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Chienworks wrote on 10/15/2002, 12:49 PM
Ummmmm ... Yes! and No!

Yes - The only practical limits to the length you can print to tape are hard drive space (about 13GB/hour) and the length of the tape. VideoFactory itself probably doesn't have any time length limits that would concern you. I've rendered & printed a 4.5 hour project in VideoFactory.

No - The reason i include a "no" is because you can't print from the timeline in VideoFactory. You can however render to an AVI file from the timeline, then print this file with VidCap. Once again, only the hard drive space and tape length limits apply.
Grazie wrote on 10/15/2002, 12:58 PM
Yes - short enough?

However,...... as the 2 clips are separate, VF will "produce" an interim file so that it can be sent to the PTT procedure. Soooo.... you will need to have enough extra space for this inter-rendering file to happen and it will take time. Okay? You could got straight to PTT and in the lowest window select the file you want to send to tape. That'll be the "Clip1". Send that off to tape AND then repeat the process for "Clip2". This will require you to CUE the output from VF onto the tape - REMEMBER this IS a destructive process. Get your CUEING wrong and too early and you'll "over-print" "Clip1" by an amount. If you leave it too late, then you will have an unecessary large "gap" between the 2 clips. Okay? I don't have the benefits of a DV camera to print to, if you do you could use the cuing functions to get it correct. Even a small bit of black between the 2 clips would help you.

Soooo... tinklady "You'se Pays Yer Money and Yuse Takes yer CHoice!" as they say down London Way - Me ol' cock sparrow.

I cheat, and use Studio 7, and plop all my clips into the timeline - no extra rendering and it takes all the clips I can throw at it.

Report back with your success or otherwise,

Grazie
Grazie wrote on 10/15/2002, 1:03 PM
Chieworks, PiPPed me at the post! - Only went and made meself a cuppa tea as well!

Grazie