Problem with Print To Tape

Videojohn wrote on 4/8/2004, 6:37 AM

It semms that the print to tape function in Vegas 4 does a bit what he want!
Several Time Vegas only strat to print to tape the film after more than 10 minutes of color bars. And if I stopp the process to print again, the computer program crash and I lost all the prerendered files!!!
What to do to fix that?
This seem to happen when I don't press the STart Button right after the window appears.
In general I do other things when rendering, so it can pass 1 hour after the rendering finished. Can it influence? All that is quit strange!!

Any help apriciated

Thanks

Videojohn

Comments

DGrob wrote on 4/8/2004, 3:54 PM

Bit difficult for me to follow. Sounds like you're trying to print-to-tape (PTT) from the timeline. Try rendering your timeline to an *.avi file and PTT from there. The timeline/pre-render PTT can be finicky trying to maintain the data flow from a variety of file sources especially if you're working the processor with other applications. Good luck. Darryl

Videojohn wrote on 4/9/2004, 1:37 AM

Thank you Darryl, but is the qulity the same if you render your film in avi and after print it to tape?

DGrob wrote on 4/9/2004, 5:12 AM

Absolutely. The Vegas codec is well known for it's high quality retention. Can you give any info on your system specs? Darryl