Vegas Video discussions from 2004 (Q1Q2)

Rob Lohman · February 29th, 2004, 08:14 PM

Do a search on MPEGEdit on google and you should find some
programs. I do believe the new Canopus Edius and perhaps
Sony Vegas can do it as well?

Brian Lee · February 29th, 2004, 08:41 PM

All I want to do is be able to capture the video, edit and save the VOB files onto a DVD.

I'm a newbie

Guy Bruner · February 29th, 2004, 09:19 PM

If all you want is to capture video from a DV camcorder, then a good IEEE1394 (Firewire) card will do. If you have analog video, the best bet is to convert it to DV either with a camcorder with analog to DV passthrough or with a Canopus ADVC card.

Edward Troxel · February 29th, 2004, 10:16 PM

For capturing, any OHCI compliant firewire card will do. To convert to VOB files and place them on a DVD, you will need a DVD authoring program such as DVD Architect.

Edward Troxel · February 29th, 2004, 10:20 PM

Once you've rendered to a complete DV-AVI file, you can use any program you want to send it back over the firewire and the results should be identical.

Edward Troxel · February 29th, 2004, 10:27 PM

Select all of the clips. Right-click them and drag them to the timeline. Select "Add as Takes" from the dropdown menu.

Fernando Vidal · February 29th, 2004, 10:31 PM

There are no several clips, it's only a clip with several regions, as created with the looping/recording technique.

Edward Troxel · February 29th, 2004, 10:31 PM

Vegas cannot directly import a Premiere project. If you could create a text EDL then maybe. However, you would pretty well be limited to cuts only.

What are PQS and PLB files?

Edward Troxel · February 29th, 2004, 10:38 PM

Render each section to a separate file?

Open the clip in the trimmer and select the first section. Add that section (just click and drag) to the timeline. Now select the second section. Right-click and drag to the first clip and choose "Add as Takes". Repeat this process until all sections have been added.

Fernando Vidal · February 29th, 2004, 10:48 PM

Thanks Edward, good idea, I had not thought that approach, although I would have said that vegas would do that automatically since I have about 40 audio clips with 5 to 10 takes each...that means that I have to add more than 200 audio takes manually, when the recording was done automatically.

Edward Troxel · February 29th, 2004, 11:14 PM

The only other option I can really think of would be to write a script to automatically do it.

Glenn Chan · March 1st, 2004, 12:03 AM

With the multicam script (on the sundance site), you can layer the takes under each other and it'll automatically put them all into one clip. It's about half the effort.

Fernando Vidal · March 1st, 2004, 12:06 AM

is it stored as one clip with different takes in the media pool?

Don Donatello · March 1st, 2004, 12:33 AM

mpeg 1 default is 720x480 (quality 15, bit rate 1,700,000)
mpeg 1 VCD is 352x240 ( quality 31, bit rate 1,150,000)

Rob Lohman · March 1st, 2004, 06:08 AM

VCD cannot be full resolution indeed.

February 29th, 2004, 08:14 PM	#601
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	Do a search on MPEGEdit on google and you should find some programs. I do believe the new Canopus Edius and perhaps Sony Vegas can do it as well? __________________ 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

February 29th, 2004, 08:41 PM	#602
Brian Lee Tourist Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 1	What is a good capture card for Vegas 4.0 All I want to do is be able to capture the video, edit and save the VOB files onto a DVD. I'm a newbie

March 1st, 2004, 06:08 AM	#615
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	VCD cannot be full resolution indeed. __________________ 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

February 29th, 2004, 09:19 PM	#603
Guy Bruner Major Player Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ashford, AL Posts: 937	If all you want is to capture video from a DV camcorder, then a good IEEE1394 (Firewire) card will do. If you have analog video, the best bet is to convert it to DV either with a camcorder with analog to DV passthrough or with a Canopus ADVC card.

February 29th, 2004, 10:16 PM	#604
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	For capturing, any OHCI compliant firewire card will do. To convert to VOB files and place them on a DVD, you will need a DVD authoring program such as DVD Architect.

February 29th, 2004, 10:20 PM	#605
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Once you've rendered to a complete DV-AVI file, you can use any program you want to send it back over the firewire and the results should be identical.

February 29th, 2004, 10:27 PM	#606
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Select all of the clips. Right-click them and drag them to the timeline. Select "Add as Takes" from the dropdown menu.

February 29th, 2004, 10:31 PM	#607
Fernando Vidal New Boot Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 11	There are no several clips, it's only a clip with several regions, as created with the looping/recording technique.

February 29th, 2004, 10:31 PM	#608
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Vegas cannot directly import a Premiere project. If you could create a text EDL then maybe. However, you would pretty well be limited to cuts only. What are PQS and PLB files?

February 29th, 2004, 10:38 PM	#609
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Render each section to a separate file? Open the clip in the trimmer and select the first section. Add that section (just click and drag) to the timeline. Now select the second section. Right-click and drag to the first clip and choose "Add as Takes". Repeat this process until all sections have been added.

February 29th, 2004, 10:48 PM	#610
Fernando Vidal New Boot Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 11	Thanks Edward, good idea, I had not thought that approach, although I would have said that vegas would do that automatically since I have about 40 audio clips with 5 to 10 takes each...that means that I have to add more than 200 audio takes manually, when the recording was done automatically.

February 29th, 2004, 11:14 PM	#611
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	The only other option I can really think of would be to write a script to automatically do it.

March 1st, 2004, 12:03 AM	#612
Glenn Chan Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,750	With the multicam script (on the sundance site), you can layer the takes under each other and it'll automatically put them all into one clip. It's about half the effort.

March 1st, 2004, 12:06 AM	#613
Fernando Vidal New Boot Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 11	is it stored as one clip with different takes in the media pool?

March 1st, 2004, 12:33 AM	#614
Don Donatello Hawaiian Shirt Mogul Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: northern cailfornia Posts: 1,261	mpeg 1 default is 720x480 (quality 15, bit rate 1,700,000) mpeg 1 VCD is 352x240 ( quality 31, bit rate 1,150,000)