RedShoe

I've been editing full DVD's lately and my cousin has been authoring them. So far everything has been going smooth as hell. I don't even have to render my footage anymore. I just edit and send him the Vegas .VEG file and he can render and then encode using Scenarist.

A new problem just popped up though, I now need to create DVCAM tapes for cable rights and every other person the distributors are selling the rights to.

In the past, Vegas made this process very easy. You just basically hit play on the sceen and your deck would automatically record. I think it even has timecode options in previous versions.

Now in Vegas Pro 8 the HD print to tape options are virtually non-existent. I'm using a Sony HVR-M15U HD deck for the DVCAMs. Now then, I'm using Sony Software and sending it to Sony Hardware on Sony Media.

You'd THINK all this shit would work harmoniously. It doesn't.

In Vegas I HAVE to... I don't get a choice, I HAVE TO render out my HD footage as HDV 1080 60i even though the footage IS HDV 1080 60p. The Software WILL NOT WRITE an AVI to an HD DECK, it HAS to be M2T files. There's no other options.

Now then, in the vegas options for Print to Tape, I can either choose to render my timeline and dump to tape OR select a pre made .M2t file and print that. Either way there is no way to create a new Timecode for the new (or pre rendered) M2T file.

Because of that reason the Timecode prints to tape all fucked up. It's beyond fucked up. It's SUPER FUCKED UP. I'll watch it go from an hour and 45 minutes during one scene and then jump down to 1 hour in the next scene. The timecode is not only broken, it loses time.

Can anyone offer any advice for properly starting a timecode using the same setup as I am using? Sony Vegas, with a Sony HD deck.


AND YES!!!! I'm finally getting AVID, I just need to finish these out with Vegas.

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