MPEG 2 Render Problems

Dan Sherman wrote on 1/2/2012, 2:22 PM

Near the latter part of this 30 minute project the image breaks up, cutting and flickering to black in no particular pattern.
Is this a warning sign that the drive is about to die?
If not, any other ideas?

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john_dennis wrote on 1/2/2012, 2:39 PM

It probably doesn't indicate a drive failure but if you are concerned about the drive's health:

Right-Click on My Computer

Select Manage

Select System Tools / Event Viewer / System

Scroll through the entries looking for disk errors.

If you find some errors, download and run the disk manufacturers utility to verify disk operation.

Dan Sherman wrote on 1/3/2012, 1:03 PM

More details as there is no resolution.
This is a 30 minute project to be authored as a chapter based DVD in DVDA.
MXF files processed with Raylight Ultra are on the timeline along with a few JPEGS, colour correction, audio tweeking, levels etc.
Project is in Vegas Pro 11 (build 511).
When rendering to MPEG2 the image flickers back and forth to black.
In short, I can't render this project.
A computer guy, which I am NOT suggested, this isn't the beginning of an HDD failure as I suspected.
Could it be hardware? processor, motherboard, sofrware?
Any thought appreciated.

rs170a wrote on 1/3/2012, 1:06 PM

Try rendering it out as a DV-AVI file and then use that to do your MPEG-2/AC-3 encode.
If that still doesn't work, open up a copy of Pro 10 with this project open, do a copy/paste from 11 to 10 (track-based FX will NOT get copied), save it under a new name and try rendering again.

edit: are you using the latest beta drivers for your video card?

Mike

musicvid10 wrote on 1/3/2012, 1:12 PM

I have seen a couple of other posts reporting black frames near the end of the render with Vegas Pro 11. Do a search of recent threads.

Dan Sherman wrote on 1/3/2012, 9:03 PM

Thanks for the suggestions Mike.
I'll let you know the outcome.

Dan Sherman wrote on 1/4/2012, 7:32 PM

Tried those two suggestions with the same outcome.
Drivers for my video card. Where do I get those?

john_dennis wrote on 1/4/2012, 7:38 PM

From the card manufacturer's site or nvidea site.

Dan Sherman wrote on 1/4/2012, 7:50 PM

I'm seeing stuff about Batman and Battlefield and such.
Not a gamer, not even a computer guy.
So two questions.
1) How do I find out if I need this Beta driver for nVidia 560 GTX 2Gb Video Card.
2) How do I get it and install it on my editing machine.

rs170a wrote on 1/4/2012, 8:08 PM

Dan, the New Beta Driver for Nvidia thread may be of some help.

Mike