Play All Button/Individual Songs

pyrsconr wrote on 3/19/2005, 10:49 AM

I currently own Adobe Premiere and Adobe Encore.

After working with the software for only 5 hours I now realize it won't meet my needs and I am curious as to whether Sony Vegas 5.0 will - let me explain.

I have a ton of VHS tapes that are continuous concert performances - let's use Austin City Limits as an example.

In Adobe world, I can capture the program and edit and put together a DVD such that I can play individual songs or indeed play all the songs as one performance but with one major caveat. I have to edit the complete performance in to smaller time lines equivalent to each song. The problem becomes that when I want to play all the songs there is a small hesitation at the end of one song and the beginning of the next.

My question is - will Sony Vegas allow me avoid this kind of editing - i.e, can I insert markers in a continuous video file that will allow me to assemple a complete performance but still play individual segments of that complete performance?

If I can then I wil purchase the Vegas software.

Thank you,

Phil

Comments

ScottW wrote on 3/19/2005, 12:24 PM

You can do this with DVD Architect 2.0 by including the entire video in the project multiple times - the first time is for the "Play All" and then each subsequent time is to do the individual play by setting in/out points. DVDA 2.0 will only include the movie a single time.

In order to get DVDA 2.0 you must purchase Vegas+DVD. I would imagine that there are other authoring programs that will allow you to do this, and frankly I'd be surprised if Encore didn't have this ability in some fashion.

--Scott

pyrsconr wrote on 3/19/2005, 1:19 PM

Scott,

Thanks for the reply.

If you go the forum for Adobe Encore/Premiere the number one request for software enhancements is the ability to construct a 'seamless play all' which this software does not currently have.

I should have checked the forum before purchasing.

Phil