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First time Vegas, Canon 60D
Hi all,
I usually work with FCP and sometimes Premier, but I have been asked to cut something on someone else’s computer using Vegas Pro 11. My video was shot on a Canon 60D at 1080 30i. They have asked for the final product to be a DVD. When I have tried playing the original footage in Vegas, it stutters… or choppy. Do I set the video prefs to 1080… or do I need to convert the footage first, as I do with FCP? I have Magic Bullet Grinder in case it needs to be converted.Thank you in advance.
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5 Replies
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You need to tell us more about the computer. Stuttering usually indicates that the computer is a bit underpowered. It should help if you reduce the quality of the preview window.
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Thanks Bob. Yes, it is underpowered… duo core 1.6. I usually use Macs… so this is all a new ballgame for me… but don’t have a choice in this moment. I figured the hd ftg was probably way more than the computer could handle, but was hoping it was more of a codec thing.
I will look at the preview window.
So.. what about the video prefs… 1080?
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Your project settings should match your video. If the video was recorded at 1080i-30fps, then your project settings should be the same.
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Thanks Dave and Bob…
I had everything set right… but still had the problems, therefore I think it’s just too slow of a computer to handle the footage. So I’ll just have to talk them into doing it on my Mac in FCP.
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The high bitrate compressed H.264 is too much for the CPU. You need a proxy in something like MPEG-2. You have Vegas 11 so you don’t have the VP12 Smart proxy feature so unfortunately you would have to do this manually.
As a point of reference, my core i7 860 2.9Ghz, can edit GoPro 1080p30 20Mbps files okay, but has issue with 1080p60 30Mbps files. The DSLRs put out more like 40Mbps.
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