Sony Vegas 7.0: "Render As" problem

ricemonster · Post by **ricemonster** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:48 am

im currently making a music video for FFX and this is the first time i use Sony Vegas. everything works fine, the preview, audio, the video, and saving it as a project. i wanted to see how it'll look as a final video so i thought id save it as a movie. so i went to "Render As" and i chose ".wmv" as the file type then saved. so a window opened then it loads... but only for a few seconds. then i checked the file where i saved it but the video shows only 3 seconds of the whole video. the video itself is about 4 minutes long. i also tried to save it as ".avi" but still no luck.

the files i used r ".mp3".. and ".mpeg".

am i doing sumthing wrong?

Lemongel · Post by **Lemongel** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:56 am

It could be that the loop region you set it as, was only for three seconds. Set the loop region on the whole video and try re-rendering it again.

ricemonster · Post by **ricemonster** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 12:47 pm

thanks for the reply.. but i managed to saved it xD.

idk how but when i restarted my pc.. i changed the customize properties under "Render As" then it worked.

CrackTheSky · Post by **CrackTheSky** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 1:54 pm

Don't edit with MPEG or MP3s. Use HuffYUV/Lagarith-encoded .avi files for your video, and .wav files for your audio.

RIPmyprsoul · Post by **RIPmyprsoul** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 3:29 pm

CrackTheSky wrote:Don't edit with MPEG or MP3s. Use HuffYUV/Lagarith-encoded .avi files for your video, and .wav files for your audio.

actually u can edit with mpg files...just make a fake avi file with avisynth...look in the avisynth forums if u dont already kno how to

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 3:46 pm

RIPmyprsoul wrote:
CrackTheSky wrote:Don't edit with MPEG or MP3s. Use HuffYUV/Lagarith-encoded .avi files for your video, and .wav files for your audio.
actually u can edit with mpg files...just make a fake avi file with avisynth...look in the avisynth forums if u dont already kno how to

but they are lossy :/

RIPmyprsoul · Post by **RIPmyprsoul** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 3:52 pm

JaddziaDax wrote:
RIPmyprsoul wrote:
CrackTheSky wrote:Don't edit with MPEG or MP3s. Use HuffYUV/Lagarith-encoded .avi files for your video, and .wav files for your audio.
actually u can edit with mpg files...just make a fake avi file with avisynth...look in the avisynth forums if u dont already kno how to
but they are lossy :/

wat do u mean? ive edited with vobs that have been faked with with avisynth with dgindex and vfapi....it doesnt look lossy..

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 3:58 pm

JaddziaDax wrote:
RIPmyprsoul wrote:
CrackTheSky wrote:Don't edit with MPEG or MP3s. Use HuffYUV/Lagarith-encoded .avi files for your video, and .wav files for your audio.
actually u can edit with mpg files...just make a fake avi file with avisynth...look in the avisynth forums if u dont already kno how to
but they are lossy :/

and they aren't frame-accurate, which means that all your sync could go down the drain...and nobody wants that (at least no editor that I know)

if a codec doesn't say lossless, or have a lossless option...then it is lossy. (this means divx, xvid, mepg1, mpeg2...and a multitude of others)
a good lossy codec takes advatage of what the human eye cannot see to give you better compression.
try re-encoding something to mpeg1 or 2 a few times and you'll start to notice it.

CrackTheSky · Post by **CrackTheSky** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 4:27 pm

RIPmyprsoul wrote:
CrackTheSky wrote:Don't edit with MPEG or MP3s. Use HuffYUV/Lagarith-encoded .avi files for your video, and .wav files for your audio.
actually u can edit with mpg files...just make a fake avi file with avisynth...look in the avisynth forums if u dont already kno how to

Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

RIPmyprsoul · Post by **RIPmyprsoul** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 6:11 pm

CrackTheSky wrote:
RIPmyprsoul wrote:
CrackTheSky wrote:Don't edit with MPEG or MP3s. Use HuffYUV/Lagarith-encoded .avi files for your video, and .wav files for your audio.
actually u can edit with mpg files...just make a fake avi file with avisynth...look in the avisynth forums if u dont already kno how to
Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

ive been editing with vobs for months, i havent had a problem with vegas yet