Lowlypawn's Render Settings Tutorial Using Sony Vegas

Part 1 Sony AVC 0:25
Part 2 Main Concept 10:08
Part 3 Windows Media Video 14:27
Part 4 Avid DNxHD + handbrake 18:31
Part 5 VP8 (WEBM) 21:06
Part 6 Youtube info 26:20
Part 7 Conclusion 31:17

Test Videos:
Sony AVC @ 1 MBPS http://youtu.be/snT976rikjY
Sony AVC @ 3 MBPS http://youtu.be/5dLkbclGOGA
Sony AVC @ 5 MBPS http://youtu.be/nOMOgNZiZMQ
Sony AVC @ 7 MBPS http://youtu.be/hyhAG2UwJJI
Sony AVC @ 10 MBPS http://youtu.be/glGlmhQqhkY
Sony AVC @ 15 MBPS http://youtu.be/GPzhgt3KEfQ
Sony AVC @ 20 MBPS http://youtu.be/4ORKAg0GCuk
Main Concept @ 7-10MBPS http://youtu.be/LwDyuVmwqgM
WMV @ 10 MBPS http://youtu.be/NbteJ6oL7kI
VP8 (WEBM) @ 10 MBPS http://youtu.be/MXUTIgn2XVE

Avid DNxHD+ Handbrake http://youtu.be/rWMX5lSvEgY

60 FPS test http://youtu.be/01OGwN0vwlc
24 FPS test http://youtu.be/Ntu2V2sf15w


Uploaded file info:

Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 256 MiB
Duration : 35mn 39s
Overall bit rate : 1 004 Kbps
TCOD : 0
TCDO : 21397709667

Video
ID : 0
Format : VP8
Codec ID : VP80
Duration : 35mn 39s
Bit rate : 870 Kbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.014
Stream size : 222 MiB (87%)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Mode : Joint stereo
Mode extension : MS Stereo
Codec ID : 55
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Duration : 35mn 39s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 32.7 MiB (13%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 1001 ms (30.01 video frames)

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Tutorial
• Sony Vegas
• Editing
• codec
• VP8
• WEBM
• rendering
• H.264
• WMV
• AVID
• DNxHD
• Handbrake

[MattS6993]

Can you get this for free? or only the trial version free?

[lowlypawn]

@MattS6993 What do you mean by "this"? Sony Vegas is not free, but you can purchase the "Movie Studio" version (as seen in this video) for around 90 bucks which has more features then most users will ever need, the Pro version is just overkill for 99% of the users. I personally don't condone piracy but if you absolutely can't scrape together 90 bucks the Vegas Pro version is widely available online if you know what I mean.... All the codecs seen in this video are free.

[Kevfactor]

for youtube i stick with wmv mainly because i've had a lot of trouble with audio sync with mp4s

[VWAWrestlingHD]

@TarikProductions alright I'll look into it. Thanks.

[TarikProductions]

@VWAWrestlingHD Honestly, there is none. Everyone is good in their own way. I usually render in avi h.264

[VWAWrestlingHD]

@TarikProductions Alright. What I'm trying is to achieve the best lossless quality possible to upload videos to YouTube. The best quality possible, same colors as the ones I edited to the footage in Vegas and not darker ones, and smooth frames. Sorry for being picky, but I can't find any help anywhere else, so thank you so much for replying.

[TarikProductions]

@VWAWrestlingHD I dont think that is possible. There are other codecs you can render to, its not that important to render it to .mp4 if you dont want to tweak the color before you render.

[VWAWrestlingHD]

@TarikProductions I prefer rendering in MP4, but I don't know how to change the codecs, plus I wanted to keep the colors and brightness I'm using in my project without having to change them before rendering. Any help would be appreciated.

[TarikProductions]

@VWAWrestlingHD Well there isnt any fix for it. You will just have to brighten the clip before rendering.

It depends on what the codec is before you render it TO mp4.

[VWAWrestlingHD]

@TarikProductions I was looking for a fix to that issue.

[TarikProductions]

From my experience, all codecs that render in to mp4 lose a little bit of color, and darkens the video a little.