The Idiots Guide to Vegas

Subul · Post by **Subul** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 3:45 am

Im really stuck with removing the subtitles! I followed everything, but its not working! My videos' not even appearing in the preview screen! Only if i put it in trimmer does it appear in the preview screen!! Can someone please help me with this! How do i make my video appear in the preview screen, because i think that may be the reason why my panning and cropping isn't working!

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 3:51 am

what is the compression of your source files?

Subul · Post by **Subul** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 4:48 am

If your asking what type of file, my source files are wmv and avi.

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 5:34 am

to get codec information right-click on the video file, and choose "properties" and click the tab that says "summery" it should be listed next to compression and if that doesnt work, get a program called GSpot and drop the file in it

Subul · Post by **Subul** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 6:26 am

I used GSpot, its saying the vidoes' codec is WMV3. Its name is WMP v9 (VC-1 Simple/Main). and the status is: codec status undetermined...

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:55 pm

wmv9 or any wmv type of compression (including the container) is not going to be good for editing, you need to convert them to a lossless compression such as huffyuv or lagarith...

Subul · Post by **Subul** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 1:37 am

Oky thanks! Is there any program you'd recommend which will help me convert it? I hope after converting it the subtitles get cropped off!!

NS · Post by NS » Thu Aug 16, 2007 1:39 am

... oh, my.. god.

How would converting something to a certain file type magically get rid of or crop subtitles... Your logic is mentally retarded at best.

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 1:40 am

you can crop and convert at the same time :/

virtualdub mod with avisynth would work just fine for that

NS · Post by NS » Thu Aug 16, 2007 1:42 am

Yes... But I figured he was implying that it would automatically happen.