When do you wish to down-convert? After the editing and on the final render? If so then DON'T USE CineForm as it is HD. If you down convert then it's not HD any more so you need render to Windows avi with one of the standard settings such as NTSC DV

As a side note. One of the reasons I use the stand alone CineForm codec and not ClipBrowser is that often (and the reasons aren't yet clear) the mxf files after ClipBrowser/SxS processing seem to become corrupt in a way that CineForm does not like and you get a "Vegas Stopped Working". There is never a problem feeding the mpg4 files direct to the CineForm codec as long as it gets them fresh and virginal from the SxS card.

So basically it;s better to bypass the whole clipbrowser ordeal and dump it directly into vegas? if so, would i just import it normally as I would from the hard drive or is there some kind of method to capture it from the camera? By the way I upload it from the camera and not from the reader if that makes a difference.

Yes, but you have to buy the CineForm stand alone codec which ain't cheap. The CineForm software will capture from your camera, convert to avi and dump directly into your project or hard drive.

Lets just say that I did not have sony vegas and all I wanted to do was view my footage on my pc and send it to other people over the net with a smaller size hd form. Is that not possible?

Hi Dennis,

This should be working for you with .mxf files and no workarounds whatsoever. You can definitely go direct from your timeline to .avi or .wmv with no pre-render or pre-avi conversion.

Please give a quick description of what you are doing, and we will try to troubleshoot for you.

I'm actually at my office right now so I don;t have Vegas open in front of me but I will try to describe the situation the best I can. After I transfer files from explorer to project media, I am trying to save a selected clip from the timeline to a lower resolution HD quality clip to send over the web. I'm also trying to put some clips on Vimeo as everyone here has been utilizing that website pretty good to stream their videos. What do you suggest?

Thanks,

-Dennis

So to clarfify, you have previously used Sony's clip browser to "export" the file as an .mxf, then opened Vegas pro 8 and brought the file through explorer to project media and dragged it onto your timeline. Then you set the loop region to your clip, and follow these instructions:

http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/1...-for-vimeo-hd/

That is correct. I have done all that and when trying to render it either says there is an error and then I go back and change a few settings and then it will render a real choppy video (the video that gets saved actually looks like its being rendered) , or I get good sound and no video. I believe I have matched teh project properties as well. when shooting in 1080240 I click on "108024p YUV" template and match it up as best I can. That's why i'm confused as to why it is still not working. Is there somethign I am missing?

Also, what if I did not have sony vegas, would there be any way to turn the native files into .wmv? By the way that article on transfering files from HD to vimeo was very helpful but the following picture was too small for me to see> http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/images/sonyavc.png

What project settings are you using for Vegas? This is Vegas Pro 8, correct? What does the error message say?

Yes Vegas Pro 8. It was an error messege during rendering. I forgot exactly what it said. I'll try again later tonight and let you know.

Also the other major issue I am having is playing back the actual clips in Vegas. I can drag them on the time line or right click while they are in explorer or project media and after 10-15 seconds of the clip playing it starts to get choppy. I have brought it down from 32 bit to 8bit which kind of helped. I know it can't be my system because others are running it smoothe with similar or lower specs.

Yes, let us know the project settings and the exact error message. So far, there is nothing that you have said that should, under normal circumstances keep the file from rendering to an .avi or .wmv.

The Vegas playback is different than what I am experiencing as well. 8 bit with no transitions or effects always plays smoothly for me. 8 bit with simple transitions or basic effects also plays smoothly. 32 bit or multiple effects is choppy, but workably so.

Randy, you are the man! I figured it out and rendered it perfectly from HD to DVD quality. The audio has some static/choppyness to it but I have to figure out the settings to that.

Other than that, thanks for the tip!

-Dennis