You noticed this in the RENDERED file. What does the same point look like in the SOURCE files? Is the same thing there?

Thanks folks. I will try your suggestions but you're also right, on a standard tv, the wind noise rumble is barely noticable to the untrained ear of my wife. I can barely hear it unless I turn the tv up fairly loud myself. I am just concerned when it goes to professionals who may use every reason to label it amatuer and therefore want to decline my project.

Thanks again

if the stripes are thick i would say its a tape issue

<<<-- Originally posted by Simon Wyndham : I've worked out a bodged workaround. I'll create seperate projects for all the seperate scenes so I can edit them all individually. Then I'll render out each scene as another file. I'll import them all in order into a new project and save that as something like "fullfilm.veg"

Now whenever I make a change to a scene I just resave over the rendered file for that particular scene, and the timeline for fullfilm.veg will automatically have the new version of the scene. Of course if the scenes change length I'll have to adjust the fullfilm timeline, but it's a sort of solution.

Ed, why so blunt? I don't write scripts and don't know how. So I don't know what they can and can't do. -->>>

I used this method for the feature i just finished up, the only problem is you have to go through another recompress

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It's true that another recompress will need to be gone through, although I will be applying Magic Bullet to the final scenes anyway. I could use the Sony YUV codec, but the Sony DV codec is so good over multiple generations I don't think just one generation of recompress will make all that much difference?

As long as you don't apply any more filters or other settings, the file will simply be COPIED for the final render. So the ONLY pieces that are "recompressed" would be any overlaps creating dissolves between sections.

OR a dirty head.

Any tips for 5 camera editing?
 

I've been getting better at editing the various 2 camera shoots that we've been doing in the past but now I'm about to start on the biggest project we've done to date which is a 5 camera multi-day shoot of a live festival.

For the 2 camera shoots I've used composite trackers to switch between the shots and every now and again I've added an additional video track to do some sort of effect that couldn't be created with only the two tracks.

So as I start pulling all of the video and getting ready to sink my teeth into these 5 camera shots I'm wondering if there are any tips that any of you might care to share?

I know that if I am to continue using composite tracking as my method of crossfading I will need to put composite trackers on all of the tracks except the lowest one.

Is there any other tidbits that you can share that might save me time, frustration, and hair?

Thanks,
Kevin

Yes - get Excalibur (see the link under my name)

It's also reviewed in several of the newsletters at the same link.

It will save you a tremendous amount of time when editing your multi-cam shoots.

Bad Cut in Vegas
 

NEWBIE question!

I've got a video event and audio event in vegas that I'm editing. When I make cuts, I set in and out markers, select between them and delete. Ok fine and dandy until the one time that I screw up and just delete from the audio line. I keep rolling along, and looking for "bad" video where I want to cut next, not really listening (it's a football game). When I get to the end of the game, I find my screwup that I had lost audio sync. Is there anything I can do other than undo back to the screwup and redo everything after that?

Make sure that either BOTH the audio and video tracks are selected OR, if you're using a selection area, just press CTRL-SHIFT-A to deselect everything before pressing Delete.

Thanks. I was hoping that there would be a way to skip a forward action after undoing to the point of the error.

Since I wanted to delete the Video also, I just figured out that once I found the error with undo, I could forward to my last instruction and go back to delete the video portion.

Ok way of undoing things:
Select your clip.
Put the playhead in the middle of the clip. Click on the area below all your tracks.
right click your clip and select "open in trimmer".
Drag the video back into the timeline. Delete the original video. You can right click the track (on the left column of your screen) and select "expand track layers" to make your life easier.

If you have to do this process for multiple clips then there might be a way to undo things with less button pushing.

Rendering
 

I am using a rather cheap camera, a Hi-8, and have been doing all of my video with it thus far. The only method I have for uploading is an analog converter that shrinks the picture down to a very small resoultion. I think it is 320x280 or in that area. Now when I render it, it causes people in the distance to have their faces blurred. Is there any recommendation you guys have, short of buying a new camera, that can help improve this?

Mitch

1- You might be able to use Virtualdub and capture to whatever format you want.

Without knowing which capture card you're using and what drivers it uses (VFW or WDM) it's hard to say what you should do.

Virtualdub should be free.

2- new camera: You could get a digital8 camera, which will read hi8 tapes and convert them to DV.

Caveats:
You're stuck with another dying format. If you lose or break your camera then you may have a lot of trouble accessing your footage.
Old digital8 cameras are better than the newer ones.

You could get any other camera to use as a analog-digital convertor (check that they have analog-digital passthrough). Of course, you might as well use that camera from that point on instead provided that it's better than your hi8.

3- Which NLE are you using?

not all digi8s will feed hi8 through firewire though, a buddy of mine got one (dont know the model number) that wouldnt.. ...I know most of them do, you can get TRV-103s (nice cam) off of ebay for $250 if you keep your eye out for them.... ...highly recomend this route over analog capture, asside from deck control, you don't have to worry about dropped frames at the higher res that you get from alot of consumer capture solutions.

Doug,

There is a script called MediaSync that you might take a look at that can get you back in sync. You can identify a master track of video for example, and then a slave track of audio. The script will resync all of the audio to the video events. If you get out of sync again, just rerun the script.

You can get infomation about it here:
http://www.peachrock.com/software/mediasync.html

Excalibur also has an align audio/video wizard that you might want to look at.

Randall

yea ive definately had this prob with dirty head in a camera...i think i ran a tape cleaner and re-recorded over it. ive seen the horizontal lines happen several times on different cameras and on some vd decks at our school.

have you been using the same brand of tape? it seems to happen more when you swap between wet/dry lube tapes

i would run a head cleaner yo....

if it doesnt work, is it possible to send it to a diff deck or cam? then it would rule out the tape or deck/cam

you could get a cheap miniDV for under $400

then xfer all your 8mm footage to it via RCA wires or whatnot, so now its on miniDV and you can suck it thru 1394 into your NLE

dont get a samsung miniDV...i got one a year ago to keep the wear on heads down on my gl1/xl1s and it has broken 3 times...the firewire port keeps going out and they keep sending me different cams, now the last one they sent the focus wont work.

Yep, VirtualDub rocks in that department. I'm doing the same thing with a Star Wars Trilogy LD set. I have excellent 60i->24p results although I need to make some adjustments to the levels. The whites are getting blown out...

Capturing video
 

How do you change the frame rate that you capture the video at from 30fps?

I found that the laserdiscs didn't have constant cadence, making pulldown removal problematic when using Cinema Tools, although the end result ended up looking pretty darn good.

Graeme

DVD Architect - add video without adding a menu item
 

I am creating the DVD for a 45+ video and have been keeping the end credits in a separate video file.

I want to have both the main video and the end credits video files on the DVD, and also want to have only one button on the title page of the DVD.

Right now, when I add the second video file, a second button appears on the main title page. If I delete the second button, the corresponding footage also disappears from the DVD.

The question is, how do I add multipart video without having a button for each of the parts.

Thank you!

-- Andre

Jay, please provide a working link
 

Jay, please provide a working link.

Thanks
-- Andre

DVD Architect 1 or 2? In DVD Architect 2, you just add the video to the project (NOT the menu) and then "End Action" from the first video to the second video. DVD Architect 1 did NOT have end actions.

How do you plan on capturing???

DVD Architect 2a. But how?
 

How do I "add video to the project (NOT the menu)"?

I try the Insert menu and add Media (Ctrl+F) and a button does appear on the menu.

Please tell me how to do this.

Thank you!
-- Andre

I think I figured it out
 

Here's what I did:

I want intro-clip.mov, main.mov and credits.mov to appear on the DVD in the above order but want a button only to intro-clip.mov

What I did is
- find the clips in DVDA Explorer
- drag each clip to the Project Overview window, being very careful to position them directly in the "root directory" indicated by a disc icon (If put under the "folder" icon or under the "window" icon, they will appear as menus)
- the order of the clips determines the order of their appearance in the timeline
- doubleclick each clip and in its Properties window change the End Action/Destination parameter to the name of the following clip.
- the last clip's End Action/Destination must be "Most Recent Menu" so that when the clip ends, the Menu window reappears on the screen

- the last step is to doubleclick the "folder" icon and use the Insert menu on the main window toolbar to Insert an "Empty Button" and lastly
- doubleclick on the inserted Empty Button and change its End Action/Destination to the name of the FIRST clip.

This is the process I used. Let me know if there is a simple way.

Regards
-- Andre

Vegas users in Australia - Speak up or forever be looked over... lol
 

just tryin to find some vegas users in Oz as im considering creating a network here which allows for tip swapping etc etc as well as Vegas nights where we can gether around a PC like nerds in awe and gasp at each others work.
from there id like to invite some Prem Users...

One thing i DO know, is that Sony techies are alwyas on the boards and forums and take notice of what people want. So long as its workable, 98% of the suggestions are added to updates or usually the next version..
I also work very closely with the Oz Distributor of Vegas (new magic)

im stilll waiting on dual layered support for DVDA1 and 2... twiddling my thumbs coz right now encore can do this.. DVD cant..

Yes, that is how it is done. You drag the media to the Project Overview screen. Here's what I would have done:

Create the project with menu. Drag the FIRST clip to the menu (since that's what you wanted for the button). Drag the SECOND clip to the Project Overview screen. Make sure the End Action for the second clip was the menu. Make sure the End Action for the first clip was the second clip.

Vegas 5 and SP2
 

Are many Vegas5 & DVDA2 users running SP2? What's your expereince with SP2 so far? Thanks.

No issues here.

Check the following website for preparations to take before installing SP2:
http://www.fixyourwindows.com/winxpsp2install.htm
Keep in mind that SP2 might break your system, and not everyone is able to uninstall it.

Alternative to the above website:
You can use Ghost, True Image, or a partition cloning tool to backup your OS partition before you upgrade SP2. If anything goes wrong, just put your OS partition back.

How can I tell the size of my Video in Vegas 5b
 

Hello:

Is there a way to tell what size of my video going to be within Vegas 5 without having to render it.

It is quite time consuming for me since I have no idea what size it is going to be until I rendered it, and some time I have to wait for about 20 hours for rendering to complete to find out that it won't fit the DVD disc.


Thanks
AP

Very smooth, no problem here

Click the link under my name. Read the newsletter article where I discuss the DVD creation process. In that issue is a bitrate chart. Bottom line - you need to use the proper bitrate for the length of your video. That chart will give you the correct bitrate assuming simple menus.

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Melbourne Victoria. Just about to purchase a DVX, and looking forward to editing using Vegas.