No video after HDV Render.

videoguy411 wrote on 12/12/2008, 10:30 PM
Hello. I'm running Sony Vegas Movie studio, version 8- on a Vista X64 system. First a few minor issues- sometimes, the program crashed while "building peaks" for some clips.

Now onto my main issue. I haven't tried the other settings, but when I try to render HD video (the 720) I have audio, but no video. I have a SONY SR-5 Camera. I have a project I am about to start and I really want my video to be in HD, can anyone help?

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ritsmer wrote on 12/13/2008, 1:33 AM
Check the Vista thread of this forum. Could also be that the older version 8 could need an upgrade to version 9 to become more "Vista proof".

Probably you render to a .m2t file ?? - if yes, you need a codec or a player that can play this format. Normally I use the VLC player for this (Google it) - dunno if it is available for Vista, however.
videoguy411 wrote on 12/14/2008, 8:55 AM
Is it free to upgrade?
Eugenia wrote on 12/14/2008, 5:38 PM
No, not free. And you don't tell us how EXACTLY you are exporting.
videoguy411 wrote on 12/14/2008, 8:04 PM
I click ""render as" I choose the "HDV 720- 30p intermediate" template. It renders, and in ANY player it says it is missing a video codec: CFHD.
Eugenia wrote on 12/14/2008, 8:38 PM
This explains it. Cineform is not supported by default by WMP. Export in WMV 720p instead, not in AVI -- for viewing purposes. Cineform is an intermediate codec for intermediate purposes only. To view such footage in WMP, get the Cineform free codec on their site.
videoguy411 wrote on 12/14/2008, 9:17 PM
What format should I render for DVD playback? I want the best quality possible. Do these files (that can't be viewed on computers) play fine on DVDS? What do you render your files as for DVD playback?
Eugenia wrote on 12/14/2008, 10:07 PM
You always render in mppeg2 for video, and AC3 for audio for DVD Architect.
videoguy411 wrote on 12/15/2008, 2:27 PM
Are you saying that MPEG Is better quality than AVI?
videoguy411 wrote on 12/15/2008, 2:28 PM
Oh, btw- I downloaded the codec and now I can watch rendered HDV videos/ However, the video is noever in sync with the audio. Is that a RAM problem or are the videos actually out of sync? I find it odd because this laptop does have 4 GB of RAM.
Eugenia wrote on 12/15/2008, 2:44 PM
MPEG2 is what DVDs use. So you just export to a codec that DVDA can use automatically and burn it. Everything else is going to get re-encoded.
Eugenia wrote on 12/15/2008, 2:45 PM
If you got sync problems is because Vegas' Cineform encoder is too old and buggy, and the new decoder is not 100% compatible with it -- or something. It has nothing to do with your RAM.