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Help please I need to upgrade….but what?
I rendered a 1 minute video clip, no problem. The clip is 632 MB. I have two systems set up. When I play the clip it drags and skips on one system and plays smoothly on the other.
System one is set up this way. Dual 19 inch monitors–NVIDIA GeForce FX5200 graphic card–AMD 2800 64 bit–1.5 gig ram– 2 180 gig 7200 harddrives. The video drags on this setup.
System two————-one 17 inch monitor–ATI 9500 Radeon Pro graphic card–Pentium 4.2 Hyperthread Processor–1 gig ram–2 180 gig 7200 harddrives. The video plays smoothly on this system.
My first thought was the graphic card but i’ve read on here that the processor does some of this also. I am trying to avoid buying a whole new system right now (i build and upgrade as i need to) so your comments would be greatly appreciated. What is your thought about where the weak link is. Thanks
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1 minute clip at 632mgs ? need more info
if it was a DV clip (your hand size camera type file) then you rendered out as uncompressed ? if it was a HDV clip then you rendered out as uncompressed 4:2:2..
a uncompressed clip that size will bog down most systems …if you wanted uncompressed then make sure you choose SONY YUV codec and then it should play in Vegas TL normal speed on you both your systems ( provided AMD is not the slower sempron or equal to celeron ) ..
if you didn’t want uncompressed then make sure you choose DV NTSC template for windows AVI .. if QT then make sure you click on CUSTOM ( render as) -Video – then choose DV under VIDEO FORMAT
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I actually rendered it Quicktime with alpha uncompressed. Its a box spining and i’ll add a background in vegas. The processor is true AMD not semptron. But if i were to add something what might you target…video card, processor or….
J. Williams -
Throwing more hardware at it may not be the solution. Better to understand the interaction between codecs.
Monitoring on the computer, or external monitor?
What is the format set in the project properties?
Recompress frames turned on?Gary Kleiner
Learn Vegas and DVD Architect
http://www.VegasTrainingAndTools.com
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I may not be giving you all the info you need. I was trying to keep it brief. I rendered a clip in Adobe After Effects. I made a quicktime with alpha uncompressed. I use Vegas to put my clips together and it does fine.
The question is when i play the clip just by itself…on one machine its drags badly while it plays smoothly on the other. same operating system and same player. I dont have a problem with vegas and the clip. I thought i had a bad render until i tried the clip on the other machine and it played fine. As best i can tell i have the same codec package mirrored on each machine.
Hey BTW thanks for everyone’s advice. This is the best resource i’ve ever seen on the net.
J. Williams
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