Sony Vegas AVI issue!!!!!

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:06 pm

I donno about your settings cause i just use Virtualdub Mod to encode my clips. but somewhere in someone's sig I said something about lagarith working really well in my vegas... the playback is really good imho

also if you want more smoothness make a loop region and then press "ctrl+b" it will pre-render the loop so you can play it back exactly how it will look when actually rendered.

LivingFlame · Post by **LivingFlame** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:50 pm

I'll second Jaddzia's sentiments just as a vote of confidence. Vegas + Lagarith rocks.

Also, it's "shift+b" to prerender, not "ctrl+b" (at least on my system o.O ). Also, if that trick isn't rendering enough of your loop region, then there's two things to try. One: go into Vegas' settings and up the amount of RAM Vegas can utilize for prerendering. Two: use "shift+m" to prerender the video instead. The difference between the two is that "shift+b" is a RAM preview whereas "shift+m" actually renders temporary video files to your hard drive.

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:58 pm

yea shift... im half awake i just woke up

Shiroferetto · Post by **Shiroferetto** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:50 am

Awesome advice, guys. Thanks.

Now for the good-bad news!

The good news is that I got Huffyuv to render my files beautifully. The bad news is that Lagarith kept hanging. :/ Couldn't get a whole file done with it. Also, Lagarith's quality in comparison to Huffyuv wasn't even close. I don't know if that's because of the tweaking I did or if Huffyuv is just producing a nicer result, or even if it's the program I use. More experimentation may follow later. (I'll get ahold of VirtualDubMod, maybe--Virtual Dub wasn't really ringning any bells for me.)

The bad-bad news is that I don't have enough room on this (1.5 year-old) hard drive to store all the files I need to construct the AMV's I will be working on. I just bought a new video board, more RAM, a couple of thumb drives... and I'm so broke it ain't funny. Sooooooooooooooooo............

Until I can get a couple of massive drives in this system, I'm going to have to (gasp) stick with the WMV's just for the sake of space concerns.

25 minute videos (very low complexity) were coming in at 15G each. With a tiny series of 13 videos, that equals almost 200G. Since I just reformatted my HD recently, yanking extraneous software... well, you can see where I might not have much room to move, what with the gaggle of OS, Office, and video programs installed on the machine. Heh. Even pulling WoW off of my system would only let me store half an episode. ;P

On the bright side, the WMV LOOKS good, and that's half the battle, but yes there's problems using it. Soon as I can (damn, I knew I shouldn't have gotten those tattoos...), I'm going to see about getting some nice HD's to store files on. I'd debated a HD instead of a video board, but... I think I made the right choice going with the board first.

I will likely experiment with it some more when I can by doing things like simply leaving out the original audio (not strictly needed in AMV production) when re-encoding, chopping unneeded bits off (ends, beginnings, and the kitchen sink), and whatever else I can thinik of.

The pre-rendering is a great idea, though, and I thank you guys for it. That will help a LOT with the amount of time it takes to edit video, especially when timing is crucial.

You guys rock.

LivingFlame · Post by **LivingFlame** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 8:42 am

When/if you get VirtualDubMod (preferably with AviSynth), I suggest getting it from this and then using this guide to get acquainted with it.

And hey, if you can muster up some money pretty soon, here's what looks to be a really nice hard drive deal.

And good luck in future endeavors.

BasharOfTheAges · Post by **BasharOfTheAges** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:55 am

Protip: Most people clip to get rid of the file size problems brought on by converting entire series to lossless.

Shiroferetto · Post by **Shiroferetto** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:38 am

LivingFlame wrote:When/if you get VirtualDubMod (preferably with AviSynth), I suggest getting it from this and then using this guide to get acquainted with it.

*snip*

You are The Man. (Or The Woman.)

Thanks.

Now I'm going to go post my install error messages in the other forum. Heheh... oops.

Shiroferetto · Post by **Shiroferetto** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:43 am

BasharOfTheAges wrote:Protip: Most people clip to get rid of the file size problems brought on by converting entire series to lossless.

Yeah, I was kinda getting that idea after 15Gigs... Call it an epiphany from Kamui. (He's God, right?

)

-- Lovin' That X-TV....

Kamui, you are my one, true love... Er, I mean Fuuma... Uh... oh, hell with it. I just want to watch them make out.

*run*

LivingFlame · Post by **LivingFlame** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:58 pm

Shiroferetto wrote:
LivingFlame wrote:When/if you get VirtualDubMod (preferably with AviSynth), I suggest getting it from this and then using this guide to get acquainted with it.

*snip*
You are The Man. (Or The Woman.)

Man. My current avatar is deceitful.

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 8:53 pm

also if you disable the audio that should save you file space as well :3