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john_dennis wrote on 8/16/2011, 11:59 AM
I believe the oldest version with HD support was Vegas 7.0e. I went from 4 to 8 so I'm not absolutely sure about 5, 6 and 7.
GregFlowers wrote on 8/16/2011, 4:32 PM
It largely depends on what flavor of HD you plan on working with. If you need to work with AVCHD video, I doubt Vegas 5 will work. Vegas 5 was capable of working with 1440x1080 HDV video and able to render 1920x1080 progressive resolution files to various formats. So it really just depends what exact kind of HD you plan on working with.
Ed1 wrote on 8/16/2011, 10:42 PM
I plan on using Nikon D7000.
VegasPro5 rendering template options list indicates:
HDV 1080 60i
HDV 1080 50i
1) Since Nikon D7000 1080p is 24fps, would that be a problem when editing? And, would Vegas5 still be able to render it to HDV quality ?

2) Vegas5 does not show MPEG-4 on the list of render-to file types. For MPEG types, it only shows 1 and 2. Does MPEG-2 work on Youtube, and, for web streaming video ?


Chienworks wrote on 8/17/2011, 5:39 AM
Templates are just that ... templates. You can change almost all of the settings to be anything you wish. Change the frame rate to 24 and interlacing to none, and you now have 1080p 24fps. It's that simple.

I'd stay away from MPEG-2 since the playback systems may not have an MPEG-2 decoding license installed. MPEG-1 at sufficiently high bitrates is nearly indistinguishable from progressive MPEG-2 and has no restrictions. It's probably possible to install an MPEG-4 codec which would then be accessible in Vegas under AVI -> uncompressed -> custom, which will then show a dropdown list of installed codecs.
musicvid10 wrote on 8/17/2011, 8:06 AM
"I plan on using Nikon D7000. "

The Nikon D7000 uses h264 in a .mov wrapper
Support for AVC/h264 was added in Vegas Pro 6, although timeline handling was poor.

Suggest you download trial versions of both Vegas Pro 10 and Vegas Movie Studio 11 and try them with your video on your system.
Ed1 wrote on 8/17/2011, 10:24 AM
There are many companies online that provide free download of MPEG-4.
Which couple of sites would you recommend?

A. Grandt wrote on 8/17/2011, 10:41 AM
May I suggest using the free Handbrake to render to YouTube?
And something similar to create the HDV/MPEG-2 files that Vegas 5 can use already.

Besides, HD is pretty demanding, so much so that I would not want to try and shoehorn it into a Vegas version that practically pre-dates widespread HD adaptation.
Ed1 wrote on 8/17/2011, 9:14 PM
@A. Grandt:
So then, convert the 1080 into HDV or MPEG-2 before editing, and then render to MPEG-2 ? By the time it's presented, would be 3rd generation? If the computer is fast enough, why not just import directly, since Vegas5 is open format ?

I will try Handbrake.
musicvid10 wrote on 8/17/2011, 9:26 PM
[sigh]
A. Grandt wrote on 8/17/2011, 9:58 PM
Ed1 Wrote:

No

Vegas may understand a lot of formats, but it can not use formats it does not understand.
That goes for anything.

Unfortunately the recodes will mean multiple generations. But use a high enough bitrate and you should be reasonably fine. I doubt Vegas5 will be though.

As musicvid suggested, download the trial version of Vegas 10 instead.