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Post by lillythekid on Apr 5, 2012 19:32:42 GMT -5
Hi everyone, I ran into a little problem and hope someone here can help me. Since I started vidding I always rendered wmv files in Sony Vegas and uploaded those to Vimeo. Then, about a year ago, this wouldn't work anymore. The video played jerky and irregular. It seemed as though Vimeo was unable to play any of the black frames in the vid, so it skipped those and freezeframed till the audio had caught up. I tried using solid color instead of leaving the timeline empty, but: same result. Then I converted the wmv file into another wmv file and that worked. Until now. Now the converted file is out of sych, not much, just a tiny bit, but enough to make the vid look "wrong". I think I'm going to try other converter programs but I was wondering: Has anyone experienced the same problem with files rendered in sony vegas not working on vimeo and if so, how did you work around it? Or, if you use vimeo without problems: how do you render your vids in sony vegas? I'd really like to be able to just upload the file rendered in vegas without having to use a converter all the time. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Post by obsessive24 on Apr 6, 2012 8:25:55 GMT -5
Vimeo's always been a bit problematic with audio/video sync, I've noticed. Some formats are worse than others. One workaround I've used in the past is actually do export a Vimeo-specific version where I move the entire audio track back a couple of frames, just so that it ends up looking how it's supposed to in Vimeo.
Do you only export to WMV, or have you considered exporting to AVI as well?
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Post by lillythekid on Apr 6, 2012 9:13:42 GMT -5
Thanks for your answer I'm pretty desperate at this point, I tried handbrake which even made it worse plus I found the program very frustrating. (It was the newest version, so maybe that was the problem.) The converter (flv to avi, mpeg...endless list) also only seems to mess up this particular vid. I tried it on a different computer with the same result. I tried exporting to AVI, but it never worked out. Usually the files get ridiculously big and/or they don't even play in the vlc player. Which avi output do you choose? I thought about moving the audio track, maybe this might cancel out the converter's mess up. I will still need to convert because vimeo doesn't get along with anything directly from vegas. Thought about using viddler, but they don't have free accounts anymore...
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Post by lillythekid on Apr 6, 2012 10:39:12 GMT -5
Thanks for the tip with moving the audio track! It worked, the converter "moved it back" No idea what this all about but well *shrugs*. Still have to see if it will play correctly on vimeo, though, but that'll have to wait till tomorrow Thanks again!
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Post by obsessive24 on Apr 6, 2012 10:51:37 GMT -5
I'm glad it worked! For future reference, if you want to try exporting to AVI, here's a quick guide. I understand what you mean about ridiculously big/not playing with VLC, it's to do with codecs and is easy to work around once you know what's going on. Step 1: I'm assuming you've already installed various basic packs like K-Lite and AMVApp, if not, they are very, very useful things to have, especially K-Lite. Strongly recommend that you download and install them. Step 2: Export large Lagarith AVI out of Vegas, following the steps 1 - 4 in this post. This will result in a large (~1GB) AVI that can't be viewed through VLC. Step 3: Download and install AutoGK, the magic lovely freeware that will let you convert to a shiny good-sized XviD AVI. Run your file from Step 2 through it and voila! Shiny 50MB Xvid AVI. (Choose the "VBR MP3" option for audio.) Give it a go sometime when you're not tearing your hair out over a vid that you want to post RIGHT NOW. Let me know if you have any questions - happy to help.
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Post by lillythekid on Apr 7, 2012 8:36:02 GMT -5
Seems to be fine on vimeo as well! \o/ Wow, thank you so much for these instructions! I always figured avi wasn't meant to be, but this is awesome. If I have questions I'll get back to you. Thanks again!
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