Viewing NTSC DV Rendered AVI

gcoulthard wrote on 1/11/2002, 12:12 PM

Due to my obviously limited understanding of VV3 and codecs, I'm at a loss here.

With DSE's advice, I purchased an ADS Pyro DV card and captured footage from my Sony VX1000. (By the way, thanks for that advice!) I then completed a 40-minute production (amateur--not paid for) in record time using VV3--using selective rendering to keep things going. Finally, I rendered to an 8GB AVI (NTSC DV).

I then tried to open the file in Discreet's Cleaner 5.1 to encode into MPG2, but it only recognizes the first 8614 frames of the "QuickTime AVI". It can't read it using DirectShow or VCM. Similarly, I can't play back the AVI using any software other than SF. Am I missing something? Is the NTSC DV format SF-proprietary?

Sorry for the lame question, but I'm trying to learn as I go.
Thanks,
Glen

Comments

SonyEPM wrote on 1/11/2002, 12:39 PM

There are a number of apps out there that still do not support "OpenDML .avi files" or "Type2 avi files". I think you are running into one of those two issues, since that's what Vegas renders.

If you have Vegas 3, you can encode to MPEG-2 directly, and quality is very good- most people seem to agree that the quality is as good if not better than MediaCleaner MPEG-2.

CR wrote on 1/12/2002, 7:04 PM

I agree. The built-in mpeg encoder is fast and outputs a true dvd compatible file. I have used these to built dvds using DVDIT. Vegas now gets the sequence and GOP settings right (VV2 had a problem in that area).

DVD writers are dropping in price...I do look forward to a future Vegas that will handle the menu composition and burning as well as encoding...

I picked up the MainConcept stuff when I downloaded the VideoFactory 2b update as has been discussed elsewhere in this forum.