Vegas Video discussions from 2006 (Q3Q4)

Jason Robinson · August 7th, 2006, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Edward Troxel

Yes, you can definitely do that. Just capture as HDV, zoom in slightly and crop and rotate as needed with Pan/Crop.

I have a early a whole project shot in HD on the Sony HDV but am delivering in SD so the entire projects is scaled way down. I have used this more than once to zoom in a bit and pan to where the action is. Works wonders and best of all, I still didn't run out of native pixles.

jason

Jason Robinson · August 7th, 2006, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Kevin Richard

No problem... my other job is IT, so I've run across all sorts of crazy problems and had to come up with crazy sollutions.

I've had to do this several times as well. it is fun how people think you have some magic computer voodoo to do these sorts of things. :-) Nope. Just an insane amount of time learnign how the OS works.

jason

Kevin Richard · August 7th, 2006, 03:40 AM

Rather simple... just do a flicker of some text... but I want to be able to do it randomly and be able to have sliders for freq. and such... a lot like Zenote's Random plug-in but for flicker (oh, and mine would actually work, UNLIKE theirs!)

Kevin Richard · August 7th, 2006, 03:45 AM

yep, I love short cut keys... I know way too many... Oh, I learned another one the other day "Windows Key + L" locks the desktop on XP vs Ctrl+alt+delete then "K".

My favorite is walking people through settings blind, like while I'm on the road or something... they are very impressed as they couldn't even figure it out and here I am telling them how to fix it without even having a computer up :)

Dan Gadd · August 7th, 2006, 05:01 AM

Thanks Randy. And yes, I did know about the other tutorials, as a matter of fact I'll probably be purchasing the color correction lesson in the near future.

Edward Troxel · August 7th, 2006, 07:17 AM

In Vol 4 #3 of my newsletters I describe how to set up a VS2003 project with GUI and code completion and include the sample project for downloading. You might want to check it out.

Matthew Lombardo · August 7th, 2006, 01:14 PM

Not sure what happened. I went to connect my xl1s via firewire to my sony viao and it won't let me capture my video. It say's it can't open the smrt capture card and to make sure it's on and not being used by another source.
It also says nothing is connected. My computer displays my xl1s is connected and window movie maker takes my video but vegas is not.

Did I hit a button by mistake. I have looked online and have found this happened to other people but they didn't know how to fix it.

What do I do?

Thanks,

Matt

Lamar Lamb · August 7th, 2006, 04:50 PM

Well I was going to ask how you got code completion to work in jscript but I thought I must have just missed something over the last year or two and didn't want to look too dumb. I'm using Vegas 5 and from your newsletter I see that starting with Vegas 6 you can run C# code without compiling. That's how... :-) Oh well. I'll have to get Vegas 7 when it comes out in a month or two I guess. I wish MS Office would have C# as an alternative to VBA, I like it so much better....

Brandon Wood · August 7th, 2006, 09:25 PM

I hate it when I can find so many threads on a subject but no definitive answer...anyway...

I went out and bought an inexpensive Emerson television with Svideo on the back and am trying to use it for an external preview with Vegas 6. I am getting NOTHING. I first used my old Canon ZR45; connected Svid from the TV to the cam, then connected the firewire from the pc to the cam in VCR mode with AV passthrough enabled. Nothing in the Vegas preview pane, the camera, or the TV after clicking on the ext. preview in the Vegas window.

Next, I reluctantly took my PD170 out, made sure passthrough was enabled and went through the same routine after restarting Vegas. This time when I click on the external preview, it shows recompressed "Preview On External Monitor - (Frame Recompressed)" in the Vegas window but nothing in the cam LCD or the TV.

I also switched over to regular comp. cables thinking the Svideo may be the problem - still nothing. Can anyone help?

Edward Troxel · August 7th, 2006, 09:29 PM

Technically, c# scripts compiled to .dll files can be run in Vegas 5 and you can still get code completion. However, you'll need some .js helper files. The "Custom DLL FAQ" section on my site has more info. The basics of how to do that can be found here as well:
http://www.peachrock.com/software/tu...tml#VegasHello

Edward Troxel · August 7th, 2006, 09:31 PM

Some cameras require a menu setting to change the firewire connection from out to in.

Brandon Wood · August 7th, 2006, 11:02 PM

Thanks Edward but I don't see anything like that on either my Canon, PD170, or VX2100. Any other ideas?

Surely someone has used a one of the 170's or the 2100's for this and I'm just missing something obvious.

Don Bloom · August 8th, 2006, 05:32 AM

You should be able to use the PD170 as a pass thru without changing anything in the menu BUT just for the sake of saying it (just in case) Brandon switch the camera on into VTR mode-THEN go into the menu then goto the 2nd icon VCR SET or 'V' then goto A/V-DV Out and press the scroll wheel -then roll the scroll wheel to that selection and change it to ON-that MIGHT make a difference for preview but honestly I've never had to do that. Of course I rarle use the 150 as a passthru either but for the odd times I do I've not had to change anything.

Don

Brandon Wood · August 8th, 2006, 08:59 AM

Thanks Don. I finally figured it out and your suggestion helped indirectly. I never realized I had to turn the AV to DV out "OFF" to get it to work! I tried this first in my 170 and bingo, it popped on the screen. Switched back to my Canon and after turning off the AV to DV out it worked fine also. Unless I totally misunderstood, everything I've read points to this being "ON".

Also had to make sure I turned the "recompress frames" on in the Vegas monitor properties menu.

Thanks again - hopefully this will help someone else too.

Kevin Richard · August 9th, 2006, 01:58 AM

Like in Cubase/Neundo? That way effects will be applied accross multiple "events" but not the whole track.

August 7th, 2006, 07:17 AM	#441
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	In Vol 4 #3 of my newsletters I describe how to set up a VS2003 project with GUI and code completion and include the sample project for downloading. You might want to check it out. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

August 7th, 2006, 01:14 PM	#442
Matthew Lombardo Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Palm Desert, CA. Posts: 46	Help with Capture "SMRT" problem Not sure what happened. I went to connect my xl1s via firewire to my sony viao and it won't let me capture my video. It say's it can't open the smrt capture card and to make sure it's on and not being used by another source. It also says nothing is connected. My computer displays my xl1s is connected and window movie maker takes my video but vegas is not. Did I hit a button by mistake. I have looked online and have found this happened to other people but they didn't know how to fix it. What do I do? Thanks, Matt

August 7th, 2006, 04:50 PM	#443
Lamar Lamb Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Baxley, Georgia Posts: 103	Well I was going to ask how you got code completion to work in jscript but I thought I must have just missed something over the last year or two and didn't want to look too dumb. I'm using Vegas 5 and from your newsletter I see that starting with Vegas 6 you can run C# code without compiling. That's how... :-) Oh well. I'll have to get Vegas 7 when it comes out in a month or two I guess. I wish MS Office would have C# as an alternative to VBA, I like it so much better.... __________________ Lamar

August 7th, 2006, 09:25 PM	#444
Brandon Wood Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Mauriceville, TX Posts: 146	Specific help for Vegas preview I hate it when I can find so many threads on a subject but no definitive answer...anyway... I went out and bought an inexpensive Emerson television with Svideo on the back and am trying to use it for an external preview with Vegas 6. I am getting NOTHING. I first used my old Canon ZR45; connected Svid from the TV to the cam, then connected the firewire from the pc to the cam in VCR mode with AV passthrough enabled. Nothing in the Vegas preview pane, the camera, or the TV after clicking on the ext. preview in the Vegas window. Next, I reluctantly took my PD170 out, made sure passthrough was enabled and went through the same routine after restarting Vegas. This time when I click on the external preview, it shows recompressed "Preview On External Monitor - (Frame Recompressed)" in the Vegas window but nothing in the cam LCD or the TV. I also switched over to regular comp. cables thinking the Svideo may be the problem - still nothing. Can anyone help?

August 7th, 2006, 09:29 PM	#445
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Technically, c# scripts compiled to .dll files can be run in Vegas 5 and you can still get code completion. However, you'll need some .js helper files. The "Custom DLL FAQ" section on my site has more info. The basics of how to do that can be found here as well: http://www.peachrock.com/software/tu...tml#VegasHello __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

August 7th, 2006, 03:40 AM	#438
Kevin Richard Major Player Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lafayette, LA Posts: 270	Rather simple... just do a flicker of some text... but I want to be able to do it randomly and be able to have sliders for freq. and such... a lot like Zenote's Random plug-in but for flicker (oh, and mine would actually work, UNLIKE theirs!)

August 7th, 2006, 03:45 AM	#439
Kevin Richard Major Player Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lafayette, LA Posts: 270	yep, I love short cut keys... I know way too many... Oh, I learned another one the other day "Windows Key + L" locks the desktop on XP vs Ctrl+alt+delete then "K". My favorite is walking people through settings blind, like while I'm on the road or something... they are very impressed as they couldn't even figure it out and here I am telling them how to fix it without even having a computer up :)

August 7th, 2006, 05:01 AM	#440
Dan Gadd New Boot Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Lake Bluff, IL Posts: 23	Thanks Randy. And yes, I did know about the other tutorials, as a matter of fact I'll probably be purchasing the color correction lesson in the near future.

August 7th, 2006, 09:31 PM	#446
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Some cameras require a menu setting to change the firewire connection from out to in. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

August 7th, 2006, 11:02 PM	#447
Brandon Wood Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Mauriceville, TX Posts: 146	Thanks Edward but I don't see anything like that on either my Canon, PD170, or VX2100. Any other ideas? Surely someone has used a one of the 170's or the 2100's for this and I'm just missing something obvious.

August 8th, 2006, 05:32 AM	#448
Don Bloom Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 6,609	You should be able to use the PD170 as a pass thru without changing anything in the menu BUT just for the sake of saying it (just in case) Brandon switch the camera on into VTR mode-THEN go into the menu then goto the 2nd icon VCR SET or 'V' then goto A/V-DV Out and press the scroll wheel -then roll the scroll wheel to that selection and change it to ON-that MIGHT make a difference for preview but honestly I've never had to do that. Of course I rarle use the 150 as a passthru either but for the odd times I do I've not had to change anything. Don

August 8th, 2006, 08:59 AM	#449
Brandon Wood Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Mauriceville, TX Posts: 146	Thanks Don. I finally figured it out and your suggestion helped indirectly. I never realized I had to turn the AV to DV out "OFF" to get it to work! I tried this first in my 170 and bingo, it popped on the screen. Switched back to my Canon and after turning off the AV to DV out it worked fine also. Unless I totally misunderstood, everything I've read points to this being "ON". Also had to make sure I turned the "recompress frames" on in the Vegas monitor properties menu. Thanks again - hopefully this will help someone else too.

August 9th, 2006, 01:58 AM	#450
Kevin Richard Major Player Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lafayette, LA Posts: 270	is there a way to "glue" parts together? Like in Cubase/Neundo? That way effects will be applied accross multiple "events" but not the whole track.