Encoding methods for your video podcast

[sidimustafa]

That's odd that you had that happen. I routinely import 8gb WMV files into Vegas, make my edits, then use the frame server to render out to StaxRip. It never takes longer than the show itself. What speed setting are you using? There's like slow, medium, fast, etc. I normally use medium or fast.

Also out of curiosity why are you using the Avid LE codec rather than HuffYUV or Lagarith?

I'm a newbie to video, and any instructions i find around the net to better improve the quality and rendering time, i try to experiment, i'm still looking for the best time resource manner..(not found as yet)

My original video is taking from a WireCast recorded session, it's not the best to edit directly in Vegas, so therefor if editing is needed, i first needs to render it to an output file, then take the file and edit from thereforward.

I used AVID LE, cause i was testing a new workflow i just found on the net, however, it also took 10hrs on the Intel i7.
so i need to find a better solution...

Can you explain to me, where i can find that SLOW, MEDIUM and fast option in VEGAS? never seen it nor heard of it...

Is the UffYuv and Lagarith coded intergrated in SonyVegas, or do i have to download them else where, would surely like to give them a try..

[sunkast]

My original video is taking from a WireCast recorded session, it's not the best to edit directly in Vegas, so therefor if editing is needed, i first needs to render it to an output file, then take the file and edit from thereforward.

What do you use to edit with?

Can you explain to me, where i can find that SLOW, MEDIUM and fast option in VEGAS? never seen it nor heard of it...

That's a setting with the x264 encoder that's used with StaxRip/MeGUI, not Vegas. When you configure the encoder settings you can choose what speed preset to use.

Is the UffYuv and Lagarith coded intergrated in SonyVegas, or do i have to download them else where, would surely like to give them a try..

You have to download and install them. Both are free.

You can download both codecs from free-codecs.com here and here.

If you are running Windows 64 bit, HuffYUV is a little tricky to install. You'll have to use command prompt and run some commands to get it to install. There are step by step instructions on how to do this at the bottom of this wiki article.

[sidimustafa]

[QUOTE=sunkast;2070]What do you use to edit with?


That's a setting with the x264 encoder that's used with StaxRip/MeGUI, not Vegas. When you configure the encoder settings you can choose what speed preset to use.

Ok, it's vegas i use to run the first Render, due to the fact that when i take it from WireCast, it's near to imposible to edit, so i have to render it first..

i think i'll do i the opposite way around, i did see that Handbrakes takes 45 minutes to transcode from .mov to .mp4....

I will try taking the original recording put it in Handbrake, and see how that goes..and then see if Vegas can edit it..

[sunkast]

What version of Vegas are you using? Versions 10 and newer shouldn't have any issue loading Quicktime videos from Wirecast. Older versions of Vegas do have issues with Quicktime.

[sidimustafa]

What version of Vegas are you using? Versions 10 and newer shouldn't have any issue loading Quicktime videos from Wirecast. Older versions of Vegas do have issues with Quicktime.

i'm using 11, use to use 10...
I have the problem with .mp4 and also .wmv, on the wirecast forum, many other folks had the same problem, while some didn't.
but the problem also has been reported in Adobe Premier....i read somewhere that it had to do with the way NLE editors reads the video, and that Wirecast saves videos in a Constant Rate...etc..not sure..

[Donovan]

I don't know if this will help, but I mentioned in my workflow video how I had to use MP4Box to correct an issue with the MP4 file that XSplit produces. If anyone is interested in using this, then feel free. Basically all you have to do is unzip the 3 files into a folder and then drag and drop your MP4 file onto the fixme.bat file. It will demux and remux the video and audio into a "fixed" file.

http://shows.anairo.com/convert.zip

I cannot offer any support on the workings of MP4Box.

[sidimustafa]

I don't know if this will help, but I mentioned in my workflow video how I had to use MP4Box to correct an issue with the MP4 file that XSplit produces. If anyone is interested in using this, then feel free. Basically all you have to do is unzip the 3 files into a folder and then drag and drop your MP4 file onto the fixme.bat file. It will demux and remux the video and audio into a "fixed" file.

http://shows.anairo.com/convert.zip

I cannot offer any support on the workings of MP4Box.

Hey Donovan, that seems to have done the trick, don't know what else it did, but it also shrink the file by 50%...
original was 1.3gb, ran fixme.bat and it came to 555mb, gonna run it thru Handbrake, and see what that has done now.

Very interesting......

[sidimustafa]

I don't know if this will help, but I mentioned in my workflow video how I had to use MP4Box to correct an issue with the MP4 file that XSplit produces. If anyone is interested in using this, then feel free. Basically all you have to do is unzip the 3 files into a folder and then drag and drop your MP4 file onto the fixme.bat file. It will demux and remux the video and audio into a "fixed" file.

http://shows.anairo.com/convert.zip

I cannot offer any support on the workings of MP4Box.

Hello Mr. Donovan, once again thanks for this help, as it solved a big issue i had and some others over at the TeleStream Wirecast Forum.

Many others had the same issue over there, and there was no solution posted, i reposted this link over there so others can also make use of this and save them selves from pulling out every bit of hair..

Thanks