MTS format bogging down system, HELP ! PLEASE

[John Rofrano]

Do you have your project set to 720-30p? It is important to keep your source and project settings the same for optimal playback when editing.

AVCHD is quite CPU intensive and really requires a fast QuadCore computer to playback smoothly with Vegas Pro 9.0. You didn’t say how fast your dual cpu’s are but they should be at least 2.8Ghz or better for AVCHD.

~jr

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[Shawn Bossick]

THANKS for resonding JOHN, I have tried all the different, project settings because none of it plays back smooth, my computor has a 3 gig hrz dual processor, it actualy is a decent rig until now, dont know what to do, I know vegas pretty well, of course I could always be over looking something, so are you saying it should be playing back smooth with MTS files, or do I need to convert them to M2ts which I know next to nothing of, or even avi, or mpeg, I have tried avi, and mpeg, but it is not as crisp, in focus as the mts format, I would rather wait till the editing was done before that kind of rendering, but Im out of Ideas, any leads THANKS

[John Rofrano]

One thing you might consider is to convert them to CineForm AVI files. If you purchase CineForm NeoScene ($99 USD) it can batch convert them for you. CineForm AVI’s should edit a lot smoother. You can download a trial of NeoScene and see if it helps before you buy.

~jr

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[Shawn Bossick]

I hate to convert twice, and I did convert to avi once already, it takes two minutes and 20 seconds to render 1 minute of mts format, thats slower than tape, for some reason it also didnt look as good, is that how everyone else is doing it, or do I need to invest in once again a new computor,will a quad core take care of this problem or only help it, it is working now just not smooth like my DVX100 avi native files, or is cineform the standard ? THANKS for resonding JOHN.

[John Rofrano]

> is that how everyone else is doing it, or do I need to invest in once again a new computor, will a quad core take care of this problem or only help it

I don’t work this way. I have a Quad Core and AVCHD plays back fine. A little choppy at times but overall smooth. The problem is that all AVCHD is not created equal. I use a Sony AVCHD camera and Vegas is optimized for Sony’s AVCHD format. Panasonic uses a different profile for their AVCHD and it might not play back smoothly even with a Quad Core. I specifically stayed away from Panasonic when making my choice of camera because I knew I would be editing with Sony’s software.

AVCHD is a great acquisition and delivery format and a terrible editing format. It is not uncommon to convert acquired video to an editing format and products like NeoScene, UpShift and GearShift can really help. UpShift will convert your AVCHD to HDV and GearShift will convert them to DV Widescreen proxies that will edit as smoothly as your DVX100 files and then allow you to swap back to the AVCHD files before rendering (it’s a typical proxy based editing workflow).

I don’t use AVCHD for my work. It’s just my home “vacation” camera. I use a Sony Z1 and A1 for work which shoots HDV which is much easier to edit. I have deliberately stayed with these cameras because HDV is easy to edit. You have to consider your entire production pipeline when replacing any part of it. You just can’t buy anything you want and expect it all to work together like DV did. HD is the “wild west” right now. The “standards” only look good on paper, but in the field, it’s a mess.

~jr

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