[Jeff Schroeder]

Easy, your avchd is call avchd.mts, make that into proxy.avi. (they must be the same length, same frame count)
Edit the movie using proxy.avi. Before rendering save as a another veg. Like, edit01.veg has the avi, save as edit02.veg.

In the project media window for edit02.veg right-click on proxi.avi and select replace with, and specify the avchd.mts file

Jeff

Windows 7 64-bit, ASUS P6X58D, i7 960 3.20GHz, 24.0GB DDR3, 12TB connected storage

[Jeff Schroeder]

Not a problem Jeff, Keep me posted on how this rig is working. And maybe post some samples.

Jeff

Windows 7 64-bit, ASUS P6X58D, i7 960 3.20GHz, 24.0GB DDR3, 12TB connected storage

[Jeff Schroeder]

Looks like my reply wound up in the either…

This is probably a script issue. Paste the description of the script here (version, author, etc.)

Maybe Mike Kujbida can send you a better version. He is one of the best at scripts here.

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[Jeff Schroeder]

Hosting the OS and software is where the SSD really earns it’s pay. I have 2 systems built this way. That’s your choice. It won’t make a bit of difference for your preview. The problem is you’re not going to want the wasted space of a fast drive that you marked off as OS only. Have you seen any 120 GB (spinning) drives. I don’t think they make them anymore. That’s why I use SSD’s that are just big enough. (Mine is 60GB.)

Your cameras are AVCHD – processor intensive. Decent for the work you describe. Are you doing a lot of color correction. This can be expensive for processor cycles. A well timed white (or color) balance may help.

According to your post you will have great editing but slow rendering.

For that money (or less) you could put together a 2-chip Xeon, although the chips in your price-range would not be hyper-thread capable. Still 8 real cores at about ~2.5 GHz is nothing to sneeze at. Don’t let me confuse you.

Overall the price is about right.

Jeff

Windows 7 64-bit, ASUS P6X58D, i7 960 3.20GHz, 24.0GB DDR3, 12TB connected storage

[Jeff Schroeder]

This is an expensive rig! Are you a pro, or going to be pro? If so your backup is a bit small. I would save some money on the SSD and put *ONLY* the OS and software on it. I would order a pair of 2TB (64M buffer) drives and plug them into the SATA RAID 6Gb/s ports as a striped drive. The six cores are fast but at this time very pricey. Did you pick these parts or was it someone getting commission on the sales?

What exactly do you want to do with video editing? What is you camera stock?

Jeff

Windows 7 64-bit, ASUS P6X58D, i7 960 3.20GHz, 24.0GB DDR3, 12TB connected storage

[Jeff Schroeder]

I can agree with Steve. Vegas is the most intuitive editor on the market. I think it is most popular with technical people too. You will get better results if you actually understand video codecs and delivery formats. If you don’t want all that knowledge, just a point and click editor, get FCP.

Windows 7 64-bit, ASUS P6X58D, i7 960 3.20GHz, 24.0GB DDR3, 12TB connected storage

[Jeff Schroeder]

Steve,

I think the post gets frozen (in limbo) while a comment by a un-approved poster gets moderated. At some point my responses started showing up immediately. Until that point I was being moderated.

Jeff

Windows 7 64-bit, ASUS P6X58D, i7 960 3.20GHz, 24.0GB DDR3, 12TB connected storage

[Jeff Schroeder]

Sorry, Can you give more details about the movie file? Link? Do you have gspot.exe?

Windows 7 64-bit, ASUS P6X58D, i7 960 3.20GHz, 24.0GB DDR3, 12TB connected storage

[Jeff Schroeder]

Are there differences between the first and second regions regarding audio tracks? Does the second region use an audio track mapped to a bad device?

Windows 7 64-bit, ASUS P6X58D, i7 960 3.20GHz, 24.0GB DDR3, 12TB connected storage

[Jeff Schroeder]

Right-click on the audio and select streams. Pick another stream. This may do it.

Windows 7 64-bit, ASUS P6X58D, i7 960 3.20GHz, 24.0GB DDR3, 12TB connected storage