Any Way To Avoid Rendering?

MarkyM wrote on 9/14/2007, 5:35 AM

Hi,
I can't seem to find a way in VMS 8b to save my edited project without a quality losing & time consuming re-rendering.
The only way I have found so far to edit and burn my HDV footage from my Canon HV-20 is by using three separate programs!
I can only use use VMS8 to capture to .m2t files, then I must use Womble to edit (it will only render transitions etc. and leaves the clips alone) and export to an .mpg program stream file and then finally use Ulead DVD Movie Factory 6+ to create menus and burn 20 minutes of HD to a standard DVD-R. (DVD Architect 4.5 seems to be totally clueless here).
Is there a way to do this in VMS and if not, why not?
I would really like to use the superior editing features of Vegas.
Why should I have to purchase 2 other programs?
Will the full Vegas 8 do what I need or is Sony one step behind??
Thanks,
--M--

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4eyes wrote on 9/14/2007, 11:38 AM

Will the full Vegas 8 do what I need or is Sony one step behind?? I take it your using the built-in HDV1080i template to render to as new xxxx.m2t file.
Just how much loss in quality are you seeing? I mean if you watched both videos one after another you can visibly see the loss? I can understand the time it takes to render out to a new file, but one render should not produce a huge loss. At least on my end it never has.
No, Vegas 8 is not going to be really faster at this.

Under your "Project Properties" make sure "Resampling or Rendering Quality" is set to BEST.
The default setting is Good. I always change this to Best and my renders come out looking fine.

Eugenia wrote on 9/14/2007, 11:44 AM

VMS8 will let you capture and then edit and export your work. For HD to DVD-R you still need to use Ulead/Nero. DVDA won't support that trick.

ritsmer wrote on 9/14/2007, 11:27 PM

I can't seem to find a way in VMS 8b to save my edited project without a quality losing & time consuming re-rendering.
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Maybe I misunderstand your question - but why not use the VMS function "Save as" ??
This function does absolutely no re-rendering or any other harm to your original source files.