Sony AVC Encoder gone?

PeterDuke wrote on 10/18/2011, 9:31 PM

G'day Leslie

Version 9 Sony AVC has a slew of Memory Stick presets (including SD NTSC but no PAL), AVCHD and Blu-ray HD presets and some Internet presets including 4:3 SD at 30p and 25p (square pixels).

Version 10 adds Blu-ray 24p HD and some more Internet options (all square pixels I presume).

Version 11 lacks any internet presets.

Which particular preset in an earlier version are you looking for?

ushere wrote on 10/18/2011, 10:10 PM

well there you have me peter ;-)

just had (for the first time in ages) a pal sd project that had to go out as sd dvd, and they wanted a net version as well.

can't for the life of me remember where the pal sd preset was i used (or did i create one? oi vey, memory), anyway, couldn't find any suitable PAL template under mc or sony mp4....

created one but....

MTuggy wrote on 10/18/2011, 11:40 PM

Must be an installation bug. I can see the folder in Vegas 11 directory for the Sony AVC codec dll files but the software doesn't bring it up on the list of options.

11a. is coming soon!!!

Mike

PeterDuke wrote on 10/19/2011, 8:32 AM

We may not see 11a, just a higher build number of 11.

amendegw wrote on 10/19/2011, 8:47 AM

Edit: False Alarm - this does not consistently work!

I think I've figured a workaround to this.

Open Sony Vegas 11 with out specifying a project name. That is, you want to have nothing on your timeline. Then, open your project using the File->Open sequence. The Sony AVC Encoder should now be available.

However, If I open a project that already has the Encoder missing, and open another project from the File->Open sequence, the Encoder will be missing in the second project.

I've done 15 minutes of testing on this, seems to work, however I'd be interested to hear if this works for others.

...Jerry

amendegw wrote on 10/19/2011, 9:11 AM

Still looking for a workaround. This seems to work. But this problem is so "flakey", I'm not sure the workaround is reproducible.

1) Options->Preferences->Uncheck Automatically open last project on startup.
2) Close Vegas
3) Open Vegas to blank project.
4) Insert a Generated Text Event
5) File->Render As (just to check to see if the Sony AVC Encoder is listed as an option.)
6) File->Open->the project you want to render
7) File->Render As. Check to see if the Sony AVC Encoder is there

So far this has worked for me.
...Jerry

PLS wrote on 10/19/2011, 9:17 AM

Well yesterday it wasn't there and today I opened up the same project and Sony AVC was there.

I also believe RealMedia and Sony MXF were missing... they are also there today. Cant be 100% sure though...

shatzi wrote on 10/19/2011, 9:58 AM

I have the same problem with Sony AVC encoder on 64bit edition. Still missing... I 've tried what you suggest and.... dadam! It was there! But when I try to render the project out, Vegas crashes all the times and "an error message occurs"! I have tried everything. Nothing! A patch upgraded must be released soon by Sony...

Ron Windeyer wrote on 10/19/2011, 7:41 PM

Well I consistently get the AVC encoder, but NEVER get the template I want!! In 10e there was a HD 1920x1080-50P option; perfect for my TM900 footage, which was then sent to the PS3 for delightful TV viewing. Now - not there, and none of the options can be manipulated. What's up with that??
I have tried rendering mpeg2 files; they frequently fall over with the "an error has occurred.." message.
Not happy so far.

amendegw wrote on 10/19/2011, 7:51 PM

"Well I consistently get the AVC encoder, but NEVER get the template I want!! In 10e there was a HD 1920x1080-50P option; perfect for my TM900 footage, which was then sent to the PS3 for delightful TV viewing"Well, it's pretty easy to create a new, custom template. Here's a good starting point, adjust the bitrate to your choice.

...Jerry

PeterDuke wrote on 10/19/2011, 9:45 PM

Antigonish

Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn’t there
He wasn’t there again today
I wish, I wish he’d go away...

When I came home last night at three
The man was waiting there for me
But when I looked around the hall
I couldn’t see him there at all!
Go away, go away, don’t you come back any more!
Go away, go away, and please don’t slam the door... (slam!)

Last night I saw upon the stair
A little man who wasn’t there
He wasn’t there again today
Oh, how I wish he’d go away

Hughes Mearns

PLS wrote on 10/22/2011, 4:53 AM

Well, first I didn't have it, then I did and now it has done again. And as I mentioned earlier it is not just the Sony AVC option but also the Sony MXF option.

Let's see what tomorrow brings.

Razz wrote on 10/23/2011, 12:56 AM

I just posted a new thread and then saw this one. I just reinstalled Pro 10 along with 11 and now it shows up. What a pain though. I will next try one of the work arounds listed above. I hope Sony resolves this quickly.

-Mark

John_Cline wrote on 10/23/2011, 1:20 AM

As I recently said in another thread, "As has been the deal with every major point release of Vegas, it will have a few issues which could not be caught in beta testing and only show up when released to the vastly larger user base. Traditionally, there will be an update release about a month later which will address most problems."

UlfLaursen wrote on 10/23/2011, 6:12 AM

Correct John. So far I have no showstoppers, and I trust that SCS will correct the rest.

Ulf

Whitlam wrote on 10/27/2011, 9:59 AM

Same issue - sometimes there, sometimes not.

ForumSonyAdmin wrote on 11/2/2011, 10:48 AM

If you have the NewBlue Titler build 111013 installed, please update to 111024 as it can cause some DLL loading failures depending on lazy init order.