ConnectHD upgrade policy ? and A/V not the same length ? at DVinfo.net

Jeffrey Liou · March 24th, 2005, 10:50 PM

Hi, I'm a regisitered user of Vegas 5 and plan to buy Z1 weeks later, before purchasing the ConnectHD , I'd like to ask some questions:

1.What is the upgrade policy ?
the current version is 1.6x, will the free upgrade policy only affective until the version 2.x, or within a time period after purchase,i.e one year ?
(sorry to ask this question, since I had a bad expierience in the upgrade from Vegas 4 to version 5)

2. Since ConnectHD was only supported under Win XP, so I must abandoned the W2k, is there any efficacy or stability difference between the Home and Pro version of Win XP in the HDV editing ?

3.I had downloaded the trial version and worked on some m2t available from the internet , after the conversion to CFHD avi and dragged them to Vegas 5 and I found the length of the video and audio is not the same ?
the audio is shorter about 2 frames, why did this happen ?

Any opionion will be highly appreciated !

David Newman · March 25th, 2005, 12:41 AM

1. No official policy, but we haven't charged for an upgrade yet.

2. Both work fine.

3. It is a MPEG thing. When using scene detection, the video is broken into the GOPs for scene A and B. This happens because camera places a couple of audio "frames" from the end of scene A in the first GOP of scene B.

Jeffrey Liou · March 25th, 2005, 06:10 PM

Thanks for quick reply, David.

>>>>>It is a MPEG thing. When .......
so it's inherent MPEG problem, but could it be fixed/solved ?
or should we cut out the extra frames of video very time in manual ?

David Newman · March 25th, 2005, 06:40 PM

Normally frames are trimmed as part of normal editing habits so it is rarely an issue. However it is on the list to see if it can be addressed in a future update.

Jeffrey Liou · March 25th, 2005, 07:31 PM

<<<-- Originally posted by David Newman : it is on the list to see if it can be addressed in a future update. -->>>

Happy to hear that !

March 24th, 2005, 10:50 PM	#1
Jeffrey Liou New Boot Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Taipei, Taiwan Posts: 19	ConnectHD upgrade policy ? and A/V not the same length ? Hi, I'm a regisitered user of Vegas 5 and plan to buy Z1 weeks later, before purchasing the ConnectHD , I'd like to ask some questions: 1.What is the upgrade policy ? the current version is 1.6x, will the free upgrade policy only affective until the version 2.x, or within a time period after purchase,i.e one year ? (sorry to ask this question, since I had a bad expierience in the upgrade from Vegas 4 to version 5) 2. Since ConnectHD was only supported under Win XP, so I must abandoned the W2k, is there any efficacy or stability difference between the Home and Pro version of Win XP in the HDV editing ? 3.I had downloaded the trial version and worked on some m2t available from the internet , after the conversion to CFHD avi and dragged them to Vegas 5 and I found the length of the video and audio is not the same ? the audio is shorter about 2 frames, why did this happen ? Any opionion will be highly appreciated !

March 25th, 2005, 12:41 AM	#2
David Newman CTO, CineForm Inc. Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California Posts: 8,095	1. No official policy, but we haven't charged for an upgrade yet. 2. Both work fine. 3. It is a MPEG thing. When using scene detection, the video is broken into the GOPs for scene A and B. This happens because camera places a couple of audio "frames" from the end of scene A in the first GOP of scene B. __________________ David Newman -- web: www.gopro.com blog: cineform.blogspot.com -- twitter: twitter.com/David_Newman

March 25th, 2005, 06:40 PM	#4
David Newman CTO, CineForm Inc. Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California Posts: 8,095	Normally frames are trimmed as part of normal editing habits so it is rarely an issue. However it is on the list to see if it can be addressed in a future update. __________________ David Newman -- web: www.gopro.com blog: cineform.blogspot.com -- twitter: twitter.com/David_Newman

March 25th, 2005, 06:10 PM	#3
Jeffrey Liou New Boot Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Taipei, Taiwan Posts: 19	Thanks for quick reply, David. >>>>>It is a MPEG thing. When ....... so it's inherent MPEG problem, but could it be fixed/solved ? or should we cut out the extra frames of video very time in manual ?

March 25th, 2005, 07:31 PM	#5
Jeffrey Liou New Boot Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Taipei, Taiwan Posts: 19	<<<-- Originally posted by David Newman : it is on the list to see if it can be addressed in a future update. -->>> Happy to hear that !