Multiple Rendered Files

DavidPJ wrote on 5/14/2003, 11:07 AM

I just finished rendering my first 20+ minute project with Vegas 4c. My PC is running Win98SE. The rendering process worked great and took about 1-1/2 hours.

After rendering I expected one AVI file, but Vegas created two files. The first file has a size of 3.99G, and the second file has a size of less than 1MB? Is this normal for Vegas to create multiple rendered files?

Is there something I could have done in my project that caused it to break it into two files? Oddly enough, the break occurs perfectly at a cross fade transition where I begin a "part 2" of the movie. Could this have been caused by broken timecode? The "part 2" was from captured from a different DV tape than part 1.

I suppose I can deal with two files, but I would rather have one. Thanks for your input.

Dave

Comments

mikkie wrote on 5/14/2003, 11:14 AM

A fat32 disc has a 4 gig file size limit - to get around it, compress more or go to an OS without the limit, as win2k, winxp pro etc...

way2slo wrote on 5/14/2003, 11:17 AM

under win98se, the file size limit is 4GB i think.
correct me if i m wrong

riredale wrote on 5/14/2003, 11:18 AM

It's because you are using a FAT32 disk. Vegas cleverly realizes this and splits your avi at the 4GB mark, creating a new file as it continues. This is a terrific feature, since it means you can transparently work on projects much longer than 18 minutes (4GB of DV avi). You'll note that if you butt up the 4GB chunks on the timeline, there is absolutely no continuity break in the video.

If you just don't like the notion of 4GB chunks, you'll have to go to the NTFS file system, which means going to W2k or Wxp.

DavidPJ wrote on 5/14/2003, 12:00 PM

Thanks all for the info. I should have known that. I guess it was a odd coincidence that the break occurred precisely at the start of "part 2".

Frenchy wrote on 5/14/2003, 1:03 PM

The only thing I can add to the posts above is that when (and if) you print back to DV tape, if both files have been placed in the "add files" dialog box in vidcap, the resulting tape will be seamless - the "break" between files will be invisible.

Chienworks wrote on 5/14/2003, 4:24 PM

I haven't tried this in the VidCap version that comes with Vegas 4 (since i had already upgraded to XP and NTFS at the time), but with both the Vegas 3 version and the VideoFactory version of VidCap, you only had to specify the first file and it would automatically chain all the rest. In fact, in one of the earlier versions if you specified both files it would print both files 1 and 2, then chain to 2 again. If you specified all of three files you'd get 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3. Oops. ;)

BillyBoy wrote on 5/14/2003, 4:56 PM

Also in addition to the size issue NTFS is a more stable file system and can recover from errors itself, unlike FAT based systems that can really screw you up if you have a system crash, things like that.