Render to SD card

marmoset79 wrote on 5/18/2015, 12:01 PM

I am using Sony Vegas pro 12, I was wondering if there is any way to render a video to a SD card? Specifically for playing on a projector.

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Chienworks wrote on 5/18/2015, 12:08 PM

The SD card is just a storage device, like any other drive. Rendering to it is no problem, though honestly i'd render to my hard drive first, then copy to the SD card. The question is, what will your projector support? Does it have an SD slot? If so, check the instruction manual for a list of what formats it supports and pick any of those that Vegas supports. If it doesn't have a SD slot, how are you planning on connecting the card to the projector?

marmoset79 wrote on 5/18/2015, 3:04 PM

Thanks for your help. I do not actually have a projector at the moment, I was just asking for future reference. I thought all projectors required SD cards. What methods of loading the video on to the projector are there? Is it possible to connect to connect a laptop straight to the projector?

Thanks again for your help.

Chienworks wrote on 5/18/2015, 3:24 PM

Hmmm, not that i've looked at that many projectors, but of the 20 or so i have dealt with, i don't recall ever seeing one with an SD slot. Some have USB ports, but they've all been type B for connecting to a computer, not to a storage device. You may find different now, as most of the projectors i've dealt with have been made before 2013.

Almost all of the time i connect the projector to the VGA or HDMI port of my laptop and play the video from there. The laptop sees the projector as a 2nd monitor.

Several folks in these forums have purchased and occasionally have good things to say about some external player units, often the size of a paperback novel, which usually have a variety of slots for card media, USB ports type A for memory sticks, network ports, and wifi, as well as VGA or HDMI out to the projector. One of the NetGear "smartTV" boxes i have has a MicroSD slot.

marmoset79 wrote on 5/18/2015, 3:31 PM

Thanks so much.

JackW wrote on 5/19/2015, 12:41 PM

Your laptop should connect to many (most) projectors. From my experience the laptop seems to be the most common source for providing video to a projector.

Jack

FoskeyMedia wrote on 5/19/2015, 2:40 PM

If it did have an SD slot... wouldn't the projector would also need to have some type of operatng system built in to select which file you want to show ? Everything else is just an input from a computer which is your OS. I would think such a projector (with an onboard OS) would cost more).

Chienworks wrote on 5/22/2015, 8:25 PM

I may have to eat my words here just a bit. Turns out i purchased, donated, and installed an Espon EX-70 projector in the village community center a couple years ago. Last night i was there and just happened to look at it. It does have an SD card slot and both type A and type B USB connectors! Sometime when i've got some spare time and access to the facility again i'll try sticking a card in there and see what it can play.