Vegas can't render long DivX project

Hunter wrote on 10/20/2004, 9:18 AM

I'm having troble rendering a long project to DivX AVI, Vegas will hang around 47,000 to 50,000 frames. Vegas CPU usage goes to 0 and will not cancel render, I have to "end task" to close Vegas.
Any one here render long project that long?

Hunter

Comments

Hunter wrote on 10/20/2004, 5:09 PM

Still have my hand up ... hehe

nickle wrote on 10/20/2004, 5:58 PM

I'm not the one to answer this question, but I hate to see you hanging there with your hand up.

Divx isn't a native vegas codec and being compressed already seems to be a problem from what I understand.
You can do a search on it and probably find some answers from the others.

TorS wrote on 10/21/2004, 12:04 AM

If you are rendering to DivX Vegas is probably not the best choice. Chech out videohelp.com for suggestions. (Personal opinion: If you own Vegas you shouldn't use a crappy format like DivX. WMV is much better.)

When I come across the odd DivX music video or commercial that i want to hang on to, I usually render it out to avi with VirtualDub and process further in Vegas (usually to MPEG-2). Vegas does play DivX, but erratically.
Tor

Hunter wrote on 10/21/2004, 3:32 PM

I too use to think DivX was not worth anything, but new DVD players support it and will support the HD encoding - DivX and WMV
I've rendered short AVI's and played it and a mpeg-2 on a DVD player, DivX is 98%. You guys should try it, at least look at the picture. It is sharper when encoding at high bit rates.

So I guess no one has encountered this problem, my question is also unanswered in the DivX forum, so let this thread die a quick death ... LOL

Hunter