working on a network

smeagol wrote on 7/8/2004, 9:07 AM
Hello! I have vegas 3.0c and was wondering if it is possible to edit video over a standard network. I know 3.0 doesn't support network rendering, but could I just open a new project on computer A and use video files located on a hard drive on computer B? Then when it comes time to render, I could save my project on a floppy and open it up on the computer where the video files are located on (computer B)and render on that station? I attempted a test on this and it seemed to work alright, but was wondering what the official word on this was. Thank you for your time!
Thanks!

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Chienworks wrote on 7/8/2004, 9:33 AM
Yes, this would work fine.

However, if you're on a network, why bother with the floppy? Just copy the project file over to the other computer over the network instead. The only thing you'll have to watch out for is that the project file will refer to the media files by full network directory path and when you get to other computer these paths may not be valid. When you open up the project file you'll probably have to tell Vegas where to find the files again.
smeagol wrote on 7/8/2004, 11:11 AM
Thanks for the info...and yes, the floppy idea seems pretty lame, I will just pick that up from the network also.
Thanks!
smeagol wrote on 7/8/2004, 11:14 AM
One more thing, I will be rendering on 1 computer while working on the other using some of the same video files that the project that is rendering is accessing. Will this affect the final rendered mpeg (dropped frames, etc) or the time it takes to render the file?
Thanks
Chienworks wrote on 7/8/2004, 5:10 PM
You cannot drop frames while rendering. Rendering is not a real-time operation. Dropped frames only occur during real-time operations like capturing and print to tape.

Yes, it will probbly make the render take longer. However, you will probably be more productive in total by continuing to work during a longer render than to sit back and do nothing during a faster render.
smeagol wrote on 7/8/2004, 8:49 PM
Yeah, that's what I am thinking too. Thanks for the advice!