hello martyh,
project specs? okay for the that 10-hour rendered clip, i rendered it to a mpeg2,the running time of the raw video is 20 minutes. the video was intended for a person leaving her work for good so, it's sort of like a farewell present for that person. i incorporated some of her pictures in it. at one scene, i had four pictures appearing one by one on the screen. two of which will rotate and the other two just blurred. after that, i inserted the raw video which is the farewell party. i put some text that goes with the beat of the music. aside from the audio of the video, i inserted a background audio to set the party mood of the clip. there's a part in the video also which i slowed it down because the scene kinda get sentimental so i feel i had to make it a little more personal for the old lady.

a separate drive for the video? i have 40gb hd. i allot 20gb of it for my data, which includes all my files for making the video, captured clips, mp3, images, etc. is that a good practice?

also, i want to ask you. i tried trimmering some vids, the first trim was okay, but if i trim again and connect it to the first one, the video and audio of the rest trimmed clips are out of sync. audio came first before the video. like, i hear the clapping sound first before i even see them clapping. what i did was, i open the raw video on the trimmer and trim the parts i want and put them on track. but after rendering, the video and sound are out of sync. do need to click other buttons to get a synchronize result?

many thanks, martyh

Ten hour's and you are already comlaining? the first time i have rendered my edited video using vegas took me 3 days 6 hrs and 30 minutes to be exact! my advice is , get a life! forget about all these crazy ideas!

Hello JhMTV

"get a life! forget about all these crazy ideas! "

Could you expand a bit on this? It would be awfully good of you. I thought jigitall was asking for ways to reduce rendering times - but hey, I am quite often incorrect in what I read and hear - nothing new there.

Yours sincerely

My very best wishes,

Grazie

ps: For jigitall - Hi there you are very welcome to the Forum! I think I'm correct in saying, that before VV actually creates an MPG it makes an AVI first. I think Im correct.... and this does add a lot of time to the process. Some other's feedback would be good.

hello Grazie,
thanks for the welcome. i'll try to visit the forum everyday to check for video making tips and tricks. don't mind jhmtv, he/she probably hasn't gotten over his sad first experience.
thank you!

Hi Jig,

>>>>a separate drive for the video? i have 40gb hd. i allot 20gb of it for my data, which includes all my files for making the video, captured clips, mp3, images, etc. is that a good practice?<<<<

It is usually more productive to use a separate drive for media, it can speed up operations, especially when making real-time previews and print-to-tape AVIs. (Your system is using the single drive at the same time as Vegas.)

>>>>also, i want to ask you. i tried trimmering some vids, the first trim was okay, but if i trim again and connect it to the first one, the video and audio of the rest trimmed clips are out of sync. audio came first before the video. like, i hear the clapping sound first before i even see them clapping. what i did was, i open the raw video on the trimmer and trim the parts i want and put them on track. but after rendering, the video and sound are out of sync. do need to click other buttons to get a synchronize result? <<<<

You may have the "Ignore event grouping" button on the toolbar active. Disable that feature and use ripple mode with care... ripple can be used on single or multiple tracks - you might search this forum on ripple for many tips.

As for render speed, depending on the amount of effects, it can take a bit of time. Also rendering to compressed formats takes longer too. (AFAIK, Vegas does not create an avi prior to compiling an MPEG.)


HTH, MPH

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