Actually, the AC3 plugin doesn't "require" DVD Architect, it just comes WITH it. You could still buy the AC3 plugin separately if you only buy Vegas 4.

Vegas Video and 4 Channel Audio
 

Does anyone know if the new Vegas Video 4.0 support 4 channel audio capture?

Unless they just added it, no to 4-track. You can added Scenalyzer which will give you 4-track as an add-on.

No it does not allow capturing of the second stereo track. Buy Scenalyzer Live (about $33) which can capture Video + Stereo1 into an AVI file while simultaneously capturing Stereo2 into a separate .WAV file over firewire.

Thank you for the information.

I will buy scenalyzer, it seems to be a great program at a reasonable price.

I could not determine if the 5.1 support in Vegas Video 4.0 allowed 4-channel audio to be captured. Based on the responses I have received, the answer appears to be no.

My thanks to Edward and Nathan.

Help with VV4 and dvd arch
 

Heya all,


Need a hand understanding this, i outputted files with vegas video 4 as dvd mpeg2's which it said were for dvd architect.

So finally after i prepared my dvd and whatnot within dvd architect, it now wants to recompress them again and take another 2 hours at it, any ideas why it is doing this?

Shouldnt the file be ready for burning and no need recompression again?

Zac

I fixed up the problem, it had defaulted the project to NTSC and wanted to convert.

Sorry all.

If you want can delete thread.

How do you like VV4 and DVDA so far?

I am thinking about buying them but wanted to get some opinions first. Did you use VV3 before or other authoring software?

Thanks you.

Download the Demo versions from their website yourself
to get a good impression what it can and cannot do! You can
even download the full manuals for both products.

Always test before your buy. And test here is a hands on test
done by yourself!

Opening a VV3 or 4 timeline in AFX
 

Heya all,

Did a search and didn't find much. Is there a way to open a vv3 or vv4 timeline in adobe after effects?

I know with premiere it is possible and for avid there is a plugin, just wondering if anything similar is available for vegas video.

Or is there another way?

Thanks all,

Zac

There's no direct way to access the timeline back and forth. You have to render the section you'd like to use After Effects on, edit it, and then bring it back in. Rendering to DV is okay, but uncompressed QuickTime is optimal.

Check out the following message from another forum:

"This just-released plug-in for After Effects adds the ability to import Sonic Foundry's Vegas EDL files into After Effects as a Composition (similar to importing a Premiere Project into After Effects).

The plug-in was originally developed in-house to allow us to rough cut video in Vegas, then import and finish in After Effects. For more details goto www.forgedimages.com and click under "After Effects Plug-Ins."



It may do what you want.

Vegas 4.0 Review -- "WOW!"
 

"In the never ending war of which NLE is the best, it appears that Sonic Foundry has quietly set into motion a program that threatens to rock the NLE world and turn it all on its head. Jim Harvey takes a good look at Vegas 4 to see what everyone's been talking about."

I am not a pro editor, so let me ask this please. Why does a person need a vectrocope and histogram, also, what the heck is a vectroscope, and if you didn't have one and wanted broadcast quality video, where would video fall short without them. Also, is VV4 not a big project tool, several references have been made to the fact it is not?

Thanks
Donny

In order for video to be broadcast and look good, it has to fall within certain perameters, otherwise the colors bleed and/or get clipped, the audio buzzes--all sorts of ugy things can happen. The various scopes allow you to "see" the video signal and make sure it's within the NTSC broadcast limits (in a nutshell).

Vegas works great for long form projects. I have made many 2 hour plus projects using Vegas. The most complained about problem was the lack of bins in the media pool. These have been added in Vegas 4. I don't think you will have any problems with a long form video.