Processor Speed

[Steve Rhoden]

Worry not Lee, your pc still will hold up efficiently
when you are ready to edit your HD projects….How much
memory you’ve got onboard?

Steve Rhoden
(Cow Leader)
Creative Arts Director and Film Maker.
Project Samples at:
http://www.youtube.com/hentys

[Lee Albright]

Hey Steve,
I have 4 Gbs of memory in addition to my 2.2 processor.
I’ll be editing a 19 minute educational project I filmed back in 1976 on 16mm color reversal stock. It’s currently being transferred to HiDef by Stuart Debenham on his Rank Cintel Laser Scanner.
Can’t wait to see the footage in HiDef as the camera original looks like it was shot yesterday…crisp, clean, and rich colors. I should be able to recompose from the 4:3 original to 16:9 and remaster the mono soundtrack to stereo. We’ll keep you posted.
Thanks for your help.
Cordially,
Lee Albright

[Luc Enders]

The processor speed is certainly a factor but you can’t compare this until it’s the same chipset. See here an overview of perf times with different processors in Vegas:

https://www.legitreviews.com/article/896/5/

I have now a Core i7 3Ghz and found it’s about 6x faster than my Duo 2 core 2.4 Ghz. That said for HD material it still can take a long time to process even with i7 but it depends on your HD material. If it’s HDV/mpeg2 format you’re fine, if it’s AVCHD/MP4 be ready to wait a while when rendering (and preview might be jerky)…

Regarding memory I found Vegas crashes for me for larger projects and certain file formats. To mitigate I use the 64bit version to be able to use all memory. If you have 4GB installed and use a 32bit version most likely you will only see 3.5GB available.

[John Frey]

There is a considerable performance difference between Dual Core and Core 2 Duo.The big question is, which HD format is the company transferring to? This is something you need to know and control before hand. Many pro companies transfer to HD Cam tape. Personally, I feel 2.2 Mhz is a little slow for HD work. If you end up with AVCHD, make sure you upgrade your computer to at least a fast Quadcore (preferably an iCore) with a minimum of 8GB of ram, as well as Vegas to 9.0. In addition, a Raid 0 media drive setup makes a significant difference in playback performance. Good luck!

John D. Frey
25 Year owner/operator of two California-based production studios.

Digital West Video Productions of San Luis Obispo and Inland Images of Lake Elsinore

[Luc Enders]

By the way for Vegas 8 a 64bit option exists as well: 8.1 (=64 bit only). Provided you also have 64bit OS (which is really a must with memory > 4GB).

[Mike Fields]

As an old geezer, I still remember when 2.2 Mhz was FAST !! In this case, I suspect the speed intended was 2.2 Ghz 🙂
(I still have my old 2mhz Z-80 CP/M system downstairs ! )

mikey

You can’t have too much disk space or too many gadgets !!

[John Frey]

2.2 Ghz it is. Happy 4th of July!

John D. Frey
25 Year owner/operator of two California-based production studios.

Digital West Video Productions of San Luis Obispo and Inland Images of Lake Elsinore

[Lee Albright]

John,
The company which is transferring my 16mm footate is called the Debenham Media Group. I will be receiving my HD transfer on a Seagate external USB hard drive as an .mov file in the Motion JPEG 2 format. I plan to crop the original 16mm (4:3) to the widescreen 16:9 format. The 19 minute production is a remaster composed of straightforward edits with mostly straight cuts, a few dissolves and simple, non-animated tiltes. I’m using Vegas Movie Studio 9 Platinum software. I’ll be adding two 7200 rpm internal SATA drives configured in 0 Raid array. My C drive is dedicated to my operating system (Windows Vista 64 bit).
The system should work, eh?
Thanks for your input.
Lee Albright

[Lee Albright]

Oopps!!!
My processor speed is 2.2Ghz not 2.2Mhz as I had erroneously stated in the first post.
Sorry for any confussion caused.
Lee Albright

[John Frey]

The 64 bit Vista and Raid 0 media drive are a step in the right direction. Your biggest concern now is if your Movie Studio 9 can deal with the HD QT files. You may want to upgrade to Vegas Pro 9. You may also need to install the latest Quicktime on your machine. Once you get the files onto your Raid drive, you will be able to test. The speed of your processor is still another limiting factor. Gotta go, my beer is getting warm!

John D. Frey
25 Year owner/operator of two California-based production studios.

Digital West Video Productions of San Luis Obispo and Inland Images of Lake Elsinore