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Not sure what to think Jackie. The important thing for you is that you were
able to capture it and do something with it.
BTW, If you're interested, you can find some excellent Vegas tutorials at
http://www.wideopenwest.com/~wvg/tutorial-menu.htm
and http://thetroxels.com/vegas/forum/ (check out his excellent
newsletters).
There is also the Sony forum at
http://tinyurl.com/6vybn
the Cow forum at
http://tinyurl.com/5gkm9
and the DMN forum at
http://tinyurl.com/kk0r for more help.
There's also a fairly complete collection of scripts at
http://s92274348.onlinehome.us/vegas.html
Mike
Jackie wrote:
> Hi Mike and thanks for your interest/support on this one. The VHS is a
> commercially produced training tape that I played on my VHS player and
> then captured into Vegas via my camera firewire.
>
> Jackie
>
>
> Mike Kujbida wrote:
>> Jackie, how did you capture it? The reason I ask is that the
>> presence of macrovison "generally" halts any attempt to copy the
>> tape. If a Canopus box was used, these can supposedly bypass it.
>> It could be macrovison but it could also be the closed captioning
>> stream or the VITS (Vertical Interval Test Signal) that you're
>> seeing (although, because all these signals occur in the very top of
>> the frame, they're are generally hidden from normal viewing).
>> A long way of saying "I'm really not sure". Your guess is as good
>> as mine
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> Jackie wrote:
>>
>>> Mike,
>>>
>>> Is this effect on the top few lines macrovision?
>>> Just curious!
>>>
>>> Jackie
>>>
>>>
>>> Mike Kujbida wrote:
>>>
>>>> Jackie wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Mike,
>>>>>
>>>>> The crop tool did the job. Took a bit of getting used to though!
>>>>>
>>>>> Jackie
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You're welcome Jackie. Glad it worked for you.
>>>> As John said though, odds are you won't see these lines on a
>>>> standard TV set.
>>>> OTOH, if it's destined for viewing on a computer, then you have no
>>>> choice but to crop/mask it.
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Mike Kujbida wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Jackie wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I would be grateful for some advice with a video clip.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When I render the video and then play it in Windows media
>>>>>>> player, the top few 'lines' of the video has some flashing
>>>>>>> (data?) lines visible.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Original video is taken from a VHS tape and I suspect it may be
>>>>>>> macrovision?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What is the best way/method/FX to delete these lines in Vegas
>>>>>>> before I render the video again.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jackie
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The pan/crop tool could be used for this. You could also create
>>>>>> a mask for the offending lines. Page 221 of the Vegas 5 manual
>>>>>> discusses how to do simple masks. Not sure which would be faster
>>>>>> for rendering.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mike
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