best vegas pro 10 render settings for youtube from my new Sony CX560V camcorder

[Stephen Mann]

[Jerry Rio] “I just got this new camera which shoots in the AACVD format.”

I think you mean AVCHD:
Video Format : HD: MPEG4-AVC/H.264 AVCHD 2.0 format compatible (1080/60p:original format); STD: MPEG2-PS

Encode your video (“Render As”) in the same format that you shoot: 1920×1080/60p, 24p, or 1440×1080/60i. YouTube is going to re-encode it anyway.

Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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[Jerry Rio]

Thanks Stephan, my system might be too slow to handle AVCHD

2.40 gz with 3 gigs ram. duo core. Sony says it should work, but what I’ve read here and there you need much more power.

Do you think I should convert it in Vegas to an AVI and edit and render that. Would I be losing much quality? or can you suggest another codec. I don’t like WMV.

I’ve also read about the programs where you edit in one format and replaces it with the original file. Like the Avid off line editing systems. I really don’t want to get into that.

[Danny Hays]

Your machine will be very sluggish with AVCHD, especially if your using the 1080 60p. You will also have to make custom project settings to use 60p. For editing purposes though, I would convert the .mts files to DV widescreen, edit with these as they will edit easy on your machine. Then just before rendering, set your project settings to your custom 1080 60p preset, replace the DV widescreen DV files with the .mts files and render. Right before you go to bed. LOL

[Jerry Rio]

Thanks a lot. Should I render them to MPG4 for Youtube videos?

[Danny Hays]

YouTube converts every video sent in, so the best quality that still fits the file size limit should give you the best results.