Missing markers after render from Vegas Pro 11

travtek wrote on 11/22/2011, 12:22 AM

Has anyone had this issue where you have the render options ticked for metadata to include markers in render and resulting in NOT appearing in the imported .mpg file. I never had this issue in prior versions of Vegas.

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PeterDuke wrote on 11/22/2011, 2:13 AM

What sort of file are you rendering? Marker info is included in SD MPEG2 rendered files, but in HD AVC files marker info is included in an associated (sidecar) file. The sidecar file must be in the same folder as the video file.

travtek wrote on 11/22/2011, 4:42 AM

@PeterDuke: SD mpg. These are old Super 8 DV tapes captured via Sony Video Capture. I think this is related to Vegas Pro 11 with New Blue Titler Pro FX plug-in. But just curious if anyone else has this issue or if it's just me wiht the new release. Possible buglette?

PeterDuke wrote on 11/22/2011, 7:20 AM

I just did a test with Vegas 11 with three DV AVI files and put markers between the clips. I see the markers in DVDA 5.2.

You did tick the box to include markers, didn't you? (Under MetaData Options.)

Chienworks wrote on 11/22/2011, 7:39 AM

I don't think MPEG2 files include markers. I believe they end up in the "sidecar" .mpg.sfl file. If you move or rename the .mpg and .ac3 files somewhere else after rendering it's easy to forget to move or rename the .sfl files with them.

PeterDuke wrote on 11/22/2011, 5:17 PM

No, the markers are in the MPEG2 file. AVC is different.

PeterDuke wrote on 11/22/2011, 5:27 PM

@travtek
Do you have the latest versions of everything?

I have Vegas Pro 11 64 bit build 371
NewBlue Titler Pro 1 Build 111024 (see under Help > About NewBlue Titler Pro)
DVDA Pro 5.2 build 133.

travtek wrote on 11/23/2011, 12:23 AM

@ Peter: Yup. Vegas Pro 11 32 bit build 424. All drivers up to date. latest version of DVDA 5.2. And yes the markers are ticked in the meta data file options. I cannot use avi otherwise I lose lossless quality.

BTW: Do you have New Blue FX Pro Titler installed?

PeterDuke wrote on 11/23/2011, 12:35 AM

Yes, NB titler is installed. Do you have the latest version?

PeterDuke wrote on 11/23/2011, 7:38 AM

Apologies to Chienworks
The .sfl sidecar file must be present for both MPEG2 and AVC renders in order for DVDA to see the markers. I was sure that I had proved otherwise the other day ...??

Also I just noticed that although I had downloaded the latest build of Vegas Pro 11 64 bit (425), I hadn't installed it. I now have, but there is no change. I get markers provided that the .sfl file is present.

Arthur.S wrote on 11/23/2011, 10:48 AM

I've noticed that the box get's mysteriously 'unticked' from time to time. Very random. :-(

travtek wrote on 11/27/2011, 8:34 AM

@PeterDuke: Is there a special process with the sidecar files? Do I drag them into the project bin? Thanks again in advance to all.

PeterDuke wrote on 11/27/2011, 7:21 PM

Just render your audio and video to the same folder. All the relevant files will (unless you change the default) have the same filename stem. DVDA will take it from there.