Vegas Pro 8 Smart Rendering?

[mjvgiese]

Does anyone know if Sony Vegas Pro 8 will smart render just plain mpeg files?

I ripped a .vob file from a regular dvd, then converted it to an mpeg (using vob2mpeg), and I want to edit it in Vegas and be able to use the smart render feature. Does anyone know if this would work? I can only find info saying that the smart render is for HDV and XDCAM HD, but I need it to work on just a regular mpeg file.

Does anyone know? I'd appreciate any help.

[guns1inger]

I don't believe it does. Vegas decompresses mpeg files to the timeline, so they have to be completely re-encoded. If your editing requirements aren't too great, use Womble Mpeg Wizard instead.

[trv130]

I´m using the trial version of vegas pro 8.0, imported files from a dvd camcorder and after editing it re-encoded only the edited parts of the video.

[sfalcon]

I think you should forget about Vegas 8. It does not accept files other than AVI. I tried it and returned to the version 7.ec...

[wolf2009]

I think you should forget about Vegas 8. It does not accept files other than AVI. I tried it and returned to the version 7.ec...

well it accepts wmv and mp4 files for me .