Problem when split video is joined...

20thCenturyMark wrote on 2/15/2010, 5:03 PM

hello,
I am new to Vegas MS 9. When I split video clips and join them to other clips, what happens is the clips overlap by a frame or two. I have snap enabled. It doesn't show this in the preview window but when I render and burn to DVD and watch it is very noticable. Is there a snap setting I am missing or is there a trick to doing this properly? Any help? Thanks.

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musicvid10 wrote on 2/17/2010, 10:41 AM

Shawn, can you post some screenshots of what you are experiencing? That would be a big help.

OhMyGosh,
I think it's his dvd content, and that a solution other than Vegas may be his best bet. Of course, that's just a guess . . .
;?)

OhMyGosh wrote on 2/17/2010, 10:49 AM

OK, I lied. This is my last guess :) Mark and Shawn, if you hold down Ctrl + Shift and then open VMS, it will ask if you want to return all settings to default, I would definately give that a try at this point. If you have any saved presets or anything like that that you made, I believe they will be lost, but usually not a big deal. Keep us informed. Cin

ShawnGN wrote on 2/17/2010, 10:58 AM

I don't have any right now because I go through my rendered videos to get rid of them, but the problems look just like a normal cross-fade would- only very quick, If I stretch the timeline out and frame-by-frame it there is just one frame where both scenes are faintly in the same frame. (...say that 5 times fast) If I got a screen grab I don't think it would look any different than a grab of a normal cross-fade. What I need to try and do is render a video, find a spot where it happens and then without closing Vegas add the video I just made to the timeline so I can point out the spot as I've edited it compared to the end result..

musicvid10 wrote on 2/17/2010, 11:51 AM

If your frames are not aligned to boundaries, or you are not snapped, or you are not quantized to frames, or if your end frame lengths are off, any or all of these will be apparent from a good screen grab.

It's your choice though.

ShawnGN wrote on 2/17/2010, 12:29 PM

alright then, I'll be sure to get a screen grab next time it happens. Thanks.

MSmart wrote on 2/17/2010, 6:22 PM

I'm really enjoying this thread within a thread banter :)

Here is a link that may explain what musicvid was trying to explain when suggesting what you're seeing with the "extra" frames.

http://tangentsoft.net/video/mpeg/edit.html

musicvid10 wrote on 2/17/2010, 8:11 PM

I'm really enjoying this thread within a thread banter :)

Think we should rename it "A Midwinter Night's Dream"?

20thCenturyMark wrote on 2/19/2010, 7:45 AM

OK, I figured it out. What I did was zoom in on the time line until when I hit the left/right arrow keys the video moves exactly one frame at a time. Then I make the splits and joins and voila! no more overlapping. Thanks for everyones time and help.

OhMyGosh wrote on 2/19/2010, 7:55 AM

Still doesn't make sense to me as to why it doesn't 'snap' into place as it should. Also, if you want to move one frame at a time without zooming way in, just hold the 'Alt' key while you use your arrows. Cin

ShawnGN wrote on 2/19/2010, 10:10 AM

I've done the frame by frame method and it hasn't worked for me. Not when I first make the video anyways, but I use that method to get rid of the cross-fades in my 2nd render.

OhMyGosh wrote on 2/19/2010, 12:49 PM

Have you tried holding down Ctrl + Shift and then opening the program to restore factory defaults? Cin