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Videoon 8/29/2014
DVD to PC
Thanks for all the replies and helpful advice. As always this is a great forum with so many willing to give their help. At 86 my mum's memory of and ability to use a DVD is non-existent so that it why I was thinking of transferring to file. Mum wouldn't be able to play any herself as she no longer uses a PC but I can set them up for her to view on the TV when I visit. I think the quickest and simplest and quickest method is to do as PeterDuke said and simply concatenate the VOB files and rename to mpg. I had hoped I could do it slightly differently by renaming the VOBs to mpg first then using Boilsoft Joiner (I already have the paid version) but that wasn't working very well on my laptop. I'll try it again at home over the weekend. I was trying to use V12 as a sledgehammer to crack a nut! Cheers all.
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Videoon 8/28/2014
DVD to PC
Thanks for the replies. When I set to progressive I got the feeling it was the wrong thing to do but couldn't think why. Cheers for that, HappyFriar. I'm currently rendering to Mainconcept MPEG-2 keeping the default settings. I'll then do as suggested by set and see how each work out both in size and quality. The only thing is with set's option that the original is 720x576 so, surely, reducing the size will reduce quality somewhat? Edit: Just as an aside the original is 4:3
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Videoon 4/26/2014
Vegas 12/13 unable to open some AVC files
OK - this is rather strange. I have just used Handbrake with the video codec set to H.264 (x264) with all other settings left as default and the file now loads into Vegas 12/13. It was only a few weeks ago I was almost tearing my hair out as every file I tried either refused to load after conversion or loaded but with audio only and a green video. The only thing I can think of that's changed (apart from installing the trial of 13) was an update to the AMD video drivers this morning. But I haven't even performed the required reboot yet.
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Videoon 4/26/2014
Vegas 12/13 unable to open some AVC files
Audio: Tried various settings with Avidemux with no luck. When using Handrake I selected mp4 container leaving all settings as they are for Normal profile. I then changed the Video Codec under Video Tab to MPEG-4 (FFmpeg) and no luck with either settings.
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Videoon 4/26/2014
Vegas 12/13 unable to open some AVC files
I'll give Avidemux a go. I did try using Handbrake to make both an mkv and mp4 file but neither would load into Vegas. Thanks.
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Videoon 12/11/2013
OT: Fireworks recording help, please
Once again very quick responses and great help. Am re-reading the manual so I can put the advice into practise. Hadn't thought about setting manual focus but it makes sense to do so. Not sure if using a tripod is really going to be practical because of all the hustle and bustle of the crowds unless we can get there early enough and at the front. I have a mini tripod which may suffice. Again, thanks for the tips. Cheers.
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Videoon 10/14/2013
Really nice, simple player
For a long time I have used VLC player and for the few files that fail to play or jitter/stutter along the way I try with either GOM, Splash Lite or DivX Player So far the Wondershare Player has played everything I throw at it smoothly. Just one niggle is that frequently if I close the window while playing a file in full screen mode I get the following error displayed before the program closes: "A call to an OS function failed" Anyone else get this?
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Videoon 10/6/2013
Dual Monitor advice, please
Just thought I'd pass on a little program I found for allowing the same photo to stretch across both (or even more) monitors easily. Multiwall
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Videoon 10/5/2013
Dual Monitor advice, please
Again, thanks. Getting used to the setup now - wonder why I never did this before :) The new monitor definitely needs adjusting to match the old one which is something I will get onto soon. Cheers.
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Videoon 10/5/2013
Dual Monitor advice, please
Have got both monitors working side-by-side now... I put the wife's to the left of the original and had to play around with the display settings so that I could drag windows to the left onto the new monitor. I was expecting the Task Bar to stretch across both but it remains on the original (right-hand-side) monitor. But that is OK. I was also expecting that if I double click a window's Title Bar that it would stretch across both but it just fills one monitor only. Is this how it is supposed to work? Will take a bit of getting used to and will need to think how best to use them like this. Again, thanks for all the advice :) Wondering whether the way it is working for me is down the the different size screens and resolutions?
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Videoon 10/4/2013
Dual Monitor advice, please
Thanks for all the replies, tips and anecdotes. Very helpful, One more question... I envisage only using dual screen for Vegas Pro. How easy is it have everything ship-shape for one monitor once I've turned the 24" off? Is it automatic or will I have to play with settings regularly? Cheers
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Videoon 10/1/2013
Keyframe masking advice, please
Here's a zip file containing ttwo events. The first has the man walking past, the second is the event to show throw behind him and the Result file is my attempt. https://www.dropbox.com/s/drkq2ghst8dp7a3/Test.rar Feel free to play as I'm sure there is so much I can learn from the more experienced here :)
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Videoon 10/1/2013
Keyframe masking advice, please
Yes, it works just great. Thanks for that :)
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Videoon 9/30/2013
Keyframe masking advice, please
Just had a quick play using your instructions... What I did find is that it only worked if Track B's Compositing Mode was set to Multiply. Have I misunderstood something? I now will have to undo all those Feather settings I made previously ;) Thanks for the help.
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Videoon 9/30/2013
Keyframe masking advice, please
Not sure how best to describe what I am doing so I thought a couple of screen grabs of the Video Event FX window may help illustrate: [img=https://www.dropbox.com/s/hzx14cnx906hpet/1.jpg [img=https://www.dropbox.com/s/5aggxw2lofmcejx/2.jpg Does that help?
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Videoon 9/29/2013
Keyframe masking advice, please
Yep - glad it wasn't just me ;)
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Videoon 9/25/2013
Vegas Pro 13 coming soon?
Perhaps they should release the next V12 build as a free upgrade to V13 then release V14 soon after ;) But I must say it wouldn't bother me one iota should the next version be numbered 13. It's just another number :)
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Videoon 9/21/2013
Laptop video editing
Being a keen but amateur editor I mainly use my desktop but when I'm away I do use the Laptop (see my specs). It's not very powerful but I am still able to edit and render 1080p footage from my camera. Obviously a lot slower but doable.
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Videoon 9/16/2013
Saved preset not working
Thanks. A further search for plugin chains seems to have given me the information I need both from here and Creative Cow. Cheers.
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Videoon 9/10/2013
OT: SSDs
Thanks for all the replies. I've decided to purchase the SSD but will use it for progam installations and temporary files rather than for Vegas files.
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Videoon 9/8/2013
OT: SSDs
Unfortunately the drives I use are internal and my current tower doesn't have a separate indicator light for the drives.
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Videoon 9/8/2013
Creating a slide show...
Again, many thanks for all the replies and insights. Based on what has been said I have decided to reduce the average length of each slide to 6 seconds with some being slightly shorter and a few with more details being a little longer. I still fade between photos but not to black and have added a mall amount of Defocus. I have also reduced the amount of zooming/panning on each and, although I've only added 8 photos so far it seems to be looking snappier than previous shows I've done.
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Videoon 9/7/2013
Creating a slide show...
A very slight exaggerated motion blur as one goes out and the new one slides in. Maybe a slight de-focus and quick refocus too? I like those ideas, thanks.
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Videoon 9/6/2013
Creating a slide show...
Thanks to everyone for taking the time to reply and even post some examples for me to view. I tend to agree with Gary James in that too fast panning and zooming distracts from the show and adds nothing apart from making it less watchable in my humble opinion. Perhaps what I have been been doing over the last few years is still good enough. Here's a link to the last slideshow I created late last year: I would appreciate any comments. Sometimes I think the photos are shown for too long but my wife and others want them that long. What I try to create is a slideshow that people will want to watch again rather than 'once is enough'! Cheers. Edit, the music was quickly thrown together using Cinescore so my apologies for that.
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