Vegas 7 - Help!

Neko-Yousei · Post by **Neko-Yousei** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:33 pm

Okay, my problem is when I try to do a simple transition from clip to clip, like a fade in or fade out (SIMPLE!), the clips kinda get jerky or stop at the transition point and then don't start playing until it gets out of the transition area in the next clip.

Did any of that make sense?

Can someone help?

I'm running on Windows Vista, (maybe that has something to do with it???).

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:37 pm

what compression is the files you are using in?

Neko-Yousei · Post by **Neko-Yousei** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:41 pm

It's an avi file.

AaronAMV · Post by **AaronAMV** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:01 pm

Avi is a container.

Compression is the codec. Ie DivX, XviD, Lagairth, HuffyUV.

And with you not knowing what compression it is in the first place... I'm gonna go with you're using DivX/XviD.

It's a link.

76 · Post by 76 » Thu Oct 09, 2008 11:07 pm

Get Gspot, it's a program that you don't even have to install. Download it here. Drop the file into that program and it'll tell you the compression.

Come back and tell us the compression and we can lend a hand.

Vivaldi · Post by **Vivaldi** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 11:30 pm

Click and drag over the area where the fade is to select it, then hit Shift + B to prerender the clip, see if that works. (before you start downloading a bunch of other programs)

Also, most of the time you can find out what codec your video is just by right clicking on it and going to "properties".

Neko-Yousei · Post by **Neko-Yousei** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:06 am

Thank you guys for all your help thus far!

-AaronAMV: That link helped a lot, thank you!
-76: ^^
-Vivaldi: I tried the pre-rendering thing and it worked! At first....The first time I played with the pre-rending, it showed me the transitions in their entirety, but when I tried to watch them for a second time, they went back to doing what they did in the beginning.

I dled Gspot and it says that it's a DivX codec.

I've used "Media Coder" in the past to convert music files...What container and what codec do you PERSONALLY recommend for the best quality without breaking your HD?
(Plus any other info that you can give to help me out would be fantastic! ;3 ).

Magnus · Post by **Magnus** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:26 am

Neko-Yousei wrote:I've used "Media Coder" in the past to convert music files...What container and what codec do you PERSONALLY recommend for the best quality without breaking your HD?
(Plus any other info that you can give to help me out would be fantastic! ;3 ).

.wav

Neko-Yousei · Post by **Neko-Yousei** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:19 pm

Zet wrote:
Neko-Yousei wrote:I've used "Media Coder" in the past to convert music files...What container and what codec do you PERSONALLY recommend for the best quality without breaking your HD?
(Plus any other info that you can give to help me out would be fantastic! ;3 ).
.wav

For video?

The Origonal Head Hunter · Post by **The Origonal Head Hunter** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:25 pm

.wav for audio, and I've heard Lagarith .avi mates well with Vegas. Large file size, but better quality than you'll get with lossy.