'use project settings' fails for MOV

marcel-vossen wrote on 9/11/2014, 4:40 PM

Hi there,

Someone wants me to render to a MOV output file of 1024x768 , so i made my project in Vegas 12 that size. However, in the MOV output filter, when I choose 'Use project settings' in the frame size menu, it changes to 720x480 instead of 1024x 768

He also wants me to use H.264 video format, in Vegas the only thing looking close to that is H.261 or H.263.

Why is that??

Comments

NormanPCN wrote on 9/11/2014, 7:08 PM

The free Quicktime by default does not come with an AVC/H.264 encoder. You have to install that separately.

You can render an MP4 file with AVC directly from Vegas. Your client should have no problems with the MP4 file. Just a suggestion.

marcel-vossen wrote on 9/12/2014, 4:15 AM

Thank you for the suggestion, I tried this and it looks fine, but why is the extention AVC and not MP4? Can an apple device play this AVC file?

rs170a wrote on 9/12/2014, 4:24 AM

An Apple device can play an mp4 file. What I've done in the past if the client insists on an MOV file is just change the extension from mp4 to MOV and no one has ever questioned it, even FCP and Avid users :)

Mike

musicvid10 wrote on 9/12/2014, 7:28 AM

If your extension is AVC, you used an AVC template.
Use an MP4 template in order to render an MP4 file.
Then after it's rendered, change the extension if needed, as Mike suggested.

larry-peter wrote on 9/12/2014, 9:09 PM

I haven't had any problems with changing the extension EXCEPT with some of the auto-ingest broadcast servers. If you need to do this often, you can always spring for Quicktime Pro. An Main Concept rendered MP4 saved as a .mov in QT Pro will show "H.264" in properties in any Mac based editor and will pass the QC tests of an automated server. A Sony-codec MP4 won't.