Trying to render a Windows Media File

jag5311 wrote on 7/29/2003, 11:40 AM
I am trying to take about a 15 second clip and render it as a Windows Media Video File v9. It keeps wanting me to have a mono sound, so I choose stereo, but when I render it and try playing it, the sound is all jumbled. Any reason why. This is from footage that I made digital with the ADVC-100. I can't figure out how people make small 30 second clips that are pretty good quality and pretty good sound, I can't seem to find the best mix. Is vegas known for doing this well?

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jag5311 wrote on 7/29/2003, 11:57 AM
also, when you are watching a .mpg clip on the internet, is that a mpeg-1 file?
jag5311 wrote on 7/29/2003, 6:17 PM
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SonyTSW wrote on 7/29/2003, 10:59 PM
Does your project play just fine when you play it from the timeline?

If you are new to Vegas then perhaps you aren't aware that you probably need to choose a different Windows Media Video template than what is initially shown, the lowest bitrate template is the first one in the list. Pick one with a higher bitrate in the Template dropdown before you render and you should get better results. The lowest bitrate video template uses an audio codec that is designed for use on voice with a low sample rate so music will definitely sound rather strange and garbled if you render using this template.

The descriptions give more information about the settings and intended audience. You may need to scroll the description to see it all, or you can click Custom which displays the description in a larger space.
mikkie wrote on 7/30/2003, 8:41 AM
"It keeps wanting me to have a mono sound, so I choose stereo, but when I render it and try playing it, the sound is all jumbled"

Assuming stereo source and proj setup correctly, might be trying to render to wmv at too low a bit rate. Use one of the higher bitrate templates, say 1 or 3M and see what you get?

RE: size... Use a very good source video, encode to a smaller frame size, use vbr. You can also play with keyframes and buffer settings - some non-std wmv video uses only one keyframe to further reduce size.

"also, when you are watching a .mpg clip on the internet, is that a mpeg-1 file? "

no... Normally mpg4, but mpg2 is also sometimes used... neither as common online as DiVX in some places. WIndows Media and RealVideo on the more mainstream sites.