Dave Osbun
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You can’t rule out a system issue. The clips might play fine in another software application but is that application ‘taxing’ the processor as much as Vegas does? Granted it sounds weird, but is has happened before. Try downloading a free system temp utility and find out what the CPU temp is hitting while playing the clips in Vegas vs. playing in the other software. If the CPU temps are much higher, you probably are experiencing system cooling issues (which have been discussed in many threads on this board).
Hope this helps,
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Have you tried making a new project in Vegas and see how these clips act inside the new project?
Dave
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As Simon said, crank up the bit rate and select two-pass. It’ll increase your render times dramatically but give you the best quality. Be aware that you’re comparing apples to oranges, since the clip you’re comparing yours to was probably shot differently (ie- camera movement/pans, original footage bitrate, etc.).
Dave
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Where are the video files stored? Are they on a system drive? Same drive as the OS? External drive? Please be specific, as it could be many things causing this, like system heat, for example.
Dave
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What are you expecting the file size to be? What is the original source footage? Is it 1080i, 720p, etc.? What are you rendering to? What are your render settings?
Please give as much detailed info as possible, and you’ll receive some superb help by the experts here.
Dave
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I have no idea, but Google is your friend. See if there are any reviews about the site from customers that have purchased from them.
Dave
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It’s not possible for a file that once had video & audio to ‘lose’ one or the other. What is size of the file? If it is a large file then the video is still there, but something in your system changed how the codec operates.
Try putting the file on some type of removable drive and see how it performs on another system.
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Have you made any changes to your system since you last used Vegas? Any new software downloads/installs/updates? Any hardware changes?
If you’re running Windows 7 (or even XP), try this:
In the Windows run box, type: msconfig
When the System Configuration window opens, click the ‘Start Up’ tab.
Uncheck EVERYTHING there except your Eset Antivirus software (excellent software choice, btw. One of the best on the market)
Reboot your computer.Now go back into Vegas and see if things are better.
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The AMD processor is far from the best CPU for video rendering, but what John Rofrano said about your source footage ratio being changed in it’s final render output is 1000% the reason why you’re getting the horribly long render times. I tried a few render tests when I built my new system this past December, and one of the tests I did was down-converting my 1080p data. This increased my render times significantly.
Why such a small video size for a DVD?
Dave
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You might have a corrupted clip in your project. If you open Vegas Pro ‘normally’, without double-clicking on a saved project, does it open fine?