Vegas Video discussions from 2005 (Q1Q2)

[Philippe Gosselin]

Hi all,


Just went from Athlon XP to Athlon 64 , new mobo and ram.

In this case would you recommand reinstalling Vegas or not

Thanks

[Glenn Chan]

If you switched your motherboard, windows will likely BSOD on startup.

To avoid this, see http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/...4/m/1400925745
Swapping your board without so much as a reinstall (243kB of images)

2- You probably don't need to re-install Vegas in my opinion.

[John C. Thompson]

Hi guys, just quick question. I use a Canon GL2 and I have been using Vegas 5.0 on a PC for a while now. Im wondering if I should be rendering into MPG2 or AVI before making my DVD's? I have been rendering into AVI and have not had a problem but should I be using MPG2 instead? And what is the difference if any? Thanks !!

[Glen Elliott]

None I just accidently rendered a few as PCM.

[Michael Wisniewski]

You should render directly to MPEG2, that way you only have to render once. You'll also have to render the audio to an AC3 file. Make sure that the MPEG2 file and the matching AC3 file have the same name, except for their extensions.

There are settings in Vegas for rendering to DVDA MPEG2/AC3 . If you need to render multiple files try a multirender script

[Edward Troxel]

I would either re-render those to AC3 in Vegas or just allow DVDA to convert them.

[Leo Anderson]

I use an Albatron FX 5200 to run two monitors off of one AGP slot.

It's works great with Vegas 5 and it's powerfull enough for a quick game of Call of Duty every now and then.

As an added bonus, it includes the DVI to VGA adapter for the second monitor in the box.

It's pretty cheap too, newegg has it for about $57.00 right now with shipping.

[Philippe Gosselin]

Thanks for the heads up Glenn.


My switch went as smooth as it could get , the fact that the new mobo and a Via chipset as old one had probably explains a lot.

There is a couple of games that i had to reinstall , that's why I was wondering about Vegas as well , knowing some software went hayware i just thought that maybe Vegas would too.

All looks clear then

Thanks

[Douglas Spotted Eagle]

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[Chris Trainor]

i film biographies on ppl, then chop it up and render it out on dvd, blah blah.

so, i import the footage in vegas, and as i review the footage, i delete out the interviewer's voice, and set a marker as to the title of the topic.

by the end of the footage, i generally have 30+ markers, with gaps in between the blank footage where i deleted the narrator's voice. still with me?

it ends up looking like this:

http://www.labproductions.com/temp/markers.jpg

so my question is, when i am moving all the split footage back towards the begining of the video, how do i group the markers in so i dont loose them as a point of reference? if i try and move the audio and video, or even group it together, the markers stay put on the timeline. i need them to move with the corresponding footage.

am i going about this all wrong? is there a better way?

thanks!

[Edward Troxel]

If you use ripple editing and have it set to affect everything, it will move those markers automatically. Just double-clidk the blank area (to select it), make sure ripple edit is turned on and set to affect all tracks/marker/regions and press the delete key.

[Chris Trainor]

thanks, will give that a whirl.

yet to use ripple editing. thanks for the advice.

[Gary Kleiner]

>is there a better way?<

I wouldn't do this with markers, but by naming the events in the timeline.

First go to preferences and turn on 'Show Active take information in events'.

Then for each event, right-click>Properties and enter a take name. That way, each event is labled for you and stays with the event no matter where/how you move it.

Gary

[Chris Trainor]

another fine suggestion.

been using vegas forever, and seems like i have been doing it the hard way.

what a great resource this forum is.

thanks guys.

*edit* that is exactly what i needed. thanks.

[Edward Troxel]

Just to give you another option, there's always the "Extract Good Clips" tool in Tsunami. It allows you to mark the good sections with regions and then pulls them out separately to a new track.