Slowly Going Insane...

Rich13 wrote on 5/30/2003, 3:52 PM
Hi Folks...

This is my first attempt using Vegas, and I'm sure this has a simple answer...

I recently finished a 71 minute piece, edited it all together, rendered it to AVI and dumped it back to DV for transfer to VHS.
The movie looked great on the computer screen, but when I watch it on my 32" TV,
the picture seems to break up around the edges of objects...especially when panning.
At first I thought it was an exposure problem, but I ran some of the raw footage on the TV, and it looked fine...so I can I only guess that I screwed up the rendering process somehow ?
Is there some way around this ? Am I missing something obvious?
I would like to solve this, as it really makes the movie almost un-viewable...

Thank You.

Comments

kameronj wrote on 5/30/2003, 4:40 PM
When you say yuo rendered it to AVI and dumped it back to DV for transfer to VHS...how did you do that?

I would have assumed you would have done a straight "Print to tape" if you have a DV Cam...yes?
Grazie wrote on 5/30/2003, 4:57 PM
Is this the interlace thing .. . hey Guyz 'n Girlz look for the clue, "the picture seems to break up around the edges of objects...especially when panning." - I'm off to bed now but I'm sure someone will assist.

zzzzzzz . .. Grazie
kameronj wrote on 5/30/2003, 5:08 PM
Cool....Grazie's gone to bed - now we can talk smack about 'em!!!

Naaaaa just kidding. It may be the interlace thing too.

Do a search for "Interlace" and pull up some of the older posts and see if it rings true for what you are experiencing.

TheHappyFriar wrote on 5/30/2003, 6:26 PM
I've founnd that the way your files are interlaced DOESN'T matter as long as the project is the same way as ALL of your video files (interlace on video = interlace settings in project). I found this out because i use an analog capture card. It captures in lower field. DV is upper field (here in the US). So, as long as the project was the same it worked fine. But, BUT, when I mixed the DV footate with my capture card footage, the one OPOSITE of my project settings gets those awful lines. Solution? I just render all my footage as DV after capture. Then it all works good.
Rich13 wrote on 5/31/2003, 2:16 AM
"Solution? I just render all my footage as DV after capture. Then it all works good."

Pardon my ignorance, but I'm not following this statement...You're saying skip the AVI rendering and just print directly to tape ? I didn't know this was an option. I thought the capture function automatically turned captured video into AVI.
TorS wrote on 5/31/2003, 5:04 AM
Yes, captured video is turned into avi, but when you've edited it, and perhaps added FXs and stuff, you need to render it to another avi, OR print to tape.
By the way, there should be no real difference, because when you print a rendered avi to tape (as opposed to print to tape from timeline) you only move digital data - nothing changes. And when you print to tape you render to a DV tape instead of your harddrive.

Select reduce interlace flicker and force resample for the events that don't look right. Test it on a shorter sample to see if it works.
Tor
sdmoore wrote on 5/31/2003, 7:19 AM
>DV is upper field (here in the US).

That's strange - I've never seen DV mentioned as anything other than lower-field for both PAL & NTSC

Scott
jetdv wrote on 5/31/2003, 7:56 AM
DV is upper field (here in the US).

DV is LOWER field - EVERYWHERE.
TheHappyFriar wrote on 5/31/2003, 5:29 PM
sorry. should clear up what i said. i capture in huffy (lower field), then render to an DV AVI file (upper field). Huffy runs slower in vegas too. :)
TheHappyFriar wrote on 5/31/2003, 5:37 PM
woopes! I'm sorry, got my fields confused! My capture card captures UPPER field, but DV IS lower field! Sorry! Thanks for correcting me! :)
Rich13 wrote on 5/31/2003, 7:35 PM
Thank you all for your input...TorS, you solved my problem...thanks.

Unfortunately, my camcorder died today...right in the middle of a capture.
-Then it ate the tape.
- Aint life grand ???
TheHappyFriar wrote on 6/1/2003, 8:42 AM
it isn't a sharp hi8 cam is it? Mine dies 3 weeks ago. I never even used it much (maybe 20 hours worth playback/recording in 2.5 years!)