Al Bergstein
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I’m getting very smooth AVCHD (coming off an HMC150), with Vegas 10. nVidia 8 GBs RAM, dual monitors. Sometimes, I do fall to less than BEST, but it oftens renders fine. Then other times I transcode to AVI, for Green Screen situations. seems to do better. In short, it’s doable. Better than transcoding everything to ProRes in FCP. I complete jobs much faster in AVI and Vegas 10. I have both FCP and Vegas on my desk, so I can choose whatever is best for the job. Vegas wins 90% of the time, for me at least. I do simple documentary work.
Know your requirements going in. It will help move you in the right direction.
Alf
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Do I understand it right if I say that you are projecting your movie always from the same PC, and that the things which change are the devices you connect to your PC (different screens or projectors)?
Alf says: Yes.
If I get you right, then the missing thing might be an ICC profile corresponding to your output device. Maybe you already know all the following, please forgive me if yes.
(contents snipped ) – Alf says: Thanks. I will work on that.
When you say that mainstream movies don’t have the problem, did you try to project them from your PC, and check the output to the screens/projectors you mention?
Alf says: yes. It had to be my footage.
Thanks!
Alf
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By the way, I just found a neat free utility by Vegasaur called Video4YouTube https://vegasaur.com/free-tools which seems to put what you want into any version of Vegas. Worked fine on 10 last night. No reason not to use it!
Alf
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Dick, I would make the assumption that the differences between 32 and 64 bit, along possibly with your kind of codec, might have some thing to do with this. 64 bit is going to use all the RAM you can throw at it, not to say that it uses *all* the RAM, because some of it appears to be more of a disk oriented operation. The conversion to AVI seems to be disk based more than RAM based, but both do use all four of my available cores to the max advantage. In Windows 7 you have a great Resource Monitor tool that allows you to see it in action better than XP did.
It may be that you are getting to the point where an upgrade would be worth your time & money. HD footage really needs 64. I found that many of my crashes vanished when I moved to 64 bit. Not to say that you might have others, but I’ve not since then.
I try to remember that the code base for XP is really old. MS does not do much in the way of optimization of dead code, which XP is at this point. Not that Vista was much better, but it seems that they have got it finally right with Windows 7 and 64 bit. It’s been my impression that it is the best OS they have done since XP came out.
Best of luck finding the right situation, probably sticking with what you have until you can upgrade is viable plan.
Alf
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Dick, your workflow must be much different than mine. I’m running the trial version of 10, and my rendering is about the same, maybe even faster, than with 9. I also render to the web, MP4, AVI too.
What OS are you using? If you are running 8, I’m wondering if you are using Vista or XP? It could be some kind of incompatability with a .NET component, for example.
I’m on W7, 8 GBs RAM, and fast hard drives. i7 machine.
Then again, if you are doing lots of graphics and efx, you likely could be experiencing something I’m not. My tests are of very rudimentary kinds of work. Documentary.
Alf
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Also, I transcode MOV files from Canon 7D cameras using Neoscene. Very fast, works great. MOV can wrap many different formats. Find out the brand of the camera.
Alf
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Without specifics as to what he/she meant by that comment, it’s hard to know. There are definitely broadcast quality people on this board. So it may be just ignorance of the product. Many writers these days don’t know squat about what they write about. It’s endemic.
I have two machines, hooked up to the same monitor. I choose the machine that does the job for me given the requirements, and I can tell you, I rely on Vegas way more than FCP for simple documentary needs. I started on both at about the same time, so this isn’t just familiarity. Just try transcoding Canon T2i MOV files on a state of the art FCP platform vs. Neoscene and Vegas. My latest tests, done this week, was 3 hours on FCP dual quad core Mac Pro to take the SAME footage to ProRes LT vs. 33 minutes on a 4 Core Vegas Win7 64 bit box…I was DONE editing the project by the time the transcode finished on FCP…case closed for me.
It’s not to say that FCP isn’t *better* for certain projects. But these are TOOLS. Make sure you understand your requirements, and the world you work in. Maybe you work with lots of others who have FCP. Maybe you work with lots of dense animation. Then you might logically choose a different tool. Do your own tests, if you can with your work. If you work alone, as I do. It’s all about the speed of the tool to do the job.
These are tools, not religious artifacts.
Alf
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Given that Youtube and Vimeo can take the same files, along with other places like ExposureRoom, I think that just knowing what format you need is enough. No need to give YouTube free advertising when there’s a great alternative like Vimeo.
Alf
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I’ve found that AVCHD editing and preview is ‘fixed’. Not a lot of other features for the money, given your requirements. But like all upgrades, I usually spring for it, as you know there are numerous bug fixes in there. For my limited needs in documentary work, it has been worth the price. BUT, backup ALL of your projects, as you might have add ins that don’t work, since we don’t know your whole system, and then IMMEDIATELY rename the files after opening. That way you don’t overwrite your V9 files with 10. A word to the wise.
Alf
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I would recommend saving your money up for a 550d(t2i). You’ll likely end up doing that anyway. It has the framerates you need to be professional, and having used one for six months, it is a great camera. I just upgraded to a 7d. Almost as good picture quality as a 5D, for a fraction of the price, yet all the manual controls you need to turn out professional looking stuff.
I’ve not been impressed, nor have clients of mine, with the bokeh on the 5D. I’ve had clients say it’s too ‘squishy’, muddy, etc. The 7d & 550 seems to do more of a photographic bokeh. But don’t tell the 5d users that (G)
Alf