Aaron Star
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Blake,
You probably just need to find a work flow that actually works. I would suspect the Elgato device and capture video format 1st, and Vegas next. More than likely the video format is not standard from the capture device. Vegas is a very ridged video editor that expects “Video Industry Standards.” There are plenty of cheap video capture devices that are writing their files in non standard frame rates.
I would look into a few of the following:
Post your system specs so the community can help you.
Post the “Media info” on your capture video format.
Try another capture application like XSpilt broadcaster, this software records in a constant frame rate. Mirillis Action is another good app to try. You can do trials of both. Then test footage that comes from the both apps to see if you problem still exists.
Try a default setting at a lower bit rate on the elgato, and also look for constant frame rate settings.
Try capturing at a lower frame rate like 29.97, or 30 FPS, and see if this plays back better.
There are other things to try, but I would post the information 1st.
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Your footage is AVC at 100FPS it looks like. Most of the normal Sony AVC-intra, HDCAM-SR-Lite, or XDCAM codecs would be the best choices to convert to, but they will not support the non-video standard frame rate of 100. Cineform in the AVI format looks like it will support the 100 FPS.
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You generally change your mouse speeds in the Windows Control Panel Pointer settings. Sometimes if your mouse is a gaming or speciality mouse, there will be manufacturer drivers that control the wheel and other buttons.
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You may want to post more information on your rig, project settings, and if you have two monitor with one rigged for full screen output. Also post the “Media Info” on each of the source file formats.
One glaring thing that rubs me the wrong way is that you have an NV card, but that may not be the problem.
Without seeing what task manager is doing while vegas is idle, its going to be hard for anyone to help. Unless they just happen to have had your same issue.
One thing you might try is converting some footage to XAVC-intra.MXF or Cineform-high or better. Then see if a project with the same clips in a different format do the same thing.
You could also try and use something like “process monitor” or “windows performance analyzer” to determine what is actually happening while the machine is sitting idle and not playing back.
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You can start off pretty simply by just reducing the mixed lighting in your shots. Tuen off interior lights and go with only window or the other way around. Pay close attention to how the camera is white balanced for the light falling on your subject. Shoot a good chip chart with your subject holding the chart. Making sure to reduce reflections on the chart. Make sure you are getting a solid exposure that is set well.
I prefer this chip chart mounted to a black piece of foam core. I like the old school film charts because it reminds of the days of shooting 35mm. I am sure the X-rite chart is good, but don’t cheap out on your chart because the inks may not be accurate.
https://www.amazon.com/Tiffen-Color-Separation-Guide-Scale/dp/B00009R7GB
In Vagas you can use pan/crop to zoom in on you chart and chart squares, then use the video scopes to adjust levels.
You can also use the eye droppers from the Sony color wheels to hit the white squares. This will get you in the ball park for white balance. The same for the blacks.
In the end an expensive monitor and video card that displays 100% of the color space you are working in, is pretty much mandatory for good color work. There is a reason you pay 500-1000/hr for a good color studio and operator.
If any of that sounds like I am talking over your head, then you have a lot of study to do. Because I overly simplified that explanation.
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I really do not understand questions like this. Just buy the laptop you are thinking about, load the apps (even if they are trials), then test. If the product sucks and you cannot read it, return the product and let them know why.
I would not buy a laptop to do image editing, maybe photoshop if the display is good enough. Laptops (windows, Linux, or Apple-linux) are crap generally in the hardware department. Portable chip makers tend to name the laptop components inline with the desktop counterparts, but they do not have the same performance abilities in anyway. You have to buy higher end laptops to get a decent display, apple or windows for that matter.
Even just comparing GFLOP performance on CPU and GPU between laptop and workstation, would give you a simple view of what I am talking about. There are plenty of other
But if you are a road video warrior that needs to edit from a different motel6 room every night. Maybe a laptop is the best solution in that case.
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There is no system details, project settings, or edit source material format. A fast PC with a large amount of memory is going to be your best bet for rendering to h.264. .mp4 is a container like .mov or .avi.
MC MP4 encoder stopped GPU CUDA support at the NV580.
Some claim that the handbrake frame server is the fastest way. With this method you get a better scaler than what is included with Vegas, so downscaling would be best with this mode.
Sony AVC does utilize the AMD GPU if enabled for GPU or AUTO, but the component that uses the OpenCL GPGPU is not what most think GPU acceleration is. The Timeline calculations are also boosted with GPU enabled, so its sort of a 1 to 2 punch.
Xavc-intra would be your best format in the AVC codec line. h.264 pretty much = AVC and XAVC is just a higher profile of h.264/AVC.
xdcam-ex is a 35mbs, highly optimized codec in Vegas, and uploads directly to services like YouTube.
Cineform.AVI, which installs with the GoPro software is probably the best all around codec image wise in Vegas. Until you get into straight uncompressed formats like SonyYUV, and .EXR image sequences.
I would stay away from the DNxHD codecs unless you need to deliver in to someone else in that format. Moving video through the QT layer is slow, thanks to Apple Co. and Apple lawyers.
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Vegas supports PNG with alpha and photoshop files.
Photoshop is great for titles.
PNG is great for image sequence when you want to animate your text.
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Just uninstall the NV software, and replace the card with an RX480. The 480 is only about 200.00 and will be 50X faster than that archaic Quadro card. The VP11 minimum standard for GPU was an HD5770 at about 1300 GFLOPs, and the quadro 4000 is only 400 GFLOPS. The RX480 is around 5800 GFLOPs, and is known to work exceptionally well with Vegas.
If you need to run that old card, just disable the GPU acceleration in preferences.
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Yes the fact that Vegas is using compoundplug.dll. show that it is working native, and not using QT. My nikons shoot in .mov/AVC and editing without converting is fine just not as smooth. Converting to XDCAM or cineform just gives you a much smoother timeline scrub, and better GPU acceleration of effects.
I do not have a tine experience working with projects operating in that mode. So I can not speak to the Vegas stability vs .MXF formats.
There is a script that allows you to turn vegas into a batch render utility.
If you do have stability issues, you may want to verify your machine operation, then try and re-wrap the media using an FFMPEG batch.