Speed Edit to VT4 DDR problem

[colemab]

I edited several files in Speed Edit and saved the files. My VT4 did not recognize the files and the files would not load into my DDR. I tried several of the other save options but none worked in the VT4. The files re-loaded okay in Speed Edit. Is there something that I am doing wrong as to why the files will not work in the VT4?

[Jim_C]

Speed Edit is not meant to be backward compatible with VT4.

Way too many things changed under the hood.


Although rendering a normal DV file or NT25 should work within VT4 just fine.

What codec did you save the files with?

[ted]

Rendering to .rtv should work fine with VT4 also.

[colemab]

Newtek...
Why wasn't Speed Edit made to work in VT4.5 as a ".VTP"? When is the VT5 coming out?????????

[rbartlett]

It only works the other way around and that would assume a recent VT build in the main.

VTP is a project not a standard. So new projects are not backwards compatible.

When VT[5] arrives, it would be wise for the regime to change so as to synchronize functions at that point onwards.

There is always more than one way of describing something in software or in a document. NewTek have moved on to better ways. This apparently includes the project loading code.

The alternatives for the developers would have been possibly one of:
In SpeedEDIT: "save as VT[4]"
In a VT[4] 4.7: "Load what you can, if it doesn't make sense [skip] and move on to the next piece to load"

Either way, you lose something. Rendering out is a better interchange format right now. Exactly where a frame (AV) server would come in handy.

[Adam_LightPlay]

Also, VTP is a project. A small file like an edit decision list, or a recipie that requires ingredients. It's going to look for all files necessary to re-create the SE project. So unless you are running Speed Edit and VT4 on the same PC, you would have to move all the files into identically named files and paths on your VT4. Rendering in a nice codec like NT 25 or DV Type 2 .avi seems a lot easier.