Render out to WMV at DVinfo.net

Ben Hogan · October 14th, 2009, 04:53 PM

When I render out to a .wmv, the audio/timecode track appears at the bottom, like with vhs tapes where you see the information on the side. Is there any way to avoid that when rendering out .wmv? There is no pixel crop that I find. Rendering out .mp4 or .mpg, .mov works fine, but .wmv gives me that garbled pixel track at the bottom.

Mike Kujbida · October 14th, 2009, 05:15 PM

What are your render settings?
Can you post a screenshot?
I render to WMV a lot and have never see this before.

Ben Hogan · October 15th, 2009, 04:21 AM

Yeah I found that it does it in after effects too, not just Vegas 9. When I try to render out to .wmv it has a blocky pixel stripe at the bottom, like I was saying, looks like from tape when you have the timecode track that would appear although this one is transparent over the video. Strange. My settings are just normal settings. I've tried a few different ones but the fact it's doing it in AE as well as Vegas, it's not a Vegas thing it's a windows media thing.

Seth Bloombaum · October 15th, 2009, 09:52 AM

Agreeing that if it's doing it across Vegas and AE, it's likely a WM thing.

Download and reinstall Windows Media Player! Vegas, AE, all the rest are built on your install of WM.

Note that there are also some interesting utilities included with the Windows Media Encoder (a separate download) - this is a nice-to-have free package, since it exposes just a couple more controls for WM creation than does Vegas.

Ben Hogan · October 16th, 2009, 01:13 AM

Thanks, I'll look into that. My computer for editing does not touch the internet or have any extra programs other than what I use to edit and create graphics. So it probably is not up to date WM install. I just ended up rendering out a .mp4 in HD and then using a different program to convert to .wmv on my internet computer. It was scaled down almost half size so the quality didn't suffer from a viewer's stand point.

Again, thank you!

October 14th, 2009, 04:53 PM	#1
Ben Hogan Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Grapevine Texas Posts: 27	Render out to WMV When I render out to a .wmv, the audio/timecode track appears at the bottom, like with vhs tapes where you see the information on the side. Is there any way to avoid that when rendering out .wmv? There is no pixel crop that I find. Rendering out .mp4 or .mpg, .mov works fine, but .wmv gives me that garbled pixel track at the bottom.

October 15th, 2009, 09:52 AM	#4
Seth Bloombaum Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,420	Agreeing that if it's doing it across Vegas and AE, it's likely a WM thing. Download and reinstall Windows Media Player! Vegas, AE, all the rest are built on your install of WM. Note that there are also some interesting utilities included with the Windows Media Encoder (a separate download) - this is a nice-to-have free package, since it exposes just a couple more controls for WM creation than does Vegas. __________________ 30 years of pro media production. Vegas user since 1.0. Webcaster since 1997. Freelancer since 2000. College instructor since 2001.

October 14th, 2009, 05:15 PM	#2
Mike Kujbida Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Windsor, ON Canada Posts: 2,770	What are your render settings? Can you post a screenshot? I render to WMV a lot and have never see this before.

October 15th, 2009, 04:21 AM	#3
Ben Hogan Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Grapevine Texas Posts: 27	Yeah I found that it does it in after effects too, not just Vegas 9. When I try to render out to .wmv it has a blocky pixel stripe at the bottom, like I was saying, looks like from tape when you have the timecode track that would appear although this one is transparent over the video. Strange. My settings are just normal settings. I've tried a few different ones but the fact it's doing it in AE as well as Vegas, it's not a Vegas thing it's a windows media thing.

October 16th, 2009, 01:13 AM	#5
Ben Hogan Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Grapevine Texas Posts: 27	Thanks, I'll look into that. My computer for editing does not touch the internet or have any extra programs other than what I use to edit and create graphics. So it probably is not up to date WM install. I just ended up rendering out a .mp4 in HD and then using a different program to convert to .wmv on my internet computer. It was scaled down almost half size so the quality didn't suffer from a viewer's stand point. Again, thank you!