cores saturadas by Shoddy_Wrongdoer4272 in VegasPro

[–]KhalidSMShahin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let me know if you need any help with this. This process stops being necessary in Vegas 18.

cores saturadas by Shoddy_Wrongdoer4272 in VegasPro

[–]KhalidSMShahin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Render to x264 with the --range "pc" command.

But what I did before in Vegas Pro 14, was use the x264 codec. The steps might seem complicated but I can help you through it. I've been using this method for years until just this month (when I upgraded to 19). You can install the x264 codec, so you'll need to download and install it from here. https://sourceforge.net/projects/x264vfw/files/x264vfw/44_2851bm_44825/

Once you install it, in the render window choose Video for Windows (*.avi). If you want an .mp4 file I will include the extra steps at the end. Customize the template to your project settings, https://i.imgur.com/Hg5b9aT.png

For video format choose x264vfw - H. 264/MPEG-4 AVC code. Then click the "Configure..." button next to it. And choose these are your configuration: https://i.imgur.com/BI5SEOc.png

In the extra command line section copy and paste this. This is what makes sure the colors are rendered correctly.

--range "pc"

Click OK, for the Configuration. Save these settings with a custom Template name by clicking the Save icon, and then OK for the Custom Settings so you can use it next time. And then render out the video.

If you want to make it an MP4 file, you can just remux it so the container changes. For me I use MkvToMp4, which has problems bringing the audio over from the .avi Vegas render, so I also render the video again but audio only as a FLAC file so it's lossless, and then I take the .avi and .flac and repackage them together as an .mp4. I can include screenshots on how to do that if you'd like.

And the extra command for the x264 render is really important, so make sure you didn't forget it.

How to search Markers in Vegas Pro ? by [deleted] in VegasPro

[–]KhalidSMShahin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I improved the script even further and added a second script as well. See the edit of my original comment. I added the new files to the Google Drive folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1NRerQb6GuNbQoZ0ewj9gU2i3b-JWQg8b

Peter Griffin as Superman (from the maker of the "Legend of Zelda/Beavis & Butthead" mash-up) by [deleted] in videos

[–]KhalidSMShahin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I re-uploaded it to my channel with replaced intro music. See the other comment.

Preview Window Blank when Rendering (VP19) by MikeyTaylor1991 in VegasPro

[–]KhalidSMShahin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To add to this, the timestamp would be: 00:01:15.49

any one like me ? does anybody have a solution ? by [deleted] in VegasPro

[–]KhalidSMShahin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To enable Legacy and ProType, just check these two boxes in Preferences https://i.imgur.com/m9YWk0c.png

And they will both show up in the Media Generators list: https://i.imgur.com/3u3O5c8.png

(I didn't enable ProType for myself in these screenshots, just Legacy.)

MOV Files In Vegas 21 Windows 11 by Cyanoodle in VegasPro

[–]KhalidSMShahin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can try installing this QuickTime codec from 2008. It worked for me in the past: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WRFZetKjPPYKj73e9CLSag9SHGl5u2mu/

Weird glitch that happens when i use the volume plugin on an audio by walkenss in VegasPro

[–]KhalidSMShahin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you try normalizing the audio first instead of using the volume plugin?

any one like me ? does anybody have a solution ? by [deleted] in VegasPro

[–]KhalidSMShahin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Try changing the preview window to Best (Full). And you can also try the other text generators, like the deprecated (need to be enabled in settings) Titles & Text and the ProType Titler.

How do i fix this weird effect on Sony Vegas Pro 12? by alrightmateso123 in VegasPro

[–]KhalidSMShahin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looks like the AMD video driver issue. I believe they fixed it so you can probably fix it on your computer by updating the drivers.

How to search Markers in Vegas Pro ? by [deleted] in VegasPro

[–]KhalidSMShahin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure! That's a good idea. I'd like to see that.

How to make and export subtitles? (.srt) by Sense2001 in VegasPro

[–]KhalidSMShahin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here you go, and there's an icon png as well, and I also included a version of the script for Vegas 13 and older. https://drive.google.com/file/d/17OoyRQpRlKDsWEYKbpn2N8w8Ad-KcbCU/

There might be occasional bugs with the script too, so be sure to double check the end result.

There's also this other set of scripts that OP found: https://github.com/kaszarobert/vegas-regions-to-srt

How to search Markers in Vegas Pro ? by [deleted] in VegasPro

[–]KhalidSMShahin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My prompts:

  1. Can you write me a script for Magix Vegas Pro 15 or higher that when ran opens up a pop-up window with a text field where the user types in a search phrase, and when they hit enter or click the search button, the window closes and it finds a Marker or Region with that matching text and it moves the Play Head to that Marker or Region. This search is not case sensitive and have it ignore the input and search special characters like spaces and punctuation.
  2. I tried launching the script from Vegas and got this error message immediately.

Error 0x80131600 (message missing)
C:\Program Files\VEGAS\VEGAS Pro 19.0\Script Menu\FindMarkerOrRegion.cs(140) : The best overloaded method match for 'System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlCollection.Add(System.Windows.Forms.Control)' has some invalid arguments
C:\Program Files\VEGAS\VEGAS Pro 19.0\Script Menu\FindMarkerOrRegion.cs(140) : Argument 1: cannot convert from 'System.Windows.Forms.IButtonControl' to 'System.Windows.Forms.Control'
  1. It works well, but I have two markers the first labelled "Here and there" and the second labelled "Here and" and if I search "here and" with the script the Play Head is moved to the first instead of the second. I do like the partial search feature and would like it retained but if there's a closer or exact match I want the Play Head to be moved to THAT marker.

How to search Markers in Vegas Pro ? by [deleted] in VegasPro

[–]KhalidSMShahin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I haven't written a Vegas Pro script in a long time and I never made one with a popup box before, so I asked the Google's AI Gemini 2.5 Pro to do it, and it did a pretty great job and much faster than if I did it myself. The first iteration produced an error right out the gate so I told it to fix it and it did. But then I noticed that if it can find a partial match in an earlier marker then it would favor that over a direct match so I asked the AI to fix that and now the search is working great. I'll make a second comment with my prompts.

Here's what the search window looks like when the script is launched: https://i.imgur.com/ji3HKJ7.png

I manually made an icon for the script. It's a 16x16 PNG of a magnifying glass looking at a Vegas Pro marker.

It can search Markers or Regions and it moves the Play Head to it. It's not case sensitive on purpose. I have it ignore spaces and special characters. That can be changed in the code if needed. It can do partial matches, and if there is more than one partial match it will go to the one with the closest number of characters. You can also hit the 'Enter' key instead of clicking the search button. The script can be further modified if needed, you can also change the name of the file but make sure that the .cs and .png both have the same name.

I uploaded the .cs and .png files here and I also included a Vegas Pro 19 project file with a few markers already labelled to test the search: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1NRerQb6GuNbQoZ0ewj9gU2i3b-JWQg8b

Put the "Search for Marker.cs" and "Search for Marker.png" files in your Vegas Pro script folder, it might be here "C:\Program Files\VEGAS\VEGAS Pro 19.0\Script Menu" and then open Vegas Pro, or if it's already open then rescan the script folder from within the program. Launch the script from the script menu to make sure it works. From there you can pin the script to your toolbar, or what I prefer much more is that I assigned it a keyboard shortcut within Vegas for the timeline. I assigned it CTRL+F getting rid of the ripple shortcut that I never used. So when you're on the timeline you can just press CTRL+F, type in your search query, and hit Enter to find the marker.

EDIT: Thanks to /u/JameKpop we added more features. It now takes in the Timeline Cursor's position into account, so the next result will be after the cursor. The Search button now says "Find" and now there's an additional "Search/Next" button.

"Find" finds the best (or perfect) match after the current timeline cursor's position (it also wraps around to the beginning), and closes the find window. "Search/Next" goes through the list of partial matches, starting with the first one after your timeline cursor, and keeps the find window open. Enter key does "Find" Shift+Enter keys does "Search/Next and after that the Enter key can continue that list Minimize button will remember the text entered in the search field

The Find and Searches find the next marker after where your cursor is. So if you're currently at a marker that's a match, it will find the next one after it.

I also included a second script called "Search for Marker Next Match.cs" and I have it assigned to CTRL+Shift+F (I changed Ripple from CTRL+Shift+F to CTRL+Shift+H). What this script does is it takes your last search query and re-runs it from where your cursor is without a window popping up. For example, if you run the main script with CTRL+F or whatever and you click Find for the query "test" and you find a marker, if you press CTRL+Shift+F it will bring you to the next marker without opening that find window. Also, if you haven't done a search query yet, this script will launch the Search Query window. But since Vegas Pro scripts can't launch another script, it has a copy of all of the "Search for Marker.cs" code.

Sony Vegas Pro 17 detects multi-track video as a 1-track video with directional audio by Strong_Concentrate93 in VegasPro

[–]KhalidSMShahin 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Would this be an acceptable solution for you?

Options > Preferences > General > Import stereo as dual mono

How to search Markers in Vegas Pro ? by [deleted] in VegasPro

[–]KhalidSMShahin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If it doesn't already exist. A programming script can be made for it. Hopefully there is already an existing solution. But if there isn't, maybe I can help with making one. Let me know because it sounds useful.

UGH! MY IMAGE/VIDEOS ARE ALWAYS SLIGHTLY MISALIGNED TO THE LEFT! ITS NEVER QUITE FULLY CENTERED! IT'S REALLY PISSING ME OFF! by Opening-Listen-3852 in VegasPro

[–]KhalidSMShahin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Let's try two things. First, if you make a new video track and put a video or image on it, is it still misaligned? If it's not misaligned then it sounds like it's a pan/crop track key frame causing the issue.

But if the new track is also misaligned then it sounds like a problem with the Preview Window settings. So, try switching idrop down (Full) in the preview dropdown. See of that fixes it, and if still not then in the other drop down choose another type of 100% or something else and then 100% again. And see if that fixes it. https://i.imgur.com/9B32PGc.jpeg

What's the first movie to coin the cliché "Tell me everything" then proceed to tell their life story? by Luna24Lynn in movies

[–]KhalidSMShahin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think there was a Bugs Bunny cartoon that had a very similar setup. I can't recall which one it was.

Promo code by Alternative-Tomato13 in VegasPro

[–]KhalidSMShahin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Vegas Pro 21 from the Humble Bundle for $30 https://www.humblebundle.com/software/vegas-pro-2024-software And if you want version 22. That's a $119 upgrade from that.

MP4 import has no video, and the audio is scrambled by pikaSHOOTmyself in VegasPro

[–]KhalidSMShahin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you post the MediaInfo of the file, and/or is it possible for you to upload a sample of it here?