It sounds to me like he wants to have motion menu's and when
the playback is finished it automatically goes to the next menu.
Or perhaps after a timeout?

I have no idea how to do this though, haven't played too much
with DVDA yet....

which version of Vegas again?

Sounds like a bug, so why not simply delete the files with the
Windows explorer? Just as easy and garantueed to work! <g>

Rob, that is exactly what I am trying to do. Part 1 automatically goes to part 2 and then to part 3. I thought I had it figured out but still no good. Dan, I could not figure out how to make the end of one file go to a menu. Bob

Does the movie for the motion menu have an end action option?
If so what happens if you point that to the next menu?

which version of Vegas again? V5b

"Sounds like a bug, so why not simply delete the files with the
Windows explorer? Just as easy and garantueed to work! <g> "

. .er yeah . . but maybe I'm doing something wrong? Maybe when I see an option to select "DELETE/RENAME". . I think "Cool, I get to change my mind about the 200 clips I just batch captured AND from within AdvVidCap! Excellent!" that's the reason and until I know otherwise - with someone "testing" this out I can go away and fix it with glue and cello. .. But, Rob, hope springs eternal . .yeah? :)

Grazie

ANGER!! When Vegas crashes while exporting
 

Let's say that you've got a second computer by your desk and you want it to process about 5 hours worth of footage before you even start editing it. You've set it up to crop, change levels, change the color and other effects. The footage is going to take about 4 or 5 days to render.

When the footage is at about 95%, it crashes and after 4 days of rendering you have nothing. The file that it has been rendering is unusable. This has happened to me twice now and as we speak I'm looking at Vegas stuck at 63% on my other computer. It's been at 63% for about a day. I wish there was a way to salvage the 63% that it's rendered.

The only thing that I've observed is that it's better to break your footage down into smaller chunks and render them simultaneously. That way if there's a corrupt frame in some footage it's rendering, it will only kill one of your renders.

The problem is not in particular with Vegas (although you have a
specific problem there that it crashes) but with the files it creates.
This is basically a known issue (in the "professional" world) with
movie formats like AVI/QuickTime etc. When something crashes
during rendering the file is usually lost (although some programs
can fix that, give the free www.virtualdub.org a try).

This is one of the reasons most serious work on film is done on
frame sequences where each frame is imported/exported as a
still. So then you can just replace frames 12.000 - 13.000 or
replace faulty rendered frames and continue where you left off.

You can do this in Vegas as well, but that has two downsides:

- it isn't natively supported by Vegas so you need to us their script which is much, MUCH slower

- you need to re-assembly the files as well (which takes additional time)

I would indeed render seperate segments and combine those
in a final render.

Just a last question: are you up to date with the latest version
of Vegas? What operating system are you running?

It might also be a hardware problem where some components
become to hot etc. Disable any running virus scanners and things
like that as well.

Good luck!

I know for sure there was a new plugin for Vegas with some
noise reduction stuff in there, but I can't seem to find it (even
though I know I downloaded it myself).

The next best thing:

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthrea...threadid=27923

Your best bet would be to get VirtualDub (which is free) and
run those noise plugins, see what happens.

Hope springs eternal? Yeah, definitely <g>

Perhaps try 5.0d? I doubt it is fixed, but who knows!

Try here: http://mikecrash.wz.cz/

Select the menu.

On the right side, go to the "End Action" property for the menu. It will be set to HOLD by default. You can change it to LOOP if you wish the menu to loop. However, you want to change it to "Activate Button"

In the Timeout field, enter the length of the menu video.

In the Button field, select the button you wish it to activate after that background movie completes.

Exactly the one I meant Edward! Thank you very much!!

Philippe: give that baby a go!

If you have hardware problems (CPU or RAM overheating) then you could have the problem you describe. I don't think Vegas normally crashes while rendering.

To test for hardware problems:

STEP ONE: Stress test with Prime95.
Prime95
Prime95 is a distributed computing program that tries to find certain prime numbers. Its 'torture test' stresses your computer with mathematical calculations and checks the output against known results. This makes prime95 a good diagnostic for instability problems from your CPU and your RAM. Download it from:

http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm

Run the “torture test” through options --> torture test --> Ok
Prime95 will stop immediately once it detects an error, and continue indefinitely if it does not. I suggest running Prime95 overnight as you do not need to watch this program run. Prime95 will log errors in results.txt in the installation directory. The icon will also turn from red to yellow when it detects an error.

If prime95 does not find errors overnight then you likely do not have a hardware problem. You can run memtest86 to be doubly sure (not really necessary).

STEP TWO:
*If* Prime95 detects errors, then try the following two programs:

Motherboard Monitor (MBM)
This program monitors your computer's temperatures and voltages. It can help you pinpoint where your problem is (bad power supply, overheating CPU, or other). You want to get readings when your system is being stressed, so run MBM with another program like any recent 3d game or prime95. Download it and install it off:

http://mbm.livewiredev.com/download.html

Interpreting readings:
Right click the MBM system tray icon and click on settings. Click on high/low. The voltages (+3.3, +5.00, +12.00) should stay within 5% of 3.00V, 5.00V, and 12.00V. The CPU and 'case' temperature should be under 60C.
If your CPU or "case" temperature is erroneous, then those parts are overheating. (case = northbridge chip. Your northbridge chip has a heatsink on it on your motherboard, it likely needs to be re-installed/re-seated properly.) If the voltages are low then your power supply is likely bad.

*To get Motherboard Monitor working, you may need to know what motherboard you have. The utility CPU-Z can help you determine what model your motherboard is:

http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

STEP THREE:
Memtest86
Memtest is a good diagnostic tool for RAM. Run this if you are having problems with Prime95 (i.e. Your computer reboots or if Prime95 is finding errors). Decide whether you want to create a boot CD or boot floppy and download the right version off

http://www.memtest.org/#downiso

Use the installer to create a boot CD/floppy. Memtest will start testing immediately after you boot from the floppy/CD you have created. You do not need to press anything. If your computer did not boot into Memtest, you may need to adjust your BIOS settings so that the CD/floppy boots before the hard drive. The setting for this is usually named "boot device priority". If you do not find this, then refer to your motherboard's manual.

A single pass (look under the pass column) should be sufficient to check for RAM problems. Look under the errors column/listing to check if there are any errors. If not, hit escape to reboot and remove the CD/floppy. I recommend you start Memtest and leave it running overnight as it may take some time to complete 1 pass on old systems.

The approach above should catch your hardware problems like 95% of the time. If they don't find anything, then I would look at a software/bugginess problem. Let us know what comes out from those tests.

Cool !!!


Thanks guys , now just to make sure I don't mess thing up I exactly do I install these plugins. Tried to search for thread about that but didn't find one.

Thanks again.


PS: Rob if you read this I have a OT question. Are you planning on making a second edition to the ladyX project , I'd love to make one :)

Similar to John, I was going to suggest some kind of watermark on part of the video with a serial number of sorts that you can track. Then if number X pops up somewhere else you know which person to ask about it.

Good luck.

Dennis

Got it , I was downloading filters individually but with the whole package there was an installer that did it for me.


By the way , anybody could redirect me to any webpage that has Vegas filters.


Thanks

Phil

I figure if someone copies my work they are most likely to share with a family member or close friend. So i don't expect to find out about it. I just wondered if I could make it harder for an inexperienced person to copy with ease. Maybe a software that would not let them copy without some third party software like dvd shrink ect. You all are probably right and I should not worry about it. Not like they are costing me millions.

DVD Architect and Picture Compilations
 

Ok, this doesn't make sense to me. You can take 5MB of pictures and drag them into the compilation window in DVD Architect and the disk space used goes up 300MB! Why is this?

I'm new to this program. Is there a way to reduce the amount of space that photos take up in DVD Architect?

It doesn't matter how small the pictures actually are, they take up the same amount of DVD space... which I think is too much.

Because it's taking that 5 meg worth of pictures and turning them into a 300 meg movie.

Ok, but that really doesn't seem like the smartest thing to do. Couldn't it just make a 720x480 progressive frame out of the picture? That would take less room.

I've used el cheapo software that handled slideshows better. I wish there was a way to do this with Architect without having to do it manually.

DVDs are MPEG2 video. You feed it a still image and it has to convert it into something that can be read by the DVD player. The longer each image is displayed, the longer the MPEG2 file will be. Of course the bitrate chosen will also affect the length.

Please check this Issue! I need somebody to repeat this one . ..
 

Well - could somebody please test this issue?

Rob, I'm mid-project and loathe to update whikle I'm amongst this one! Hah! But come March I'll consider it.

Oh yes, I diodn't get notifacation - again! - of your addition to this thread. This is NOT the first time. Hmmm... Chris? Ken?

Grazie

I've encountered reported larger file sizes than outputted. I believe I put roughly 400 slides onto a DVD and the output was to be 6gigs but was under 4 when down.

Was the file size you received before or after export?

Anyone using Winmorph in Vegas 5?
 

Thanks,

KIM

VEGAS CAN'T edit ANAMORPHIC PAL
 

I need advice from those of you guys who edit PAL - anamorphic footage on VEGAS.

I shot feature on DVX100AE (PAL) with anamorphic adapter.
After the capture I cant make my Vegas to burn 16:9 footage.

Why?

1) When you capture your PAL anamorphic footage what settings do you use?

2) When rendering for (CD or DVD) what settings do you use?
I need AVI and MpG renders but did not get 16:9 footage at all.

If you edit PAL anamorphic, please contact me cos it looks like till now (after 3 days of "trying") I am still in the point where I started. I just have captured 13 hours of footage but I am not able to BURN a CD which will be 16:9 at all.

Thanks for your help.
voytek

You don't need to do anything special when you capture. If you use in camera anamorphic, the DV stream will be flagged as 16:9 and Vegas will recognise it.

However, as you have used an anamorphic adaptor, the camera (and hence the computer) doesn't know it's anamorphic and assumes 4:3.

This is no big deal - in the media pool, you just need to right click the clip and select properties, then change the pixel aspect to PAL DV widescreen. Then make sure you set the project properties to PAL DV widescreen and everything should work itself out.

When rendering to DV select the PAL DV widescreen template. When rendering to mpeg2 for DVD, select the relevant DVD format (PAL) and click the settings button. Go to video and change the display to '16:9', then render.

BTW, this is all from memory so some of the terms may not be exactly as they appear, but I'm sure you'll figure it out.

Cheers.

Text Animation
 

Others Have told me that it is easy to animate text the way i want in vegas. Could someone give me an overview of the process. Say i want to have words or letters of those words fly off the screen in different directions independently. How would i even begin. This is an example iv seen of things id like to do but i am a real novice.

http://s92274348.onlinehome.us/Video/swirl.wmv

Could you help?

Ok to mix PCM and AC-3 on DVD?
 

Is it ok to use some tracks with AC-3 audio and some PCM on a DVD or do they have to be universal throughout?

Not sure exactly why you would want to but here goes:

By default DVDA will convert everything to AC-3

You can either change the default or override the default to PCM

If you go to the File - Optimize screen, you can individually pick the format for each audio element to be PCM or AC3 - whichever you prefer - and can easily mix the two.

If the words all fly off individually then they will all have to be individual events. Have one track per word and then you can control how each word moves individually.

my problem is getting the letters or word to follow the exact path i want. Is there a way to set a path for them to follow?

video cards
 

I'm picking out components for my new editing PC which will be running Vegas 5. The only component that I haven't decided on is the video card. A friend of mine is encouraging me to get the XFX geforce 6600. I can get a 5700 for a bout half the price. I am not a gamer. this PC will be dedicated to video editing and DVD burning. How important is the graphics card. I don't mind paying more if it will help me, otherwise I would rather spend the money elsewhere.

Say I'm creating a DVD out of several various MPG2 files however some of them have AC-3 audio and other PCM. From the sounds of it- it shouldn't have a problem.

Will it automatically try to re-compress whatever audio format which is NOT chosen as the default? How do you get around that- through the optimize screen?

Vegas (or any other NLE) doesn't require a fancy video board. Those are for games that do heavy 3D rendering. NLEs won't make use of all that processing power. Many folks work with stock video cards or even on-board graphics in their PCs.

Good luck.

Dennis

Assuming your are still on mainly default settings, it will attempt to compress everything to AC3. If you go to the optimize screen you can manually tell it which clips to use AC3 and which clips to use PCM.

No easy way - just lots of keyframes

Vegas (5.0)/DVD Architect & Rendering
 

After I render out my Vegas project to an MPEG2 file and proceed to buring it to a DVD with DVD Architect, DVD Architect goes through another "Rendering" and "Preparing" process before it actually starts the burn. Is my Vegas-generated MPEG2 file getting recompressed? Is there something I should be doing to avoid additional "rendering" etc in DVD Architect?

A green check in the Optomize window indicates that there will be no recomression on a particular disc asset.

Menus and other incidentals will always have to be rendered.

Thanks Edward.

just for drill, be aware that there are various versions of pcm audio, such as signed vs. unsigned(?), if my terminology is right.

the issue is that not all pcm audio is legal for dvd use, because some pcm audio does not contain any identifying information that tells the dvd player what the specs of the pcm file are.

dvdlab pro warns about this in the help file, and it actually checks the pcm audio file when it's imported... if the pcm file does not have the identifying data as part of it's bitstream, dvdlab pro will change it to a dvd-legal pcm bitstream.

i think that you should go ahead and let dvda do the conversion to ac3, because it should de-mux/re-mux your mpg2 files anyway.