Computer 1 can assign itself a job and it will render.
Computer 1 can assign a job to computer 2, it starts then stops.
Computer 2 can assign itself a job and render
All directories used are shared.
DNS is clear( not assigned on either computer).

Log on computer 2 shows failed, no project found ( it names project and location on computer 1, the project IS there and this directory is shown as a share directory on computer 2!!!.)

Progress up to failure can be monitored on computer 2 ( ie start of database, queing etc )

I have been busy so have not had much time to try and get going so will spend little more time in the next few days.

Ron Evans

In reverse order. For duplication and replication (100 or more) try www.chicagodigitalpost.com OR 1-877-469-8433
Tim over there is very helpful. Tell him Don Bloom sent you.

As for looping the DVD set the END ACTION of the last chapter (or of the entire video if there are no chapters) back to the beginning. Once you look into the workspace and see the end actions available it will make perfect sense. Be sure to test it in preview first though.

That should do it.

Don B

Are you using a single file on the DVD? I'm assuming you would probably also want it to auto start. Just do a File - New - Single Movie. Pick that movie file and then change the End Action to point to itself.

As for compatibility, not all burnable DVDs are created equal. Find a brand that works well for you and stick with it. I have had good success with the Verbatim 8x DVD-R discs.

In this video of 4 minutes there will be know chapters. Where do I go to set the end action?

Thanks, Jason

Tone in Vegas
 

How can I add tone to a colorbar leader in Vegas ??

You can create a sine wave tone in Sound Forge, if you have it.

In Vegas, if you are using Print to DV tape, the bars and tone are built in as options during this process.

Gary

If you are getting 100 discs made, you will want to have them replicated (not burned).

In DVDA, double click on your media file so that you see it in the timeline window. At the top of the Media Properties window choose End Actions and set the Destination to be the same media file.

Gary

Jason: welcome aboard (H)DVInfo.net! You've posted the question in the right
place (thanks!) but you may want to try more informative titles next time. This
way people are more inclined to look inside. Instead of seeing a general one
like you've chosen. In this case an example good be:

"Architect 2 menu's look brown?"

If you want I can still rename it for you (I didn't already because you might have
trouble finding your post if you don't know someone has renamed it).

Thanks and enjoy your stay!

Audacity can generate it too. Audacity is open source (as in, more or less free).

Standard levels are -12dBFS (for consumer formats), -18 for PAL, -20 for pro video formats (i.e. digibeta). For analog formats, tone should hit 0 VU.

And then you have to set program levels in relation to tone.

Thanks Gary, SF did the trick. Sure wish Vegas had just added that feature. After all, it is an audio editor, right??? :)

Now I wish I could figure out why one little section of my commercial goes to +3.5db for a second or two. Compressor does not seem to be able to trap it. It's always something.

The effect your talking about is done in these commercials by a DV Info'er, John Britt.

Demos:
www.karatemedia.com/video/jomo.wmv

www.karatemedia.com/video/theatre.wmv


www.karatemedia.com/video/commercials.html

Bob, try this:

A- Always play from the start of your project, because the compressors are time-dependent and will give a different effect if you start later.

B- Make the attack a lot shorter. Attack is the delay the compressor takes before it kicks into action. Sometimes you want a long delay, so there's more dynamics in music. But in this case you want a very fast attack (and probably a very fast release too).

720p
 

If my work was printed to tape on 720p and later is viewed on LCD or plasma hdtv with a native resolution of 1080 will it look the same as viewing it on a screen with a native res of 720?

thanks

Also, keep in mind you can save and recall your workspace setups. Once you have it set the way you want, hit CTRL-ALT-D and then a number. After that, hitting ALT-D followed by the number will recall that workspace. This is really useful if you're like me and you prefer different workspaces for editing audio versus editing video.

Mono AC3s created by Vegas 6 do not work
 

Has anyone been able to create AC3s in mono using Vegas? If so, what settings did you use? I have some dialog recorded in mono, and I hate to waste bandwidth on a non-existent channel. I tried using both stereo and mono sources.

I figured it out, but I can not delete this thread! Oh well, for those of you wondering: you need to create a surround project and pan the sound to the center channel. I thought using a mono file would do the trick but it did not.

60i to 60p: How to?
 

I did it a long time ago in Vegas but forgot how.
I know there is somewhere you have to type in
"60" where that option does not exist as a pre-set.
(Did a search here but couldn't come up with the
info.)
How do I convert 60i to 60p?

Starting with a wmv file
 

Hi all,

First of all thanks to all (especially Edward) for responding to my Vegas questions.

I have a .wmv file that I want to edit in Vegas and then make a DVD of.

When I drag it into Vegas, the audio shows up OK, but the video is all blacked out. Anything format I tried to render in results in all black video.

When I play the .wmv file in WinAmp, the video shows up no problem.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,
Isaac

make sure u have windows media 9 or above installed.. in vegas drag the piece to the timeline and render out to dv avi,
from here you should see all frames.. so long as u have mediaplayer9 installed..
also turn off the microsoft codecs within vegas

if u try render wmv into any other format those black frames will be embedded to the actual output. avi is the only way to get full frames

the black frames u see are compression, which vegas sometimes latches onto, which is why u see the blacks more than the actual frames.. i dont know how or why, but it doesnt interpolate between the dead compression frames... i guess it can still recognise the frame rate so it leaves it..
Might be an idea to change the frame rate to force interpolation??
Youll need to experiment.

during playback, you SHOULDNT see these black frames at al unless ur scrubbing backwards.. (Mpg would behave the same way)

go into your project settings, switch it to 60 and turn on interpolation, now turn on progressive..

the only output option u really have with this though is Sony YUV or Uncompressed.. i dont see wy youd need 60p unless ur source material was 60p...

thats cause the license is only for stereo or 5.1 (ex included)

if you want full ballsy DD manipulation, u need something like nuendo or the standalone Dolby encoder (sonic foundry softencode) which is no longer available.

the trick is to run a stereo track but tun all ur audio into mono. Also, make sure ur environemtn is set to film (tighter spacial environment)

you can do this with 5.1 surround sound, and by muting the FL, FR, RS, LS, and LFE channels on th etrack (Just double click the panner in the track header, and turn off those respective speakers), to emulate the whole 1.0 audio field (basicaly killing off the surround but maintaing the centre channel only) problem with this is that from memry, youstill ahve to render 5.1 which is 5 extra dead channels being rendered out and taking up precious storage space

Wow, this thread turned out to be alot more helpful than I imagined, thanks for that last piece of info Brian, that will be very helpful in the future

One of the VfW templates is fields to frames in Vegas 6.

Peter, I did in fact get a mono AC3; not just a stereo or surround with identical channels. From what I can tell, the Mainconcept encoder can create everything from 1.0 to 5.1

MPEG edit techniques
 

OK...so I know MPEG isn't really a good codec for editing (the whole Group of Pictures thing), but that is the source format for some video I need to slice and dice.

1. What techniques are there in Vegas that will help when editing MPEG-2 video?
2. Should I turn Quanitize to Frames ON or OFF?
3. Are there other Vegas settings or Preferences that should be enabled to edit MPEG-2?
4. Is there any way to zoom in close enough on the timeline to tell where a GOP starts and ends so that I try and split or cut on those natural breaks?
5. Should I just render out to AVI? If so, does that create audio sync problems?

Thanks in advance for any assistance!

1. Render the whole thing to DV-AVI and then edit that. It will save a lot of headaches.

2. ON

3. Nope. It will handle it as-is.

4. I don't believe you'll be able to tell the difference between i-frames and the others. They'll all look the same on the timeline.

5. See #1 :-) Should not be a sync issue.

Video Capture from XL2
 

I'm using Vegas 5 Vidcapture tool to capture video from my Canon XL2. The video was shot in 16:9, and it looks like it captures it in 16:9, but when I start importing it into my project I can't get the resolution and aspect ratio right.

In the specs for the XL2 the resolution for 16:9 mode is 960x480. If I put the project resolution in Vegas to 960x480 it doesn't look right. If I put it to 720x576 (default) I get a widescreen picture, slightly anamorphic, with the black 'pull down' bits at the top and the bottom.

The best I've got, is 720x576 (default - with the pull down bits) with the pixel aspect ratio set to 'square', but the rendering options don't allow alteration of the pixel aspect.

So I got 2 questions:

1, When the camera records on DV tape, does it record it in 4:3 anamorphic or 4:3 with pull downs or another format I don't know about?

2, What resolution settings can I use to edit and render in Vegas to get a proper widescreen project, that will playback on DVD, in widescreen?

Any help is much appreciated!!

What are your project settings? Go to File - Properties and pick the right setting (i.e. widescreen).

If I use the widescreen setting with res of 720x576 and a pixel aspect of 1.45, the video fills the preview but it's anamorphic.

I've just been playing around with it, and if I set the res to 870x480 with a pixel aspect of 1.0 square, it looks like what it does when it's captureing it. I think I've possibly answerd my own question!!

But of course, I can't render it like that, because the pixel aspect can't be set to 1.0 for the rendering.

If I set the project settings to 870x480 and 1.0 pixel aspect for editing, and use the widescreen setting to render with the pixel aspect of 1.45, will this show as widescreen when playing on a dvd?

Or have I got it all wrong?

Lee,

The 16:9 is still 720 wide. You need to tell Vegas that your footage is 'anamorphic' and then it should know to 'stretch' those 720 pixels out to form a 16:9 ratio. How you do that in Vegas, I don't know. But you certainly don't want to change resolution settings. The ccd block is 960 but that's not what the camera records to tape. So, you will be working with a 720x576 image with an altered pixel aspect ratio that makes it 16:9.

Hope this helps.

-gb-

You should look into getting software that is good at editing Mpeg.

I use Mpeg Video Wizard from Womble ($99), and, while it certainly is not equal to Vegas in editing and features, it handles mpeg with a GREAT DEAL more ease than Vegas, and it allows you to join Mpeg segments without recompression.

Gary

Thanks Greg, makes sense now.

Thanks Glenn, So much to learn, so little time....

Edward and Gary,

Gentlemen, thank you specifically for answering my question here, but more than that, thank you for participating in this forum. Both of you make at least part of your living selling your knowledge (scripts, training, etc.) and I have to say how great it is that you give it away freely here when asked. Your participation in this type of forum is exactly why I'll continue to purchase your products.

Patrick

what format audio are u encoding to??
as i can guarantee u that vegas doesnt use mainconcept for Dolby Digital encodes...

im curious how you achieved this as it would save many hassles :)

Graphic Cards and Vegas
 

How do graphic cards effect editing with Vegas Video? That is, is there any advantage to buying a high end graphics card for Vegas Video? Thanks.

There is NO advantage to buying a high-end video card. Most people DO like one that will handle multiple monitors, though.

User Groups in Denver???
 

Hey I'm headed to Denver - end of October and would love to connect with some Vegas 6 users - or one that has used it a bunch to talk about how the program works, and do some hands on with the program.

Anybody out there from Denver? Maybe I should search the profiles.

Thanks,
Milt Lee

VASST Toronto tour - thanks, Spot and the rest of VASST
 

Hi folks.

DSE and Co. came to Toronto, Canada to present the HDV VASST tour/Sony Vegas 6 training seminar - it was very well attended and a blast.

This was the first time I met Spot and wow, what an impression the VASST guys make! It was an amazing presentation through and through and I know any time these guys hit town, I gotta be there!

DSE was surprised at the high proportion of Toronto attendees who were "long-time" Vegas users and it's looking like a Toronto Vegas users group might be set up...

As if VASST needs the endorsement... well, I'll say it anyways...
Cheers to you all - if you're interested in keeping up with the latest and the greatest in the industry, VASST's seminars are a must. I'm grateful to Sony Canada to have helped make this event possible - Sebastian and Brian, thanks for helping to make it happen! Canadians deserve more VASST!!!

Cheers!

Mark, it was great to meet you and the other Vegas users both new and experienced, in Toronto. What a great group of folks. The only thing that could have been better is if we'd have had a larger room so folks weren't quite so cramped. We just didn't expect that sort of attendance.
Looking forward to coming up again soon for some other presentations.