• VEGAS Pro

  Sony Vegas 8 and AVCHD Files

  Posted by Spencer Honda on August 27, 2011 at 11:22 pm

  I figured that I’d have some problems with rendering AVCHD files since I’m using an old version of Sony Vegas. Is there a way past this? It usually crashes when I render, but I found a trick is that you have to close Sony Vegas and then open it and then render.

  Also, what’s the best settings to use to render these files?
  I use Sony AVC format.

  Quality Best
  AVC Format
  1280 x 720
  Profile Main
  CABAC
  25 FPS
  Field Order None
  1,0000 Pixel Aspect Ratio
  Bit Rate 2,000,000

  It always seems like I lose some video quality when rendering with these settings for any file format, not just the AVCHD.

  Any help would be awesome

  John Rofrano replied 14 years, 8 months ago 3 Members · 5 Replies
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  Stephen Mann

  August 28, 2011 at 4:36 am

  Version 8 was before AVCHD. download Version 10e demo and try that.
  (Make a copy of your .veg file first in case you want to go back).

  Steve Mann
  MannMade Digital Video
  http://www.mmdv.com
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  John Rofrano

  August 28, 2011 at 10:56 pm

  If you want to use the latest video formats, you need to buy the latest video software. I agree with Stephen, download the latest version of Vegas and see if it solves your problem. If it does, you have your answer. Trying to mak old software render to new formats is always trouble. It’s just not optimized to handle these formats.

  ~jr

  http://www.johnrofrano.com
  http://www.vasst.com
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  Spencer Honda

  August 28, 2011 at 11:39 pm

  Okay well I have Sony Vegas 10 now.
  It fixes the problems.

  But what are the best render settings to have a compressed file/smaller file and still have high quality.
  I just tried rendering with the Sony AVC MP4 format, and the quality is terrible.

  Or should I just render it with Sony AVC and the AVCHD format?
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  Stephen Mann

  August 29, 2011 at 2:31 am

  Bitrate.

  Higher bitrate = higher quality = larger filesize

  Adjust your bitrate to get your desired filesize or quality.

  Steve Mann
  MannMade Digital Video
  http://www.mmdv.com
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  John Rofrano

  August 29, 2011 at 3:00 am

  Yea start with the Internet 1280×720-25p template. That should produce really good quality at 8Mbps. Of course the AVCHD template will produce even high quality at 16Mbps. As Stephen said, higher bit rates equals higher quality.

  ~jr

  http://www.johnrofrano.com
  http://www.vasst.com

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