OK,
Well I discovered that it was in fact rendering both a proxy and an intermediate file. Turning intermediate off took rendering down from 2 hours to 50 minutes (for a 3 minute clip). This still seems kind of high to me.
What’s everyone else think?
Added to this playback (of the proxies) is still at around a lousy 7 fps.
– The proxy is on an internal physical drive
– It is created at the same properties as the project (NTSC standard). Gearshift doesn’t seem to allow for lower res proxies than this.
– Video is on a separate physical drive to Vegas.
– Drivers are up to date.
– Drive is recently defragged.
Any ideas appreciated!