Joining projects

dijego · Post by **dijego** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 2:21 pm

Ok, first of all Video Studio 11 RULES! And sorry for stupid question

Now.. i have multiple separate vsp projects (files) but they are all intented for the same movie of mine. Is there a way that i can join this projects in VSP format when i want to create movie in the end and then export it to the dvd, because i want lose any quality doing something like that.. Or do i have to export each project to a clip on my hard drive and then import those clips in my final project

Clevo · Post by **Clevo** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 2:26 pm

The latter is more likely. VSP files if you notice by the file size doesn;t actually contain any footage. Just markers.

If your final output is DVD then go ahead a render them as a mpeg2 DVD file and start a new project and drag the files over to the new project.

GuyL · Post by **GuyL** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 2:37 pm

Assuming your projects all use the same settings, render your projects to a file using the project settings and then import those clips into the master project.

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 2:46 pm

Although the advice by Clevo and Guy is correct, you can also add a VSP to the current VSP, by clicking the Insert Media Files into Timeline button (the folder icon above the timeline).

I must tell you, though, that I tried this once and was not happy with the quality of the nested VSP, so I resorted to the previous advice given.

dijego · Post by **dijego** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:22 pm

thanx guys for quick responses, that helped me
indeed black lab, i inserted vsp to vsp and it works, although sometimes i get message file format missmatch and i asume it is becouse some project settings are not the same.. and i will see quality once i export it all to test dvd.. if the first solution is better, i will export each project to mpeg2 as said..

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:24 pm

What format are the clips you are working with - MPEG2 or AVI?

dijego · Post by **dijego** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:20 pm

oh i figured it out.. the message file format mismatch is actually just that my dvd wasnt inserted, i mean the dvd that has source material for project such as pictures and clips

Black Lab wrote:What format are the clips you are working with - MPEG2 or AVI?

well if you mean the clips that i use for project before i export the project to the final format, i use both mpg and avi clips, and wmv also

thanx again

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:29 pm

Oh, ok. If they were all AVI then I was going to suggest rendering to a whole AVI file before inserting into your other project. Since they are mixed you will probably be better off rendering to MPEG-2, since that will be your final format.

You just want to render as few times as possible, especially when using lossy formats such as MPEG-2.