Vegas Video discussions from 2006 (Q1Q2)

Daniel Kissel · April 9th, 2006, 09:27 PM

I am having the hardest time previewing clips in Vegas on a AMD X2 4800+, 2 GB RAM, RAID.

I get about 2-5 fps on draft preview. Now, watching the clips in Quicktime in fullscreen does not even tickle the computer, so I am assuming that maybe a codec is not properly working in Vegas?

So far, search on this forum only yielded tah it works quite well, but no fps indication.

For example, opening a 12 min HD-1 project almost takes 20 minutes, renering it, however, is quite fast.

The Movie Factory software is very fast on the same machine...

Milt Lee · April 9th, 2006, 09:52 PM

So I'm getting ready to burn a DVD. I already rendered the video for DVDA - now I want to render the audio. I go to what I've always used ac-3 and it tells me I need to buy it first. What gives?

One more piece of information. I recently moved my copy of Vegas from my old computer to my new computer. Is this what's causing the issue? Everything else works just fine. It re-registered the software when I went to do the DVD render. But doesn't want to let me do the audio.

Thanks,
Milt

Graham Jones · April 10th, 2006, 01:11 AM

No, that's not happening with me.

I'm trying to think of what other stuff I have installed.

Power DVD 6 which has some codecs. VLC player. Real Player. divx6. Nero 7. Probably some stuff I don't know about. I'm not being very helpful here, sorry.

I have a Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.66GHz, Processor Speed is 2.59 GHz, Memory (RAM) 768 MB, XPSP2 Operating System Version 5.1.2600.

I also have a Radeon 9700 card.

I think Vegas would probably be more demanding than Movie Factory.

Rob Lohman · April 10th, 2006, 01:46 AM

The AC3 encoder needs a seperate license key, which you get when you
buy the package of Vegas + DVD Architect (if I remember correctly). If you
just bought Vegas you did not buy a license to use the AC3 encoder.

So you either need to get that license or re-find your license key.

Gian Pablo Villamil · April 10th, 2006, 02:08 AM

Can't seem to find any answers on this. Basically will Vegas Video edit the HD files coming from the new Panasonic HVX200?

Jacky Yew · April 10th, 2006, 02:54 AM

Try to convert with MP4CAM2AVI and install FFDSHOW codec

Glenn Chan · April 10th, 2006, 02:55 AM

I believe you may need Raylight.

(Sorry, haven't used it.)

Edward Troxel · April 10th, 2006, 07:10 AM

Properly registering DVD Architect should fully unlock AC-3. If you have DVDA installed AND registered and you are still seeing this error, you may need to contact tech support to let them help straighten it out.

Robert Kirkpatrick · April 10th, 2006, 08:26 AM

I may be incredibly dense about this, but I'm really confused. My company bought the Vegas+DVD bundle, and I assumed that the DVD Architect included was the full version. However, there are a lot of grayed out features on the timeline of the DVD Architect that I have, such as Import Subtitles and Add Markers for example.

I've registered, and I've updated to DVD Architect 3.0c, but the items are still grayed out. I noticed that in the sample page on Sony that the items are also grayed out. Is this normal? I've emailed tech support, but have yet to hear from them. What am I missing?

Douglas Spotted Eagle · April 10th, 2006, 08:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gian Pablo Villamil

Can't seem to find any answers on this. Basically will Vegas Video edit the HD files coming from the new Panasonic HVX200?

You'll need Raylight to accomplish this.
Tutorial:
http://www.vasst.com/resource.aspx?i...a-d07e5bbc018f

Edward Troxel · April 10th, 2006, 08:29 AM

Some items will be grayed out IF the proper things aren't selected. For example, you can't add a menu button if you're not on a menu. Perhaps you just don't have the proper thing selected.

Robert Kirkpatrick · April 10th, 2006, 08:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edward Troxel

Some items will be grayed out IF the proper things aren't selected. For example, you can't add a menu button if you're not on a menu. Perhaps you just don't have the proper thing selected.

I'm an idiot! I went back and tried that -- and followed directions in the help file -- and voila, it appeared.

I think I just have a case of the Mondays.

Milt Lee · April 10th, 2006, 09:36 AM

Yup, both answers were correct. I called support this morning. They gave me my license # and pointed out that I needed to activate DVD arch. and it would automatically unlock the encoder. I guess the encoder comes with DVDA. And sure enough it worked great.

Also - they pointed me to VASST for their wonderful tutorials. Which I knew about but it was all good.
Very cool.
Milt

Jamie Hellmich · April 10th, 2006, 06:18 PM

Hi,

Using Studio Platinum (Vegas 6.0 +DVD from B&H arriving tomorrow).

I am playing around with audio, and inserting a voice track with microphone. I found the track EQ, COMP, and Gate functions, really, really cool! Audio tech ministry in our church has made me familiar with this stuff. I had no idea it was in this program. What a bonus.

It seems that my added audio track includes the audio track of my video clip as well as my voiceover. I found that soloing the voiceover track while recording stops that problem. Is that the correct configuration for that goal?

Also, I seem to be getting a lot of noise in the new track, whine...high freq hum, hiss, etc... I don't get this when using Windows sound recorder, a slight hiss only from my cheap Sony hand held. I can EQ some of this excessive noise out, but it is pretty much not usable.

Is there any way to get clean audio into Vegas from a pc soundcard? Rather, from a "typical" soundcard vs a "high end" card if such exists.

Thanks in advance,

Jamie

Jim Hawley · April 10th, 2006, 07:16 PM

As I preview my stills on the timeline, as it gets to one that is a large .tif file, the preview becomes jumpy, not showing every frame. Is this because the program is having a tough time previewing such a large graphics file? And if so, will this still be a problem after it is rendered?

Thanks again,

Jim

April 9th, 2006, 09:27 PM	#1111
Daniel Kissel Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Suzhou, China Posts: 34	Vegas 6.0d VERY slow with Sanyo HD-1 footage I am having the hardest time previewing clips in Vegas on a AMD X2 4800+, 2 GB RAM, RAID. I get about 2-5 fps on draft preview. Now, watching the clips in Quicktime in fullscreen does not even tickle the computer, so I am assuming that maybe a codec is not properly working in Vegas? So far, search on this forum only yielded tah it works quite well, but no fps indication. For example, opening a 12 min HD-1 project almost takes 20 minutes, renering it, however, is quite fast. The Movie Factory software is very fast on the same machine...

April 9th, 2006, 09:52 PM	#1112
Milt Lee Major Player Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Cass Lake MN Posts: 221	Why is Vegas 6.0c telling me I need to buy a AC-3 encoder? So I'm getting ready to burn a DVD. I already rendered the video for DVDA - now I want to render the audio. I go to what I've always used ac-3 and it tells me I need to buy it first. What gives? One more piece of information. I recently moved my copy of Vegas from my old computer to my new computer. Is this what's causing the issue? Everything else works just fine. It re-registered the software when I went to do the DVD render. But doesn't want to let me do the audio. Thanks, Milt __________________ Professional website - http://manykites.com Personal - http://mrdogsblog.com

April 10th, 2006, 01:11 AM	#1113
Graham Jones Major Player Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 489	No, that's not happening with me. I'm trying to think of what other stuff I have installed. Power DVD 6 which has some codecs. VLC player. Real Player. divx6. Nero 7. Probably some stuff I don't know about. I'm not being very helpful here, sorry. I have a Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.66GHz, Processor Speed is 2.59 GHz, Memory (RAM) 768 MB, XPSP2 Operating System Version 5.1.2600. I also have a Radeon 9700 card. I think Vegas would probably be more demanding than Movie Factory. __________________ www.irishfilmmaker.com

April 10th, 2006, 01:46 AM	#1114
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	The AC3 encoder needs a seperate license key, which you get when you buy the package of Vegas + DVD Architect (if I remember correctly). If you just bought Vegas you did not buy a license to use the AC3 encoder. So you either need to get that license or re-find your license key. __________________ 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

April 10th, 2006, 02:08 AM	#1115
Gian Pablo Villamil Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New York, NY Posts: 138	Will Vegas Video work with the Panasonic HVX200? Can't seem to find any answers on this. Basically will Vegas Video edit the HD files coming from the new Panasonic HVX200?

April 10th, 2006, 02:54 AM	#1116
Jacky Yew New Boot Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 9	Try to convert with MP4CAM2AVI and install FFDSHOW codec

April 10th, 2006, 02:55 AM	#1117
Glenn Chan Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,750	I believe you may need Raylight. (Sorry, haven't used it.)

April 10th, 2006, 07:10 AM	#1118
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Properly registering DVD Architect should fully unlock AC-3. If you have DVDA installed AND registered and you are still seeing this error, you may need to contact tech support to let them help straighten it out. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

April 10th, 2006, 08:26 AM	#1119
Robert Kirkpatrick Regular Crew Join Date: May 2004 Location: Little Rock, AR Posts: 199	DVD Architect: Full Version I may be incredibly dense about this, but I'm really confused. My company bought the Vegas+DVD bundle, and I assumed that the DVD Architect included was the full version. However, there are a lot of grayed out features on the timeline of the DVD Architect that I have, such as Import Subtitles and Add Markers for example. I've registered, and I've updated to DVD Architect 3.0c, but the items are still grayed out. I noticed that in the sample page on Sony that the items are also grayed out. Is this normal? I've emailed tech support, but have yet to hear from them. What am I missing?

April 10th, 2006, 08:29 AM	#1121
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Some items will be grayed out IF the proper things aren't selected. For example, you can't add a menu button if you're not on a menu. Perhaps you just don't have the proper thing selected. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

April 10th, 2006, 09:36 AM	#1123
Milt Lee Major Player Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Cass Lake MN Posts: 221	Yup, both answers were correct. I called support this morning. They gave me my license # and pointed out that I needed to activate DVD arch. and it would automatically unlock the encoder. I guess the encoder comes with DVDA. And sure enough it worked great. Also - they pointed me to VASST for their wonderful tutorials. Which I knew about but it was all good. Very cool. Milt __________________ Professional website - http://manykites.com Personal - http://mrdogsblog.com

April 10th, 2006, 06:18 PM	#1124
Jamie Hellmich Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ormond Beach, FL Posts: 105	Adding in voiceover with microphone Hi, Using Studio Platinum (Vegas 6.0 +DVD from B&H arriving tomorrow). I am playing around with audio, and inserting a voice track with microphone. I found the track EQ, COMP, and Gate functions, really, really cool! Audio tech ministry in our church has made me familiar with this stuff. I had no idea it was in this program. What a bonus. It seems that my added audio track includes the audio track of my video clip as well as my voiceover. I found that soloing the voiceover track while recording stops that problem. Is that the correct configuration for that goal? Also, I seem to be getting a lot of noise in the new track, whine...high freq hum, hiss, etc... I don't get this when using Windows sound recorder, a slight hiss only from my cheap Sony hand held. I can EQ some of this excessive noise out, but it is pretty much not usable. Is there any way to get clean audio into Vegas from a pc soundcard? Rather, from a "typical" soundcard vs a "high end" card if such exists. Thanks in advance, Jamie

April 10th, 2006, 07:16 PM	#1125
Jim Hawley New Boot Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 23	Jumpy preview when using .tif file As I preview my stills on the timeline, as it gets to one that is a large .tif file, the preview becomes jumpy, not showing every frame. Is this because the program is having a tough time previewing such a large graphics file? And if so, will this still be a problem after it is rendered? Thanks again, Jim