Vegas 8.0 stretched video RENDERING problem!!!

[brenobg]

I made a 13 minutes video off a fashion show full of stretch effects(to make videos faster).
when I rendered it for the first time, these effects didn't show. Only a black image!!!
the video is huge and I must deliver it today! I can't do it all again!
my codec collection is updated and the images where captured from a minidv cam in .avi
I tried to render it i all video formats and didn't worked!!!

pleeease help!!

[cdeemer]

I've had a problem inputting avi direct from camera to Vegas, no picture ... if you run them thru VirtualDub first, save as avi, and run THOSE to Vegas, I bet it works.

[brenobg]

sorry!
just remembered! the video was originally captured from a minidv cam but they burned it on a DVD and I had to re-capture from it with dvdx! but the file is still on .avi!

what does virtual dub do?

[Chuck Engels]

Virtualdub will convert the file to a 'Real' AVI file that Vegas can actually use

[brenobg]

so I'll have to edit it all again?

[cdeemer]

first try running an edited file thru virtualdub.

[brenobg]

but the project render the video with a black screen on stretched parts! Won't it stay black?

I captured some parts of the video in Mpeg-2 an re-edited just the stretched parts! IT WORKED, but the image got poor!
I need it to be High!
Is it a codec problem on .avi format? how can I fix it? my codec pack is new! just downloaded it 3 days ago!

thanks for all the help

[Paul LS]

You can not salvage the black frames and it is probably not a codec issue. To get a good quality video in the stretched region you really need to use DV-AVI as your source material. Can you not capture as DV-AVI??? If not try converting the clip to DV-AVI before stretching. Both MPEG and DivX are compressed formats that will give issues while editing and reduction in quality after rendering because of the compressed format.

[brenobg]

sure I can convert or capture as DV-AVI! but I already did it!!
the original video is DV-AVI and the hole video is DV-AVI too, only the stretched parts is in Mpeg!
My problem is that in avi format the stretch parts render as a black screen!


thanks!

[Paul LS]

There are many different types of AVI... DivX is highly compressed format for video delivery, not for editing (same as MPEG). Dv-AVI is the AVI format you get directly when capturing from a DV camcorder and is designed for editing. Which type of AVI is it? You said "... burned it on a DVD and I had to re-capture from it with dvdx"... I assumed that was divx.

[brenobg]

duuuuuuuh!!!
finally understood! sorry about that!
its in divx format!

I'll try to convert it to DV-AVI
the image will be bigger so can I expect vegas project not to recognize the archieve and have to re-edit it all?

for example: the video is with the name "raw". If i convert it to DV-AVI it will take more space but take the same time...
can vegas use it anyway to fill the edited area in the project?

[Paul LS]

In Vegas I have replaced files on the timeline after having converted the format of the original file (from one AVI codec to another). So I converted the file and placed it in the same folder as the original. I renamed the original file and named the new file the same as the old one. When you open Vegas it will use the new file.

[brenobg]

IT WORKED!!!!
thanks guys!