• VEGAS Pro

  Transitions hanging up

  Posted by Dan Mauk on March 10, 2011 at 7:42 pm

  I’m a beginning film maker and have completed a couple of short movies using SV basics. In my latest project, the preview window looks fine until it gets to a transition, then all the transitions become herky-jerky. I have the window set at Preview(Auto). Also, rendering an 8 minute project took 15 hours! Before importing to SV, I converted the file from my Sony Camcorder format, vob, to wmv.

  I’m wondering if I have enough computer power to use SV Movie Studio 9.0 HD. Here’s the system specs:

  Graphics Card: 256 MB NVidia Quadro NVS 110M
  OS: Windows XP
  System Model: Dell Latitude D820, Intel Core 2, 1.66Ghz, 667 Mhz
  Memory: 2.0GB, DDr2-667 SDRAM, 2 DIMM

  Any help/advice would be appreciated!

  Dan Mauk replied 15 years, 6 months ago 3 Members · 6 Replies
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  Danny Hays

  March 11, 2011 at 6:51 am

  try just changing the extention of your .vob files to .mpg and edit those and see what difference that makes. Editing .wmv files is hard on the CPU.
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  Mike Kujbida

  March 11, 2011 at 1:54 pm

  If Danny’s suggestion doesn’t work, convert them to DV-AVI.
  WMV is a well-know system resource hog.
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  Dan Mauk

  March 11, 2011 at 3:59 pm

  Thanks, can you offer an opinion on the power of my computer (or lack of it) to edit video?
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  Mike Kujbida

  March 11, 2011 at 5:19 pm

  Dan, the bottom line is that your computer is several generations behind.
  Sony says that you only need an 800 MHz processor (2.8 GHz recommended for HDV and AVCHD) but keep in mind that these are bare bones minimum specs which result in mediocre performance.
  If you’re not comfortable building your own computer, get a reputable (and knowledgeable!!) shop to do it for you as you will save money over buying one off the shelf from a big box store.
  Ideally you want a machine with an i7 processor running Windows 7 (preferably 64 bit) with as much RAM as you can afford and at least two hard drives.
  Drive C is for the OS and programs only.
  Drive D is for all your material be it video footage, music, sound FX, graphics, etc.
  Keep your existing computer for emails and web surfing and this one exclusively for editing purposes (i.e. not connected to the internet).
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  Dan Mauk

  March 11, 2011 at 5:44 pm

  Thanks, I appreciate the help. I have a friend who can build me a computer to those specs.

  For some reason, when I converted a .vob file to .avi, then imported it into SV, I got audio only! Any ideas?
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  Dan Mauk

  March 11, 2011 at 5:53 pm

  Correction: I now get both video and audio when I “open with” SV.

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