Choppy Video Playback Vegas 9

[John Rofrano]

[Frank Ventimiglia] ” My video even, on the lowest playback setting, is extremely choppy and extremely hard to edit. I am editing 720p HD video recorded from a kodak zi6.”

Make sure that your project is set to match your media settings (720p). This can have a big impact on playback. If you recorded at 60fps stop doing that. 30fps is plenty and will play back much smoother. Vegas Pro 10 handles this footage much better than 9 does. I would download the trial of 10 and see if it makes a significant difference. If it does, that would be the easiest fix.

~jr

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[Dan Hart]

Hi,
Welcome to my world! Ive just posted a similar question.
Im now praying for an answer…
Cheers,
Dan

[John Rofrano]

I can playback and edit Kodak Zi8 footage very smoothly on my old QuadCore 2.67Ghz with Vegas Pro 10a. You really need a QuadCore to work with AVC/h.264 and Vegas Pro 10 is optimized for this format now.

~jr

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[Frank Ventimiglia]

Well… I downloaded vegas 10a and it somewhat fixed my problem. If I have the quality set to good or less then it works fine. Even if I set it at a high res it’s still a lot less laggy the the version of 9 I’ve been using. Looks like I needa buy 10. Thanks for the help guys!

[John Rofrano]

Sony has really been working on optimizing these new camera formats so it makes sense to stay at the most current levels of software to get the latest benefits. Glad I could help.

~jr

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