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Why does sony vegas glitch?
I am currently using an hp pavilion w/ 3.2 ghz pentium dual core,4 gig dd3 RAM,and 1tb 7200 rpm HD with windows 7 premium 64 bit.I am using sony vegas studio hd platinum 10.So heres my problem; for every other clip when im playing back a video it starts glitching on the transition and only in the transition.The frames go all crazy during the transition and the problem leads all the way to the final render.I render out my video and on the transition it is still glitchy.everything else is working perfectly fine other than the transitions.I use mpg2 files for vegas.does vegas only support some files to work best for sony vegas?im asking this so I can try to convert them to file that will maybe fit vegas better(if it will work better).anyways…can someone tell me my problem? I posted something simalar to this and im sorry but i didnt get any replys back and I dont know how to send messages with this forum and I am desperate for help!!! I have a video due on monday and the only thing thats stopping me is that stupid glitch on the transition.
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[Alex Vallin] “I use mpg2 files for vegas. does vegas only support some files to work best for sony vegas?im asking this so I can try to convert them to file that will maybe fit vegas better(if it will work better).anyways…can someone tell me my problem?”
Yes, some formats will edit smoother than others. Formats like MPEG2 and AVCHD use interframe compression which means that you must process multiple frames in order to reconstruct just one. This makes it difficult to edit. Formats like DV, Lagarith, HuffYUV, Sony YUV, CineForm, use intraframe compression in which each frames stands on it’s own which makes these much easier to decompress and edit.
You didn’t say if you are working with HD or SD MPEG2 footage. What camera does it come from? If it’s SD you might want to convert the files to DV. If it’s HD you might want to convert the Lagarith or HuffYUV. I would recommend CineForm but it cost $99 USD which is probably what you paid for Movie Studio HD 10.
~jr
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Your PC is barely enough horsepower to work with any HD format, let alone MPEG. I have almost the same PC, but a quad-core processor and it is just fast enough for HDV. Also, if you only have one HDD, then you are handicapping your editing. Ideally you should have a second HDD for your media.
Steve Mann
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its a really basic little photo/video camera that shoots at 640×480 coming from a pro duo memory card.How do i convert to dv? im not really sure how that works since i am only familiar with media formats like mpg,mov,avi,wmv etc…to convert files i use a program called format factory or sometimes I use adobe after effects to do some effects and I render out the file as a avi.
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it makes a difference having a second hdd? i have another one (250gb seagate 7200rpm baracuda).but why should I put it? my harddrive/computer is used for video and photo editing for my video production and photography class.and im gunna be getting an intel core 2 quad core @2.8Ghz soon
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Your PC is already slightly underpowered for video editing, so why burden the hard-disk with windows housekeeping tasks, Vegas program routines and reading/writing video data at the same time?
Steve Mann
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[Alex Vallin] “its a really basic little photo/video camera that shoots at 640×480 coming from a pro duo memory card”
What project settings are you using? You should be using Custom settings because that’s a custom format. Go into your Project Properties (Alt+Enter) and use the Match Media Settings button to match your project to the media. This should give you smoother playback.
~jr
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[Alex Vallin] ” im gunna be getting an intel core 2 quad core @2.8Ghz soon”
As Stephen pointed out, you unfortunately have a dud processor. The Intel Pentium Duo Core is actually slower than a single core. That’s why Intel came out with the Core 2 Duo to designate that it was a second generation and better performing. I see you are planning to get a Core 2 Quad. That is old technology too now. You should be getting an Intel Core i7 processor for editing video.
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I dont have the money for an I7 and I doubt my motherboard isnt compatible with it,my best chance is a core 2 quad 🙁 as long as it renders movies decent(which mine already does,just doesnt do transitions right on vegas SOMETIMES -___-,the transitions come out nice on premiere pro but the playback sucks on there) i think the core 2 quad will do.its a pretty big upgrade.thanks for the help both of you.I will match the settings now to fit my video.everything is perfect other than the transitions.my computer is capable of handling after effects which is my main color correcting,special effects tool and I just use sony vegas to piece all the clips together and add audio.
thanks a lot guys,i appreciate it
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