[Chelsea Volz]

Thanks for that. I’m not using any 3rd party affects, however, the format you mentioned is MUCH faster. 🙂

Would you happen to know why, when I render into AVI format, little tiny lines appear around images as they move on the clip? I’d love to render in that format but I can’t figure out how to fix the lines issue.

Thanks in advance.

[Chelsea Volz]

Okay… So basically, I have three options, here.

I can convert my entire 1TB hard drive full of media to different codecs. And I’d have to convert more clips every week because I run two websites where I upload clips. Hmm.. Well… Which converter would you recommend for that? And could you please give me directions on how to go about it? I’d appreciate it because I tried using the other one you mentioned: AviDemux, but everytime I load any clips in it and set the video and audio portions and then try to save it so it renders out the correct format, it crashes automatically. I’ve tried multiple clips. I might be doing something wrong but I’m not sure as I’ve never used it before.

Or, I could continue using my 32-bit Vegas so that my codecs cooperate and deal with not using all of the capabilities that I paid $6,000 for as well as having to deal with the slow rendering speed and overall craptastic performance I’ve been dealing with while editing (lagging, freezing, etc.)..

And finally, I could return my Mac and purchase a top of the line Windows and not deal with all of these issues. However, then I’d sacrifice the ability to switch to Final Cut Pro when necessary and I’d also lose the expandability that this Mac Pro comes with (it’s capable of being expanded to 32GB of RAM at any time and it comes with four extra hard drive slots…)

[Chelsea Volz]

Thanks, although I’m not sure what else I could have done. What were my other options, aside from downgrading?

And are you sure there are no 64 bit codecs for the three codecs that I need? Only because the 32 bit version doesn’t let me use all of my RAM, according to an answer I received to another post I made here a few hours ago, and it’s really messing with my rendering time as well as the overall performance of my projects. And I feel like I should be able to take advantage of such a high powered machine. It took me nearly 12 minutes to render a 4 minute piece of medium quality material and I was informed that it was probably because of the 32 bit program so I should probably switch back to the 64-bit…

This was the other post:

[Chelsea Volz]: “Hey everyone. I’m not sure if this is the correct place to put this, and if not, I apologize.
I am a bit concerned because I JUST purchased my brand new Mac Pro. (Literally, it was just set up two days ago). I am concerned because it still took me 10 minutes to render a 4 minute, medium quality .wmv clip on Sony Vegas via Bootcamp on Windows 7 and I’m not sure why, seeing as my computer is new and whatnot.
These are the specs:
> Two 2.4GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Westmere” processors (Although this is what it says when I go to Computer > System Properties in Windows: Intel Xeon CPU @ 2.53 GHz and I’m not sure what that means.)
> It has two 1 TB Harddrives (one is partitioned for Windows via Bootcamp)
> And it has 16GB of RAM (which is being utilized according to my system properties on Windows).
> And I’m running the 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium.
This is the same amount of time it took my old laptop to render to same footage and it was significantly less equipped. Please let me know if you need more info or have any ideas about what the issue could be..
Thank you!”

[Danny Hays]: “That does seem rediculously high for a machine like that. I’ve never ran windows on a Mac before though. Are you adding alot of effects?
Some effects add tons of time to a render. I tried Boris Continuum noise reduction on a 12 minute SD video last night with a 3.4 dual core laptop, Windows 7 64 bit, and it took several hours.”

[Chelsea Volz]: “Actually, no. The projects I’ve been working on this last hour or so had absolutely no effects at all, in fact. Now it really does seem incredibly strange ; I hadn’t thought about the fact that I’m not even using affects.
Is all the of CPU power being utilized? And if not, how do I fix it so that it is? Because as far as I can tell, that’s really the only thing that can be holding it up.. Or, could it be the fact that I’m using a 32-bit Version of Vegas 8 while running a 64 version of Windows 7? I’m not sure if that would affect the rendering speed, though..”

[Danny Hays]: “32 bit Vegas only sees 2 gig of ram but rendering is CPU only. Start a render, then open your Windows task manager with cntl, alt and del keys, selecting task manager and click the tab that allows you to see all your CPU usage. My i7 PC used all 8 by default, but your on a Mac so I don’t know. That’s one way for you to tell if Vegas rendering is using all your CPUs.”

[Chelsea Volz] “While rendering a project with very minimal effects (and I mean ONLY using fade to blacks and crossfades) my CPU is between 65 – 80..”

Any help is greatly appreciated.

[Chelsea Volz]

I apologize for my last reply, I apparently didn’t understand what you were asking. Sorry about that.
While rendering a project with very minimal effects (and I mean ONLY using fade to blacks and crossfades) my CPU is between 65 – 80.

[Chelsea Volz]

It says “0” and “00” in the CPU column for vegas. Now I am just confused.

Please help if you can! 🙁

[Chelsea Volz]

Actually, no. The projects I’ve been working on this last hour or so had absolutely no effects at all, in fact. Now it really does seem incredibly strange ; I hadn’t thought about the fact that I’m not even using affects.

Is all the of CPU power being utilized? And if not, how do I fix it so that it is? Because as far as I can tell, that’s really the only thing that can be holding it up.. Or, could it be the fact that I’m using a 32-bit Version of Vegas 8 while running a 64 version of Windows 7? I’m not sure if that would affect the rendering speed, though..

[Chelsea Volz]

Okay, so it looks like I was able to fix the issue somehow. I uninstalled the 64 bit version of SV9 and installed my old 32 bit version of SV8 and then it worked fine.

[Chelsea Volz]

I am using the 64 bit. Where do I go to find the correct codecs?
I just tried to go back to the sites where I downloaded the codecs but I cant find anything distinguishing between what I originally downloaded and anything 64-bit… I’m just confused. Thanks in advance.

Also, I attempted to use that AviDemux you mentioned, with the audio and video you recommended, but as soon as I upload my clips into it and try to save it with those settings, itcrashes and shuts down.

[Chelsea Volz]

Hmm. I just finished downloading all of the things you instructed me to, but the media still doesn’t show up (no video, the audio does show up – for all the avi clips) and now after the project finishes loading I get this, “Warning: An Error has occured. Some streams in the media file could not be opened.”

I’m not sure what to do at this point. 🙁

I also checked all of my device drivers but nothing has a yellow exclamation point at all.

[Chelsea Volz]

I apologize. I was unaware of all of this. I am not a techie by any means. I honestly don’t even know where to begin finding these “chipset drivers”. Will this fix my avi files or is this just for the audio (cause I fixed that issue..)? I don’t even know what they are, though.. Do you have any starting points? Where I could go to find them? Sorry.. but thanks in advance!

And what about the H.264 codecs? What do I need to fix those so they work?

What exactly do I need to find and download so that these clips work in Vegas? Is coverting truly my only option? Because I have an entire 1TB harddrive filled with NOTHING but clips that use these codecs(according to GSpot) and I’d really like to avoid converting all of them as they worked before I got this Mac.. Im willing to download whatever I have to but I just don’t know where to begin.

Thanks sooo much.