Al Bergstein
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Thx very much for running this down. Looks like a FAQ to remember.
Alf
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Thanks! Internet posting is often less than perfect. Your reply is actually what I was trying to say. Render in V.V. lossless and then convert in QTPro. Thanks for clarifying this. I’ll try this on a snippet today to make sure I understand how it all comes together. Let’s hope Sony will license this from Apple. Given that we are paying top dollar for this product, I wouldn’t mind getting all the codecs native to the package.
Alf
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So changing the question slightly Noah. The HMC 150 allows timecode to be synced via the RCA jacks above the XLRs. Is this a new change to that model that isn’t available on the HVX200P? I’m asking because I’m also considering purchasing a production quality recorder, like an edirol, and I am assuming I can come out the RCA jacks to set TC between the two, break the connection and record. Am I mistaken in assuming this?
Alf
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Just curious, has anyone also experienced this on Windows 7, 64 bit w/VV 9.0c? I’ve not had any problem, yet, albeit I’ve not been using VV for very long. System resource issues have traditionally been a problem on XP and even to some degree Vista. I assume they are there on 64 bit Win 7, but….would be good to validate that. The ability to use much larger memory space in 64 bit might make this a thing of the past… cross our fingers….
Alf
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Is that true also if you purchase the upgrade to QT Pro? I have it on my Mac, but have not yet purchased it for my Win7 machine. The reason I wonder is that the QT Pro web site claims you can encode to X.264 with the upgrade to Pro.
https://www.apple.com/quicktime/pro/
Wonder if that is how Sony intends to handle it… I would like some ‘official’ guidance from Sony on this. I’ll undoubtably run into this sooner than later myself. I guess for the time being, the method is to encode out to MPEG-4 and then use QTPro to convert?????? Wonder what you lose???
Alf
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So I’m coming into this thread late, real late. But I’m trying to understand something. Have any of you compared the two formats side by side, and have an opinion on whether AVCHD is actually ‘worse’ than AVC-Intra format as seen on the P2s? Obviously have bought a AVCHD HMC150 I’m happy with the format, works for me, but I wonder if the quality of the AVC-intra is that much ‘better’? Does it show under standard computer based video watching, like rendering down to Quicktime or Windows, iPhone or YouTube? Will I ‘need’ it if I start doing more higher end corporate productions?
And what format do you take your AVCHD or AVC-Intra to as a rule? I’ve tried a number of output formats and seem to like Quicktime best so far at any rate.
Alf
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Sorry, as a ‘newbie’ to this forum, I’m missing something here in translation? You saying that even if you pay for QTPro (extra $29), you (meaning me) am not going to be able to use H264.mov for output in Vegas Video ??? In 9.0c I see a Quicktime .mov file format, I rendered to it last night and it doesn’t run on QT on my Windows 7 box, but I assume that it is H.264. (I transferred it to my Mac and it runs fine in QT, so something isn’t right on my Windows box (I’ve not paid for Quicktime yet on the Win7 box).
So is that not correct? I’ve not needed to render to that format, so not clear here whether it runs on my iPod/iPhone. I’ve not transferred it to the Iphone yet. But it seems that 9.0c does in fact output to H.264 just fine, and runs in Quicktime. In fact, it looks better on my Mac than on my Windows machine in any other format I output it in! Seems that it is using core 4 and core 1 over 2 and 3 for reasons I don’t understand. Playback using about 15% of core CPU.
So with all due respect, what don’t I understand about your post?
Alf
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I’m under the impression that on Windows 7 you are ‘supposed’ to be running 64 bit Windows 7 to run Vegas Video 9.0c. (is 32 bit even officially supported on Windows 7?). If true, then that could be your problem, running into a bug in the software. Also, you didn’t mention what CPU and how much ram you have in this machine.
I’m running 64 bit VV 9.0.c on Win7, with a quad core and 6 GBs RAM and it renders whatever I throw at it, at least for 10 minutes at a time (I’ve not tried longer). I have not had it ‘crash’ yet for rendering, though video issues, outside of VV have caused a few blue screens of death. But not rendering. And I’m coming off AVCHD into lower res output. Also have rendered Sony Digital 8 stuff on it with no problems.
hope this helps.
Alf
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Well, without belaboring the point, I’ve done many upgrades both with and w/o formatting the drives over the years. Sometimes, given the difficulty for most people to reload machines with all their programs, settings etc, even with backup, my belief is to always at least start from a standard upgrade, if possible. It doesn’t always screw things up, (I just recently upgraded (not reformated) my laptop to 7 with no problems at all), but the rule of thumb is, yes, reformat when possible. That’s another reason to just buy a new machine when you want to upgrade. It’s just easier to get it setup, ready to go. And my desktop machine only cost $600…not that everyone can afford this added cost.
We didn’t really know enough about his setup, and other information to make an informed decision, so I am only suggesting that he explore exactly what he has before assuming that a 64 bit upgrade will be the best way to go. He may need to upgrade his computer as well as Sony VV to get the best, or expected, performance. Then there is the issue of whether his video card(s), and accessories will support the upgrade. It’s not easy to properly prepare! And of course, “your mileage may vary”(G). Caveat Emptor..
Alf
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On the issue of ‘changing two things at once’, no, I wasn’t clear. I upgraded without reformatting the hard disk to Windows 7 64 bit and I did not notice any change in performance of the laptop (this w/2 GBs RAM). still a pig. I then reformatted the laptop in order to load 32 Bit 7, since you cannot downgrade the two. This box was lightly used by my wife, who simply surfs the net and does email. The difference in performance after the 32 bit loaded was dramatic. My wife’s comment, “I just got a new machine without buying one”. My quad core desktop HP w/6 GBs RAM is very fast also. So the chipset, (the laptop is about three years old) and the amount of memory is going to matter.
I also loaded VV 9.0c, which is only 64 bit version supporting Win7. It runs fine with my AVCHD input, renders non layered video at about 1:1 ratio, no matter what the format. My only beef is the typical Windows one. I choose to update the driver for my relatively new Viewsonic 24″ monitor, a signed driver from MS’s own web site, and my machine started blue screening immediately. It took me the better part of three hours to finally roll back the driver, by switching monitors, deleting the older driver, and finally reinstalling the Viewsonic. This kind of nonsense with Windows NEVER happens with my MacBook Pro, no matter what odd stuff I throw at it, i.e. Protools, M-Box, large monitors, etc. While I am going to continue to struggle through Windows to use VV, I can understand why people pay more for Apple. It just works. But I agree, it’s great to spend a quarter of the price and get a fast working machine! just don’t change anything on it without a backup use ‘restore points’ (look it up if you don’t know what I mean!). Incidentally, the monitor seems to work better by using the DVI port rather than the VGA, in case any of you haven’t jumped totally to DVI yet. Both on Apple and Windows it’s better. Buy the cable if you have the connectors.
Alf