Vegas Video discussions from 2006 (Q1Q2)

Charley Gallagher · April 22nd, 2006, 08:24 AM

I am trying to place some VOB files on the timeline by Importing them. Apparantly this is the way to go but with version 6d running to two different computers I am getting a error on both.

It reads, "An error occurred during the current operstion. An Exception has occurred."

Further details "Sony Vegas 6.0
Version 6.0d (Build 210)
Exception 0xC0000005 (access violation) READ:0x433D000 IP:0x6A1F48
In Module 'vegas60.exe' at Address 0x400000 + 0x2A1F48
Thread: ProgMan ID=0x304 Stack=0x2B3F000-0x2B40000

Does anyone (Ed?) have an idea why this is happening?

Douglas Spotted Eagle · April 22nd, 2006, 08:29 AM

Are you importing straight from the DVD? DVD not protected?
I recently had a DVD that neither Nero nor Vegas could properly import until I transferred the .vob to my hard drive. I don't know why that worked, but it did work.

Tony Hall · April 22nd, 2006, 09:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim Herman

Yeah the vocals were recorded raw and then I added effects in Vegas. Somewhere on the vasst.com website is a page that has links to video and audio plug-ins for Vegas. Some of the plug-ins are free, that's where I downloaded some of the effects for the vocals. I think you can use the acoustic mirror plug-in within Vegas but I don't know if you can buy it seperately from Soundforge.

Yeah, I'm looking for a higher quality reverb (among other things). It sounded similar to the results I got using Vegas effects, which is fine for punk, but not what I'm recording.

Now, I'm seriously considering getting Pro Tools, since I can get the "m-powered" for the same price as Sound Forge. I would imagine that would give me better effects than Vegas.

Here's another question for everyone: If your main priority was getting a professional vocal recording into the computer, what program would you choose: Sound Forge or Pro Tools... or just stick with Vegas?

Steven Davis · April 22nd, 2006, 10:39 AM

Gotcha, just thought I'd pass that along, are you referring to Excalliber?

Mike Kujbida · April 22nd, 2006, 10:40 AM

FWIW, my co-worker who has a home recording studio at home has done several CDs using only Vegas & Sound Forge. His preferred app is Logic Audio Platinum but, with the exception of midi files (for this he uses Logic Audio) that hasn't stopped him. He does have an extensive collection of plugins that he's accumulated over the years that the average user wouldn't have but it's all part of the learning curve.

Tony Hall · April 22nd, 2006, 11:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike Kujbida

FWIW, my co-worker who has a home recording studio at home has done several CDs using only Vegas & Sound Forge. His preferred app is Logic Audio Platinum but, with the exception of midi files (for this he uses Logic Audio) that hasn't stopped him. He does have an extensive collection of plugins that he's accumulated over the years that the average user wouldn't have but it's all part of the learning curve.

Thanks... now I'm going to try the trial versions of Pro Tools and Sound Forge for the next month and make a decision.

Jamie Walker · April 22nd, 2006, 01:04 PM

I'm not sure if I have ever seen this version before.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1

Edward Troxel · April 22nd, 2006, 04:25 PM

No. It's the "little brother" - the Movie Studio version.

Edward Troxel · April 22nd, 2006, 04:30 PM

Excalibur *WILL* do that (but it's not free). A neat new feature in the new version of Excalibur is the ability to put a specified number of markers into a selected region!

However, there ARE some free ones around too to add markers at intervals. Some examples are:
http://www.jetdv.com/scripts/MarkerInterval.js
http://www.jetdv.com/scripts/MarkerSplit.js
http://www.jetdv.com/scripts/MarkerTextOnEvent.js

Ultimate S also has marker manipulation tools (but is also not free).

Shawn Redford · April 22nd, 2006, 05:55 PM

VASST's Ultimate-S will space markers evenly on your work , but it is not free. I think it has a free trial period however.

Yi Fong Yu · April 22nd, 2006, 06:49 PM

also, will DVD-Architect create HD-DVD/BR ready ISO's that are less than 8.5 for DL and 4.5 for single DVD +/- R? Ulead can already do so from what i hear

Mike McKay · April 22nd, 2006, 09:59 PM

I thought I had this aspect ratio thing figured......guess I'm dumber than I thought.
Shot some footage with FX1 in HDV mode, downconverted out of camera and brought into Vegas 6 as an NTSC DV Widescreen 720x480. (Pixel AR 1.2121)
Everything's looks fine.
Bring it into DVD Architect3 as an NTSC DV Widescreen template, burn a DVD and it's put black bars on the edges of the picture and it isn't the full screen height on TV!?
Now I'm thinking....isn't 720x480 a 4:3 ratio image size?
I'm viewing on a 4:3 TV. Direct out of camera looks great on TV, full screen width, and obviously black space on top and bottom....fine. DVD has big black bars on left and right?
I'm sure this is a simple issue.....but I just can't wrap my head around it.

Joe Carney · April 22nd, 2006, 11:31 PM

According to the special NAB issue of Animation Magazine,

1.Technology preview of XDCAM HD support in Vegas
2. Cinescore, a new software based soundtrack creation platform
3. New stuff for UMD.

It pays to read.

Dean Orewiler · April 23rd, 2006, 06:41 AM

to answer your question

1) create a widescreen project
2)Import your masked 4:3 footage
3) click the PanCrop tab ON THE CLIP ITSELF (not track)
4) select teh 16:9 preset
5) Voila

there is no need to change any aspect ratios, vegas will do this for youoh and to answer the question from you other post, the balc bars will only appear on a 4:3 tv, so long as u render out as 16:9 and make sure u check the box that says "stretch to fill frame, do not letterbox"

Dean Orewiler · April 23rd, 2006, 06:42 AM

Right click, choose Pan/Crop (there is also an icon) and choose "Match Output Aspect Settings" and that'll do it for you.
Audio doesn't care about the image aspect.

April 22nd, 2006, 08:24 AM	#1276
Charley Gallagher Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Collingswood, NJ Posts: 99	Importing DVDs brings error I am trying to place some VOB files on the timeline by Importing them. Apparantly this is the way to go but with version 6d running to two different computers I am getting a error on both. It reads, "An error occurred during the current operstion. An Exception has occurred." Further details "Sony Vegas 6.0 Version 6.0d (Build 210) Exception 0xC0000005 (access violation) READ:0x433D000 IP:0x6A1F48 In Module 'vegas60.exe' at Address 0x400000 + 0x2A1F48 Thread: ProgMan ID=0x304 Stack=0x2B3F000-0x2B40000 Does anyone (Ed?) have an idea why this is happening?

April 22nd, 2006, 08:29 AM	#1277
Douglas Spotted Eagle VASST Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Stockton, UT Posts: 5,648	Are you importing straight from the DVD? DVD not protected? I recently had a DVD that neither Nero nor Vegas could properly import until I transferred the .vob to my hard drive. I don't know why that worked, but it did work. __________________ Douglas Spotted Eagle/Spot Author, producer, composer Certified Sony Vegas Trainer http://www.vasst.com

April 22nd, 2006, 10:39 AM	#1279
Steven Davis Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 3,065	Gotcha, just thought I'd pass that along, are you referring to Excalliber? __________________ What happens if I push the 'Red' button?

April 22nd, 2006, 01:04 PM	#1282
Jamie Walker New Boot Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 19	Is this an older version? I'm not sure if I have ever seen this version before. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1

April 22nd, 2006, 04:25 PM	#1283
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	No. It's the "little brother" - the Movie Studio version. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

April 22nd, 2006, 10:40 AM	#1280
Mike Kujbida Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Windsor, ON Canada Posts: 2,770	FWIW, my co-worker who has a home recording studio at home has done several CDs using only Vegas & Sound Forge. His preferred app is Logic Audio Platinum but, with the exception of midi files (for this he uses Logic Audio) that hasn't stopped him. He does have an extensive collection of plugins that he's accumulated over the years that the average user wouldn't have but it's all part of the learning curve.

April 22nd, 2006, 04:30 PM	#1284
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Excalibur WILL do that (but it's not free). A neat new feature in the new version of Excalibur is the ability to put a specified number of markers into a selected region! However, there ARE some free ones around too to add markers at intervals. Some examples are: http://www.jetdv.com/scripts/MarkerInterval.js http://www.jetdv.com/scripts/MarkerSplit.js http://www.jetdv.com/scripts/MarkerTextOnEvent.js Ultimate S also has marker manipulation tools (but is also not free). __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

April 22nd, 2006, 05:55 PM	#1285
Shawn Redford Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 158	VASST's Ultimate-S will space markers evenly on your work , but it is not free. I think it has a free trial period however.

April 22nd, 2006, 06:49 PM	#1286
Yi Fong Yu Trustee Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Vulcan Posts: 1,564	will Vegas support exporting to HD-DVD/Blu-Ray's VC-1 codecs? also, will DVD-Architect create HD-DVD/BR ready ISO's that are less than 8.5 for DL and 4.5 for single DVD +/- R? Ulead can already do so from what i hear __________________ bow wow wow

April 22nd, 2006, 09:59 PM	#1287
Mike McKay Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Vancouver Posts: 125	Aspect Ratio Madness I thought I had this aspect ratio thing figured......guess I'm dumber than I thought. Shot some footage with FX1 in HDV mode, downconverted out of camera and brought into Vegas 6 as an NTSC DV Widescreen 720x480. (Pixel AR 1.2121) Everything's looks fine. Bring it into DVD Architect3 as an NTSC DV Widescreen template, burn a DVD and it's put black bars on the edges of the picture and it isn't the full screen height on TV!? Now I'm thinking....isn't 720x480 a 4:3 ratio image size? I'm viewing on a 4:3 TV. Direct out of camera looks great on TV, full screen width, and obviously black space on top and bottom....fine. DVD has big black bars on left and right? I'm sure this is a simple issue.....but I just can't wrap my head around it.

April 22nd, 2006, 11:31 PM	#1288
Joe Carney Inner Circle Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Centreville Va Posts: 1,828	New stuff from Sony Media Software According to the special NAB issue of Animation Magazine, 1.Technology preview of XDCAM HD support in Vegas 2. Cinescore, a new software based soundtrack creation platform 3. New stuff for UMD. It pays to read. __________________ Boycott Guinness, bring back the pint!!!

April 23rd, 2006, 06:41 AM	#1289
Dean Orewiler Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 186	Here is what somebody told me to do....haven't tried it yet. to answer your question 1) create a widescreen project 2)Import your masked 4:3 footage 3) click the PanCrop tab ON THE CLIP ITSELF (not track) 4) select teh 16:9 preset 5) Voila there is no need to change any aspect ratios, vegas will do this for youoh and to answer the question from you other post, the balc bars will only appear on a 4:3 tv, so long as u render out as 16:9 and make sure u check the box that says "stretch to fill frame, do not letterbox"

April 23rd, 2006, 06:42 AM	#1290
Dean Orewiler Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 186	also, make sure you do this.... Right click, choose Pan/Crop (there is also an icon) and choose "Match Output Aspect Settings" and that'll do it for you. Audio doesn't care about the image aspect.