Sony Vegas 10 MP4 Rendering

[ArtOfLosingMFZB]

Hi, I have a project in Sony Vegas 10 that I am trying to render to x264 MP4, and I'm wondering what the best solution is for doing that. I usually encode my video with MeGUI, so I tried exporting the video in an uncompressed AVI format, but MeGUI refused to open the file every time I tried to create an avisynth script for it (when using the FileIndexer, i got the "insanity error, blank frame detected" or whatever.) Then I tried FrameServing into MeGUI and that didn't work at all either.

SO is there an easier way to do this? I want to use CRF encoding, which isn't available in Sony Vegas Pro 10 (unless I'm an idiot, which is entirely possible.) Have the x264 MP4, or Sony AVC render settings improved in Vegas Pro 11 to the point where I would be easily able to do this? If so, I'll probably just upgrade.

Anyway, hopefully someone understands what I'm trying to say. Thanks in advance for any help, I really appreciate it.

[aedipuss]

sony vegas pro is up to version 12. doubtful it added crf but they do have single pass vbr which works fine. just don't starve it for bitrate. in version 10 use the sony avc encoder. version 9/11 use the mainconcept avc encoder. 12 i don't have, so i can't tell you which is better.

[poisondeathray]

Debugmode frameserver works for vegas => megui or any other GUI. There are many guides. Give more details on what's not working or error messages you get

You don' t use file indexer in megui, you use simple 1 line script AVISource("PATH\signpost.avi")

You might have to ConvertToYV12 using PC levels matrix depending on how you have the vegas project set up e.g. studio RGB setup (otherwise levels will be messed up)

[_Al_]

... that script would be :
(without applying Sony levels effect on clips, studio RGB to computer RGB, if you did not heard about this , the scripts below are valid ) ,
for interlace video,

AVISource("PATH\signpost.avi")
ConvertToYV12(interlaced=true, matrix="PC.709")

and for progressive video

AVISource("PATH\signpost.avi")
ConvertToYV12(matrix="PC.709")

Debugmode frame server exports whatever Vegas projects settings properties are, be careful , not the clip properties on Vegas' timeline

[ArtOfLosingMFZB]

You don' t use file indexer in megui, you use simple 1 line script AVISource("PATH\signpost.avi")

Yup, that right there was the problem. I was trying to use 'file indexer' and 'one-click encode' like an idiot. Once I used AVISource, everything worked fine and exactly like I wanted it to, thank you for pointing that out.

And, yes, I did have to CovertToYV12; MeGUI detected that it needed to be done and prompted me to do it, which was nice.