Please explain this Vegas 5 feature

CowDoc wrote on 1/5/2006, 10:10 PM

Picture three seperate video tracks displayed in the track window. The timeline is expanded enough to identify images of individual frames. Vegas is set to quantize frames and the individual frames of all three video clips line up perfectly on the timeline. However, every so often along the timeline, instead of a normal size image on one of the tracks, there is a smaller image shrunk into the upper left corner where the normal track frame image should be. It's about a quarter the normal size. If I drag the event, the small image moves with it. There are between one and ten small frames per minute of video. The preview area shows a normal image for all frames.

The clips were simply captured (no dropped frames) and dragged into the video tracks. No pan/crop or video effects were added. I was wondering if Vegas had a feature I didn't know about. Perhaps a damaged field / frame indicator or something. The smaller images were consistent and stable. So I assume they mean something. I haven't seen them before or since and recapturing the video clips eliminated them.

What is Vegas 5.0 telling me?

Thanks,
Barry

Comments

Chienworks wrote on 1/5/2006, 11:59 PM

I've never seen that. Can you post a screenshot?

CowDoc wrote on 1/6/2006, 3:44 PM

Sorry, I cannot provide a screen shot. I recaptured the clips since I couldn't figure out what was going on and I assumed they were damaged. The original clips were copied over. So, unfortunately, I cannot reproduce the effect. If I come across the same thing again, I will certainly save the files and take a screen shot.

My hardware and Vegas seem to be working properly and I haven't had any other problems. It was repeatable at the time but it doesn't seem to be common. I'm sure Vegas was trying to tell me something. I'm just not smart enough to know what.

Barry

Erk wrote on 1/6/2006, 5:05 PM

Cowdoc, I think I have seen this as well. Next time I see it, I'll try to remember to get a screencap.

FrigidNDEditing wrote on 1/6/2006, 8:01 PM

I've seen it on occassion - in 6 - don't remember what was the deal though.

Can't help you out - I think it's just a glitch.

Dave