10 (or 15 -- should be user-definable) frames of video, every N minutes. (see examples above).
This should allow me to quickly drop a day's clips onto a timeline, run the script, and have a pretty short "day in review" video roughed out, which includes multiple samples from each performance.

I just wrote a quick batch file using FFMPEG which gets close. Although it doesn't cross-fade the videos when concatenating them. If there aren't any elegant scripts that can do this natively in Vegas (hmm.. that wouldn't be too difficult to write.. I might just do that!), I may:

1. use ffmpeg batchfile to create the small performance video chunks (samples)
2. load them into Vegas and use Excaliber to overlap/crossfade, add an opening title and possibly lower 3rd
3. generate royalty-free music (e.g. via SmartSound) based on the new length
4. render and be done

Better flow/methods? I'd love to find one! (I love efficiency and automation!)

:-)

set matchfile=%1
set newdir=%2
set duration=%3
set newsuffix=mp4

if '%newdir%'=='' set newdir=.
if '%duration%'=='' set duration=00:00:00.15
REM 15 frames default

REM try making seven slices at 1-minute intervals, starting 1 minute into the video
for %%G in (%matchfile%) do ffmpeg -ss 00:01:00 -i "%%G" -t %duration% -q:v 3 "%newdir%\%%~nG001.%newsuffix%"
for %%G in (%matchfile%) do ffmpeg -ss 00:02:00 -i "%%G" -t %duration% -q:v 3 "%newdir%\%%~nG002.%newsuffix%"
for %%G in (%matchfile%) do ffmpeg -ss 00:03:00 -i "%%G" -t %duration% -q:v 3 "%newdir%\%%~nG003.%newsuffix%"
for %%G in (%matchfile%) do ffmpeg -ss 00:04:00 -i "%%G" -t %duration% -q:v 3 "%newdir%\%%~nG004.%newsuffix%"
for %%G in (%matchfile%) do ffmpeg -ss 00:05:00 -i "%%G" -t %duration% -q:v 3 "%newdir%\%%~nG005.%newsuffix%"
for %%G in (%matchfile%) do ffmpeg -ss 00:06:00 -i "%%G" -t %duration% -q:v 3 "%newdir%\%%~nG006.%newsuffix%"
for %%G in (%matchfile%) do ffmpeg -ss 00:07:00 -i "%%G" -t %duration% -q:v 3 "%newdir%\%%~nG007.%newsuffix%"

rem for %%G in (%matchfile%) do ffmpeg -ss 00:01:00 -i "%%G" -t %duration% -vcodec copy -acodec copy "%newdir%\%%~nG001.%newsuffix%"
rem NOTE.. I stopped using -vcodec copy (best quality) because 
rem I ran into problems with stuttered frames and different-lengthed audio, probably due to A-frame locations?


@rem ------------------------
@REM merge them together
@rem ------------------------

@rem first, create the merge-list
for %%G in (%newdir%\*.%newsuffix%) do @echo file '%%G' >> %newdir%\mergelist.txt

@REM second, concat them
ffmpeg -f concat -i %newdir%\mergelist.txt %newdir%\allchunks.%newsuffix%

Oh.. and on the Excaliber thing... see screen-shot..

@RedRob-CandlelightProdctns

Wow! Way above my technical understandings. You’re a real power User. 😏

Thanks for the Excalibur information.

"Power user"? :-) There are others way more proficient than I, but I do like coding and all things tech, it's true!

Excalibur.. love love love the tool.. alas I think it's author Ed may have decided to discontinue development. Its multicam workflow is far more flexible than Vegas's built-in implementation . I also have found immense help from Vegasaur.

Rob, I haven't discontinued it and have certainly updated it as needed for new versions of VEGAS as they have been released. And that's definitely something that could be updated/changed.