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  • Are These Rendering Speeds Normal?

    Posted by Adam Warren on November 5, 2011 at 8:07 pm

    I have a brand new computer with only a few programs and a few small files on it.

    My computer
    16 RAM
    Windows 7 64 bit
    Intel(R) Core i7 2600CPOU @ 3.40 GHZ 8MB Cache
    NVIDIA Geforce GT530

    I have 1.72 TB free of 1.80


    Now for my question,
    my prior computer had 4GB RAM good graphics card, etc. it was a laptop – to render a 1280×720 HD video in vegas it would take me 45minutes – 1 hr PER minute!

    My new computer, the first thing I did was try to render 1 minute of 1280×720 HD video. It rendered 1 minute in a little over 1 minute. GREAT!

    Then I added some programs to my computer (Photoshop CS5 design suite, Sony DVD Architect, Autocad and Revit architecture) NO files for those yet though. I also hadded some short video to finally render. I was rendering in 1920×1080 it was taking about 2.5 minutes per minute.

    well, the next day my rendering speeds increased 2-3X … WTF

    Windows updated several times between then.

    With my computer stats, should a 1280×720 with NO effects 1 video and audio track be taking 2.5-3 minutes per minute, and a 1920×1080 be taking 5.5-8.5 per minute (depending on what priority I set)??


    I also attempted to create my first DVD using Sony DVD architect 5.0

    It has 18 minutes worth of video. After 30 minutes and still 0% complete in the rendering/burning process I canceled. At that point it said it was going to take over 10hrs and counting…

    That cant be right can it??

    any input?

    Adam Warren replied 14 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 5 Replies
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  • Steve Rhoden

    November 6, 2011 at 4:27 am

    Those render times you are getting should be better
    for the system that you have.Especially your Architect
    burning…Hard to say what your issue is. What version of Vegas
    do you have?

    Steve Rhoden
    (Cow Leader)
    Film Maker
    Filmex Creative Media.
    1-876-832-4956
    https://filmex-creative-media.blogspot.com/

  • Adam Warren

    November 6, 2011 at 7:46 am

    Oh I just realized,

    during my first renderings I encounters an error – system low on memory or something of the sorts – and I looked up to fix it by changing dynamic ram to 0 – it was at 800 or 900.

    Does dynamic ram affect rendering speed?

    I cant understand how I went from rendering a 1 minute 1280×720 HD 1 track video in about 1min 1min15seconds to it taking 2-3 minutes only hours later…

  • Steve Rhoden

    November 6, 2011 at 11:11 am

    Dynamic ram dont affect rendering speeds…it is for previewing
    the timeline in real-time.

    Steve Rhoden
    (Cow Leader)
    Film Maker
    Filmex Creative Media.
    1-876-832-4956
    https://filmex-creative-media.blogspot.com/

  • Adam Warren

    November 6, 2011 at 10:02 pm

    I am using Sony Vegas 10 Movie Studio HD Platinum

    Last night I rendered a 7 minute 1280×720 video with 1 video track, 2 audio tracks, and 2 effects (sharpen and brightness/contrast)it had about 45 splits in it. no transitions / fades / changes in opacity, etc.

    It took approx 35 minutes to finish.

    Today I tested 1 minute of 1280×720 HD video: 1 minute video and audio track

    settings for all videos to render at “best” and rendered at “sharpest” and reduced bit rate from 6 to 3

    First try – No effects – 1:25 to render

    Second try – 1 effect (sharpen) 1:42 to render

    Third try – 2 effects (sharpen and contrast) 1:48 to render)

  • Adam Warren

    November 9, 2011 at 1:17 am

    Any idea why my rendering speeds would increased so much for no apparent reason?? It almost seems like its increasing more each day… and I unistalled my other programs to see if the slow down..

    On my old computer (4gs of ram) rendering took FOREVER – 20 minutes for 1 minute of 480SD wmv. 45 minutes for 720hd dont even try 1080… frankly that seemed screwed up I had lots of free space and a good computer (compared to what others were using and rendering very fast)

    My new computer is a vast improvement, and it should be considering the system (see original post)but it does not seem right considering the sudden slow down in rendering speeds

    I keep rendering the same 1 minute 1track no effect 1280×720 file to test it. Sometimes it will do it in 1.5 minutes, sometimes it takes close to 3 minutes… Originally it took about 1 minute before it seemed to go whacko.

    If I render in windows movie maker (both files being rendered are AVCHD rendering to WMV.) windows movie maker will render the exact same file in 1080HD in 30-40 seconds, and an SD version in 15-20…

    Is my vegas just bad maybe?? (though on my old computer I used both a downloaded trail version AND a purchased CD – which I am using now)

    Is there some settings I am missing? Can I dedicate ram just to vegas (though I have 1.72 of 1.8TB free… )

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