Problems rendering to new track

Beaney wrote on 8/16/2002, 1:36 AM
Second attempt and the same result.
Rendering down from 4 video and 2 sound to a new track.
Total film length is 1 hour 6 minutes (100,265 frames)
First attempt rendered the first 18 minutes of the film only. Assumed I had selected loop area only and did it again.
This time I watched it. OK I did not sit there for 19 hours watching a 2" frame by frame view but I know it went through the whole film.
I saw the end of it and watched it finish (100%) and save 1 of 3, 2 of 3, finished??
What have I got. THe same 18 minutes again.
Opened it in the strimmer from the media pool, still 18 minutes long.
Can somebody please tell me where the rest of it is and where I am going wrong.

Regards,

Comments

John_Cline wrote on 8/16/2002, 2:15 AM
I suspect the drive to which you are writing is formatted as FAT32 where no single file can exceed 4 gigabytes in size. I'm assuming that your working in the DV video format. Coincidentally, 4 gig is 18 minutes of DV video. The 1 hour 6 minute file you are trying to create is going to end up being around 14.5 gigabytes in size.

Win98 only supports FAT16 and FAT32, so if you're using Win98 there isn't much you can do about it except to export your video in 18-minute chunks. It's also possible that you're using Win2k or WinXP, but have your video drives formatted as FAT32, in which case, the 4-gig limit still applies. Fortunately, Win2k and WinXP also support NTFS, which essentially has no filesize limitation. Well, the limit is 12 terabytes, so unless you have a 12 terabyte drive, it's not going to be a problem.

So, if you're using Win98, you can render the video in 18-minute chunks or upgrade to Win2k or WinXP and format your video drives as NTFS. At any rate, NTFS is the key.

John
Chienworks wrote on 8/16/2002, 8:40 AM
Slight addition to John's comments:

If this is indeed what is happening, Vegas will automatically roll over into additional 4GB output files as necessary. If, for example, you rendered to a file named render.avi, then look in that same directory for files named render01.avi, render02.avi, etc. Each one should be about 18 minutes, 48 seconds long.
Beaney wrote on 8/16/2002, 3:12 PM
Thank you both. You were correct. I found all 4 files, the first one of which VV had placed on the timeline, and the other 3 it had neglected and left in the folder I keep them all in.
All I had to do was drag the other 3 from Explorer to the timeline and but them together.
Perhaps VV would like to say why this is not documented as most DV tapes are 1 hour long so I cannot be the only one who has had this problem; or maybe I am?

Anyway, thank you both very much.
Chienworks wrote on 8/16/2002, 3:14 PM
I would guess that rendering a project that long to a new track is pretty rare. Also, i'm assuming most people are switching or have already switched to NTFS operating systems. In any case, i'd say what happened to you is pretty uncommon.
John_Cline wrote on 8/16/2002, 3:55 PM
Well, I learn something new every day. Since I use NTFS drives, I was unaware that VV will automatically break the render into 4 gig chunks on a FAT32 drive. Good to know.

John