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Rendering over the network, but not network rendering?
So, Sony nixed network rendering in SVP 10. Got it.
I have a second four-core PC in the house. Gigabit network set up.
I have more rendering to do than I have patience for.
Does anyone have experience using Vegas on a second PC to render material that’s on a different machine?
Rig 1 is a first-gen i5 with all the project files and source material on it, Win 7 64.
Rig 2 is a Phenom II X4 955, 4 GB, Asus M4A785T-M. Oh, it’s Win 7 32. I guess that kind of rules out using Vegas 12, then.
Okay, maybe we’re down to a rhetorical discussion, then. Possible, or am I in la-la land, dreaming of having a second machine help with the heavy lifting?
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You could share the media from one PC read-only and render to a shared network drive that has write access. That assumes you can run vegas on both PC’s and can partition the project into separate parts that would then need to be stitched back together somehow. That is what the Sony network rendering did for you… it stitched the video back together after the separate renders. I don’t know how you would accomplish this yourself.
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Why does the media have to be read-only? Vegas is non-destructive and never writes to the original media files. I have done exactly what the OP suggested, but it was so much easier to just copy the media to the second PC. BTW, to the OP: the second PC was running Vegas 11 and the main machine was V12. You cannot run two copies of your single license at the same time.
Steve Mann
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Cannot, or should not? As in, will it not work, or is it something Sony would be very upset about were they to find out?
The idea is tempting, but all the projects were made in Vegas 12, which leads me to think opening them in 11 would be a non-starter.
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Should not. Sony’s licensing terms are very generous and long-term users like myself cherish and guard the policy of installing your software on a second PC as long as only one is used at a time.
Also, I did not realize much savings in time at the end of the project.
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[Stephen Mann] “Why does the media have to be read-only? Vegas is non-destructive and never writes to the original media files.”
Yes but does create those pesky .sfk files that it leaves lying all over your hard drive so mounting the drive read-only avoids two copies of Vegas trying to create the same .sfk files at the same time.
~jr
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[Scott Simpson] “The idea is tempting, but all the projects were made in Vegas 12, which leads me to think opening them in 11 would be a non-starter.”
That’s correct. Vegas Pro 12.0 projects will not open in Vegas Pro 11.0 so that would be hard to do.
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[Stephen Mann] “Sony’s licensing terms are very generous and long-term users like myself cherish and guard the policy of installing your software on a second PC as long as only one is used at a time.”
I would go check the latest license. I don’t believe is says that anymore. The current End User License Agreement states:
Sony grants you a limited license to use the Software only on one (1) computer or mobile device, as applicable, and you may create one (1) back up copy of the Software.
Which is ridiculous because every professional piece of software I own allows you to install it on at least 2 computers and every professional I work with has at least 2 computers. Luckily, Sony doesn’t lock the software down with activation like Adobe does.
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I don’t see that. The PC running Vegas is going to get the .sf* files regardless if the source media is read only or RW.
Sounds like an experiment is in order….
Steve Mann
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Here’s the problem I was addressing: For some reason, when I switch between versions of Vegas Pro, I notice that sometimes when I open a project it starts rebuilding the audio peaks (that’s what this files are). So if you are using Vegas Pro 12.0 and Vegas Pro 11.0 on the same files on a shared drive, there is the possibility that one of them might decide to rebuild the audio peaks. Keeping the drive read-only will prevent this.
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OK, got it.
I’m still bummed about the license term changes.Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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