Dave Osbun
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How much is the budget? Where do you plan on keeping the video clips- on an internal drive or fast external drive? If internal, you’ll want a laptop that has 2 hard drives in it (preferably fast drives). You’ll want an Intel Ivy Bridge i5 processor at the minimum and a dedicated GPU- no integrated CPU graphics.
Just an fyi- usually ‘budget system’ and video editing laptop are items that might not mix well together.
Dave
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You’re getting pillar boxes because your source footage is 1920×1080 yet your render settings are 1440×1080. Change the render settings to 1920×1080 and goodbye black bars.
Dave
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The SSD is obviously the cause of the problem since it rendered fine until he switched HDs. Did you make the appropriate BIOS change when you added the SSD? I can’t remember what that change was, but I know that when adding an SSD to an already-configured system that a BIOS change was needed for the SSD to perform properly.
Dave
Intel i5 3570K Ivy Bridge 3.40GHz quad core
Asus P8Z77V-LK
16gb RAM
ATI Radeon HD7850 2gb
Crucial M4 SSD + Seagate Barricuda 7200rpm
Windows 7 Pro 64 -
I think it’s because you need more RAM.
just kidding……
Does the project load fine? Is the problem happening when only playing from the timeine?
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I picked up an HP 23″ IPS LED monitor directly from HP for $187. It’s not a high-end IPS monitor, but it’s probably the best bang-for-the-buck LED you’ll find.
Dave
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If both GPUs were listed in that dropdown, it means that both GPUs are being seen by the OS, which is not good. The integrated GPU (if it is weaker than the other GPU) should be disabled in the BIOS. Having two different GPUs active in the system is a no-no.
Dave
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Do you have the ability to do a test shoot? Then bring the footage from each camera into Vegas Pro and see how it looks? That’s probably the best way to achieve professional results.
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Are your Vegas project settings set to 1920×1080? Also, is your render settings set as such?
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Does your motherboard support SATAIII (6gb/s)? If so, those drives are cheap. I purchased a 1TB Seagate Barricuda (7200rpm) SATAIII drive 3 months ago for about $80 from NewEgg.
Is your Western Digital drive where your video files are stored, or is this the drive you’re trying to render to? If it’s your video drive, is Vegas installed on that same drive? How about the OS? Best performance is always to have your video clips on a separate drive, not residing with the software and OS.
Dave
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Obviously that uncompressed .avi file is causing the problem. It’s been a long time since I worked with uncompressed video. Something in the system (hardware) is causing a bottleneck. What is the task manager showing when it hits the .avi file (performance tab)?
Dave