Dahopafilms
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I tried getting an answer to this problem elsewhere without success. Perhaps one of the Vegas gurus here can assist. Here's the problem:
I want to render from a HD 1280x720 .m2t file "translated" by CineForm Connect HD into a Connect HD .avi file to an HD 720-24p MPEG-2 file (thus preserving a 1280x720 resolution but in an mpeg-2 format).
What should my rendering settings be in Vegas 6.0(d)?
When I try to set that up in Vegas, even though Vegas appears to properly describe what I'm trying to do, I get an "unknown error" message.
My workflow is as follows:
1. Capture native HD 720p at 24 (23.976) fps to Vegas;
2. Convert from the captured (native) .m2t files to .avi files using Connect HD;
3. Insert the avi files to the Vegas video tracks and complete the edit per usual workflow in Vegas (I delete the audio tracks as audio is not necessary for this project);
4. It's render time, so I hit the "Render As... " command. I want to render to an mpeg-2 file, so I select the mpeg-2 option in the "Save as type ..." window;
5. The "template" that pops up in the template window is "HDV 720-25p" - but my source material is 24p, so I hit the "Custom" button which takes me to the Custom screens. I change "HDV 720-25p" to "HDV 720-24p" which then (properly, in my view) amends Vegas' description of the project to "Use this setting to create an HD 720-24p MPEG-2 file" - which is exactly what I want. Video rendering quality is set to "Best";
6. I then go to the Video Tab. The settings that appear here (most of which I don't even pretend to understand) are: output type (ATSC) (which I change to "MPEG-2" because that's what I want outputted) which consequently automatically changes all the variable bit rate settings to 9,800,000. The other settings in this tab are Width (1280), Height (720), Frame Rate (23.976), Aspect Ratio (16x9 Display), I-Frames (15), B-Frames (2), Profile (Main Profile), Level (High 1440 Level), Field Order (Progressive Only), Video Quality (15 on the slider);
7. I go to the audio tab and uncheck Audio;
8. I click OK, taking me back to the main rendering window. Having named the file to be saved, I click OK (hoping it will render) - but a nano-second after I do, I get the Vegas 6 pop-up message "An error occurred while creating the media file ... The reason for the error could not be determined".
Obviously I'm doing something wrong, but for the life of me I can't figure out what it is (and I have no problem rendering HD 720p product to .m2t and .wmv files - it's just the mpeg-2s that are causing me the problem).
Any bright ideas out there?
I want to render from a HD 1280x720 .m2t file "translated" by CineForm Connect HD into a Connect HD .avi file to an HD 720-24p MPEG-2 file (thus preserving a 1280x720 resolution but in an mpeg-2 format).
What should my rendering settings be in Vegas 6.0(d)?
When I try to set that up in Vegas, even though Vegas appears to properly describe what I'm trying to do, I get an "unknown error" message.
My workflow is as follows:
1. Capture native HD 720p at 24 (23.976) fps to Vegas;
2. Convert from the captured (native) .m2t files to .avi files using Connect HD;
3. Insert the avi files to the Vegas video tracks and complete the edit per usual workflow in Vegas (I delete the audio tracks as audio is not necessary for this project);
4. It's render time, so I hit the "Render As... " command. I want to render to an mpeg-2 file, so I select the mpeg-2 option in the "Save as type ..." window;
5. The "template" that pops up in the template window is "HDV 720-25p" - but my source material is 24p, so I hit the "Custom" button which takes me to the Custom screens. I change "HDV 720-25p" to "HDV 720-24p" which then (properly, in my view) amends Vegas' description of the project to "Use this setting to create an HD 720-24p MPEG-2 file" - which is exactly what I want. Video rendering quality is set to "Best";
6. I then go to the Video Tab. The settings that appear here (most of which I don't even pretend to understand) are: output type (ATSC) (which I change to "MPEG-2" because that's what I want outputted) which consequently automatically changes all the variable bit rate settings to 9,800,000. The other settings in this tab are Width (1280), Height (720), Frame Rate (23.976), Aspect Ratio (16x9 Display), I-Frames (15), B-Frames (2), Profile (Main Profile), Level (High 1440 Level), Field Order (Progressive Only), Video Quality (15 on the slider);
7. I go to the audio tab and uncheck Audio;
8. I click OK, taking me back to the main rendering window. Having named the file to be saved, I click OK (hoping it will render) - but a nano-second after I do, I get the Vegas 6 pop-up message "An error occurred while creating the media file ... The reason for the error could not be determined".
Obviously I'm doing something wrong, but for the life of me I can't figure out what it is (and I have no problem rendering HD 720p product to .m2t and .wmv files - it's just the mpeg-2s that are causing me the problem).
Any bright ideas out there?