V6 and win2k

Mahesh wrote on 4/25/2005, 2:53 PM
Here's my problem.
I do apologize for starting a new thread but responses to this thread will help me decide if I stick with Vegas. I sincerely hope I can.
V6.0a and V5.0d wil not render MPEG2-DVD PAL-CBR. It consistently crashes at around 200Mb.
For testing this
I formatted my hard drive
installed window 2000 Pro.
Added service pack 4.
No other applications, no internet, no virus checker
Loaded V5.0d so that I can get Main Concept activated.
Put 6 minutes capture DV footage on time line and rendered to MPEG2
Crashed at around 200Mb

Loaded V6.0a trial.
Got another activate code.
Same as above.

Am I missing something or am I stuck with V5.0b which does render.

If you are running W2k SP4 with V5.0d or V6.0a, I would dearly love to know if you can render MPEG2, DVD template at CBR of say 6000.
I have tried PAL and NTSC footage and I am getting the same results. For NTSC, it crashes around 7.5 minutes

TIA

Comments

Spot|DSE wrote on 4/25/2005, 3:07 PM
Same place every time? What's on the timeline at 7:30? Could it be that you've got a file that Vegas isn't liking? Where is your RAM preview set to? Have you tried rendering with RAM set to 0?
Mahesh wrote on 4/25/2005, 3:29 PM
Thanks for responding Spot.
No it not the file. I have been battling with this for past 3 weeks. I just pull any captured DV media. Tried with different media of varying lengths. The crash around 200Mb-224Mb of rendered file size. In PAL, it's around 6600 frames and NTSC (not sure exactly ) around 7500 frames.

This happens on 2 different machines - same results. I do hope there is an answer.

PS: Love your Vegas workshop. Got it about 6 months ago.
pelladon wrote on 4/25/2005, 3:42 PM
Would creating a elementary stream work?

With my system, rendering a MPEG2 in Program Stream using CBR caused a crash, but elementary stream seemed to work. Give that a try.

I think it's the DVD NTSC video stream template.
Or in your case DVD PAL separate streams.
Mahesh wrote on 4/26/2005, 12:21 AM
Would creating a elementary stream work?
Pelladon
Thanks for your input. Actually I did try elementary streams. Vegas recognised the resultant audio stream but not video. I have not looked closely at the format but will have another look this evening.
As I use DVD Workshop with layer 2 audio to author DVDs, I need to render .mpg files.
I digress here, but I do not use DVDA2 because I find interlace flicker on menu-text unacceptable. With anti-flicker filter in DVDA3, I was hoping to upgrade and try it out and then make gradual transition to DVDA for authoring. In the meantime, I would like to carry on using DVDWS because it has served me well - over 100 masters without any returns.

May I just recap to say that I have 5.0b on one PC which renders MPEG2-CBR. Same project (a 10 min captured DV clip). Using this project on another PC with vergin W2k, project crashes with indeterminate error in 5.0d and 6.0a
I welcome any ideas.

TIA


Mahesh wrote on 4/26/2005, 3:08 PM
With my system, rendering a MPEG2 in Program Stream using CBR caused a crash, but elementary stream seemed to work. Give that a try.

This is what I get:-

DVD PAL Separate streams - CBR - renders fine.
Subsequent 'm2v' file is not recognised by Vegas.

DVD Arc PAL video stream - CBR - works fine

DVD PAL -CBR - crashes - after about 4 minutes.
This is the file I need for my DVD authoring application.

A subsedary question;
On the render as>mpeg2>custom> video, there various options in a drop down menu including DVD and MPEG2.
What is the difference be choosing DVD and MPEG2.
pelladon wrote on 4/26/2005, 4:01 PM
Why would DVD Workshop not accept elementary streams? I've never used it, so I don't know.

Every DVD authoring program I've ever used accepted MPEG-2 elementary streams.