Thanks for the reply Steve. That's what I was hoping for. I'll to download the trial and see how it works in practice.

Dave

Vegas 6.0 does allow you to embed audio files into the AAF in one of the versions of this format.

Though at present I'm experiencing some problems getting volume information... mix automation... to be transferred in the AAF.
May be an operator error though LOL

Steve

I would think that would be where BWF comes in, as it would be the media of choice for exchanges with PT. Unfortunately, V6 apparently only imports BWF. It doesn't write them, which means using this method to go to a PT system would be limited at best.

Only imports broadcast wave? Why only go halfway with a feature? For this to be of any use then I'd have to have the PT studio create the AAF file and send it to me (which is what I need at the moment anyway) but still it seems quite limiting if in fact Vegas 6 cannot write broadcast wave files so that I can export a projet to a PT studio. Or (not being too familiar with PT) would I even need to write broadcast wave files for the AAF file to be read properly by PT. If the AAF file contains information relative to track position and file placement and what not then perhaps broadcast wave is not necessary for export. Anyone know for sure?

And if I can at least import broadcast wave files into Vegas, will Vegas then be able to position these at the correct places on the timeline so that (albeit a very cumbersome method) I'd be able to recreate a PT project's timeline by dragging broadcast wave files to tracks and using the embedded timecode information to place it in the proper place?

Seems like Cubino soft (if it's still around, couldn't find it with a quick google search) might still be a better choice though as most of the PT studios I deal with are small PTLE operations who can't afford the $995 pricetag for Digidesign's DVToolkit. If so then I may skip this "upgrade" as there aren't any other "new" features I really need.

I downloaded the demo but haven't installed it yet. I'll put it through a few paces before I make a final decision but it isn't looking good.

Thanks for the responses.

Dave

The answer from Sony on going half way was it would increase the cost of Vegas due to licencing to be able to write BWF.
If your files are BWF then AAF will keep them that way but BWF isn't necessary if you want to to send back to PT or other NLEs. AAF will give you track and timeline position info so the media will be at the same timeline points when opened. PT accepts a range of audio media formats including AIFF, WAV. MP3 etc.
In fact it uses WAV as the suffix for it's broadcast wave files and I have never had problems playing a PT broadcast wave in Vegas 5.0 as long as the suffix was .wav and not .bwf. Though I haven't tried to use the embedded timecode signal for sync.
As for EDL Convert Pro from Ciubono soft here's the URL
http://www.cuibono-soft.com/home.html
Their software will do a direct conversion from PT 5.0 session files, which the current PT 6.x will save as, into Vegas via Vegas script which Cui bono supplies wih the EDL Convert program. It also has an audio toll to convert audio between various formats including BWF.

I've been working on a project for Disney Australia, a series of 50 half hour pprograms the Disney Channel, using a PT LE system where we were transfering files around as AIFF with embedded timecode between AVIDS and the PT LE system.

Because of compatibility with the older AVIDS AIFF was the audio format of choice. I saved a few PT 6.4 sessions as PT 5.0 on the on the Mac 002 LE system and brought the home ran them through EDL Convert on my PC and converted them to Vegas script.
Voila all the tracks, volume and pan information from the mix and the pictures (single 16x9 QT video track) in sync and playable on Vegas 5.0.

I have bought Vegas 6.0 for some of the other benefits but I think there are a few bugs in AAF (see other AAF threads) that are still to be ironed out in Vegas. I do hope it works as advertised as I would prefer it but am happy to keep using EDL Convert in the mean time.

Steve

Thanks for the information, Steve. I hadn't been aware the broadcast wave files required licensing. Encouraging information on using the time information in broadcast waves for file placement on a track. I'll have to give the demo a try and see how it works in practice.

I hadn't heard too from anyone who'd used EDL convert but good to hear that it works well. Got a few options before me then on wheather to upgrade to 6 for the broadcast wave support or get EDL convert for essentially the same functionality.

Thanks

Dave