Sony Vegas 6 Manual

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Burning audio CDs
You can burn either single tracks (track-at-once) or the entire disc (disc-at-once).
Burning single tracks (track-at-once)
You can burn your Vegas project as a single track (track-at-once). Once you have burned all your tracks to 
the CD, you must close the disc before it can be played.
Burning a track-at-once CD
1.From the To o l s menu, choose Burn CD, and choose Track-at-Once Audio CD from the submenu. The Burn 
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Burning a disc (disc-at-once)
1.From the Tools menu, choose Burn CD, and choose Disc-at-Once Audio CD from the submenu. The Burn 
Disc-at-Once Audio CD dialog appears
2.From the Drive drop-down list, use the CD drive that you want to use to burn your CD.
3.From the Speed drop-down list, choose the speed at which you want to burn. Max will use your drive’s 
fastest possible speed; decrease the setting to prevent the possibility of buffer underruns.
4.Select the Buffer underrun...

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Burning video CDs
Video CDs can be played in many home DVD players and on computers with a CD-ROM drive and VCD 
player software.
1.From the To o l s menu, choose Burn CD and choose Video CD from the submenu. The Burn Video CD 
dialog is displayed.
2.Choose the movie file you want to use:
 If you want to render the current project, select the Render format radio button.
a.Edit the contents of the File path box to specify the name and location of your rendered file.
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3.Select recording options for your CD-recordable drive:
a.Choose a burn mode:
Burn CDs begins recording audio to your CD immediately.
Test first, then burn CDs performs a test to determine whether your files can be written to the CD 
recorder without encountering buffer underruns. No audio is recorded to the CD during the test, and 
recording begins after the test if it is successful.
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2.Select the options for burning the multimedia CD:
 Choose the appropriate format and template for rendering the project from the Format and Te m p l a t e 
drop-down lists.
 Select the Render loop region only check box to burn only a portion of your project.
 Select the Stretch video to fill output frame check box to have your video reformatted so that it fills the 
output frame size listed in the 
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Using Scripting
Using the scripting features, Vegas® software becomes an even more powerful and flexible tool. You can use 
scripting to streamline repetitive tasks, integrate with external applications, and implement customized 
features. 
To use scripting, you’ll need to install the Microsoft® .NET Framework. This component is available from 
the Microsoft Windows® Update site. (Choose 
Windows Update from the  menu.)
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Adding scripts to the Scripting menu
When you start the program, Vegas software looks at the Script Menu folder in the Vegas program folder to 
determine which scripts appear in the Scripting submenu. This folder is 
c:\Program Files\Sony\Vegas 6.0\Script 
Menu
 by default.
1.Add or delete scripts in the Script Menu folder to change the contents of the submenu.
Note: To prevent duplication of script files, you can use 
shortcuts in the Script Menu folder.
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// This is the name of the preset you want. Set this to null if you
// want the default preset.
var presetName = Extremely Conservative - 7.5 Setup;
The plugInName variable should use the plug-in name that is displayed in the Plug-In Chooser. The 
presetName variable should use the preset name that is displayed in the Preset box in the FX window.
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