Hello Fellow Forum Users,
I got a problem getting just the right setting to achieve the output I wanted from my source files. Reason: inexperience. I was hoping I could speed up my learning process by asking=)
I have avi source files at 320 x 240, 29.97fps. I like it just the way it is. I mean I like the PROPORTION it presents on the PC monitor. The "actors" looked just fine. My problem is, when it comes to rendering this to a format for final burning into an NTSC VCD disk I am presented with a lot of settings, including custom settings. The default NTSC/VCD render setting says 352 x 240, with 0.8889 pixel aspect ratio, among others. This stuff is different from my source files. An initial test using the NTSC/VCD default settings produced an mpeg-1 file that appeared stretched! As a result my characters appeared wider than they really are. Very unflattering! There is just too many possible combination from the individual settings.
There must be one particular combination that would show my final movie on TV (NTSC)at the same proportion as my original source files. Neither wide nor thin.
Can any of you guys point out the proper mpeg-1 render setting?
Thanks so much in advance.
PS. I read somewhere in the forum that Vegas lacked the capability to estimate rendered file size. I don't know whether someone else found a way, so I would like to share what I discovered on my own.
Vegas can estimate render file size.
Simply open the burn CD dialog box. (Tools/ Burn CD) You don't have to burn a CD. There you will see the estimated render size. Close the dialog box then try and render a file to your hard drive. I tried it and the estimate came close enough. Actual mpeg rendered: 67.4MB; estimate at burn CD dialog box: 68.88MB. I hope you'll find it useful, too.
I got a problem getting just the right setting to achieve the output I wanted from my source files. Reason: inexperience. I was hoping I could speed up my learning process by asking=)
I have avi source files at 320 x 240, 29.97fps. I like it just the way it is. I mean I like the PROPORTION it presents on the PC monitor. The "actors" looked just fine. My problem is, when it comes to rendering this to a format for final burning into an NTSC VCD disk I am presented with a lot of settings, including custom settings. The default NTSC/VCD render setting says 352 x 240, with 0.8889 pixel aspect ratio, among others. This stuff is different from my source files. An initial test using the NTSC/VCD default settings produced an mpeg-1 file that appeared stretched! As a result my characters appeared wider than they really are. Very unflattering! There is just too many possible combination from the individual settings.
There must be one particular combination that would show my final movie on TV (NTSC)at the same proportion as my original source files. Neither wide nor thin.
Can any of you guys point out the proper mpeg-1 render setting?
Thanks so much in advance.
PS. I read somewhere in the forum that Vegas lacked the capability to estimate rendered file size. I don't know whether someone else found a way, so I would like to share what I discovered on my own.
Vegas can estimate render file size.
Simply open the burn CD dialog box. (Tools/ Burn CD) You don't have to burn a CD. There you will see the estimated render size. Close the dialog box then try and render a file to your hard drive. I tried it and the estimate came close enough. Actual mpeg rendered: 67.4MB; estimate at burn CD dialog box: 68.88MB. I hope you'll find it useful, too.