vegas pro 9 pixilated import of .dv file?

bsander wrote on 1/16/2012, 10:25 AM

I'm using vegas pro 9 and I've been trying to get a .dv file in and out of vegas without getting ridiculously pixilated. i'm not sure if it's a frame rate issue or what it is. but when I put the file on the timeline in vegas the video quality is horrible. the edges of everything get a sawtooth look. I'm sure the file is fine because I can open it in quick time or imovie or any mac based program and it looks great. any ideas of why vegas doesn't like the .dv file and how to fix it. I've tried a number of tricks and rendered it out uncompressed and still have the same problems. so I know it's not just the preview window messing with me. any help with this would be greatly appreciated?

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musicvid10 wrote on 1/16/2012, 5:12 PM

"sawtooth look."
You mean interlace? It's normal. The players you are using deinterlace during playback.

You can set the Vegas Preview to deinterlace by doing the following:
1) Match Media Settings in Project Properties (this is a SPECIFIC procedure; do a search).
2) Choose a deinterlace method and set the field order as Progressive.
3) Set your Preview to Good/Full or Best/Full.

That's all there is to it.

bsander wrote on 1/17/2012, 9:54 AM

I've tried all that and it still is sawtoothed looking especially around the edges of people in the footage? and it gets worse with any motion. it's not a preview issue alone. it renders out that way as well. I know the footage is fine because it looks perfect in any mac program. weird? the video is bad enough it's unusable. any other ideas?
thanks,

rs170a wrote on 1/17/2012, 10:19 AM

The .dv file looks fine on a Mac because it's a codec specific to a Mac.
Render it out in another format that Vegas can handle such as .mov or even ProRes.

Mike