I just checked it again and its still there.

JJK

Do you have the standalone Main Concept encoder installed on your system?? Maybe that changes something within Vegas.

I have Vegas 4.0d and recently installed the MC standalone demo. I do not have the 2-pass checkbox in the Vegas encoder.

I have read, on other non-Sony forums, on how to copy DLLs from the standalone encoder into the Vegas directory (something that Sony does not recommend or support). I haven't done this, but in reading the posts from those that have done it, they claim that the extra features in the standalone encoder (such as 2-pass encoding) do NOT show up in the Vegas interface -- all you get (if in fact the "hack" works) is the newer, somewhat faster encoding.

Thus, I don't know how you managed to get the extra check box. However, I think you said you have 4.0e (the "Sonyized" version), so perhaps there is something in that version that gets "tripped" somehow.

Well, I guess it isn't the standalone encoder, I just installed the latest version and I still don't see the 2-pass option in Vegas 4e.

I do have the standalone encoder installed but it is the older version.
I clicked on the help icon and it says nothing available. I also checked the box and did a small render but it did not render twice.

JJK

Does it take longer than a standard encode does (if you don't have 2-pass checked)?

I really didn't notice as it goes very fast but it doesn't do two pass
like Cinemacraft does. I think its an extra block that is dumbed out.

JJK