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IanG wrote on 10/18/2006, 1:23 AM
AVI isn't a video format, it's a standard for a container file - what goes in the file is governed by your choice of codec (COmpressor / DECompressor). Different codecs give different results, so bigger & better aren't givens e.g. DivX and XviD.

Ian G.
dendence wrote on 10/18/2006, 4:19 AM
I am working on a project that will be on going for a few weeks. I am paraniod that something can happen to the work I have already done. I would like to have a copy that I can save to a DVDso I can import into VMS if I need too. What is the Best setting to render to so I don't loose any quality ? Do you know what I mean ? Thanks
rustier wrote on 10/18/2006, 7:34 AM
save your vf file - thats your project file for Vegas Movie Studio. It will contain all the things you have done. I am assuming you already have your video clips related to that project saved to some alternate medium. Should things go bad (not sure why you are worried) you could reload a fresh copy of VMS, copy your project file, copy your video clips onto the hard drive and fire up the program. When it boots up the project, if your clips are not in the exact same place, it will tell you so, and you simply direct it to the current location and you are back up and running.

you dont need to render anything to back up your project - i.e. no further loss of quality.

with hard drives so cheap - why not add a hard drive for archiving your stuff?
dendence wrote on 10/18/2006, 8:26 AM
What I have been doing is a high school football team highlight film.It is five games into the season.I am doing the project weekly so I won't have to do it all at once. I have been downloading the entire game video on my hard drive, putting it into VMS , going through the game, copying and pasting the plays I want in my project, and then cutting out the whole game film. So there isn't individual clips saved. I have also been pulling out pictures from a pool of hundreds that are taken each game and music etc. I now have about 150 gb on a 325gb drive with all my files. I also have an external 500 gb with duplicates. I would like to have the work that I have already done saved on a DVD so if I lose my c drive I can just import that dvd to any PC with VMS. Up to this point I made a movie with what I have so far. But it is a dvd format. I hope I explained myself ok. I realy appreciate how you people go out of your why to help. Thanks
Strangeman wrote on 10/18/2006, 8:35 AM
this might be a bit late for you as you've already started, but here's how I would have approached this project. (you would need to be able to output to your camera for this)

Download the game on to computer. I would then mark any sections of the game which are included in the final project as a region, with a meaningful name. Once you have finished with that game, you can then put it back on your tape with the regions included, and clear it from your hard drive. That way, if you lost your computer, you could always recapture the original video, with all your highlights marked ready to recreate the project.