Input of full sized video results in a small video

Dean-Pennington wrote on 1/1/2019, 2:08 PM

I start with a full sized MP4 video as imported media in Platinum 15. In the preview frame when I edit the video it fills the preview screen frame, all looks good that far. When I make the movie I end up with a full sized file about 80% of it black with my video appearing in a small rectangle in the lower-right corner. I went thru preferences and set them all to default. I am not working in a PIP track, I'm working on a primary video track. How can I lose the 80% top and left black border? Platinum 15 has been this way since I bought it. I've never had a different outcome. I did not have this problem with any of the previous Platinum versions.

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j-v wrote on 1/1/2019, 2:39 PM

Do you add that mp4 to the videotrack?
I think by mistake you added it to the "picture in picture" track.
That track you can delete first or do not use that one.

What are your projectsettings and what is the MediaInfo of that mp4?

Dean-Pennington wrote on 1/1/2019, 4:32 PM

I did make sure it was the primary video track and not a PIP. The project was 1920x1080x32, 12.000P, the preview window size was 480x270x32, 12.000P My media window for the source media read the following on my source file: 1920x1080x32, 12.000 fps , 2.932,000, Alpha=None, Field order =None (Progressive Scan), AVC, Audio 48000hz Mono , 2,932,000 AAC. Those are the specifics, I hope they help you help me, but I can say I get this black screen result on every file I've tried, not just MP4's, but AVI's, WMV's, etc.. Until now I was a Vegas Movie Studio Only, and I'd like to get back to that. I didn't have this problem with earlier versions, and I don't have this problem with Camtasia, but I'm not wild about its interface, I'd prefer to stay with Movie Studio. I should also say I'm not doing anything special, no FX, it's just a strip of frames I'm splitting off a piece of the front and a piece of the back, so not even titles or transitions are involved, just a strip of digital film edited (shortened) and making an MP4 movie (with default settings). The source video has no border, and when I load it Movie Studio asks "Do you want to set your project video settings to match this media?" and I say Yes.

EricLNZ wrote on 1/1/2019, 5:15 PM

Something strange somewhere. Upload your project vf file somewhere where we can download it and have a look. Don't worry that we we won't have the source material.

James-Honeycutt wrote on 1/1/2019, 6:40 PM

I have a older Sony 3D camera that makes 3D files called .MTS. My camera is called a DEV-5. I would like to import them into Vegas Movie Studio 15 Suite, edit and then burn a 3D HD Blu-ray with menus. Will Vegas Move Studio 15 Suite support this 3D file format?

My Sony 3D camera makes files up to 2GBs large, then makes a second 2GB file. It will do this until I have finished shooting. So I would be importing several .MTS files. Is this an issue?

Will Vegas Movie Studio 15 Suite break out the audio so I can edit the audio alone, or is it tied to the video?

Can anyone point me to a FAQ that covers .MTS 3D files and Vegas Movie Studio 15 Suite?

Any advice appreciated.

Thank you,

mraroid

Former user wrote on 1/1/2019, 7:31 PM

James, you need to start a new post. Your problem isn't relevent to this one.

EricLNZ wrote on 1/2/2019, 2:41 AM

James, as David says start a new post. But the answers simple - download the 30 day trial and find out for yourself. I suspect few forum members shoot 3D and even fewer probably have the same camera as you.