Print to tape without having to prerender

essami wrote on 10/20/2005, 3:27 PM

Hi,

I constantly need to send miniDV's to people with different films in different order.

It would be handy if I could make avi files that would not require prerendering when printing to tape. I could put them on the timeline in the order I wanted and record a miniDV and send it off. It would be like dubbing a miniDV but I could change the order of the films.

So far I've tried this

Save as type: Video For windows (.avi)
Template: Pal DV (Im from Europe so I use Pal)

Im quite certain that this is what the files should be. But when I put this newly rendered file in to a new empty project it has to prerender the project before printing to tape and that takes a long time.

But when I have material captured straight from the miniDV and I print that back to tape (with no effect or changes) it does not have to prerender but just starts doing it instantly.

Any advice on this? What format I should render to avoid again having to prerender before printing to tape?

Thanks

Sami

Comments

Zulqar-Cheema wrote on 10/20/2005, 3:31 PM

Have you the correct settings on your software, eg are you recoding in PAL and trying to print in NTSC ?

essami wrote on 10/20/2005, 3:34 PM

Hi

Im capturing Pal, project is Pal and Im printing to Pal miniDV camera.

this is the file captured from the tape:
Video: 00:02:00,440, 25.000 fps interlaced, 720x576x24, DV
Audio: 00:02:00,440, 48 000 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo, Uncompressed

This is the file Ive rendered from the above and Im trying to print to tape
Video: 00:00:00,280, 25.000 fps interlaced, 720x576x24, DV
Audio: 00:00:00,280, 48 000 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo, Uncompressed

The first one prints to tape without prerendering but the second doesnt... Are there other settings I should look at in the properties window?

Sami

essami wrote on 10/21/2005, 1:46 AM

Problem fixed, although I dont know what I did.

Sami