Repacing media file

amunioz wrote on 8/6/2004, 5:43 AM
Hi there,

I've finished a whole editing project with certain media file, let say file A.
Now I've got the possibility of redigitalize the source into a new file B.
The source is the same for both files, but the files are not exactly the same lenght. The second file could be a bit larger in lenght to be sure the whole footage is in it.

Ok, is there a way to replace the old file A with the new file B and relocate its content to match the edition finished already.
I mean relocate the content without touch the events lenghts.

Thanks for your advices.
Regards.
Andres

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Chienworks wrote on 8/6/2004, 6:14 AM
Right-mouse-button-drag the new clip on top of the old one in the timeline and Add as Takes. The new media file will now be in the same event as the original one. If you have more time at the beginning of the new event, you can Alt-drag on the clip to the left to slide it backwards until it lines up where the old one was without changing the start and end points on the timeline.
amunioz wrote on 8/6/2004, 6:43 AM
Very thanks for responding.
Great !!!
But, always there is a but :-)

Is there a way to do that with all the events at the same time.
My proyect uses a single file which as a lot of splits. As result of that there are too many events with the same media file as origin.

I'm sorry but I'm new in this thecnics.

Thanks a lot
Best regards
Andres
JaysonHolovacs wrote on 8/6/2004, 6:46 AM
If you really want to replace a source file completely, including ALL event AND SUBCLIPS that use that source, you can do it in one shot by selecting it in the media explorer and right clicking on it. Then select "Replace File" from the drop down menu. This will permanently replace the old file with the new one, and all events and subclips that depend on it will be changed also. Events and subclips are(I believe) trimmed based on timecodes, so everything will start and stop with the same timing relative to the beginning of the new file that it did with the old file. If you just added something to the end, it will be fine. If you added something to the beginning, I expect it will all be off a bit.

I've used this method to switch to source files that have been filtered externally, like through VirtualDub.

Bad News: If the original source media was captured in Vegas and contains the tape identifier and timecodes, they will be LOST in this process. So I don't know how easily you can recapture if necessary.

-Jayson

P.S. - This is VV5, no guarantees on any other version.
amunioz wrote on 8/6/2004, 7:06 AM
Ok,

You are right.
All can be done almost automatically if I redigitalize the whole footage and can trim out the lefmost part matching it to the original.

I'm think Vegas 5 cannot do that without render.
Do you know a simple tool to do that ?

Very thanks
regards
Andres
JaysonHolovacs wrote on 8/6/2004, 8:36 AM
If you are only doing a small cut and rendering AVI to AVI with no media FX then Vegas should render quite fast. And yes, you do need a render. Vergas pretty much can't do anything without one. Rendering is just the process of taking what is on the Vegas timeline and putting it all together in one output file. That can be very fast or very slow depending on what you want to do. Renders are not always horrible things, so don't get worried just because you see the word "render".

If you want a quickie program for this sort of thing, though, I recommend VirtualDub. It is open source and free at www.VirtualDub.org. It works on AVIs and can do codec conversion along with a lot of filtering via plug-ins. There are many plug-ins for it readily available on the net that can do all sorts of things like noise reduction or reducing the shakiness of a video clip. It can also trim or combine files, just like you want. It is not an editor, though, you will still use Vegas for your primary workflow. But I find it useful to clean source clips before starting to edit them.

But for your need, I would probably just use Vegas anyway. Open a blank project, drop the source file on the timeline all by itself, drag a selection around the area you want to keep, and render the selection out to AVI. Very fast.

-Jayson