• VEGAS Pro

  4 K video in Vegas, terrible preview

  Posted by Jono Grant on January 23, 2020 at 3:14 am

  Hi, trying to work on a 4K video in Vegas 14
  The preview barely works at all, even if I set it to “draft/quarter”
  Any settings I can tweak to get it so that I can see it in real time? My system is:
  Core i9 9900K / z390 Designare / 64GB DDR4 2DIMM / Dual Evo 970 Plus 2TB / 8TB Gold HDD / Quadro P4000 Graphics / 850W PSU / Win10 Pro x64

  Vegas is basically setup to default.

  Thanks!
  jono

  Ole Kristiansen replied 6 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 13 Replies
• 13 Replies

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  Ole Kristiansen

  January 23, 2020 at 7:03 am

  Hi

  4K video is not just 4K – what is the specs. of your footage ?

  Use the Mediainfo app !

  Best,
  Ole
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  Jono Grant

  January 23, 2020 at 5:11 pm

  Sorry!
  The specs are:
  3840x2160x24, 31.579 fps progressive H.264 44.1kHz 32 Bit float Mono AAC

  When it asked if I wanted to match the project settings, I said yes.
  Thanks
  Jono
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  Jono Grant

  January 23, 2020 at 5:15 pm

  Here are the Vegas settings:

  
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  Ole Kristiansen

  January 23, 2020 at 7:08 pm

  31,579 fps is very strange – and probably your problem!

  So still want to see all the specs of your recordings!

  Here are just a few things you can change about your settings!

  Full-resolution rendering quality: Best
  Deinterlace method: None
  Resample mode: Disable resample

  Audio – next page
  Resample and stretch quality: Best

  Here’s an example from one of my Panasonic GH5 recordings!

  
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  Jono Grant

  January 23, 2020 at 7:18 pm

  Thanks!
  Here’s a screen shot of the media info. (The specs I previously posted are just what Vegas displayed when I click on the video file)
  This is just a video from an iPhone 8 plus set to 4K 30 fps. Media info shows 30 frames but max fr at 31.579 which is what vegas reported.

  
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  Ole Kristiansen

  January 23, 2020 at 7:53 pm

  Problems are that smartphones use variable fps to adjust exposure and video editors can’t work very well with variable fps – so try to convert one of your recordings to constant 29.97 fps with the Handbrake program! And then see if it gets better!
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  Jono Grant

  January 25, 2020 at 6:11 pm

  Thanks! I tried that and the video does play in vegas now.
  It won’t let me keep the dimensions though, it seems to force me top use 1920×1080
  wants me to change it to an m4v or mkv as well

  Is there a way to retain the size and file type?
  Cheers
  Jono
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  Ole Kristiansen

  January 25, 2020 at 6:52 pm

  Hi

  You need to change the settings in Handbrake !

  After you import a recording – you have to press High Profile !

  Youtube is your best friend for help to best quality out of Handbrake !

  

  Best,
  Ole
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  Ole Kristiansen

  January 25, 2020 at 7:41 pm

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ETWmIhEoso&feature=youtu.be
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  Jono Grant

  January 25, 2020 at 8:18 pm

  Thank you!
  My handbrake doesn’t seem to have the “legacy” preset drop down for some reason. So “high profile” doesn’t show up for me. I am able to choose other presets that do retain the dimensions. I’m trying one called “production max”. I’ll see how that goes… pretty slow to re-encode on this setting so far…

  I need to learn about this program for sure. I’m more of an audio guy, composer/producer. Just trying to deal with some video files.
  Thanks again.
  Jono

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