Distortion

Kornkob wrote on 4/18/2000, 11:05 AM

Dan,
Thanks for your interest in Vegas Video and confidence in our
programmers! However, as hot as our code heads are they simply were
unable to build Vegas Video to run effectively on a 200 MHz machine.
If you look at the download page for Vegas Video you will find that
our system requirements exceed that of the machine you describe (I
have reproduced them below for you). It is felt here at the Foundry
that these system requirements are modest for a professional sound
and video editing machine.

Hope that clears up the mystery.

Jason
QA Engineer

Vegas Video System Requirements
Processor 400 MHz
Operating System Microsoft Windows 98SE, NT 4.0 (SP4 or later), or
2000
RAM 128 MB
Free Disk Space At least 20 MB
Additional Software DirectX Media Runtime 6.0 (included on CD-ROM)
Internet Explorer 5.0 (included on CD-ROM) or later
Additional Hardware Windows-compatible sound card
CD-ROM drive (for installation from a CD)
A/V rated hard disk drive
VGA display (24-bit color display recommended)

Vegas™ Video is available in native versions for Windows NT-
compatible (x86, Pentium), Windows 2000, and Windows 98SE systems.

Dan Bishop wrote:
>>I was under the impression Vegas pro would work with even
>>the slowest of pc's. This is the reason i bought it, and
>>the fact rebirth runs fine. However when i mix 2 mp3's i
>>get that distortion and it makes it un-useable. My system
>>is a P200mmx, 32mb ram and i have a PCI64 soundcard. I have
>>messed around with the buffer length to no avail and can't
>>seem to find a way to stop the distortion (Even with 22khz
>>mp3's) Is there a fix or something i have not noticed?
>>Is it not direct sound compatible like Rebirth? Thanks.

saff wrote on 4/18/2000, 12:06 PM

Wait a minute, wait a minute ...

Does the fact that Vegas Video does do support Win95 mean that the
soon-to-be-released Vegas Audio 2.0 will not support Win95, either? I
*really* don't want to spend money on a new operating system upgrade
AND the Vegas Audio 2.0 "upgrade path" all in one punch to my
wallet ...

Jason -- please elaborate.

Jason Robinson wrote:
>>Dan,
>>Thanks for your interest in Vegas Video and confidence in our
>>programmers! However, as hot as our code heads are they simply
were
>>unable to build Vegas Video to run effectively on a 200 MHz
machine.
>>If you look at the download page for Vegas Video you will find that
>>our system requirements exceed that of the machine you describe (I
>>have reproduced them below for you). It is felt here at the
Foundry
>>that these system requirements are modest for a professional sound
>>and video editing machine.
>>
>>Hope that clears up the mystery.
>>
>>Jason
>>QA Engineer
>>
>>Vegas Video System Requirements
>>Processor 400 MHz
>>Operating System Microsoft Windows 98SE, NT 4.0 (SP4 or later), or
>>2000
>>RAM 128 MB
>>Free Disk Space At least 20 MB
>>Additional Software DirectX Media Runtime 6.0 (included on CD-ROM)
>>Internet Explorer 5.0 (included on CD-ROM) or later
>>Additional Hardware Windows-compatible sound card
>>CD-ROM drive (for installation from a CD)
>>A/V rated hard disk drive
>>VGA display (24-bit color display recommended)
>>
>>
>>Vegas™ Video is available in native versions for Windows NT-
>>compatible (x86, Pentium), Windows 2000, and Windows 98SE systems.
>>
>>
>>Dan Bishop wrote:
>>>>I was under the impression Vegas pro would work with even
>>>>the slowest of pc's. This is the reason i bought it, and
>>>>the fact rebirth runs fine. However when i mix 2 mp3's i
>>>>get that distortion and it makes it un-useable. My system
>>>>is a P200mmx, 32mb ram and i have a PCI64 soundcard. I have
>>>>messed around with the buffer length to no avail and can't
>>>>seem to find a way to stop the distortion (Even with 22khz
>>>>mp3's) Is there a fix or something i have not noticed?
>>>>Is it not direct sound compatible like Rebirth? Thanks.

karlc wrote on 4/18/2000, 1:16 PM

I would have sworn that Dan specifically asked a question
about "Vegas Pro" not "Vegas Video" ... and the last time I checked,
the machine specs he posted seemed to be well within the
published "recommended hardware" guidelines for the software he asked
the question about.

I hope you guys don't go getting so carried away with your new toy
that you fail to pay close attention to your *paying* customers
questions about a different product altogether. :)

KAC ...

Jason Robinson wrote:
>>Dan,
>>Thanks for your interest in Vegas Video and confidence in our
>>programmers! However, as hot as our code heads are they simply
were
>>unable to build Vegas Video to run effectively on a 200 MHz
machine.
>>If you look at the download page for Vegas Video you will find that
>>our system requirements exceed that of the machine you describe (I
>>have reproduced them below for you). It is felt here at the
Foundry
>>that these system requirements are modest for a professional sound
>>and video editing machine.
>>
>>Hope that clears up the mystery.
>>
>>Jason
>>QA Engineer
>>
>>Vegas Video System Requirements
>>Processor 400 MHz
>>Operating System Microsoft Windows 98SE, NT 4.0 (SP4 or later), or
>>2000
>>RAM 128 MB
>>Free Disk Space At least 20 MB
>>Additional Software DirectX Media Runtime 6.0 (included on CD-ROM)
>>Internet Explorer 5.0 (included on CD-ROM) or later
>>Additional Hardware Windows-compatible sound card
>>CD-ROM drive (for installation from a CD)
>>A/V rated hard disk drive
>>VGA display (24-bit color display recommended)
>>
>>
>>Vegas™ Video is available in native versions for Windows NT-
>>compatible (x86, Pentium), Windows 2000, and Windows 98SE systems.
>>
>>
>>Dan Bishop wrote:
>>>>I was under the impression Vegas pro would work with even
>>>>the slowest of pc's. This is the reason i bought it, and
>>>>the fact rebirth runs fine. However when i mix 2 mp3's i
>>>>get that distortion and it makes it un-useable. My system
>>>>is a P200mmx, 32mb ram and i have a PCI64 soundcard. I have
>>>>messed around with the buffer length to no avail and can't
>>>>seem to find a way to stop the distortion (Even with 22khz
>>>>mp3's) Is there a fix or something i have not noticed?
>>>>Is it not direct sound compatible like Rebirth? Thanks.

Kornkob wrote on 4/18/2000, 2:48 PM

You are right-- my bad on that--- the question was about Vegas Pro.
I am so focused on Vegas 2 right now that I completely misread his
post.

Let me correct myself:

Your machine does meet the minimum spec for Vegas Pro. You may
expereince gapping at times because of the limited system resources
but distortion should not be a by-product of that. We did not
encounter that in our testing, to my knowledge. If you are not using
some effect that is possibly misadjusted then I would suggest
contacting Support (there is a link above)-- they are much better at
chasing down problems on our established products.

Sorry about the confusion.
Jason
QA Eng

Vegas Pro System Req.
Processor 200 MHz
Operating System Microsoft Windows 9x, NT 4.0, or 2000
RAM At least 32 MB
Free Disk Space At least 20 MB
Additional Software DirectX Media Runtime 6.0 (included on CD-ROM)
Internet Explorer 5.0 (included on CD-ROM) or later
Additional Hardware Windows-compatible sound card
CD-ROM drive (for installation from a CD)
VGA display
Vegas™ Pro is available in native versions for Windows NT-compatible
(x86, Pentium), Windows 2000, and Windows 9x systems.

Karl Caillouet wrote:
>>I would have sworn that Dan specifically asked a question
>>about "Vegas Pro" not "Vegas Video" ... and the last time I
checked,
>>the machine specs he posted seemed to be well within the
>>published "recommended hardware" guidelines for the software he
asked
>>the question about.
>>
>>I hope you guys don't go getting so carried away with your new toy
>>that you fail to pay close attention to your *paying* customers
>>questions about a different product altogether. :)
>>
>>KAC ...
>>
>>Jason Robinson wrote:
>>>>Dan,
>>>>Thanks for your interest in Vegas Video and confidence in our
>>>>programmers! However, as hot as our code heads are they simply
>>were
>>>>unable to build Vegas Video to run effectively on a 200 MHz
>>machine.
>>>>If you look at the download page for Vegas Video you will find
that
>>>>our system requirements exceed that of the machine you describe
(I
>>>>have reproduced them below for you). It is felt here at the
>>Foundry
>>>>that these system requirements are modest for a professional
sound
>>>>and video editing machine.
>>>>
>>>>Hope that clears up the mystery.
>>>>
>>>>Jason
>>>>QA Engineer
>>>>
>>>>Vegas Video System Requirements
>>>>Processor 400 MHz
>>>>Operating System Microsoft Windows 98SE, NT 4.0 (SP4 or later),
or
>>>>2000
>>>>RAM 128 MB
>>>>Free Disk Space At least 20 MB
>>>>Additional Software DirectX Media Runtime 6.0 (included on CD-ROM)
>>>>Internet Explorer 5.0 (included on CD-ROM) or later
>>>>Additional Hardware Windows-compatible sound card
>>>>CD-ROM drive (for installation from a CD)
>>>>A/V rated hard disk drive
>>>>VGA display (24-bit color display recommended)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Vegas™ Video is available in native versions for Windows NT-
>>>>compatible (x86, Pentium), Windows 2000, and Windows 98SE systems.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Dan Bishop wrote:
>>>>>>I was under the impression Vegas pro would work with even
>>>>>>the slowest of pc's. This is the reason i bought it, and
>>>>>>the fact rebirth runs fine. However when i mix 2 mp3's i
>>>>>>get that distortion and it makes it un-useable. My system
>>>>>>is a P200mmx, 32mb ram and i have a PCI64 soundcard. I have
>>>>>>messed around with the buffer length to no avail and can't
>>>>>>seem to find a way to stop the distortion (Even with 22khz
>>>>>>mp3's) Is there a fix or something i have not noticed?
>>>>>>Is it not direct sound compatible like Rebirth? Thanks.

Kornkob wrote on 4/18/2000, 4:02 PM

I hunted down a definate answer.

Short form: No, Vegas Audio 2.0 will not be supported in win95.

Longer answer:
Vegas 2.0 is one product with 2 variations: Audio and Video. The
Audio portion is essentially 'lite' on the Video end but is otherwise
functionally the same as Vegas Video. Unfortunately, the Win98
dependance will not removed from Vegas Audio 2.0 and I am given to
understand that moving forward many, if not all, of our products are
going in that direction as well. (I could be wrong about this--- I
didn't talk to THE Man on this, someone one of his representatives.)
The upgrade path for Vegas Pro will be to Vegas Audio 2.0-- this
means that you would need to meet the hardware and software system
requirements of Vegas Audio 2.0 in order to upgrade your Vegas Pro
product.

Sorry I couldn't give you the answer you wanted, Carl.

Jason
QA Engineer

PS- Here is a quote (from earlier in the forum) that Caleb (Director
of Engineering) posted earlier in the forum: "[Vegas Audio is]
technically ... in Beta already and you are using it. There are
things that will be slightly different with regards to UI - mostly
missing Video pieces, but the audio functionality that you are using
currently is Vegas Audio."

Carl Saff wrote:
>>Wait a minute, wait a minute ...
>>
>>Does the fact that Vegas Video does do support Win95 mean that the
>>soon-to-be-released Vegas Audio 2.0 will not support Win95, either?
I
>>*really* don't want to spend money on a new operating system
upgrade
>>AND the Vegas Audio 2.0 "upgrade path" all in one punch to my
>>wallet ...
>>
>>Jason -- please elaborate.
>>
>>Jason Robinson wrote:
>>>>Dan,
>>>>Thanks for your interest in Vegas Video and confidence in our
>>>>programmers! However, as hot as our code heads are they simply
>>were
>>>>unable to build Vegas Video to run effectively on a 200 MHz
>>machine.
>>>>If you look at the download page for Vegas Video you will find
that
>>>>our system requirements exceed that of the machine you describe
(I
>>>>have reproduced them below for you). It is felt here at the
>>Foundry
>>>>that these system requirements are modest for a professional
sound
>>>>and video editing machine.
>>>>
>>>>Hope that clears up the mystery.
>>>>
>>>>Jason
>>>>QA Engineer
>>>>
>>>>Vegas Video System Requirements
>>>>Processor 400 MHz
>>>>Operating System Microsoft Windows 98SE, NT 4.0 (SP4 or later),
or
>>>>2000
>>>>RAM 128 MB
>>>>Free Disk Space At least 20 MB
>>>>Additional Software DirectX Media Runtime 6.0 (included on CD-ROM)
>>>>Internet Explorer 5.0 (included on CD-ROM) or later
>>>>Additional Hardware Windows-compatible sound card
>>>>CD-ROM drive (for installation from a CD)
>>>>A/V rated hard disk drive
>>>>VGA display (24-bit color display recommended)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Vegas™ Video is available in native versions for Windows NT-
>>>>compatible (x86, Pentium), Windows 2000, and Windows 98SE systems.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Dan Bishop wrote:
>>>>>>I was under the impression Vegas pro would work with even
>>>>>>the slowest of pc's. This is the reason i bought it, and
>>>>>>the fact rebirth runs fine. However when i mix 2 mp3's i
>>>>>>get that distortion and it makes it un-useable. My system
>>>>>>is a P200mmx, 32mb ram and i have a PCI64 soundcard. I have
>>>>>>messed around with the buffer length to no avail and can't
>>>>>>seem to find a way to stop the distortion (Even with 22khz
>>>>>>mp3's) Is there a fix or something i have not noticed?
>>>>>>Is it not direct sound compatible like Rebirth? Thanks.

acegrube wrote on 4/18/2000, 9:34 PM

Will Vegas Audio 2.0 run under NT4.0?

Erich

Jason Robinson wrote:
>>I hunted down a definate answer.
>>
>>Short form: No, Vegas Audio 2.0 will not be supported in win95.
>>
>>Longer answer:
>>Vegas 2.0 is one product with 2 variations: Audio and Video. The
>>Audio portion is essentially 'lite' on the Video end but is
otherwise
>>functionally the same as Vegas Video. Unfortunately, the Win98
>>dependance will not removed from Vegas Audio 2.0 and I am given to
>>understand that moving forward many, if not all, of our products
are
>>going in that direction as well. (I could be wrong about this--- I
>>didn't talk to THE Man on this, someone one of his
representatives.)
>>The upgrade path for Vegas Pro will be to Vegas Audio 2.0-- this
>>means that you would need to meet the hardware and software system
>>requirements of Vegas Audio 2.0 in order to upgrade your Vegas Pro
>>product.
>>
>>Sorry I couldn't give you the answer you wanted, Carl.
>>
>>Jason
>>QA Engineer
>>
>>PS- Here is a quote (from earlier in the forum) that Caleb
(Director
>>of Engineering) posted earlier in the forum: "[Vegas Audio is]
>>technically ... in Beta already and you are using it. There are
>>things that will be slightly different with regards to UI - mostly
>>missing Video pieces, but the audio functionality that you are
using
>>currently is Vegas Audio."
>>
>>
>>Carl Saff wrote:
>>>>Wait a minute, wait a minute ...
>>>>
>>>>Does the fact that Vegas Video does do support Win95 mean that
the
>>>>soon-to-be-released Vegas Audio 2.0 will not support Win95,
either?
>>I
>>>>*really* don't want to spend money on a new operating system
>>upgrade
>>>>AND the Vegas Audio 2.0 "upgrade path" all in one punch to my
>>>>wallet ...
>>>>
>>>>Jason -- please elaborate.
>>>>
>>>>Jason Robinson wrote:
>>>>>>Dan,
>>>>>>Thanks for your interest in Vegas Video and confidence in our
>>>>>>programmers! However, as hot as our code heads are they simply
>>>>were
>>>>>>unable to build Vegas Video to run effectively on a 200 MHz
>>>>machine.
>>>>>>If you look at the download page for Vegas Video you will find
>>that
>>>>>>our system requirements exceed that of the machine you describe
>>(I
>>>>>>have reproduced them below for you). It is felt here at the
>>>>Foundry
>>>>>>that these system requirements are modest for a professional
>>sound
>>>>>>and video editing machine.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Hope that clears up the mystery.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Jason
>>>>>>QA Engineer
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Vegas Video System Requirements
>>>>>>Processor 400 MHz
>>>>>>Operating System Microsoft Windows 98SE, NT 4.0 (SP4 or later),
>>or
>>>>>>2000
>>>>>>RAM 128 MB
>>>>>>Free Disk Space At least 20 MB
>>>>>>Additional Software DirectX Media Runtime 6.0 (included on CD-
ROM)
>>>>>>Internet Explorer 5.0 (included on CD-ROM) or later
>>>>>>Additional Hardware Windows-compatible sound card
>>>>>>CD-ROM drive (for installation from a CD)
>>>>>>A/V rated hard disk drive
>>>>>>VGA display (24-bit color display recommended)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Vegas™ Video is available in native versions for Windows
NT-
>>>>>>compatible (x86, Pentium), Windows 2000, and Windows 98SE
systems.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Dan Bishop wrote:
>>>>>>>>I was under the impression Vegas pro would work with even
>>>>>>>>the slowest of pc's. This is the reason i bought it, and
>>>>>>>>the fact rebirth runs fine. However when i mix 2 mp3's i
>>>>>>>>get that distortion and it makes it un-useable. My system
>>>>>>>>is a P200mmx, 32mb ram and i have a PCI64 soundcard. I have
>>>>>>>>messed around with the buffer length to no avail and can't
>>>>>>>>seem to find a way to stop the distortion (Even with 22khz
>>>>>>>>mp3's) Is there a fix or something i have not noticed?
>>>>>>>>Is it not direct sound compatible like Rebirth? Thanks.

Kornkob wrote on 4/19/2000, 9:28 AM

Finally I get to say something positive. YEA! : )

Yes-- Vegas 2.0 (both flavors) does run great (except for some bugs
that are being worked on) on NT 4, sp 4 through 6 with IE4 or 5
installed along with Direct X Media 6.

Jason
Happy QA guy

Erich Grube wrote:
>>Will Vegas Audio 2.0 run under NT4.0?
>>
>>Erich
>>
>>Jason Robinson wrote:
>>>>I hunted down a definate answer.
>>>>
>>>>Short form: No, Vegas Audio 2.0 will not be supported in win95.
>>>>
>>>>Longer answer:
>>>>Vegas 2.0 is one product with 2 variations: Audio and Video. The
>>>>Audio portion is essentially 'lite' on the Video end but is
>>otherwise
>>>>functionally the same as Vegas Video. Unfortunately, the Win98
>>>>dependance will not removed from Vegas Audio 2.0 and I am given
to
>>>>understand that moving forward many, if not all, of our products
>>are
>>>>going in that direction as well. (I could be wrong about this---
I
>>>>didn't talk to THE Man on this, someone one of his
>>representatives.)
>>>>The upgrade path for Vegas Pro will be to Vegas Audio 2.0-- this
>>>>means that you would need to meet the hardware and software
system
>>>>requirements of Vegas Audio 2.0 in order to upgrade your Vegas
Pro
>>>>product.
>>>>
>>>>Sorry I couldn't give you the answer you wanted, Carl.
>>>>
>>>>Jason
>>>>QA Engineer
>>>>
>>>>PS- Here is a quote (from earlier in the forum) that Caleb
>>(Director
>>>>of Engineering) posted earlier in the forum: "[Vegas Audio is]
>>>>technically ... in Beta already and you are using it. There are
>>>>things that will be slightly different with regards to UI -
mostly
>>>>missing Video pieces, but the audio functionality that you are
>>using
>>>>currently is Vegas Audio."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Carl Saff wrote:
>>>>>>Wait a minute, wait a minute ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Does the fact that Vegas Video does do support Win95 mean that
>>the
>>>>>>soon-to-be-released Vegas Audio 2.0 will not support Win95,
>>either?
>>>>I
>>>>>>*really* don't want to spend money on a new operating system
>>>>upgrade
>>>>>>AND the Vegas Audio 2.0 "upgrade path" all in one punch to my
>>>>>>wallet ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Jason -- please elaborate.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Jason Robinson wrote:
>>>>>>>>Dan,
>>>>>>>>Thanks for your interest in Vegas Video and confidence in our
>>>>>>>>programmers! However, as hot as our code heads are they
simply
>>>>>>were
>>>>>>>>unable to build Vegas Video to run effectively on a 200 MHz
>>>>>>machine.
>>>>>>>>If you look at the download page for Vegas Video you will
find
>>>>that
>>>>>>>>our system requirements exceed that of the machine you
describe
>>>>(I
>>>>>>>>have reproduced them below for you). It is felt here at the
>>>>>>Foundry
>>>>>>>>that these system requirements are modest for a professional
>>>>sound
>>>>>>>>and video editing machine.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Hope that clears up the mystery.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Jason
>>>>>>>>QA Engineer
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Vegas Video System Requirements
>>>>>>>>Processor 400 MHz
>>>>>>>>Operating System Microsoft Windows 98SE, NT 4.0 (SP4 or
later),
>>>>or
>>>>>>>>2000
>>>>>>>>RAM 128 MB
>>>>>>>>Free Disk Space At least 20 MB
>>>>>>>>Additional Software DirectX Media Runtime 6.0 (included on CD-
>>ROM)
>>>>>>>>Internet Explorer 5.0 (included on CD-ROM) or later
>>>>>>>>Additional Hardware Windows-compatible sound card
>>>>>>>>CD-ROM drive (for installation from a CD)
>>>>>>>>A/V rated hard disk drive
>>>>>>>>VGA display (24-bit color display recommended)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Vegas™ Video is available in native versions for
Windows
>>NT-
>>>>>>>>compatible (x86, Pentium), Windows 2000, and Windows 98SE
>>systems.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Dan Bishop wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>I was under the impression Vegas pro would work with even
>>>>>>>>>>the slowest of pc's. This is the reason i bought it, and
>>>>>>>>>>the fact rebirth runs fine. However when i mix 2 mp3's i
>>>>>>>>>>get that distortion and it makes it un-useable. My system
>>>>>>>>>>is a P200mmx, 32mb ram and i have a PCI64 soundcard. I have
>>>>>>>>>>messed around with the buffer length to no avail and can't
>>>>>>>>>>seem to find a way to stop the distortion (Even with 22khz
>>>>>>>>>>mp3's) Is there a fix or something i have not noticed?
>>>>>>>>>>Is it not direct sound compatible like Rebirth? Thanks.

acegrube wrote on 4/19/2000, 5:10 PM

Jason Robinson wrote:
>>Finally I get to say something positive. YEA! : )
>>
>>Yes-- Vegas 2.0 (both flavors) does run great (except for some bugs
>>that are being worked on) on NT 4, sp 4 through 6 with IE4 or 5
>>installed along with Direct X Media 6.
>>
>>Jason
>>Happy QA guy

That makes two of us ;)!

>>
>>Erich Grube wrote:
>>>>Will Vegas Audio 2.0 run under NT4.0?
>>>>
>>>>Erich
>>>>
>>>>Jason Robinson wrote:
>>>>>>I hunted down a definate answer.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Short form: No, Vegas Audio 2.0 will not be supported in
win95.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Longer answer:
>>>>>>Vegas 2.0 is one product with 2 variations: Audio and Video.
The
>>>>>>Audio portion is essentially 'lite' on the Video end but is
>>>>otherwise
>>>>>>functionally the same as Vegas Video. Unfortunately, the Win98
>>>>>>dependance will not removed from Vegas Audio 2.0 and I am given
>>to
>>>>>>understand that moving forward many, if not all, of our
products
>>>>are
>>>>>>going in that direction as well. (I could be wrong about this--
-
>>I
>>>>>>didn't talk to THE Man on this, someone one of his
>>>>representatives.)
>>>>>>The upgrade path for Vegas Pro will be to Vegas Audio 2.0--
this
>>>>>>means that you would need to meet the hardware and software
>>system
>>>>>>requirements of Vegas Audio 2.0 in order to upgrade your Vegas
>>Pro
>>>>>>product.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Sorry I couldn't give you the answer you wanted, Carl.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Jason
>>>>>>QA Engineer
>>>>>>
>>>>>>PS- Here is a quote (from earlier in the forum) that Caleb
>>>>(Director
>>>>>>of Engineering) posted earlier in the forum: "[Vegas Audio is]
>>>>>>technically ... in Beta already and you are using it. There
are
>>>>>>things that will be slightly different with regards to UI -
>>mostly
>>>>>>missing Video pieces, but the audio functionality that you are
>>>>using
>>>>>>currently is Vegas Audio."
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Carl Saff wrote:
>>>>>>>>Wait a minute, wait a minute ...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Does the fact that Vegas Video does do support Win95 mean
that
>>>>the
>>>>>>>>soon-to-be-released Vegas Audio 2.0 will not support Win95,
>>>>either?
>>>>>>I
>>>>>>>>*really* don't want to spend money on a new operating system
>>>>>>upgrade
>>>>>>>>AND the Vegas Audio 2.0 "upgrade path" all in one punch to my
>>>>>>>>wallet ...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Jason -- please elaborate.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Jason Robinson wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>Dan,
>>>>>>>>>>Thanks for your interest in Vegas Video and confidence in
our
>>>>>>>>>>programmers! However, as hot as our code heads are they
>>simply
>>>>>>>>were
>>>>>>>>>>unable to build Vegas Video to run effectively on a 200 MHz
>>>>>>>>machine.
>>>>>>>>>>If you look at the download page for Vegas Video you will
>>find
>>>>>>that
>>>>>>>>>>our system requirements exceed that of the machine you
>>describe
>>>>>>(I
>>>>>>>>>>have reproduced them below for you). It is felt here at
the
>>>>>>>>Foundry
>>>>>>>>>>that these system requirements are modest for a
professional
>>>>>>sound
>>>>>>>>>>and video editing machine.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Hope that clears up the mystery.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Jason
>>>>>>>>>>QA Engineer
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Vegas Video System Requirements
>>>>>>>>>>Processor 400 MHz
>>>>>>>>>>Operating System Microsoft Windows 98SE, NT 4.0 (SP4 or
>>later),
>>>>>>or
>>>>>>>>>>2000
>>>>>>>>>>RAM 128 MB
>>>>>>>>>>Free Disk Space At least 20 MB
>>>>>>>>>>Additional Software DirectX Media Runtime 6.0 (included on
CD-
>>>>ROM)
>>>>>>>>>>Internet Explorer 5.0 (included on CD-ROM) or later
>>>>>>>>>>Additional Hardware Windows-compatible sound card
>>>>>>>>>>CD-ROM drive (for installation from a CD)
>>>>>>>>>>A/V rated hard disk drive
>>>>>>>>>>VGA display (24-bit color display recommended)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Vegas™ Video is available in native versions for
>>Windows
>>>>NT-
>>>>>>>>>>compatible (x86, Pentium), Windows 2000, and Windows 98SE
>>>>systems.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Dan Bishop wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>I was under the impression Vegas pro would work with even
>>>>>>>>>>>>the slowest of pc's. This is the reason i bought it, and
>>>>>>>>>>>>the fact rebirth runs fine. However when i mix 2 mp3's i
>>>>>>>>>>>>get that distortion and it makes it un-useable. My system
>>>>>>>>>>>>is a P200mmx, 32mb ram and i have a PCI64 soundcard. I
have
>>>>>>>>>>>>messed around with the buffer length to no avail and
can't
>>>>>>>>>>>>seem to find a way to stop the distortion (Even with
22khz
>>>>>>>>>>>>mp3's) Is there a fix or something i have not noticed?
>>>>>>>>>>>>Is it not direct sound compatible like Rebirth? Thanks.

TJ wrote on 4/25/2000, 2:05 AM

We got a bit off topic here, but It's probably useful.
The original question was about gapping and distortion
while trying to playback 2 MP3 files.

I think that is your problem. MP3 is a lossy compression format,
Furthermore, there is no way to do a sample accurate seek in an MP3
file using the libraries that are available to use for reading MP3.

Using MP3 files as INPUT to an editor is practially guaranteed to
give bad results during playback and even worse results when you
seek around.

What you should do is to uncompress these files into .wav format
then use the wave files as input to Vegas Pro. That will fix the
gapping problem. The distortion is most likely caused by the lossy
compression in the MP3 file.

There is absolutely NO reason why a 200Mhz pentium should not work
well with Vegas Pro or even Vegas Video 2.0 (when used to edit audio)

tj

Erich Grube wrote:
>>
>>
>>Jason Robinson wrote:
>>>>Finally I get to say something positive. YEA! : )
>>>>
>>>>Yes-- Vegas 2.0 (both flavors) does run great (except for some
bugs
>>>>that are being worked on) on NT 4, sp 4 through 6 with IE4 or 5
>>>>installed along with Direct X Media 6.
>>>>
>>>>Jason
>>>>Happy QA guy
>>
>>That makes two of us ;)!
>>
>>>>
>>>>Erich Grube wrote:
>>>>>>Will Vegas Audio 2.0 run under NT4.0?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Erich
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Jason Robinson wrote:
>>>>>>>>I hunted down a definate answer.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Short form: No, Vegas Audio 2.0 will not be supported in
>>win95.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Longer answer:
>>>>>>>>Vegas 2.0 is one product with 2 variations: Audio and Video.
>>The
>>>>>>>>Audio portion is essentially 'lite' on the Video end but is
>>>>>>otherwise
>>>>>>>>functionally the same as Vegas Video. Unfortunately, the
Win98
>>>>>>>>dependance will not removed from Vegas Audio 2.0 and I am
given
>>>>to
>>>>>>>>understand that moving forward many, if not all, of our
>>products
>>>>>>are
>>>>>>>>going in that direction as well. (I could be wrong about
this--
>>-
>>>>I
>>>>>>>>didn't talk to THE Man on this, someone one of his
>>>>>>representatives.)
>>>>>>>>The upgrade path for Vegas Pro will be to Vegas Audio 2.0--
>>this
>>>>>>>>means that you would need to meet the hardware and software
>>>>system
>>>>>>>>requirements of Vegas Audio 2.0 in order to upgrade your
Vegas
>>>>Pro
>>>>>>>>product.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Sorry I couldn't give you the answer you wanted, Carl.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Jason
>>>>>>>>QA Engineer
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>PS- Here is a quote (from earlier in the forum) that Caleb
>>>>>>(Director
>>>>>>>>of Engineering) posted earlier in the forum: "[Vegas Audio
is]
>>>>>>>>technically ... in Beta already and you are using it. There
>>are
>>>>>>>>things that will be slightly different with regards to UI -
>>>>mostly
>>>>>>>>missing Video pieces, but the audio functionality that you
are
>>>>>>using
>>>>>>>>currently is Vegas Audio."
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Carl Saff wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>Wait a minute, wait a minute ...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Does the fact that Vegas Video does do support Win95 mean
>>that
>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>>>soon-to-be-released Vegas Audio 2.0 will not support Win95,
>>>>>>either?
>>>>>>>>I
>>>>>>>>>>*really* don't want to spend money on a new operating
system
>>>>>>>>upgrade
>>>>>>>>>>AND the Vegas Audio 2.0 "upgrade path" all in one punch to
my
>>>>>>>>>>wallet ...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Jason -- please elaborate.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Jason Robinson wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>Dan,
>>>>>>>>>>>>Thanks for your interest in Vegas Video and confidence in
>>our
>>>>>>>>>>>>programmers! However, as hot as our code heads are they
>>>>simply
>>>>>>>>>>were
>>>>>>>>>>>>unable to build Vegas Video to run effectively on a 200
MHz
>>>>>>>>>>machine.
>>>>>>>>>>>>If you look at the download page for Vegas Video you will
>>>>find
>>>>>>>>that
>>>>>>>>>>>>our system requirements exceed that of the machine you
>>>>describe
>>>>>>>>(I
>>>>>>>>>>>>have reproduced them below for you). It is felt here at
>>the
>>>>>>>>>>Foundry
>>>>>>>>>>>>that these system requirements are modest for a
>>professional
>>>>>>>>sound
>>>>>>>>>>>>and video editing machine.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Hope that clears up the mystery.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Jason
>>>>>>>>>>>>QA Engineer
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Vegas Video System Requirements
>>>>>>>>>>>>Processor 400 MHz
>>>>>>>>>>>>Operating System Microsoft Windows 98SE, NT 4.0 (SP4 or
>>>>later),
>>>>>>>>or
>>>>>>>>>>>>2000
>>>>>>>>>>>>RAM 128 MB
>>>>>>>>>>>>Free Disk Space At least 20 MB
>>>>>>>>>>>>Additional Software DirectX Media Runtime 6.0 (included
on
>>CD-
>>>>>>ROM)
>>>>>>>>>>>>Internet Explorer 5.0 (included on CD-ROM) or later
>>>>>>>>>>>>Additional Hardware Windows-compatible sound card
>>>>>>>>>>>>CD-ROM drive (for installation from a CD)
>>>>>>>>>>>>A/V rated hard disk drive
>>>>>>>>>>>>VGA display (24-bit color display recommended)
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Vegas™ Video is available in native versions for
>>>>Windows
>>>>>>NT-
>>>>>>>>>>>>compatible (x86, Pentium), Windows 2000, and Windows 98SE
>>>>>>systems.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Dan Bishop wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I was under the impression Vegas pro would work with
even
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the slowest of pc's. This is the reason i bought it,
and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the fact rebirth runs fine. However when i mix 2 mp3's
i
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>get that distortion and it makes it un-useable. My
system
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>is a P200mmx, 32mb ram and i have a PCI64 soundcard. I
>>have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>messed around with the buffer length to no avail and
>>can't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>seem to find a way to stop the distortion (Even with
>>22khz
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>mp3's) Is there a fix or something i have not noticed?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Is it not direct sound compatible like Rebirth? Thanks.