Vegas Video discussions from 2006 (Q1Q2)

Douglas Spotted Eagle · April 14th, 2006, 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim Hawley

Yep, that did the trick...changing the smoothness to 0. Thanks again guys!

You're most welcome. I wish I could have a nickel for every time this has messed me (and others) up. I could buy Sony by now.

David Jimerson · April 14th, 2006, 03:01 PM

It's a little confusing. Just remember that the DVD Architect 24p templates are optimal, and you'll have no worries.

Edward Troxel · April 14th, 2006, 03:12 PM

You might want to take a look at the Veggie Toolkit: http://www.peachrock.com/software/veggie-toolkit.html

Jeff Baker · April 14th, 2006, 03:16 PM

So the resulting movie is going to be shown this saturday night 4/15 at the San Francisco Film Arts Foundation. Thanks for you help and I hope anyone nearby can come check out the movie (Crossroads Gallery is the name by the way). See www.barewitness.com for more info.

Ron Coleman · April 14th, 2006, 03:47 PM

Yes, it looks like they changed the link. Thanks for the correction.

John Rofrano · April 14th, 2006, 06:38 PM

Gregory, By default GearShift makes both a DV proxy and a CineForm AVI. This is probably what is eating up your hard drive space and your time. Just select (None) under HD Media and it will not make the CineForm files (only the proxies). GearShift will remember this setting for next time.

~jr

John McLaurin · April 14th, 2006, 10:22 PM

Where do you install this software for it to show up as a plugin in "generated media bin" I installed it to the "c" drive successfully & the stand alone version is now on my desktop but cannot get it to show up as a plugin.
Tks,
John

Gregory Doi · April 15th, 2006, 02:17 AM

Thanks John I really appreciate that. I think thats exactly the problem that I was having. Ill try it out tonight.

Douglas Spotted Eagle · April 15th, 2006, 07:56 AM

You may need to drag the .dll to the Vegas workspace and drop it. I don't remember having needed to do that, but it's been a long time since I installed. should show up in the same place as your text generator/noise generator.

John Rofrano · April 15th, 2006, 09:40 AM

Hi Jamie,

The blending of your voice with the audio can be from several things. I gotta ask the obvious first (sorry) but are you monitoring with headphones to record? If your speakers are on, the mic will pick up the audio output from the speakers as you record. Next what audio device driver are you using? If it’s the Microsoft Sound Mapper, try changing it to the Windows Classic Wave driver. Then when you arm your track for recording, select your audio card microphone as mono (left channel only). This should record just from the mic and not include other inputs on your PC.

As for the noise, it shouldn’t be any noisier in VMS than the Windows recorder. Check to be use you are using the same inputs. Motherboard sound cards are noisy but they should be consistently noise regardless of what software you use.

~jr

Phil Hamilton · April 15th, 2006, 09:44 AM

I have an MPG extracted / captured from a DVD-R that someone supplied me. The extracted MPG looks fine and it is a series of shots in one long clip. What I want to do is chop this up into just the clips I need for ease of assembly, etc. - rather than placing the entire clip in the timeline and working from that.

So, I separated the clip into what I wanted. Selected a loop to render. The problem is that when I do this the resulting MPG using Mainconcept MPEG2 template does not have the quality of the orginal shot due to what I am thinking is another round of compression.

The original clip was created using Microsoft Flight Simulator and is all graphics and animation. It looks fine in its orginal form. But when I cut it up and re-render into small individual shots it doesn't look as crisp. Thoughts?

John Rofrano · April 15th, 2006, 09:44 AM

Yea, I’m real happy with the PC I built. I’m glad to see others are happy with it too. ;-) You are going to love the AMD X2. They just rock!

(BTW Milt, I almost wet my pants watching Dog Man. That is simply brilliant! :-D)

~jr

John McLaurin · April 15th, 2006, 10:01 AM

Thanks Douglas, I got it to finally show up.For whatever reason, and it's probably my ineptness, it's working.

David Jimerson · April 15th, 2006, 10:17 AM

My system is almost a clone of John's (but I built mine first!), and I looooooove it. Best machine I've ever had. I wish I could take it with me to boot up in Panera Bread, where I am now, but you can't have everything . . .

Milt Lee · April 15th, 2006, 10:26 AM

Dog Man, well....yes THANKS a Bunch!

I think I need to do a little something with it.

For those of you that haven't seen it - http://realrez.com It's on the front page.

Thanks again, John!

Milt

April 14th, 2006, 03:01 PM	#1187
David Jimerson Jubal 28 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 872	It's a little confusing. Just remember that the DVD Architect 24p templates are optimal, and you'll have no worries. __________________ www.wrightsvillebeachstudios.com

April 14th, 2006, 03:12 PM	#1188
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	You might want to take a look at the Veggie Toolkit: http://www.peachrock.com/software/veggie-toolkit.html __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

April 14th, 2006, 03:16 PM	#1189
Jeff Baker Regular Crew Join Date: May 2005 Location: Northampton, MA Posts: 184	So the resulting movie is going to be shown this saturday night 4/15 at the San Francisco Film Arts Foundation. Thanks for you help and I hope anyone nearby can come check out the movie (Crossroads Gallery is the name by the way). See www.barewitness.com for more info. __________________ Canon C100, 5D3

April 14th, 2006, 06:38 PM	#1191
John Rofrano Sponsor: VASST Join Date: May 2005 Location: New York Posts: 516	Gregory, By default GearShift makes both a DV proxy and a CineForm AVI. This is probably what is eating up your hard drive space and your time. Just select (None) under HD Media and it will not make the CineForm files (only the proxies). GearShift will remember this setting for next time. ~jr __________________ Developer: VASST Ultimate S, Scattershot 3D, Mayhem, FASST Apps, and other VASST Software plug-ins Web Site: www.johnrofrano.com

April 14th, 2006, 10:22 PM	#1192
John McLaurin New Boot Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Shreveport, La. Posts: 6	Cayman Graphics Power CG problem Where do you install this software for it to show up as a plugin in "generated media bin" I installed it to the "c" drive successfully & the stand alone version is now on my desktop but cannot get it to show up as a plugin. Tks, John

April 14th, 2006, 03:47 PM	#1190
Ron Coleman Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 58	Yes, it looks like they changed the link. Thanks for the correction.

April 15th, 2006, 02:17 AM	#1193
Gregory Doi Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Waipahu, Hawaii Posts: 70	Thanks John I really appreciate that. I think thats exactly the problem that I was having. Ill try it out tonight.

April 15th, 2006, 07:56 AM	#1194
Douglas Spotted Eagle VASST Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Stockton, UT Posts: 5,648	You may need to drag the .dll to the Vegas workspace and drop it. I don't remember having needed to do that, but it's been a long time since I installed. should show up in the same place as your text generator/noise generator. __________________ Douglas Spotted Eagle/Spot Author, producer, composer Certified Sony Vegas Trainer http://www.vasst.com

April 15th, 2006, 09:40 AM	#1195
John Rofrano Sponsor: VASST Join Date: May 2005 Location: New York Posts: 516	Hi Jamie, The blending of your voice with the audio can be from several things. I gotta ask the obvious first (sorry) but are you monitoring with headphones to record? If your speakers are on, the mic will pick up the audio output from the speakers as you record. Next what audio device driver are you using? If it’s the Microsoft Sound Mapper, try changing it to the Windows Classic Wave driver. Then when you arm your track for recording, select your audio card microphone as mono (left channel only). This should record just from the mic and not include other inputs on your PC. As for the noise, it shouldn’t be any noisier in VMS than the Windows recorder. Check to be use you are using the same inputs. Motherboard sound cards are noisy but they should be consistently noise regardless of what software you use. ~jr __________________ Developer: VASST Ultimate S, Scattershot 3D, Mayhem, FASST Apps, and other VASST Software plug-ins Web Site: www.johnrofrano.com

April 15th, 2006, 09:44 AM	#1196
Phil Hamilton Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 150	Best way to split MPG for ease of use? I have an MPG extracted / captured from a DVD-R that someone supplied me. The extracted MPG looks fine and it is a series of shots in one long clip. What I want to do is chop this up into just the clips I need for ease of assembly, etc. - rather than placing the entire clip in the timeline and working from that. So, I separated the clip into what I wanted. Selected a loop to render. The problem is that when I do this the resulting MPG using Mainconcept MPEG2 template does not have the quality of the orginal shot due to what I am thinking is another round of compression. The original clip was created using Microsoft Flight Simulator and is all graphics and animation. It looks fine in its orginal form. But when I cut it up and re-render into small individual shots it doesn't look as crisp. Thoughts? __________________ Phil Hamilton hamiltonp@sbcglobal.net Dallas, Texas " I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here! ..."

April 15th, 2006, 09:44 AM	#1197
John Rofrano Sponsor: VASST Join Date: May 2005 Location: New York Posts: 516	Yea, I’m real happy with the PC I built. I’m glad to see others are happy with it too. ;-) You are going to love the AMD X2. They just rock! (BTW Milt, I almost wet my pants watching Dog Man. That is simply brilliant! :-D) ~jr __________________ Developer: VASST Ultimate S, Scattershot 3D, Mayhem, FASST Apps, and other VASST Software plug-ins Web Site: www.johnrofrano.com

April 15th, 2006, 10:01 AM	#1198
John McLaurin New Boot Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Shreveport, La. Posts: 6	Cayman Graphics install Thanks Douglas, I got it to finally show up.For whatever reason, and it's probably my ineptness, it's working.

April 15th, 2006, 10:17 AM	#1199
David Jimerson Jubal 28 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 872	My system is almost a clone of John's (but I built mine first!), and I looooooove it. Best machine I've ever had. I wish I could take it with me to boot up in Panera Bread, where I am now, but you can't have everything . . . __________________ www.wrightsvillebeachstudios.com

April 15th, 2006, 10:26 AM	#1200
Milt Lee Major Player Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Cass Lake MN Posts: 221	Dog Man, well....yes THANKS a Bunch! I think I need to do a little something with it. For those of you that haven't seen it - http://realrez.com It's on the front page. Thanks again, John! Milt __________________ Professional website - http://manykites.com Personal - http://mrdogsblog.com