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Sony Vegas Pro Issues
Hiya!
I’ve got two problems with Sony Vegas Pro 9.0, and I know hardly anything about this thing.
My first problem is that Sony Vegas Pro 9.0 is not correctly rendering a video I’ve made. I’m rendering in HD… Some parts of the video are horribly choppy, while other parts are exactly how they SHOULD be. Interestingly enough, I rendered the video again and noticed one of the same portions of the video from the video was choppy again. This time, I watched the video all the way through and noticed that the video fluctuated in consistency. I also have a short 52 second video clip I made to test SVP9.0 effects that used the same template for rendering as my semi-choppy video, which turned out fine.
My Sony Vegas Pro 9.0(d) settings:
Link to 52 sec clip that worked under settings:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-T397ka5wQ
Unfortunately, I cannot post a link to the video that was choppy, as I prefer not to spend 6 hours uploading a video that isn’t even worth showing.
Another note is that it seems fine in the preview… Not choppy at all.
I’m at the end of my patience, and I don’t know what to do. I’ve spent most of every day for the past 7 days on this project, and it has been a rough ride through all I had to self-teach and learn hands-on. I just want it done, now. It’s finally done, but now it gets ruined during rendering.
My final issue is that the project no longer is stable unless EVERY other process that isn’t a core Windows process is running. ANY type of activity outside the program causes it to say (Not Responding), go white, and crash. What’s even worse is the fact it takes 30 minutes [literally, it takes 29-32 minutes] to OPEN the project itself…
My guess is because the project has roughly 80 .avi clips in its Project Media box that are all 4.195GB, even though the clips themselves are only 2:30 long… I can multi-task fine with smaller projects, but on the bigger one, even hitting the Windows key on my keyboard counts as doing something outside of the program, thus crashing it… leading to yet another 30 minute reload time.
Specs –
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PC:Windows 7 Premium 64-bit
AMD Phenom II X4 925 Processor
4GB Corsair RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
MSI 790FX-GD70 motherboard
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Editing/Rendering:Sony Vegas Pro 9.0(d) x64 (Build 1132)
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Recording:FRAPS; Version 3.2.2 (Bulid 11496)
————-Can anybody help me out? :c
~Brandon [xSkylight]
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Can nobody help me? :/
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Hi Brendon,
You have a lot of strange settings going on. Let’s start with what I have seen:
I have no idea what the properties of your source media are other than FRAPS. What resolution? What frame-rate? This is very important to know.
Your project has custom settings that don’t make sense. You have 1280×720-30p (which is HD) yet your Pixel Aspect Ratio is set to NTSC DV which is wrong. You PAR should be 1.000. Also you are using 32-bit pixel format which you should not be touching. Please set it back to the default which is 8-bit.
You are rendering to 1440×1080 PAR 1.3333. This makes no sense if your target is YouTube. If you want 1080p on YouTube then render to 1920×1080 PAR 1.000. You are also rendering to WMV 11 which is problematic with Vegas. I would use Sony AVC instead.
Since your source is FRAPS which produces huge files, your project is bogging down because of this especially with 80+ files of it. I’m guessing you use high frame rates too which doesn’t help. Next time I would convert the FRAPS to something easier to edit like M-JPEG AVI. I would also only capture 30fps since this is all you can delivery.
I would set your project to the: HDV 720-30p (1280×720, 29.970 fps) template using the 8-bit pixel format.
I would render to Sony AVC using the: Internet 16:9 HD 30p template.
If you really want 1080p then change both to 1080p instead of 720p but keep them consistent.
Hope this helps. If not… feel free to ask more questions.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
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Hello, JR!
Yeah, the problem is I did too much reading from the internet instead of asking someone who actually knew what they were talking about… thus my strange settings. Haha. I have no idea what to set them to, obviously.
FRAPS records at 30 FPS and I think at 1440×900 resolution. By the way, how can I change the output format of FRAPS? It would be simple to convert if FRAPS didn’t fragment every 2:30 to a separate file.
Another thing… to get rid of the ‘ghosting’ effect, I also checked the box for “Disable Sampling” under the Properties box for each clip, and I’m not sure if that has anything to do with it either. I just know it got rid of the ghosting!
I’m going to render with your suggested settings now, and tell you how that goes! It’ll take roughly 2 hours if it takes just as long to render as before.
Thank you SO much for giving me the time of day, sir. ^^; I appreciate it a ton!
Away I go!
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Another thing… You said that if I really want 1080p [I want the BEST picture possible] for YouTube, I should set ‘both’ to 1080… that means properties should be 1920×1080, and the rendering should be 1280×1080? :D?
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Whups, I meant project is 1280×1080, and the rendering is 1920×1080, right?
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Whups, I meant project is 1280×1080, and the rendering is 1920×1080, right?
No I meant both project and render at 1920×1080. The two valid HD formats are 1280×720 or 1920×1080. You can’t mix the width and height.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
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FRAPS records at 30 FPS and I think at 1440×900 resolution. By the way, how can I change the output format of FRAPS? It would be simple to convert if FRAPS didn’t fragment every 2:30 to a separate file.
I’ve never used FRAPS so I don’t know what options it has. 30fps is the correct frame rate to use. 1440×900 is not 16:9. 1600×900 would be 16:9 and would resize to 1920×1080 easier.
Another thing… to get rid of the ‘ghosting’ effect, I also checked the box for “Disable Sampling” under the Properties box for each clip, and I’m not sure if that has anything to do with it either. I just know it got rid of the ghosting!
You did the right thing. If you were seeing ghosting, that’s how you get rid of it.
Thank you SO much for giving me the time of day
You are very welcome. Hopefully we can figure out a workflow that produces the quality you are after.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
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Crap, I mixed them already. ~.~; I was wondering why I lost so much quality. MEH!
Well, at least the video is super smooth! I’ll render both settings at 1920×1080… Tomorrow evening, I should be done. I’ll link you the result or post more if I have more questions.
By the way, I’ve never met somebody who knew EXACTLY what they were talking about before about Vegas. I’m so lucky to have your help, sir. ^^
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By the way, I’ve never met somebody who knew EXACTLY what they were talking about before about Vegas
Thanks for the kind words but there are plenty of people here at the Cow who know what they are talking about when it comes to Vegas. Personally, I’ve been using Vegas since 2002 so you get to know a program pretty well after 8 years. 😉 I’m glad that I could help.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
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JR, I promise I’m not hopeless, but I’ve run into another problem!
The video rendered and plays smoothly, yet there’s like…I dunno.. a blend of streaking throughout the entire movie that really kill the detail and such… and idea what that is? Motion blur maybe? Should I deinterlace? -Shrugs-
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