Vegas Video discussions from 2005 (Q1Q2)

Milt Lee · March 17th, 2005, 10:22 AM

I used the Black Viper Super Tweaks last night and I like the feel of the computer. I have no benchmark except to note that it is faster.

I only have a gig of ram so I like to make sure that it's all working for me and Vegas - not for some strange process or service that I know nothing about.

With SAGER - I still need to go in and turn off the TV tuner, and quicktime, and...... but it's getting better all the time.

Thanks for the advice folks,

Milt Lee

Andy Shrimpton · March 17th, 2005, 03:19 PM

Hi Edward.

I'm doing a 3 cam edit, and I've put all my camera choices in, and run the tally update wizard. There are no points where there is no fottage selected prior to running the wizard, and when viewing the 4x4 PIP the blue border around the selected camera isn't there.

Therefore when I run the wizard to get a master track, there are gaps in it, and so the 4 x 4 PIP shows through on the master track.

I'm at my wit's end here, I've tried every thing I can think of, but I can't get the master track to be one complete track.

Any ideas?

Cheers,

Andy

Edward Troxel · March 17th, 2005, 03:38 PM

Not sure I'm completely picturing what you are describing. If you are not getting a tally in sections, then those sections will NOT have anything to transfer to the Master track.

There IS one quirk that you may be experiencing. Let's suppose you have something as follows:

1.....................2
aaaabbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
cccccccccccccccccccccccc
dddddddddddddddddddd

In this case you have TWO events between markers 1 and 2. Assuming marker 1 is to use that track, "a" will be moved up but "b" will not. To get "b" to move, another marker would need to be located at the beginning of "b" also pointing to that same track.

Andy Shrimpton · March 17th, 2005, 04:23 PM

Edward:

Thanks for the swift reply. It may be you've nailed it, i'll try it when I get home, and let you know.

Cheers,

Andy

Patrick King · March 17th, 2005, 06:29 PM

<<<-- Originally posted by James Binder : What else is out there to control Vegas? -->>>

For pure 'coolness' look at this shuttle:

http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/powermate/

Not as functional as the Shuttle Xpress or the Shuttle Pro, but it's much more fashionable than either, so you got to ask yourself the Billy Crystal question:

'Do you want to look marvelous or be marvelous.'

Bob Benkosky · March 17th, 2005, 07:46 PM

Hey all.....Just got done shooting lots of footage for my little movie I'm invloved in.

How do most of you edit? I've done certain things in Vegas but nothing very long or complicated.

I ask this, because I also think I'm going to use Adobe After FX Magic Bullet and maybe even some of those effects in AE but I've read that going straight to 24p is best, but that seems insane.

Taking like 150 seperate files and rendering them all to 24p without editing them first.....yikes. All this without knowing exactly how your going to edit everything together...just seem like a huge waste of time. Would it make sense to at least edit a scene together, then output in Vegas back to DV, then go into AE to make that sequence 24p?

Then making the music for the whole movie is a pain as well. You could do it sequence by sequence or make the entire movie and do it that way too. That's another story though.

Shannon Rawls · March 17th, 2005, 10:36 PM

Are you going to edit in HDV format? Or edit in Downconverted DV?

- Shannon W. Rawls

Glenn Chan · March 17th, 2005, 11:18 PM

I don't know if my memory serves me right, but I tried disabling services as suggested by the black viper site and benchmarked it with rendertest.veg and found no difference. I may have had the indexing service off already, so that may have made a difference. (That service may be worth turning off.)

Maybe disabling services does make a difference, but I cannot tell. What benchmark did you try?

Disabling startups did make a small difference for me (a few percent). qttask and realshed should go, although if you run either QT or Real Player those startups will come back.

Disabling startups willy-nilly via msconfig isn't necessarily safe, but your computer will boot slightly faster, you'll have less icon clutter, and you'll get rid of the nagging thought that startups may be slowing your computer down (psychological benefit, not a real benefit). Sometimes it may improve performance by maybe one percent.

Antivirus: You could leave it on and disable real-time scanning (or whatever your program calls it). It generally hampers performance in a noticeable way.

Bob Benkosky · March 17th, 2005, 11:22 PM

Oh, I forgot to mention it's just DV format from my GL2.

Charles Saeger · March 17th, 2005, 11:28 PM

Especially considering the fact that you can make 24P DVDs with Vegas+DVD?

Edward Troxel · March 18th, 2005, 08:04 AM

The BEST? I can't say - I haven't tried any others. A good one? Absolutely. Also remember Vegas was a leader in 24p support.

Albert Rodgers · March 18th, 2005, 11:00 AM

I have failed at two attempts to create an audio CD with 1 track.

The first attempt, I highlighted the track and went TOOLS>BURN CD> Track-at-Once.

On the last attempt, I went to TOOL > LAY OUT AUDIO CD

which placed a start/finish track flags. I also highlighted
the track and went TOOLS>BURN CD>DISC-AT-ONCE. After finishing process, the dialog box said CD Burning complete without error, BUT there was no track on CD.

I need Help. Any suggestions? Could it be faulty CD-Rs?

P

Edward Troxel · March 18th, 2005, 11:04 AM

I have the procedure I use laid out in Vol 1 #10 of my newsletter.

Stephan Mayer · March 18th, 2005, 01:54 PM

Did anyone tinker with MIDI controllers?
There is a great one from Behringer. Ok they are a bit flimsy but i use them for Cubase.
Has any one tried to use a generic Midi controller in Vegas

Stephan Mayer · March 18th, 2005, 01:55 PM

Did anyone tinker with MIDI controllers?
There is a great one from Behringer. Ok they are a bit flimsy but i use them for Cubase.
Has any one tried to use a generic Midi controller in Vegas?

March 17th, 2005, 10:22 AM	#961
Milt Lee Major Player Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Cass Lake MN Posts: 221	I used the Black Viper Super Tweaks last night and I like the feel of the computer. I have no benchmark except to note that it is faster. I only have a gig of ram so I like to make sure that it's all working for me and Vegas - not for some strange process or service that I know nothing about. With SAGER - I still need to go in and turn off the TV tuner, and quicktime, and...... but it's getting better all the time. Thanks for the advice folks, Milt Lee __________________ Professional website - http://manykites.com Personal - http://mrdogsblog.com

March 17th, 2005, 03:19 PM	#962
Andy Shrimpton Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Robina Queensland Australia Posts: 73	Excalibur Hi Edward. I'm doing a 3 cam edit, and I've put all my camera choices in, and run the tally update wizard. There are no points where there is no fottage selected prior to running the wizard, and when viewing the 4x4 PIP the blue border around the selected camera isn't there. Therefore when I run the wizard to get a master track, there are gaps in it, and so the 4 x 4 PIP shows through on the master track. I'm at my wit's end here, I've tried every thing I can think of, but I can't get the master track to be one complete track. Any ideas? Cheers, Andy __________________ 'This one goes to eleven' Nigel Tufnell

March 17th, 2005, 03:38 PM	#963
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Not sure I'm completely picturing what you are describing. If you are not getting a tally in sections, then those sections will NOT have anything to transfer to the Master track. There IS one quirk that you may be experiencing. Let's suppose you have something as follows: 1.....................2 aaaabbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb cccccccccccccccccccccccc dddddddddddddddddddd In this case you have TWO events between markers 1 and 2. Assuming marker 1 is to use that track, "a" will be moved up but "b" will not. To get "b" to move, another marker would need to be located at the beginning of "b" also pointing to that same track. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

March 17th, 2005, 04:23 PM	#964
Andy Shrimpton Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Robina Queensland Australia Posts: 73	Edward: Thanks for the swift reply. It may be you've nailed it, i'll try it when I get home, and let you know. Cheers, Andy __________________ 'This one goes to eleven' Nigel Tufnell

March 17th, 2005, 06:29 PM	#965
Patrick King Major Player Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Enterprise, AL Posts: 857	<<<-- Originally posted by James Binder : What else is out there to control Vegas? -->>> For pure 'coolness' look at this shuttle: http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/powermate/ Not as functional as the Shuttle Xpress or the Shuttle Pro, but it's much more fashionable than either, so you got to ask yourself the Billy Crystal question: 'Do you want to look marvelous or be marvelous.' __________________ Fear No Weevil!

March 17th, 2005, 07:46 PM	#966
Bob Benkosky Major Player Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Lake Park, Florida Posts: 202	Editing nightmares? Hey all.....Just got done shooting lots of footage for my little movie I'm invloved in. How do most of you edit? I've done certain things in Vegas but nothing very long or complicated. I ask this, because I also think I'm going to use Adobe After FX Magic Bullet and maybe even some of those effects in AE but I've read that going straight to 24p is best, but that seems insane. Taking like 150 seperate files and rendering them all to 24p without editing them first.....yikes. All this without knowing exactly how your going to edit everything together...just seem like a huge waste of time. Would it make sense to at least edit a scene together, then output in Vegas back to DV, then go into AE to make that sequence 24p? Then making the music for the whole movie is a pain as well. You could do it sequence by sequence or make the entire movie and do it that way too. That's another story though. __________________ http://www.veoh.com/channels/filmmaker My clips and films.

March 17th, 2005, 10:36 PM	#967
Shannon Rawls Major Player Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 853	Are you going to edit in HDV format? Or edit in Downconverted DV? - Shannon W. Rawls

March 17th, 2005, 11:18 PM	#968
Glenn Chan Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,750	I don't know if my memory serves me right, but I tried disabling services as suggested by the black viper site and benchmarked it with rendertest.veg and found no difference. I may have had the indexing service off already, so that may have made a difference. (That service may be worth turning off.) Maybe disabling services does make a difference, but I cannot tell. What benchmark did you try? Disabling startups did make a small difference for me (a few percent). qttask and realshed should go, although if you run either QT or Real Player those startups will come back. Disabling startups willy-nilly via msconfig isn't necessarily safe, but your computer will boot slightly faster, you'll have less icon clutter, and you'll get rid of the nagging thought that startups may be slowing your computer down (psychological benefit, not a real benefit). Sometimes it may improve performance by maybe one percent. Antivirus: You could leave it on and disable real-time scanning (or whatever your program calls it). It generally hampers performance in a noticeable way.

March 17th, 2005, 11:22 PM	#969
Bob Benkosky Major Player Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Lake Park, Florida Posts: 202	Oh, I forgot to mention it's just DV format from my GL2. __________________ http://www.veoh.com/channels/filmmaker My clips and films.

March 17th, 2005, 11:28 PM	#970
Charles Saeger New Boot Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Honolulu, HI Posts: 15	Is Vegas+DVD the best option for 24P editing? Especially considering the fact that you can make 24P DVDs with Vegas+DVD?

March 18th, 2005, 08:04 AM	#971
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	The BEST? I can't say - I haven't tried any others. A good one? Absolutely. Also remember Vegas was a leader in 24p support. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

March 18th, 2005, 11:00 AM	#972
Albert Rodgers Regular Crew Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ypsilanti, MI Posts: 87	Need Burning CD Help I have failed at two attempts to create an audio CD with 1 track. The first attempt, I highlighted the track and went TOOLS>BURN CD> Track-at-Once. On the last attempt, I went to TOOL > LAY OUT AUDIO CD which placed a start/finish track flags. I also highlighted the track and went TOOLS>BURN CD>DISC-AT-ONCE. After finishing process, the dialog box said CD Burning complete without error, BUT there was no track on CD. I need Help. Any suggestions? Could it be faulty CD-Rs? P __________________ Jack-of-all-trades trying to master one (Videography) www.sdfvideo.com

March 18th, 2005, 11:04 AM	#973
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	I have the procedure I use laid out in Vol 1 #10 of my newsletter. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

March 18th, 2005, 01:54 PM	#974
Stephan Mayer New Boot Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Liverpool/ UK Posts: 11	Did anyone tinker with MIDI controllers? There is a great one from Behringer. Ok they are a bit flimsy but i use them for Cubase. Has any one tried to use a generic Midi controller in Vegas

March 18th, 2005, 01:55 PM	#975
Stephan Mayer New Boot Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Liverpool/ UK Posts: 11	MIDI in VEGAS Did anyone tinker with MIDI controllers? There is a great one from Behringer. Ok they are a bit flimsy but i use them for Cubase. Has any one tried to use a generic Midi controller in Vegas?