• Video

  12 answers, most recent on 12/5/2005

  RE: OT: Reel to reel tape -- need resource
  It is indeed 1/2" format video. There were two Sony formats at the time, the "CV" series, which was the black and white consumer version that used a skip-field recording method. Then there was the "AV" series, which was the industrial version that
• Video

  22 answers, most recent on 11/30/2005

  RE: High Def, Low Cost: HDTV Prices Plunge
  1.. How many home theatres were constructed to view 4 x 3? I haven't heard of any until today. 2...How many for widescreen? Check the AVS and Klipsch forums. Tons. Zillions. 3...4 x 3 is good for Microfish and data storage. Don't get excited guys
• Video

  14 answers, most recent on 11/6/2005

  RE: Sound Card for 5.1 editing
  I'm afraid you aren't going to be able to do what you want using the speaker system you have if they will really only accept a digital (encoded) input. Here's why: In order to transfer the 6 (5.1) sound channels over an S/P-DIF connection (optical
• Video

  16 answers, most recent on 11/8/2005

  RE: A New problem capturing video
  Here is what I found: DMA is active on both drives. I Ran hdtune and here are the results-- Primary Drive: Transfer rate-- 34MB/sec minimum 59.1 max 51.1 ave Access
• Video

  16 answers, most recent on 11/4/2005

  RE: Best option for deinterlacing HDV in Vegas 5?
  If you are really interested in high quality deinterlacing then forget about Vegas' built in deinterlacers. What you need are programms like DVFilm (www.dvfilm.com) or smooth deinterlacer (http://www.guthspot.se/video/AVSPorts/SmoothDeinterlacer/).
• Video

  17 answers, most recent on 10/5/2005

  RE: VMS+DVD good step-up from Studio 9?
  I came from Studio 9+, add-ons, plug-ins, etc... and tried the demo versions of VMP and Vegas+DVD. There are a few things that are in pittiful 9 that are not in Vegas and DVD architect but the other advantages of ANY Vegas over Pittiful, IMO, are
• Video

  9 answers, most recent on 9/20/2005

  RE: Adding/placing closed captioning text
  Just to be claer - Vegas does not currently support Close Captioning. Subtitles are not the same thing. Not a Vegas solution as far as doing it inside the program - but might be of intrest - BK-2500 brochure. Allows for encoding of DV25 and
• Video

  55 answers, most recent on 8/12/2005

  RE: Cutting of Unwanted Video
  Well, originally John has developed one script to delete from cursor to event start. That was for Vegas-4. We have added another script, that deletes also from cursor to event end. So, you have two scripts that you can put on a jogshuttle in an
• Video

  2 answers, most recent on 7/18/2005

  AviSynth, makeavis and Vegas
  I've been playing around with avisynth because for certain types of video processing nothing beats a good script. I then tried to get Vegas to read the .avs files - of course no luck. Then I tried to use makeavis programme (part of the ffdshow
• Video

  12 answers, most recent on 7/19/2005

  RE: m2t conversion dilemma
  @ Douglas, thank you for your kind words - and yes, I am keen to see the new Gearshift. @ MH Stevens, I have also a P4 3.2 Ghz, 1 GB Ram and a raid-5. So very similar pc-performance. But I think that you and I are both aware of the limitations
• Video

  9 answers, most recent on 6/29/2005

  RE: Is Vegas HDV Native DV editing?
  I think, what people tend to mix up is to put m2t files in the timeline of a NLE, make cuts and edit the m2t files in the timeline. That seems to be taken for "native editing", compared with render to intermediates/proxys, and edit
• Video

  48 answers, most recent on 6/27/2005

  RE: OT: When did U.S become old Russia?
  NYC built the ..the Clearview Expressway...about half of the proposed length was actually built because legal opposition from the small homeowners prevailed. Yes, but this was only after decades of Robert Moses getting his way. It was only after
• Video

  13 answers, most recent on 6/14/2005

  RE: Anyone network rendering with 6.0?
  Seems to fix it completely. I've really only tested with 2 projects, but one of them always fails on the first segment if I don't do it. That has only been completely tested on a 5 minute loop, not the whole 1:35 which I'm about to kick off. I'm
• Video

  44 answers, most recent on 6/9/2005

  RE: trying to save 3 years of edited work
  John, Odie, There is a capture problem for sure. It exists on all of my editors and the stand-alone DVGATE Motion. In Vegas, a 10-second capture resulted in 82 dropped frames. This is lower than I reported percentage-wise, but still quite
• Video

  4 answers, most recent on 5/26/2005

  RE: Dust and scratches filter?
  What app are you using to open and run your avisyth scripts? 1. Install AVISynth. This will install a "handler" so that most (but not all) applications will open the AVISynth scripts that have the extension "AVS." (Vegas, unfortunately, will not
• Video

  No answers, created on 5/22/2005

  no device properties
  With the FX1 set to output HDV, neither the computer, Vegas nor HD Link recognize the device. I get a message during the windows auto install looking for AV/C subunit drivers(?). Going through the steps to capture HDV in Vegas when I set the
• Video

  26 answers, most recent on 5/15/2005

  RE: external monitor setup and recommendation?
  Hiyah! Well, simply put I have an OLD Panasonic NV-DV 10000 Deck which I use as my "Mission Control Centre" . . so: 1/- Monitoring: Deck > Y/C connection to rear of JVC using input/connection "B" 2/- F/W Connection: DECK <> PC 3/-
• Video

  35 answers, most recent on 5/11/2005

  RE: PAL to NTSC
  Glad to hearing from you Spot. Thanks for taking time to respond. Since those "AVI" files at ESA (European Space Agency) are free for non-commercial use, I'd like to author and burn an NTSC DVD presenting a series of those animations (rendered to
• Video

  11 answers, most recent on 4/29/2005

  Vegas 6: capture from Sony FX1 problem
  I have a Sony HDR-FX1 camera (HDV 1080i mode) connected via firewire to my WinXP SP2 box. I am using the trial version of Vegas 6. According to the Video Capture 6.0 help file, I should select "IEEE 1394/MPEG2-TS Device" from the DEVICE drop-down
• Video

  17 answers, most recent on 7/28/2005

  Unable to Capture HDV From Sony HDR-FX1 in Vegas 6 on Either of Two Computers
  Today I purchased and downloaded Vegas 6.0a and installed it on my 2.8 GHZ P4 machine and my Xeon dual 3.6 GHz Xeon workstation. There were no problems in the installs on either machine. Vegas 6 opens without error messages on both machines, and
• Video

  41 answers, most recent on 4/11/2005

  RE: OT : Any interesting projects this weekend ?
  ok . . . . don't know if this counts as "interesting" . .knowing how YOU spend your time behind the camera . . I can't get near that kind of interest! . . However, this is me . . .. 1/- Building on my existing scoping project for my business [
• Video

  17 answers, most recent on 4/4/2005

  RE: OT - "new" old camcorder
  Thanks, all for your informative replies. Craftech, I have no instruments to determine if it’s really working up to specs, but in my hands-on testing, it certainly has produced some very pleasing video. Stonefield, I “convert” by simply dubbing
• Video

  24 answers, most recent on 4/12/2005

  RE: OT: Harddrive enclosure Secret.
  I've had three cases in all. The one I'm still using, and intend to keep, is a combo FW400/USB case. The other two are straight FW400 cases, one about a year and a half old, the other less than a year. I had no issues with them for the longest
• Video

  36 answers, most recent on 3/22/2005

  [Closed] Sony and the Handicapped
  Sony has been less than helpful in dealing with my disibility. I am not asking for special treatment, rather a level playing field. Here is one example of a letter I wrote to Sony last month. Please note I never received even a telephone