[Brett Cole]

There’s no point in doing an uninstall and then installing the demo, since the demo is 10.0 and not 10.0d

[Brett Cole]

I guess I don’t agree with the idea that by uninstalling a program one should expect to have created problems with the registry. That’s not normal computer function. In any case I fixed it by finding all keys that had even veg in them. There was a rogue key somewhere and that did it.

[Brett Cole]

Tried turning off firewall, avast, etc. No dice. I’m bout to pop a cap in Vegas.

For what’s it worth, if I try to proceed with the 32-bit install it will let me (I had the 64 demo and need the 64 install), and if I try to install DVD Architect it proceeds. I didn’t proceed with either.

[Brett Cole]

Premiere is an abomination, right up there with Blender as one of the worst UI’s ever. I love Adobe in general, PS? Dreamweaver? InDesign? – all brilliant, but next to Premiere, Vegas is like the Holy Grail.

[Brett Cole]

Ok, thanks John, I sent an email to support@vasst.com

[Brett Cole]

Thanks Aleksey, I will try it out right now

Ok, I’m back. Will it work with my directory structure as I described it in my original post? I don’t see a way. So far it is only working if I go into each directory separately. I can’t choose the top level directory.

It does restore them all at once, even if they are in separate directories, so that’s nice. Overall this is still very helpful. It would be perfect for me if I could operate on the top level directory and have it apply to the subdirectories.

Thanks

[Brett Cole]

Why 9 instead of 10?

$$$, of which I have very little

Thanks for your help. I turned off everything and it’s not working, so I don’t know what I’ll do as far as Gearshift. I’d like to use it.

[Brett Cole]

Hi John,

I’m pretty much sold on it, but I guess before spending $50 I’d want to be sure that it works with 5d2 source material without any issues (no offense and please don’t take that the wrong way, you just didn’t sound 100%), and to be sure I understand how it functions. Basically it will create a proxy for every clip you bring into the timeline, and at any moment you can switch between proxy and original for all clips?

Also, I have the demo of Vegas 9 and will be purchasing the full version in 5-10 days. Can I install this plugin on my demo, and then also install it when I have the full version. I’d like to keep working and incorporate this into my workflow right away.

I tried to evaluate the Gearshift demo but it told me that my license was expired so I wasn’t able to. This was right after I installed it. Not sure what’s up there.

Thanks, much appreciated,
Brett

[Brett Cole]

Hi John, looks perfect. It seems to be framed in terms of HDV. How is it with 5d2 source material? I would be working with a certain amount of older HDV from an XH-A1, and then a lot of new 5d2 material, which will likely be my format going forward.

How are the conversion times? Say I drop a 1gb clip into the timeline? How long to make the proxy? i7 2600 3.4

[Brett Cole]

On the subject of creating proxies a program called Movavi is absolutely brilliant. It seems optimized for the new i7’s, as it runs 8 conversions at a time, completely maxing out the CPU, and does them at blazing speed. It blows away AVC, etc. by a mile.

I’m creating roughly 400x300px proxies from my full-res 1920 Canon 5d2 clips, and in an hour, Movavi will convert 275 clips, starting with 60gb of data and ending up with less than 1.5gb.

For the conversion output I’m using an H.264 codec for iPhone, and although it creates an .mp4 file, I just batch change the suffix to mov (file renamer basic does this for free) and they import and behave fine in Vegas. This makes the substitutions/replace within Vegas seamless, as the file name and suffix of the proxy are identical the 5d2 clips.