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When I drop my AVCHD .mts clips from my Canon HF10
camera into Sony Vegas Platinum
(consumer version), and then use the make DVD wizard, it renders and
then sends my media files to DVD architect 4.5 and then burns my DVD to
look spectacular. This is fantastic because my project I'm working on
is going on
4.7GB DVDs for commercial DVD players or computers. I simply shot in HD
because I wanted the option in the future to burn to Blu-ray, but won't
be doing that as of yet.

I run a Final Cut-based studio. We also have a membership service in which we provide information and assistance to producers who are creating and marketing special interest and how-to videos. Many of my members and clients use Sony Vegas so I want to outfit a basic editing system with Vegas Platinum so that I can better support them.

Can anyone provide a recommendation on the minimum practical hardware for running Vegas Platinum? I know what it says on the box, but reality and specs are often quite different. I'd like to hear from actual users.

I use Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum for video editing. I just purchased Cinescore.

Is there a preferred order to editing? Should I do all my video stuff first, then add the music via Cinescore? I'm guessing this is the correct way to do it since if I mess with the video after making music, I'll be busting up the nice music or the timing of the video. If I want to make changes in the video after doing the music in Cinescore, is it a big hassle to correct the music?

<p class="MsoNormal">I got the Camcorder - Panasonic mini-DV320.
<p class="MsoNormal">Nice.
<p class="MsoNormal">Bought Vegas Platinum 8. Connected USB cable, captured my first video but didn't get the sound.
<p class="MsoNormal">Did I have to connect RCA cables?
<p class="MsoNormal">Please help.