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Don't use the "uncompressed" setting. I believe there is a DV setting. That
is what you want. The confusion is thinking that raw material captured from
a DV Cam is uncompressed.
<reader@newsguy.com> wrote in message news:uis50fmhl.fsf@newsguy.com...
> "Richard Crowley" <rcrowley7@xprt.net> writes:
>
> [...]
>
> >> I'm rendering 35 minutes of qt *.mov with transitions and titles to
> >> what Vegas calls `uncompressed avi'.
> >>
> >> The job is 90% complete and the file size is:
> >> 73.1 GB (78,539,632,128 bytes)
> >>
> >> I'm not that experienced with this but doesn't that seem just a bit to
> >> huge? The time factor seems rather long too. At 90% 4hr 05 minutes
> >> have passed and estimated 4.5 hrs for %100
> >
> > Why *uncompressed avi*?
>
> [Aside: See file info furhter along in my reply below]
>
> Well, my reasoning may be a little screwy to more experienced folds
> but here is how it went:
> I Have 3 NLE on board currently. My main choice up to now has been
> Canopus Edius3. I also have Premiere Pro 1.5 and now trial Vegas5.
>
> Of those, only Vegas handles the qt *.mov files I have a herd of. I
> wanted to string these *.mov together with the necessary titles,
> transitions etc.
>
> To use Edius would require an initial transcoding to canopus DV to
> really work well.
>
> Premiere rejected the *.mov too so it wanted a converstion of some
> kind.
>
> Vegas handles the *.mov but I really just wanted to string them
> together into an *.avi that Edius could use. Initially that was all I
> was after. But I now see it is too time intensive so I've since
> resolved to learn enough Vegas to just use it for mov files. And
> finish them all the way in vegas.
>
> So back to why uncompressed. Vegas doesn't offer to render in Canopus
> DV. Only windows avi or uncompressed. So I guessed Edius would like
> the uncompressed best.
>
> > Seems too large even for uncompressed, though.
> >
> > If you just do the first 2 minutes does it work?
>
> Not sure what you mean here... It worked for all 35 minutes. My
> question was why so large. So yes it works but seems quite large.
>
> Im rendering 2 minutes now but Vegas is so horribly slow, its 19
> percent done and estimated time left is 20:10 but I'm not sure how
> much of a slice I'n compressing. Vegas doesn't use normal in/out type
> rendering. So not sure I've set it up right. I've marked off 2
> minutes with their loop selection thingy. I didn't see any other
> obvious way.
>
> The estimated completion time keeps rising too.
>
> "nap" <gospam@yourself.com> writes:
>
> > "Harry Putnam" <reader@newsguy.com> wrote in message
> > news:uy8dxb3y4.fsf@newsguy.com...
> >> WinXP pro
> >> Vegas 5 Trial
> >>
> >>
> >> I'm rendering 35 minutes of qt *.mov with transitions and titles to
> >> what Vegas calls `uncompressed avi'.
> >>
> >> The job is 90% complete and the file size is:
> >> 73.1 GB (78,539,632,128 bytes)
> >>
> >> I'm not that experienced with this but doesn't that seem just a bit to
> >> huge? The time factor seems rather long too. At 90% 4hr 05 minutes
> >> have passed and estimated 4.5 hrs for %100
> >
> > No Way to tell if you don;t tell us what size the frames are and what
frame
> > rate.
>
> The completed file loaded in VirtualDub shows:
> 720x480, 29,970fps
> 63177 Frames (35:08:00)
> Uncompressed RGB32
> Data Rate: 331445 kbps (0.00% Overhead)