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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 
Track-at-Once Audio CD dialog displays the length of the current file and the amount of time remaining 
on the disc in your CD recorder. 
2.Choose a setting from the Action drop-down list:
Burn audio begins recording audio to your CD when you click the Start button. You will need to close 
the disc before it can be played in an audio CD player.
Test, then burn audio performs a test to determine whether your files can be written to the CD recorder 
without encountering buffer underruns. Recording begins after the test if it is successful.
Te s t  o n l y performs a test to determine whether your files can be written to the CD without encountering 
buffer underruns. No audio is recorded to the CD.
Close disc closes your disc without adding any audio when you click the Start button. Closing a disc 
allows your files to be played on an audio CD player.
Erase RW disc erases your rewritable CD when you click the Start button.
3.Select your burning options:
Erase RW disc before burning: If you’re using a rewritable CD, select this check box to erase the CD before 
you begin burning.
Close disc when done burning: Select this check box to close the CD after burning. Closing a disc allows 
your files to be played on an audio CD player.
Eject disc when done: Select this check box to eject the CD automatically when burning has completed.
Burn selection only: Select this check box to burn only the audio within the loop region.
4.From the Drive drop-down list, choose the CD drive that you want to use to burn your CD.
5.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 if you have difficulty burning.
6.Click the Start button.
Wa rn i ng : Clicking the Cancel button after the disc-writing 
process has begun will render your disc unusable.
7.When the writing process is complete, a confirmation message displays. Click OK to clear the message.
Closing a track-at-once CD
1.From the Tools menu, choose Burn CD, and choose Track-at-Once Audio CD from the submenu. The Create 
CD dialog appears.
2.Click the Close Disc button.
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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 protection check box if your CD recorder supports buffer underrun protection. 
Buffer underrun protection allows a CD recorder to stop and resume burning.
Note: Buffer underrun protection can create a disc that can 
be played in CD players, but may contain a bit error where 
burning stopped and restarted. Consider clearing this check 
box when creating a premaster disc.
5.Choose a radio button in the Burn mode box:
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.
Test only (do not 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.
6.Select the Render temporary image before burning check box if you want to render your CD project to a 
temporary file before recording. Prerendering can prevent buffer underruns if you have a complex project 
that cannot be rendered and burned in real time.
Note: The rendered temporary file will remain until you 
modify your project or exit. If an image file exists when you 
open the Burn Disc-at-Once Audio CD dialog, the check box 
is displayed as Use existing rendered temporary image.
7.Select the Automatically erase rewritable discs check box if you’re burning to rewritable media and want to 
erase the disc before burning.
8.Select the Eject when done check box if you want the CD to eject automatically when burning has 
completed.
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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.
b.Choose a template from the Te m p l a t e drop-down list to specify the parameters that should be used 
for rendering your file, or click the 
Custom button to create a new template.
c.Select the Render loop region only check box if you want to use only a portion of your project. If the 
check box is cleared, the entire project will be rendered and saved to the Video CD.
d.Select the Stretch video to fill output frame check box if you want your video to be reformatted so it 
fills the output frame size listed in the 
Description box. When the check box is cleared, the current 
aspect ratio is maintained and black borders are added to fill the extra frame area (letterbox). This 
option is useful when the desired output format does not match the frame aspect ratio of you 
project.
Note: Clear the Fast video resizing check box if you see unacceptable artifacts in the rendered video. 
Turning off this option can correct the artifacts, but your rendering times will increase 
significantly.
If you want to use an already-rendered MPEG file, select the Use an existing file radio button, and 
enter the path to the file in the 
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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.
Test only (do not 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.
b.From the Burn speed drop-down list, choose the speed at which you want to record. Max will record 
using the fastest speed possible with your drive; decrease the speed if you have difficulty recording.
4.Your movie is recorded to the CD. When recording is finished, you can select the Save movie file check box 
to keep the MPEG file that was rendered, or you can clear the check box to delete the file.
5.Click Finish.
Creating a multimedia CD
From the Tools menu, choose Burn CD and choose Multimedia CD from the submenu to render your project 
and burn it to a data CD. The rendered project can be played in any computer with the appropriate player.
1.From the Tools menu, choose Burn CD, and choose Multimedia CD from the submenu. The Burn 
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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 
Description box. When the check box is cleared, the current aspect ratio is 
maintained and black borders are added to fill the extra frame area (letterboxing). 
 Clear the Fast video resizing check box if you see unacceptable artifacts in the rendered video. Turning 
off this option can correct the artifacts, but it increases rendering time significantly.
 Select the Play movie inside web page check box to create an HTML page and embed the finished video 
in it.
 Select the Include movie player installer check box to include a media player installer on the CD. Click the 
Browse button to locate the installer file.
From the Speed drop-down list, choose the speed at which you want to record. The Max option records 
using the fastest speed possible with your drive. Decrease the speed if you have difficulty recording.
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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.)
Note: To use scripts that were created for Vegas 4.0 
software, youll need to revise the scripts namespace from 
SonicFoundry.Vegas to Sony.Vegas. For example, the line 
that includes “import SonicFoundry.Vegas;” should be 
changed to “import Sony.Vegas;” before running the script.
This feature is available only in the full version of Vegas software.
Running a script
1.From the To o l s menu, choose Scripting, and then choose Run Script from the submenu. The Run Script 
dialog is displayed.
2.Browse to the script file (.vb or .js) you want to run.
3.Select the file and click the Open button. The script runs.
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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.
2.From the Tools menu, choose Scripting, and then choose Rescan Script Menu Folder to update the menu.
Creating a script
The Microsoft .NET framework is used for scripting. You can write scripts in JScript or Visual Basic .NET.
For more information on JScript®, see
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/jscript7/html/jsoriJScript.asp.
For more information on Visual Basic® .NET, see
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vbcn7/html/vaconProgrammingWithVB.asp.
Editing an existing script
All you need to edit a script is a simple text editor (and a working knowledge of JScript or Visual Basic .NET 
scripting). The scripts that are included are fully commented to help you find and edit the parameters you 
need.
1.Create a copy of the script (.vb or .js) file you want to edit, assigning a descriptive name to the copy.
2.Open the new copy of the script in your text editor.
3.Edit the script as needed. The comments in the script will help you find the parameters you need to edit.
Comments are indicated with double forward slashes: //.
For example, the AddEffectToAllMedia.js script includes the following lines:
// This is the full name of the effect plug-in you want to add.
var plugInName = Sony Timecode;
// This is the name of the preset you want. Set this to null if you
// want the default preset.
var presetName = SMPTE Drop (29.97 fps);
The default script applies the Sony Timecode plug-in to all video media in your project using the SMPTE 
Drop (29.97 fps) preset. If you wanted to apply the Broadcast Colors plug-in’s Extremely Conservative - 
7.5 Setup preset to all audio media, you could edit the script as follows (changes appear in red):
// This is the full name of the effect plug-in you want to add.
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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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