MPEG1 / Multimedia template

Former user wrote on 4/15/2005, 2:07 PM

Can anyone get a playable MPEG1 file using the Multimedia template from V5?

Neither Windows Media player (version 9) or QuickTime pro (6.5.2) will playback the resulting file. I tried altering the video format between MPEG1 and VCD and neither work. The only template that works is to choose VCD NTSC format, and change the width to 320 and set the aspect ratio to 1.000. The resulting file seems to play okay. But that doesn't resolve why the Multimedia template doesn't work.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

Comments

p@mast3rs wrote on 4/15/2005, 2:10 PM

Mpeg-1 in Vegas sucks. Use TMPG Encoder if you want to encode Mpeg-1 files.

Former user wrote on 4/15/2005, 2:26 PM

Yep. I just ran across another thread that suggested the same thing. I just downloaded TMPG and it tried it out. I got perfect results first shot out of the box and plays great with both Windows Media Player and QT.

Thanks ;-)

p@mast3rs wrote on 4/15/2005, 2:41 PM

No problem. Glad I could be of help. :)

Former user wrote on 4/15/2005, 2:52 PM

I've heard of TMPG for years, just never thought to try it myself. It's amazing that this high a quality software is free.

B_JM wrote on 4/16/2005, 6:48 AM

it is only free for mpeg1 .. for mpeg2 you have to pay for it ..

ive had problems also with QT pro (w/ mpeg2 addin) playing mpeg2 files made in vegas, never did figure out why ...