yup. still boring.

[frayadjacent]

OMG how do people viiiid?????  I am so bored of clipping.  I need a snack, maybe?

In other news, I went on my first run in almost 3 weeks.  Cramps + migraines + sinus infections conspired to get me irrecoverably off the half-marathon training path.  :(  Well, at least I'm running again.

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[frayadjacent]

Well, I guess if you have enough hard drive space, you could load an entire movie into your video editing program?

And if you have PC, you can use AviSynth, which makes virtual clips from your main source file that your video editing software uses. So AviSynth basically tricks your editing program into thinking it's referencing clips, when it's actually referencing the original file. Maybe this can even be done with .VOBs? Not sure, though!

Eh, I just realized this is sort of separate from your question. So obviously I don't know the answer! But I'm guessing it involves AviSynth in some way.

[violace]

*butts in*
I use virtual files for vidding! But that doesn't mean I can avoid clipping - I just do it all right inside Vegas, where I can create folders and subclips and stuff. I guess it's less stressful for me that way, but clipping is still the woooorst part of vidding.

I admire those who can just scrub through their source, pick exactly the clips they need and place them right on the timeline. I'm such a hoarder when it comes to clipping.

[frayadjacent]

Yeah, there's really no way to get around scrubbing through footage to find what you want and need. Being able to combine that with editing probably makes it less painful -- and means you make fewer clips you don't use, I imagine.

Ha ha, I like the image of a vidder jealously guarding all her unneeded clips. "I might use those some day!!" I totally get that. :D

ETA (again): so, you use Vegas. What kind of files can you import? VOBs? MKVs? Do you use AviSynth? Do you run into stability issues with certain codecs or filetypes?

[violace]

"I might use those some day!!"
YUP. Exactly like that. :D

I've never tried importing VOBs. MKVs don't work - that's the file type I get my footage from most of the time, and the main reason I use virtual files.
But it imports the more common file types fine: avi, mp4, mov, etc.

Things can get tricky when you're running 64bit Vegas, which I am - it requires 64bit versions of most codecs to import certain file types (like avi), and it can be difficult to get hold of some of those. There's a workaround, although it probably won't work for future versions of Vegas.

Other than that, I've never had any codec or filetype related issues!

There's no way to use AviSynth scripts directly in Vegas like there is with Premiere, for example. But I do use scripts to create my virtual files, "dummy" avi files, which I then import into Vegas. Back when I used to save all my clips on my hard drive I opened the scripts in VirtualDub and clipped with that. :) I don't do anything fancy with AviSynth, though - I correct the colorspace and aspect ratio if needed, and combine audio and video, or all episodes of one season.

[frayadjacent]

Good to know. Thanks! The PC I might use is 64 bit. If I do decide to try out Vegas, can I give you a shout?

[violace]

Of course! :)