[George Dean]

Hi John,

I don’t think there are any requirements. If you click on the link and click on the package you would like, it will take you to a shopping cart. To get to that point, there are no requirements to meet. I haven’t gone past that point because I have no intention to purchase anything from Magix. But you could try it and back out if they ask for a previous serial number.

Best Regards……George

[George Dean]

Hi David,

Have you tried….

– Save your project to a new name. Close and restart Vegas and open the newly named project.

– Reset Vegas and delete all cached application data. (hold Ctrl+Shift while double left clicking on the desktop icon, then check ‘Delete all cached application data”, then left click on ‘Yes’.

Best Regards……George

[George Dean]

Salim,

Have you had the time to try the GPU test I suggested? Turn off ‘GPU acceleration of video processing’ in Options > Preferences > Video, in both v13 and v14 (requires a restart of the program). This of course should show a difference in the playback, but the test is to see if you still experience a difference in delay to start the playback.

If there is no delay with GPU off, that may indicate that v14 is handling your specific GPU differently than v13. This would be helpful when you submit a trouble report to Magix. Again, this isn’t a solution, just perhaps it will narrow down what may be causing the delay.

Best Regards…..George

[George Dean]

Hi Salim,

These comparisons are often frustrating. Because I’m not experiencing the same issue and cannot duplicate I haven’t a solution. The only thing I can suggest is to double check that both the v13 and v14 are in fact setup identical so you are assured you are comparing apples-to-apples, which would include the project properties, preview quality, etc. You may also want to run a comparison test by turning of your GPU in both programs and compare the playback, as a mean to possibly isolate what is causing the lag.

Best Regards……George

[George Dean]

Hi salim,

In Vegas Pro 13 I need 32-bit QuickTime installed to add/import ProRes 422 HQ files. Other than the 10/8 bit downgrade, some limitation on how many ProRes will edit before VP13 crashes, I can process these files as well.

The Vegas Pro 14 (trial) I have tested does not need QuickTime installed to add/import ProRes 422 HQ files. DNxHD requires 32-bit QuickTime in v14 as it does in V13. V14 will not render ProRes, nor will v14. Both v13 and V14 will render DNxHD.mov if 32-bit QuickTime is installed.

BTW: I have not experienced any lag in playback with ProRes 422HQ, DNxHD 220x, CineForm FilmScan 1, or mp4.mov files.

Best Regards……George

[George Dean]

I see no difference between the v13 and v14 Pan & Crop.

Best Regards……George

[George Dean]

I was also aware of Gary’s decision, but that was not the reason I decided not to purchase anything from Magix. I have Timeline Tools, and have used it as exploring it’s capabilities. I do not depend on it, but understand why many do and recognize the effort Gary made to develope it and the polish it adds to Vegas pro. If I were Gary, I would have made the same decision. I think Timelne Tools still has life in it, because there are many who have made a similar decision to stay with previous versions of Vegas Pro and avoid the v14 for now. My hat is off to Gary and wish him well.

Best Regards…….George

[George Dean]

Adis, do you have a screenshot of your project settings?

[George Dean]

Hi Derek,

In addition to, and agreement with, the previous replies, some trial and error may produce the best settings for your laptop.

To my knowledge there are three settings within Vegas referencing graphic cards….

1. Options > Preferences > Video (tab) > GPU acceleration of video processing. The settings should be ‘Off’ or, your graphics card if recognized.

2. Options > Preferences > Preview Device (tab) > Optimize GPU display performance. The settings are either checked or unchecked.

3. For rendering. MainConcept AVC and Sony AVC render templates are the only two which offer any advantage/options for GPU cards.

A two minute test video is usually fine to test the speed advantages of the various combinations of these settings. Often if the graphics card does not provide an improvement in render times, it will provide better playback speed.

MainConcept AVC offers ‘Render using CPU only’, ‘Render using OpenCL if available’, ‘Render using CUDA if available’. In the ‘System (tab)’ of the template, click on the ‘Check GPU’ button and it will provide a report such as ‘OpenCL available’ or ‘CUDA available’. Then the appropriate setting within the ‘Video (tab)’ > ‘Encode mode:’ can be selected for a render test. However even if the ‘Check GPU’ reports ‘CUDA available’ doesn’t mean Vegas can use the CUDA from a specific card. Up to the GTX 500 series, CUDA seem to work with Vegas, since then the newer cards appear to have no advantage in decreasing render times.

Sony AVC offers ‘Render using CPU only’, ‘Render using GPU if available’, ‘Intel Quick Sync Video (quality)’ and ‘Intel Quick Sync Video (speed)’. Like MainConcept, the Sony AVC has a ‘System (tab)’ with a ‘Check GPU’. Your laptop CPU 6500U, if not mistaken offers ‘Intel Quick Sync Video’ and if that is correct, using that option in the Sony AVC render template will probably provide the best decrease in render times.

However, many report they get the best quality renders from MainConcept AVC and Sony AVC when they use ‘CPU only’ regardless of the graphics card they are using. So it pretty much means we can sometimes have better speed, but that may come at a quality loss. Some user can’t tell the difference, or don’t care, so they go for speed.

On my old desktop I run a GTX 460 card and the CUDA does help speed up render times within Vegas with that card. In my new desktop I have an AMD R9 390 and the OpenCL does make a difference in render times, but does help in preview speed.

Here is a link to a dated article, but the general information is of value: https://www.studio1productions.com/Articles/SonyVideoCards.htm

Of course once you find the best combination of settings for Vegas, you will need to confirm the other programs you commonly run are up to speed as well.

We are a few weeks away from the version 14 release of Magix Vegas Pro. This version may in fact have improvements to recognize and take advantage of your laptop graphics card.

Best Regards……George

[George Dean]

Hi Derek,

While you are waiting for an answer here, have you done a search on “Fault Module: C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll”? There is a lot of information about the ntdll.dll errors. You also may want to consider rolling back the Nvidia driver to a previous version. These are just shots in the dark which may help.

Best Regards……George