Vegas Video discussions from 2005 (Q3Q4)

Edward Troxel · September 8th, 2005, 07:20 PM

Has the driver been installed for HDV? XP SP2 supposedly does it automatically. Previous versions require you to manually do it. Here's the basic procedure:

Go to Control Panel>System>Hardware>AVC Subunit with no driver Right click to Update Driver Tell Windows you'll locate driver yourself.

Browse to the Sound, Video, Game Controllers.

In there, you'll find two Sony driver options, choose the top one.
In there, you'll find two Sony driver options. Choose the upper one.

Edward Troxel · September 8th, 2005, 07:23 PM

What version of DVDA are you using? Also, what FORMAT are the DVDs? (PAL or NTSC). First recommendation is updating to the newest version of DVDA2.

Fred Foronda · September 8th, 2005, 07:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edward Troxel

Has the driver been installed for HDV? XP SP2 supposedly does it automatically. Previous versions require you to manually do it. Here's the basic procedure:

Go to Control Panel>System>Hardware>AVC Subunit with no driver Right click to Update Driver Tell Windows you'll locate driver yourself.

Browse to the Sound, Video, Game Controllers.

In there, you'll find two Sony driver options, choose the top one.
In there, you'll find two Sony driver options. Choose the upper one.

Got it works now!!! Thanks

Shane Schmidt · September 8th, 2005, 10:22 PM

Thanks for the reply Ed.
DVDA2; version 2.0 (build 94)

It figures that 2.0b is 30 MB.
Is there a list somewhere that lists all the fixes?

Shane Schmidt · September 8th, 2005, 10:26 PM

I found the list & here is my fix;

"A bug has been fixed that could prevent text-only buttons from being displayed on a burned DVD when a video was used as the menu background."

Thanks again Ed!

Shane

Fred Foronda · September 8th, 2005, 11:47 PM

I know how important it is to preview your hd work on a real hd big monitor of course. Just wanna see what you guys are using for your external monitor to preview your work in hd. Right now am just using the FX1..all that matters to me at this point is making sure the images are crop right and that my scrips don't fall off the page if you know what i mean.

thanks

Bill Porter · September 9th, 2005, 12:17 AM

Another approach: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/forumdisplay.php?f=70

This way doesn't work in post, though. :)

Dave Largent · September 9th, 2005, 07:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edward Troxel

Vol 3 #3 (the last issue to date).

Well, I haven't looked at vo. 3 #3 yet, but was wondering
if Bezier generally works like some of those photoshop-type
programs insofar as it will automatically find outlines of
objects in the image?

Edward Troxel · September 9th, 2005, 07:25 AM

Yep. It was a known problem. Just had to verify you were on the version that had the problem. Get the update and all should be fine.

Edward Troxel · September 9th, 2005, 07:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave Largent

was wondering if Bezier generally works like some of those photoshop-type programs insofar as it will automatically find outlines of
objects in the image?

No. It won't automatically find the edge. You have to painstakingly add the points in the proper places.

Shane Schmidt · September 9th, 2005, 09:39 AM

Yes, that did it.
Thanks Ed, saved my bacon once again!

Shane Schmidt
VSF Productions

Steven Andrus · September 9th, 2005, 03:38 PM

Hello,

I've rendered a few animations using premiere and the "animation" codec for quicktime to get the transparency to carry over into our pinacle thunder, but i prefer vegas. I just made an animation in vegas and i cant seem to render it in a way that the alpha channel holds. any ideas? It seems the "render alpha channel" setting is only available for uncompressed avi, and when i try that the thunder doesnt see it.

the option for the:
Quicktime Animation Codec in Millions of Colors+
doesnt seem to be there like it is in premiere

Don Donatello · September 9th, 2005, 03:56 PM

try rendering as uncompressed QT and slide the quality slider to 100% ( default is 50%)

Don Donatello · September 9th, 2005, 04:09 PM

some friends took a NTSC DVD (-R) to London i made and they said it played on about 50% of DVD players and of course and 100% of computers ...

i have a $200 sony DVD player and it will NOT play PAL .. i have a $39 cyberHome DVD player and it plays PAL/SECAM/NTSC DVD's to NTSC Tv's = converts them to NTSC real time = they look good to me ...

Don Donatello · September 9th, 2005, 04:23 PM

can computer 1 using NRS assigns a rendering job to itself ( computer 1) ..

can computer 2 assign itself a NRS rendering job

can computer 1 assign a solo ( non distribute) job to computer 2 ..

remember all folders that contain any media , the folder where you are storing the rendering job , temp folder , must be SHARED on the network..

if the rendering job stops - see what is being wrtten in the LOG ...

make sure both computers have the same DNS suffix ... my computer-properties-network ID - properties-more - look at DNS suffix name

September 8th, 2005, 07:20 PM	#601
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Has the driver been installed for HDV? XP SP2 supposedly does it automatically. Previous versions require you to manually do it. Here's the basic procedure: Go to Control Panel>System>Hardware>AVC Subunit with no driver Right click to Update Driver Tell Windows you'll locate driver yourself. Browse to the Sound, Video, Game Controllers. In there, you'll find two Sony driver options, choose the top one. In there, you'll find two Sony driver options. Choose the upper one. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

September 8th, 2005, 07:23 PM	#602
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	What version of DVDA are you using? Also, what FORMAT are the DVDs? (PAL or NTSC). First recommendation is updating to the newest version of DVDA2. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

September 8th, 2005, 11:47 PM	#606
Fred Foronda Major Player Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Hawaii Posts: 337	external previewing I know how important it is to preview your hd work on a real hd big monitor of course. Just wanna see what you guys are using for your external monitor to preview your work in hd. Right now am just using the FX1..all that matters to me at this point is making sure the images are crop right and that my scrips don't fall off the page if you know what i mean. thanks

September 9th, 2005, 07:25 AM	#609
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Yep. It was a known problem. Just had to verify you were on the version that had the problem. Get the update and all should be fine. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

September 9th, 2005, 03:38 PM	#612
Steven Andrus Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 48	Render a quicktime file with an alpha channel Hello, I've rendered a few animations using premiere and the "animation" codec for quicktime to get the transparency to carry over into our pinacle thunder, but i prefer vegas. I just made an animation in vegas and i cant seem to render it in a way that the alpha channel holds. any ideas? It seems the "render alpha channel" setting is only available for uncompressed avi, and when i try that the thunder doesnt see it. the option for the: Quicktime Animation Codec in Millions of Colors+ doesnt seem to be there like it is in premiere __________________ www.supafraud.com

September 8th, 2005, 10:22 PM	#604
Shane Schmidt Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oregon Posts: 40	Thanks for the reply Ed. DVDA2; version 2.0 (build 94) It figures that 2.0b is 30 MB. Is there a list somewhere that lists all the fixes?

September 8th, 2005, 10:26 PM	#605
Shane Schmidt Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oregon Posts: 40	I found the list & here is my fix; "A bug has been fixed that could prevent text-only buttons from being displayed on a burned DVD when a video was used as the menu background." Thanks again Ed! Shane

September 9th, 2005, 12:17 AM	#607
Bill Porter Major Player Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ventura, California, USA Posts: 751	Another approach: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/forumdisplay.php?f=70 This way doesn't work in post, though. :)

September 9th, 2005, 09:39 AM	#611
Shane Schmidt Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oregon Posts: 40	Yes, that did it. Thanks Ed, saved my bacon once again! Shane Schmidt VSF Productions

September 9th, 2005, 03:56 PM	#613
Don Donatello Hawaiian Shirt Mogul Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: northern cailfornia Posts: 1,261	try rendering as uncompressed QT and slide the quality slider to 100% ( default is 50%)

September 9th, 2005, 04:09 PM	#614
Don Donatello Hawaiian Shirt Mogul Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: northern cailfornia Posts: 1,261	some friends took a NTSC DVD (-R) to London i made and they said it played on about 50% of DVD players and of course and 100% of computers ... i have a $200 sony DVD player and it will NOT play PAL .. i have a $39 cyberHome DVD player and it plays PAL/SECAM/NTSC DVD's to NTSC Tv's = converts them to NTSC real time = they look good to me ...

September 9th, 2005, 04:23 PM	#615
Don Donatello Hawaiian Shirt Mogul Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: northern cailfornia Posts: 1,261	can computer 1 using NRS assigns a rendering job to itself ( computer 1) .. can computer 2 assign itself a NRS rendering job can computer 1 assign a solo ( non distribute) job to computer 2 .. remember all folders that contain any media , the folder where you are storing the rendering job , temp folder , must be SHARED on the network.. if the rendering job stops - see what is being wrtten in the LOG ... make sure both computers have the same DNS suffix ... my computer-properties-network ID - properties-more - look at DNS suffix name