Vegas Video discussions from 2006 (Q3Q4)

Phil Gosselin · November 10th, 2006, 11:33 AM

Ok now a strange thing happened, for some reason Vegas sees my tapedeck but Sony Xpress can't connect to it anymore???

The only thing that remains to be cleared is the fact that I can't put in timecode for capture, the options are greyed out.

I have 5 hours of raw footage that needs to be trimmed down to 3 minutes, not to mention a limited hard drive space.

Any reason why I can't put in timecodes.

Thanks

Kevin James · November 10th, 2006, 12:03 PM

Vegas 7 forces you to use ctrl+key to bind global options....is there anyway around this?

Seth Bloombaum · November 10th, 2006, 07:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phil Gosselin

...Any reason why I can't put in timecode...

Check that "device control" is checked in the capture preferences.

Trey Perrone · November 10th, 2006, 07:08 PM

yep 7b

i also had a similar prob in v 6d

David, what kind of keyboard are you using? im on a logitech...its got built in software (setpoint) that maps keys...maybe that is somehow causing issues.

also...i seem to recall in like 4 or 5 version there was an option in the preferences that ctrl-z closed vegas

Plamen Petrov · November 10th, 2006, 07:52 PM

There was a guide about how to change Vegas's skin, but I dont remember it. So, if somebody knows it, please let me know.

Trey Perrone · November 10th, 2006, 09:39 PM

i have several project files i was workin in v6 with, i just did the 7 upgrade recently and ofcourse it asked me to upgrade the 6 files to 7. now those files wont save properly. they save normally, but when i reopen the file i get "error loading plug-ins" and it fails to save any changes i made, which only include modifying transitions (the error under details will say transition 0000-0000-0000-0000) and give me one for each transition i modified.

i have tried copying/pasting my timeline into a new veg file with another instance open, but it seems to follow the file.

any ideas, short of redoing it all from scratch?

thanks!

Steven Bills · November 10th, 2006, 10:25 PM

Soooo... do you have an example of this 'magic' software?

Trey Perrone · November 10th, 2006, 11:51 PM

ok, well i tried moving the project folder to another machine, and same issue. something obviously got corrupted when the veg file "upgraded" to 7 so it was probably just one of those "lucky" events.

i have exported the EDL and imported into a new veg, can put in the transitions they save ok...so just a hour or so to fix that all up i guess. dont think there was really any other option.

Trey Perrone · November 11th, 2006, 01:08 AM

hmmm...it worked fine for 3 files. the last one it saved most the changes and now is doing the exact same thing when i try to apply transitions (flash)

Mike Kujbida · November 11th, 2006, 06:26 AM

I did a Google search on it and found this on Adam Wilt's site:

Ned Nurk worked on a standalone processor for Windows called FilmRender (formerly FilmMunge), which batch-processed AVI files. It was by all accounts good, fast, and very affordable. Unfortunately some slimeball crackers hacked his authentication system and pirated it. As a result, Ned stopped development and sales, and the DV world lost a useful tool.

:-(

Plamen Petrov · November 11th, 2006, 06:52 AM

Try to upload a short raw footage (approx. 30 sec.), even hard compressed, and I will upload it back processed.

Phil Hamilton · November 11th, 2006, 09:29 AM

So if you use Cinescore to shape some royalty free music that comes with it - then what is the best way to credit this music in your video?

Phil Gosselin · November 11th, 2006, 12:15 PM

Hi Seth,

thanks for your advice but there is no such option. In the capture window there a preferences button.

Three tabs in the preferences window: general, disk management and device, none of them has that option you wrote about.

I checked in the regular Vegas options but couln't find anything there either.

Anything else?

Thanks

Vincent Croce · November 11th, 2006, 12:50 PM

How 'bout a sample, Plamen?

Dan Measel · November 11th, 2006, 02:29 PM

Odd one here. I have a veg project which mixes video with animated frames. I imported the frames using "open still image sequence" like always. Everything was great. I had this on the backburner for awhile, now when I opened the project instead of a sequence of frames Vegas 6 has converted it to a still image. Could I have possibly hit some button that made this happen or is there a quick fix otherwise? I can just reimport all the frame sequences I guess, but it's like 50 different sequences so would rather not. Any ideas?

November 10th, 2006, 11:33 AM	#1306
Phil Gosselin Major Player Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Quebec, Canada Posts: 211	Problem half-solved, update inside Ok now a strange thing happened, for some reason Vegas sees my tapedeck but Sony Xpress can't connect to it anymore??? The only thing that remains to be cleared is the fact that I can't put in timecode for capture, the options are greyed out. I have 5 hours of raw footage that needs to be trimmed down to 3 minutes, not to mention a limited hard drive space. Any reason why I can't put in timecodes. Thanks

November 10th, 2006, 12:03 PM	#1307
Kevin James Major Player Join Date: May 2004 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 204	Vegas 7.0, Ultimate s2, keyboard mapping Vegas 7 forces you to use ctrl+key to bind global options....is there anyway around this?

November 10th, 2006, 07:08 PM	#1309
Trey Perrone Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 155	yep 7b i also had a similar prob in v 6d David, what kind of keyboard are you using? im on a logitech...its got built in software (setpoint) that maps keys...maybe that is somehow causing issues. also...i seem to recall in like 4 or 5 version there was an option in the preferences that ctrl-z closed vegas __________________ Trey Perrone

November 10th, 2006, 07:52 PM	#1310
Plamen Petrov Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Sofia Bulgaria Posts: 147	Sony Vegas Skin There was a guide about how to change Vegas's skin, but I dont remember it. So, if somebody knows it, please let me know.

November 10th, 2006, 09:39 PM	#1311
Trey Perrone Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 155	corrupt files after 7 upgrade` i have several project files i was workin in v6 with, i just did the 7 upgrade recently and ofcourse it asked me to upgrade the 6 files to 7. now those files wont save properly. they save normally, but when i reopen the file i get "error loading plug-ins" and it fails to save any changes i made, which only include modifying transitions (the error under details will say transition 0000-0000-0000-0000) and give me one for each transition i modified. i have tried copying/pasting my timeline into a new veg file with another instance open, but it seems to follow the file. any ideas, short of redoing it all from scratch? thanks! __________________ Trey Perrone

November 10th, 2006, 10:25 PM	#1312
Steven Bills Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Vineyard, Utah Posts: 192	Soooo... do you have an example of this 'magic' software?

November 10th, 2006, 11:51 PM	#1313
Trey Perrone Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 155	ok, well i tried moving the project folder to another machine, and same issue. something obviously got corrupted when the veg file "upgraded" to 7 so it was probably just one of those "lucky" events. i have exported the EDL and imported into a new veg, can put in the transitions they save ok...so just a hour or so to fix that all up i guess. dont think there was really any other option. __________________ Trey Perrone

November 11th, 2006, 01:08 AM	#1314
Trey Perrone Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 155	hmmm...it worked fine for 3 files. the last one it saved most the changes and now is doing the exact same thing when i try to apply transitions (flash) __________________ Trey Perrone

November 11th, 2006, 06:26 AM	#1315
Mike Kujbida Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Windsor, ON Canada Posts: 2,770	I did a Google search on it and found this on Adam Wilt's site: Ned Nurk worked on a standalone processor for Windows called FilmRender (formerly FilmMunge), which batch-processed AVI files. It was by all accounts good, fast, and very affordable. Unfortunately some slimeball crackers hacked his authentication system and pirated it. As a result, Ned stopped development and sales, and the DV world lost a useful tool. :-(

November 11th, 2006, 06:52 AM	#1316
Plamen Petrov Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Sofia Bulgaria Posts: 147	Try to upload a short raw footage (approx. 30 sec.), even hard compressed, and I will upload it back processed.

November 11th, 2006, 09:29 AM	#1317
Phil Hamilton Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 150	What about credits? So if you use Cinescore to shape some royalty free music that comes with it - then what is the best way to credit this music in your video? __________________ Phil Hamilton hamiltonp@sbcglobal.net Dallas, Texas " I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here! ..."

November 11th, 2006, 12:15 PM	#1318
Phil Gosselin Major Player Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Quebec, Canada Posts: 211	Hi Seth, thanks for your advice but there is no such option. In the capture window there a preferences button. Three tabs in the preferences window: general, disk management and device, none of them has that option you wrote about. I checked in the regular Vegas options but couln't find anything there either. Anything else? Thanks

November 11th, 2006, 12:50 PM	#1319
Vincent Croce Major Player Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Fort Myers, FL Posts: 263	How 'bout a sample, Plamen? __________________ Vin First Take Studios

November 11th, 2006, 02:29 PM	#1320
Dan Measel Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Athens, GA Posts: 196	Animated Frame Problem Odd one here. I have a veg project which mixes video with animated frames. I imported the frames using "open still image sequence" like always. Everything was great. I had this on the backburner for awhile, now when I opened the project instead of a sequence of frames Vegas 6 has converted it to a still image. Could I have possibly hit some button that made this happen or is there a quick fix otherwise? I can just reimport all the frame sequences I guess, but it's like 50 different sequences so would rather not. Any ideas?