Has anyone seen this – GPU decoder

[Steve Rhoden]

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Steve Rhoden
(Cow Leader)
Creative Arts Director and Film Maker.
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[John Rofrano]

I downloaded the trial and it seemed to do what they said it would but it’s of limited use because it’s only for H.264. So it will help you with AVCHD files but do nothing for those shooting HDV MPEG-2 with cameras like the Sony Z1U / V1U / A1U’s, etc. or using CineForm files.

It’s also only a partial solution. As soon as you add any FX to the clip, like Color Curves for example, you are back to choppy video because Vegas does not use the GPU for FX. I don’t know anyone shooting professionally that uses the video straight out of the camera without making some color corrections.

The real solution is to convince Sony that they need to update Vegas to use GPU acceleration for the preview engine, all Sony FX, and for rendering. Until that happens, there is no quick fix. Now that Vegas Pro 9.0 has the ability to automatically change the preview quality in favor of frame-rate, I get full frame playback with my AVCHD files but I do have a QuadCore.

I applaud Divide.Frame for the work they are doing in filling this need and if you are only shooting AVCHD and mostly not using any FX this might be a good solution for smooth playback at full quality.

BTW, when using this plug-in, it will incorrectly import 5.1 audio from AVCHD files into a Stereo project. Just something to watch out for.

~jr

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