel · February 15th, 2004, 09:47 PM

I strongly suspect there's a menu setting that needs to be changed on the camera. Many cameras require that YOU tell it whether the firewire is an input or an output. Also, make sure your camera is in VTR mode.

Jeff Toogood · February 16th, 2004, 10:11 AM

Hello,

I have used Vegas 3.0 for a year or so and just upgraded to 4.0e

Now for some reason when I add scene transitions they are very jerky/stuttery upon preview. Usually when I encode the project this is diminished, but not as much as I would like.

I have also been doing Picture in Picture type of editing when there is a small window with video footage overlayed on another video. The problem is the clips do not play smoothly at all in preview and make it very hard to check for audio sync.

Any ideas on what might be the problem?

Here are my computer specs:

P4 - 2.4
1 GB Ram
160 GB Drive for video editing
120 GB Drive for video output
80 GB System Drive
64MB Geforce4 4200TI Video Card
Soundblaster Audigy Sound Card

I have tried making sure my drives are defragged and I have nothing running in the background.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Edward Troxel · February 16th, 2004, 10:48 AM

To smooth out previews, you have a few options:

1) Pre-render
2) Ram render
3) Reduce the "preview quality" drop down box.

For example, if you are set to "Good (Full)", you will get a much lower framerate than at "Preview (Auto)".

Jeff Toogood · February 16th, 2004, 12:15 PM

Thanks!

What is ram render?

Edward Troxel · February 16th, 2004, 12:59 PM

Tools - Build Dynamic RAM Preview

It will render the selected section to ram so it can play back at full speed. Of course the amount you can render to ram depends on the amount of ram you have. This is where 1Gig or more can really help.

Edward Troxel · February 16th, 2004, 01:02 PM

Also, go to Options, Preferences to the Video tab and change the Dynamic RAM Preview Max to a larger number (maybe even the maximum it will allow).

NOTE: Some tools (such as Boris Red and WinMorph require this to be set to ZERO to function properly)

February 15th, 2004, 01:52 PM	#421
Law Tyler Major Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Plano, TX Posts: 204	Fix "clipping" speech Is that the term, when you have the volume set too high, it "topped out", and the speech sounds like it is in a can? Well, I messed up. Is there any audio effects in Vegas that can at least improve it some?

February 15th, 2004, 03:33 PM	#423
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	I've only seen this happen under the normal explorer and mostly under Windows 2000 professional I think. Can't remember ever having seen it under Windows XP. __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

February 15th, 2004, 06:26 PM	#427
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	Keep in mind that SPDIF (digital out) doesn't have to transport AC3. It can just as well transport PCM (which almost all receivers support as well) or dts for example. A good card should have no problem routing raw 5.1 output as PCM (which is RAW) over the SPDIF link for your receiver. __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

February 15th, 2004, 06:44 PM	#428
Paul Rooney New Boot Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 6	Print to tape problem with a Sony TRV 19 I'm a new user to DV and Vegas. I have been successful in capturing video from my TRV19 but have not been able to Print to tape or use the camera for external preview. When I try and print to tape Vegas starts the camera and puts it in record mode, but the screen on the camera is blue with no video or audio signal recorded. I am connecting to the camera via a built in 1394 port on a Nvidia Nforce based small form factor computer (Shuttle SN41). I have the full version of Vegas 4 that I purchased in combination with the Canopus acedvio card. I have not yet installed the Acedvio car to see if that makes a difference or not. Other than this small glitch I'm having a BLAST! playing with this software, I can't believe what you can accomplish on a PC and this affordable software. Any ideas or tips? Thanks, Paul.

February 16th, 2004, 10:11 AM	#431
Jeff Toogood Major Player Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: St.Thomas, Ontario, CANADA Posts: 428	Jerky Stuttery Playback on transitions Hello, I have used Vegas 3.0 for a year or so and just upgraded to 4.0e Now for some reason when I add scene transitions they are very jerky/stuttery upon preview. Usually when I encode the project this is diminished, but not as much as I would like. I have also been doing Picture in Picture type of editing when there is a small window with video footage overlayed on another video. The problem is the clips do not play smoothly at all in preview and make it very hard to check for audio sync. Any ideas on what might be the problem? Here are my computer specs: P4 - 2.4 1 GB Ram 160 GB Drive for video editing 120 GB Drive for video output 80 GB System Drive 64MB Geforce4 4200TI Video Card Soundblaster Audigy Sound Card I have tried making sure my drives are defragged and I have nothing running in the background. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

February 15th, 2004, 05:07 PM	#424
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	That's pretty much the ONE task it does NOT do. As Law said, you could play in single speed reverse and record the timeline. But it's easier to just reverse it in Microsoft Sound Recorder.

February 15th, 2004, 05:09 PM	#425
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	There's very little you can do. There's a few tools available that will help restore the peaks but you can only do so much. You'll be better off using Sound Forge to do this.

February 15th, 2004, 05:41 PM	#426
Joe Sacher Regular Crew Join Date: May 2003 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 177	If you invest in the Noise Reduction package from Sony, it comes with a clipped peak restoration plug-in that helps with light clipping. I've used this to fix some things that people recorded a little too hot.

February 15th, 2004, 08:15 PM	#429
Law Tyler Major Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Plano, TX Posts: 204	Thanks. The clipping is slight, so just gonna have to put up with it.

February 15th, 2004, 09:47 PM	#430
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	I strongly suspect there's a menu setting that needs to be changed on the camera. Many cameras require that YOU tell it whether the firewire is an input or an output. Also, make sure your camera is in VTR mode.

February 16th, 2004, 10:48 AM	#432
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	To smooth out previews, you have a few options: 1) Pre-render 2) Ram render 3) Reduce the "preview quality" drop down box. For example, if you are set to "Good (Full)", you will get a much lower framerate than at "Preview (Auto)".

February 16th, 2004, 12:15 PM	#433
Jeff Toogood Major Player Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: St.Thomas, Ontario, CANADA Posts: 428	Thanks! What is ram render?

February 16th, 2004, 12:59 PM	#434
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Tools - Build Dynamic RAM Preview It will render the selected section to ram so it can play back at full speed. Of course the amount you can render to ram depends on the amount of ram you have. This is where 1Gig or more can really help.

February 16th, 2004, 01:02 PM	#435
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Also, go to Options, Preferences to the Video tab and change the Dynamic RAM Preview Max to a larger number (maybe even the maximum it will allow). NOTE: Some tools (such as Boris Red and WinMorph require this to be set to ZERO to function properly)