VPPA as a Batch Processor - Questions

rtbond wrote on 8/20/2009, 9:55 AM
I am just getting started with VPPA and my application is a very simple one. I have a collection of media files (AVIs) that I want to load into Vegas one at a time, and "Render As" uncompressed output AVIs.

I understand VPPA can be invoked outside of Vegas (which in turn launches Vegas) or it can be invoked within Vegas (View=>Extensions).

Assuming VPPA is invoked from with Vegas: I defined a project file with a blank piece of media whose duration matches that of the longest piece of media in my collection. I specify the media to replace the project "slug" (blank video event) in the VPPA Source Media tab, no changes to the Processing tab, and in the Target Output I specify the Vegas Render template info.

1) Why when I press the "Process" button does VPPA prompts for New Project property information? Why are the properties of the current project (containing the blank media/slog) not used?

2) The Source Media file names are of the form "name.264.avi". When VPPA is run the resulting output files become "name.avi" (the .264 part of the source media filename is ignored). Does VPPA not like seeing a ".XXX" as part of the file name.

Thanks!

--Rob

Rob Bond

My System Info:

  • Vegas Pro 22 Build 194
  • OS: Windows 11.0 Home (64-bit), Version: 10.0.26100 Build 26100
  • Processor: i9-10940X CPU @ 3.30GHz (14 core)
  • Physical memory: 64GB (Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB (2 x 32GB) DDR4 DRAM 3200MHz C16 memory kit)
  • Motherboard Model: MSI x299 Creator (MS-7B96)
  • GPU: EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER XC ULTRA (Studio Driver Version =  536.40)
  • Storage: Dual Samsung 970 EVO 1TB SSD (boot and Render); WDC WD4004FZWX, 7200 RPM (media)
  • Primary Display: Dell UltraSharp 27, U2723QE, 4K monitor with 98% DCI-P3 and DisplayHDR 400 with Dell Display Manager
  • Secondary Display: LG 32UK550-B, entry-level 4k/HDR-10 level monitor, @95% DCI-P3 coverage

Comments

JohnnyRoy wrote on 8/22/2009, 7:24 PM
> 1) Why when I press the "Process" button does VPPA prompts for New Project property information? Why are the properties of the current project (containing the blank media/slog) not used?

Media Slugs are only used when you invoke Production Assistant from outside of Vegas with the Production Assistant Launcher. For the kind of rendering that you want to do you don't need any slugs or even a project. Use Production Assistant from within Vegas like you are doing. When it prompts for a new project, that is the project properties that will use for all of the rendering. Once you tell it the project properties, it will create a new project and read each source file in and render it out in the formats that you want.

> 2) The Source Media file names are of the form "name.264.avi". When VPPA is run the resulting output files become "name.avi" (the .264 part of the source media filename is ignored). Does VPPA not like seeing a ".XXX" as part of the file name.

That sounds like a bug that needs to be fixed. It should not be doing that. I'll have a look at it. Thanks for reporting it.

~jr