[Jeff Pulera]

Download and install the free MediaInfo app – https://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo

Then in Windows Explorer, you can right-click any video clip and from the drop down menu, select MediaInfo and it will tell you all about the video clip. This is the first thing I would do. The Ronin is only going to record whatever it is given – it should auto-configure to match the incoming video – so maybe the switcher was not set right and did something to the signal format? Many links in this chain of yours ????

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[Jeff Pulera]

What you’ve shown so far is that all sources/recordings are 1080i. If you edited as 1080i, and exported as H.264 Blu-ray 1080i, then there should be no ghosting. But I don’t know what was used for editing and exporting. When you say there is ghosting, where are you seeing that? Do not preview DVD and Blu-ray discs on computer because results can vary depending on software (and playback settings) used. Computers do not display interlaced video properly and maybe that is what you are seeing, interlacing issues on progressive computer display?

To test discs you burn, always play them in a DVD or Blu-ray player out to a TV via HDMI, do not use computer to proof them.

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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Geoff,

This type of thing can happen when editing and/or export settings do not match the clip. What is the source video, like 1080p60, 1080i, other?

Did the editing setup in Vegas match? What export settings were used? Screen shots will be most helpful in this regard

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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Peter,

Please post a screen grab of Export Settings for review.

What are the specs of your computer hardware – like Mac or PC, processor, RAM, graphics card, hard drives? Also, how much space is available on the hard drive you are exporting to?

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I’m still using CC 2015 and the 50% speed works perfect as it ought to, so it is either a bug in 2017 or issue with the footage. I’m using X70 footage, 1080p60 XAVC. There is of course no 4k60p on that model, so can’t try that. If you put the 60p clip in 60p sequence and step frame by frame (no speed changes) is it all good?

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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Dan,

I use Sony 59.94p XAVC clips in a 29.97p sequence and simply set 50% speed to clips in timeline and get the desired result, no need to interpret. Have you tried that to at least get through this project?

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[Jeff Pulera]

Render at 60fps and end user can “interpret” actual fps in their NLE.

You can’t render at 600fps because playback devices cannot display that frame rate anyway

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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Damien,

Which H.264 preset did you export with? There are like a hundred of them in Adobe, but I don’t see why any of them would lose audio only in certain playback apps.

If you can please post a screen shot of the Export Settings panel for review, maybe we will see something amiss.

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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Andrew,

I’m in total agreement that you must get the video off the C: drive and onto a fast, dedicated media drive. However, you should not need 6 – or 16 – drives ????

Please tell us what type of 4K footage – from what camera? I shoot 4K with a Sony PXW-X70 and the .mxf files are only 100mbps and will play back just fine off a single 7200-rpm SATA drive. Of course if you have 4K ProRes or RED files or similar, then you would need more robust storage for sure! But if we are talking about highly compressed 4K from a GoPro or consumer/prosumer camcorder or DSLR, those files are pretty light.

My typical PC editing drive setup (internal) would be two 7200-rpm SATA drives in a RAID 0 configuration. This can be easily configured in Windows, no RAID controller card needed.

RAID 0 combines the two drives into one – data gets split and is written to both drives at once, basically providing double the speed of writing to a single drive. Two 2TB drives in RAID 0 would give you a single drive letter in Windows, with 4TB capacity. Keep in mind that RAID 0 is not redundant – if either drive fails, you lose ALL data, so you should have a backup plan. Large USB 3.0 “storage” drives are very cheap these days to use for backup (about $100 for 4TB external unit).

Actually, whether using RAID 0 or a single video drive, ALWAYS back up your data! Since we don’t have tapes to keep on the shelf anymore, always have two (or more) copies of the data from your SD cards on different drives before you even begin editing.

What kind of drives? You want high-performance, meaning 7200rpm with 64mb cache. Like Seagate Barracuda or WD Black models. Never use “green” drives, they are low-performance.

You might also look at external RAID storage. I have a 4TB G-RAID from G-Technology, which is an external enclosure with two drives inside. Connects to PC using USB 3.0 and is plenty fast for HD and (compressed) 4K editing. Newer external drives are coming out with USB-C which is faster yet, if your computer supports it. Besides G-Tech, check out Glyph and LaCie, other vendors that make external drives well-suited for media production work.

If you have Thunderbolt 3 on the PC, that will be the fastest connection of all, but the drives will cost more with that option. I should mention that external drives with USB-C connection are backwards-compatible to work with USB 3.0 and will include the USB 3.0 adapter cable.

As the budget increases, there are external RAID units with 4 or 8 or more drives inside. When you get to 4 drives, you can get more RAID options, such as RAID 5 which is popular for video editing. Not as fast as RAID 0, but adds redundancy – if one drive fails, replace it and the data rebuilds, nothing lost.

But knowing that you are on a budget, the two internal drives in RAID 0 is the most economical route to go and have nice performance. If money is really tight and you are working with the compressed 4K, you could get by with a single media drive. Think Glyph Black Box Pro with USB 3.0, G-Drive USB 3.0 from G-Tech, or the d2 USB 3.0 from LaCie for example.

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[Jeff Pulera]

When exporting for YouTube, select the H.264 format, then under the presets drop-down list, scroll all the way to the bottom and use YouTube 1080p HD.

Just double-check then that the frame rate is 29.97 to match source, should not need to touch any other settings as that preset is optimized for YouTube.

Your shutter speed has no bearing on sequence sequence settings or export settings.

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Jeff Pulera
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