Just bought Vegas 12 suite…rendering cineform files

[John Rofrano]

[chris wood] “I noticed under the avi render tab that ‘default template (uncompressed)’ is no longer listed. I instead went for HD 1080-50i YUV and hit customize. I then hit ‘video format’ to select cineform codec.”

That will work. I show you how to make CineForm templates on my web site:

Create a CineForm Render Template in Sony Vegas Pro

[chris wood] “Is this my best option? Was i right to opt for YUV? 3mins is 2GB”

I’m not sure you understand what you did. You do not have Sony YUV. You just changed it from Sony YUV to CineForm. You are now getting CineForm.

[chris wood] “Am i right to stick with cineform avi as an archive format? Or are there better options in my Vegas 12 suite? Now i have a quicker laptop should i archive in avchd?”

From a format perspective CineForm is a great archival format. From a compatibility perspective, will CineForm continue to work with Vegas Pro five years from now when you need to re-edit your archived footage? Personally, I archive the original footage which in your case is AVCHD and in my case is HDV. There is nothing wrong with archiving CineForm but the company has already been bought by GoPro so make sure GoPro maintains compatibility with Vegas Pro. I wouldn’t risk it but that’s just me.

~jr

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[Chris Nana]

Thanks John,

Coincidently, i had been following your webpage on creating a cineform template, it was the lack of ‘default template (uncompressed)’ that threw me in my newly purchased Vegas 12 suite.

I wasn’t entirely sure if I had changed it to cineform codec as the Notes (after pressing ‘customize template’) still mentioned the ‘Sony YUV codec’. I see now I can simply edit that.

VLC player says that the rendered video file is CHFD, so I guess all is ok.

Yes…hopefully consumer PC specs have now caught up with video formats so hdv and avchd can be edited without stuttering and stalling. I’ll find out in the next few weeks whether my laptop can really handle avchd. If so I guess cineform will become redundant?

[John Rofrano]

[Chris Nana] “it was the lack of ‘default template (uncompressed)’ that threw me in my newly purchased Vegas 12 suite.”

Oh I see… I need to update that for Vegas Pro 12 since the default template is no longer available. Thanks for pointing that out.

[Chris Nana] “Yes…hopefully consumer PC specs have now caught up with video formats so hdv and avchd can be edited without stuttering and stalling. I’ll find out in the next few weeks whether my laptop can really handle avchd. If so I guess cineform will become redundant?”

HDV and AVCHD are two entirely different beasts. HDV edits like butter on even a modest computer which is why I still use it. AVCHD can still be a trouble at times but should edit smoothly on a powerful computer. Laptops aren’t as powerful as desktops sometimes so it’s anyone’s guess but it might be fine.

~jr

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