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shoot HDV, downconvert, edit, replace with HDV in Sony Vegas 8
Hello,
I have a V1E and want to shoot a project in HDV, the only problem is my computer isn’t fast enough to edit HDV footage.
If it is possible, I want to shoot in HDV, downconvert to SD, edit in SD, then when the project is finished, replace the footage with the HDV footage and render the final project in a HD format (mpeg2?)
I am using Sony Vegas 8.
Any help would be great!!!
All the best,
James.
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1 Reply
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What you are asking is called “proxy editing”. There are a couple of ways to do just that. Look here:
https://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/12/12/proxy-editing-with-sony-vegas/
especially the “update” part.
Even with proxy editing, you still need a relatively good computer since the frame rate will drop significantly with effects turned on.
Another method is using an intermediate codec (such as cineform). Vegas 8 shipped with cineform 2.8 (which has a limit of 720p resolution which is not too bad). The cineform files should playback much better than our original files (and much bigger too).
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