Has Anybody Brought PVR PVDs Into Vegas

mjroddy wrote on 9/12/2003, 11:41 PM
Guess the title says it all.
I'm having miserable luck bringing my old PVDs into Vegas 4.0d. The resulting footage has apparently reversed fields or something.
My process is this:
I use to use Speed Razor 2000x to edit, so I made a single file of my timeline.
I then took that single file into the PVR Player and made that an uncompressed AVI.
That AVI seems to play on the Vegas timeline, but not a full FPS and I THINK the fielding is bad at this point. I've tried to make a MPEG 2 from that and and burn a DVD. Terrible results on every test (lots of coasters).
Has anybody had success in this endevor?
Thanks for any help. -mjr

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RBartlett wrote on 9/13/2003, 11:49 AM
In SR2000X, do you export NTSC 720x480 or 720x486? The D1 spec in SR is x486 which has the opposite field dominance to "D1" 480.

One trick (which I learned from a fellow called Kirk Morger) is this:
Load the A/V file to inspect onto the first project pane of TMPGEnc; go to settings -> Advanced and double click on the "Deinterlace"
to check the field order. Click the combo "Method" and select
"Even-Odd field (field)", and go to some area with action. Advance a few
fields manually, and if it appears to bounce a bit back and forth, the field
setting is incorrect. This method works for just about anything that doesn't
switch field orders mid file. Don't forget to uncheck "Deinterlace" when
done.

This should identify if the culprit is your PVR, SR or Vegas.
mjroddy wrote on 9/14/2003, 1:38 AM
I am presently rendering a DVD that has 15 different types of rendering of the same 10 second sequence. I've tried every variation I can think of, based on your suggestion.
I've brought in a TGA sequence as Lower Field First, Upper First, Progressive and rendered each of those out differently as well (each rendered as Lower First, Upper First, etc). I did the same thing with an AVI.
I am pretty sure that the DV burner is doing its job, but just to be sure, I did a few tests within Vegas itself. Just some movement on photos, Lightwave TGA sequences, etc. That way, I can be sure that it isn't a DVD compatability issue.
Thanks for the suggestions. -mjr