Can I/Should I be joining .veg files ?

Beachnut wrote on 10/15/2005, 8:47 AM
I've edited 3 separate movies and now have 3 separate .veg files. After re-thinking my project I now need to join them together and so that I have 1 movie to author on DVD. I thought the best way would be to join the 3 .veg files together to have 1 .veg file which I can then Render to 1 .mpg file. Can someone tell me how I do this?
Alternatively, I could Render the 3 files to 3 .mpg files and then create a new project in Vegas, comprised of the 3 .mpg files, but I'm wondering if I'd lose quality this way? Any advise please.

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winrockpost wrote on 10/15/2005, 9:30 AM
just copy and paste. You can have all three open at the same time.
Chienworks wrote on 10/15/2005, 9:42 AM
If you have Vegas 6, drag all three .veg files onto a new timeline. They'll each show as a single video + audio event. Render.

If you don't have Vegas 6 then your alternative method would be ok, except render to AVI instead of MPEG.
Beachnut wrote on 10/16/2005, 1:57 AM
Chienworks, I tried your suggestion but each .veg file has more than one video and audio track. When I drag them together on a new timeline Vegas only recognises a single video & single audio event - and although the video seems to combine ok, only one of the audio tracks appears... So I lose audio.
rs170a wrote on 10/16/2005, 6:53 AM
...Vegas only recognises a single video & single audio event ...

Have no fear. That's just the way it shows up when you do this.
Drag the veg file on the time line, right-click it and select "Edit Source Project (*.veg). This will launch a new instance of Vegas and you'll see that all your audio & video tracks are still there. If you make any changes to this newly opened file, it will be updated instantly in the file you're working on as soon as you save it.

Mike
fldave wrote on 10/16/2005, 6:58 AM
That was a concern I have with one project I'm playing with. I had a video track with 6 audio tracks mixed to 5.1 audio. When I put the veg on the timeline in a new project, only one audio track comes up. I haven't had time to render it yet, just concerned that my 5.1 mix will be preserved on the final output.

I guess I should set up a specific test and see what happens. Has anyone already done this?
rs170a wrote on 10/16/2005, 7:04 AM
Has anyone already done this?

I just tried it using some files that were lying around on my system. I saved the veg file, brought it back in and, after selecting "edit source file", everything was still there. It's by no means a definitive test but it appears to work.

Mike