Frameserver Tutorial

john_dennis wrote on 6/29/2015, 12:43 AM

If you wish to have the benefits of rendering in Handbrake, this is the best way to get it done.

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/showmessage.asp?forumid=4&messageid=919412

VidMus wrote on 6/29/2015, 5:55 AM

Frameserver causes my 48k audio to become 44k so I quit using it. I wish they would fix this!

Note: The final audio after HB shows as 48k but the signpost audio is 44k. So it is 48k down to 44k and then back up to 48k. Even though the final audio shows 48k, it is not a true 48k because it was previously lowered to 44k.

If this was supposedly to have been fixed, it was not so according to Media-Info.

I have absolutely no idea what version I have. The dialog box does not show a version number and the folder the files are in has nothing there to indicate the version.

Frameserver needs work!

wwaag wrote on 6/29/2015, 9:57 AM

Frameserver causes my 48k audio to become 44k so I quit using it. I wish they would fix this!

Here is a long thread that discusses this issue.

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/showmessage.asp?forumid=4&messageid=904896

The last post by Nick Hope indicates that the author Satish was getting info from SCS. That was Sept 2014 and to date, nothing has been done as far as I am aware.

Having said that, it's not a major obstacle IMHO and certainly not a reason to stop using the frameserver--especially the 1-click Send to Handbrake approach referenced by John Dennis in his post. I simply render an AAC file from the timeline at 48k and then remux with the mp4 file from Handbrake. Since I like chapter support for longer projects in my media files, I use MKV Merge GUI. Simply add the original MP4 file from Handbrake, the AAC file I've rendered from Vegas (will have an Mp4 extension, but audio only) and the Chapter info file exported from Vegas and remux. It's very fast and works quite well. I use a Sony blu-ray player for playback which supports chapters in the MKV container.

wwaag

VidMus wrote on 6/29/2015, 10:48 AM

@wwaag

You say that you did a 'remux' but I have failed to see how you are doing this. Perhaps you could explain in SIMPLE details (as in old farts simple details) as to how you are doing this?

wwaag wrote on 6/29/2015, 11:38 AM

@Vidmus

An MP4 file usually consists of two elementary streams--one video track and one audio track.. What I mean by remux is to replace the elementary audio stream from the Handbrake render with the elementary audio stream that I've rendered directly from Vegas. Here's a screenshot from mkvmerge GUI:

The file "Germany 1980.mp4" came from Handbrake and the file "Germany 1980_audio.mp4" came directly from Vegas. Simply "uncheck" the audio file from Handbrake and "check" the file from Vegas. I mentioned Chapter Support. Here is a screenshot identifying the file with chapter info.

Again, I like MKV's because of chapter support. If you want to keep it in an MP4 container, then you would use other software such as My MP4Box GUI. In any case, the principal is the same--simply replacing the audio stream from the Handbrake render with an audio stream rendered directly from Vegas. Hope this clears it up a bit.

wwaag