• Video

  31 answers, most recent on 1/24/2010

  RE: OT: Software for shooting script and screenplay
  You're attempting to create a format that doesn't exist. You have, basically, three options: 1. Continunity script (screenplay, can include camera angles). 2. AV script (as shown in Final Draft AV). 3. Storyboards (which "show" camera angles and
• Video

  2 answers, most recent on 5/3/2009

  RE: DVCPRO 25 in Vegas
  You should find that DVCPro25 is usable directly without any 3rd party codecs installed, whatever ingest/capture technique you use into your computer. (YMMV) For NTSC there is no difference to that of DV25 (with 2/0 audio channels configured) . It
• Video

  129 answers, most recent on 5/22/2009

  RE: V9 - I've paid ....
  Tor, I found this (http://www.foto.no/cgi-bin/diskusjon/lesTraadHier.cgi?id=335235&kat=1): Norwegian: Mva ved innførsel av programvare over nett. Ikke avgiftspliktig, jfr. Tollvesenets veileder for innførselsmva. Det vises også til
• Video

  56 answers, most recent on 4/4/2009

  RE: Rendering threads, page file size question
  Solve this non-bug by using just one core? Nope. Again I state, I get the same pattern of crashes on my old P4 (a single-core chip), including when I set its bios for no hyperthreading. (Unfortunately, my P5B doesn't include a means to disable
• Video

  12 answers, most recent on 4/4/2009

  RE: Windows XP Professional and my HDV camera
  Any chance you could just play back all your tapes with the A1 which is working correctly? While you sort out the mystery of the other cams not being seen.. A while ago I had a similar experience when plugging in my cam to capture. I'd hear the
• Video

  59 answers, most recent on 4/4/2009

  0-255 vs 16-235 Cineform in 8.0
  1 - Original footage is from Canon 5D2 MOV files. 2 - I render to AVI from Vegas 8.0c and re-import 3 - I also convert in Cineform Neo Scene to AVI 4 - So I have now three clips on the time line: a) origanl MOV footage b) AVI made my Vegas c)
• Video

  One answer, on 3/23/2009

  Burning to Blu-ray disc
  While I use tmy new AW190 for alot of things I am very much a begnner when it coms to most of you. I have a limited understanding and could use some advice and maybe pointed in the right direction on how to get the info i need. I have never burned
• Video

  105 answers, most recent on 3/25/2009

  RE: Vegas 9?
  "1) That "cheap" VMS product outsells Vegas 10:1." At around $100 Bob, I should certainly hope so! But there is a rather huge following on the AVS forum (and I use them just for example) that would die to upgrade if given the money. "Youtube etc as
• Video

  2 answers, most recent on 3/12/2009

  Access Violation (8.1)
  Occassionally I get AV messages. I get the bugs happen, but I wonder two things: 1) Since Vegas is going to crash anyway, why doesn't it just let Windows Error Reporting catch the error, that way at least there's a dump someone could check. 2)
• Video

  21 answers, most recent on 3/7/2009

  RE: 8c render errors with avc rendering
  "1... using the Sony AVC template, you I don't see how you can get more than the 16Mbps it allows..." But that's what I saying...you can't go past 16 in 8c with 1920 (in 8.1 you can render to 50 and beyond....without issues.... but there are
• Video

  20 answers, most recent on 3/2/2009

  RE: OT: buying a projector... opinions?
  The EX70 or it's clone the Home Cinema 700 wouldn't be a bad choice for the money. Here is a short discussion about it. The Sharp XR-32X would be a good choice despite it being Native 4:3. Sufficiently bright enough with decent video contrast
• Video

  10 answers, most recent on 2/22/2009

  RE: Way, Way OT - Need Virus Help in Carmel CA
  Unfortunately, Windows restore does not always do the job here, these fake AV trojans are designed to circumvent the process, and reinstall themselves on the reboot. 1) Spybot Search and Destroy takes care of these in many cases, it is free, and
• Video

  16 answers, most recent on 2/18/2009

  RE: O.T. Need a new laptop
  Thanks TOMSDE: My son is working only with SD, and even though he has all of these FX packages he uses them sparingly because he understands the beauty of a well executed quick cut or cross fade. What's the minimum CPU you or anyone else on the
• Video

  20 answers, most recent on 2/11/2009

  RE: Smart-rendered HDV to open in FCP... what format?
  Nick I found these standalone converters that will convert your files. 1 MPEG Stream Clip which has both Mac and Windows versions and seems to be what most FCP users are using to convert and import .m2t files. It even has a watermark feature. I
• Video

  6 answers, most recent on 2/2/2009

  RE: Color Correction
  Like most cameras that are halfway decent, that camera has a Spotlight Mode which he should have used. ----------------------------------- OR .. shoot in MANUAL exposure .. or use SPOT METER mode if that is
• Video

  3 answers, most recent on 1/12/2009

  Brightness, Contrast, 7.5IRE settings?
  In coming from Premiere 6.5 I'm trying to make sure that my video settings are correct because before I used to have the problem where if I kept rendering video it would look more "washed out" and dull with every pass. Obviously my contrast or IRE
• Video

  5 answers, most recent on 1/11/2009

  RE: MP4 in MPEG2 wrapper
  -------------------------------- @DaveT2 MP4 file in an MPEG2 wrapper -------------------------------- MP4 (AVC/AVCHD codec) in MPEG2 wrapper (.m2ts). m2ts - M(peg)2T(ransport)S(tream). That's how I understand your quesion. .m2ts files are the
• Video

  One answer, on 12/25/2008

  OT: 48TB on the cheap
  I found this on the AVS forum, thought it might be of some interest to those who need lots of not overly fast online storage. From my research for those who want fast, vast amounts of storage the Seagate 'NS' line of HDDs get recommended by
• Video

  75 answers, most recent on 12/24/2008

  RE: OT: Blu-Ray made the top of the list...
  Right on John! I don't get the Blu Ray bashing, and this is coming from a guy that OWNS an HD-DVD player :) I'm not defending the technology, I agree that it's a middle step till the next big thing but it's here, it looks great, and I can rent
• Video

  64 answers, most recent on 12/16/2008

  RE: Shooting interlaced - what's the point?
  I've found that most of the other background processes don't make all that much of a difference. AV software and distributed computing applications (and viruses) do make a significant difference. Everything else only makes a 1% difference.I agree
• Video

  64 answers, most recent on 12/16/2008

  RE: Shooting interlaced - what's the point?
  I've found that most of the other background processes don't make all that much of a difference. AV software and distributed computing applications (and viruses) do make a significant difference. Everything else only makes a 1% difference. Those
• Scripting

  11 answers, most recent on 12/14/2008

  RE: Looking for a script to drag event handles
  Thank you. Basically I have to copy this onto Notepad and save it with a .js extension, right? I wonder if I did something wrong because when I put the cursor between the two events and I run the script I get this error: C:\Program Files\Sony\Vegas
• Video

  12 answers, most recent on 12/12/2008

  RE: AVCHD Transcode vs Render?
  Panasonic offer a standalone transcoder from AVCHD to DVCPRo HD. This latest version 2.1 will also down convert to AVI DV for 1080 (not 720P) format AVCHD. Here's the link
• Video

  8 answers, most recent on 11/30/2008

  RE: Best HD capture device?
  The A1 is best captured through firewire, preferably a firewire card directly off your machine as opposed to something like AVS which is dv passed through usb. Some have had problems with Vegas capture utility and I am one of them. I use HDVsplit