[Larry Rantapaa]

Another tweak to the solution. Setting Ram preview at 1024 MB let the horses run full out at over 95%. The things you did not learn in kindergarten.

Larry

[Larry Rantapaa]

Solution found!! I reduced the number of rendering threads from the default of 16 to 8 and set the dynamic ram to 0. Setting the dynamic ram to 0 without reducing the number of threads did not do the trick.

CPU usage fluctuates between 65 and 75%, ram usage is less than 3 gig, render times are 50% actual. This corresponds favorably with Prem Pro.

Hope this helps someone else.

Thank you all for the input.

Larry

[Larry Rantapaa]

The problem seems to be with my Vegas setup. If my cpu or disc io were to blame it would seem to affect P Pro also. Vegas acts like it has to reprocess what it has already done from the beginning after it processes a little bit more of the file. This is a simple avchd or mts ,1920 by 1080i, file from my Sony HDR AX2000 which includes video and audio. Render this to DVD NTSC ,720 by 480i, with audio. No filters , adjustments. I just drop the file imported from the SDHC card into the HD onto the timeline and render to a new track.

If anybody else does this type render could you tell me how your Vegas 10e,64bit is setup. Perhaps I am unknowingly selecting options in Vegas that contribute to the problem. I built this new computer to handle the avchd files faster so I am a little frustrated that it seems to choke on the files.

mb ASUS P8 z68-V Pro
cpu Quadcore 3.40 gigahertz Intel Core i7-2600K
12 gb ram
video NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti with dual monitor
Black Magic decklink hdmi out

One other item. Vegas quit on me, just shut down while I was editing added audio to another avchd clip. I was adding small clips of audio on a separate track.

[Larry Rantapaa]

Thanks for the input. My cpu is not accelerated at 3.4 ghz. The windows 7 rating is 5.9 due to disk IO. All 8 threads start out working and continue but slow down. The ram usage is strange. I have 12 gb and it seems to want to use it all. I came from a 2.8 ghz duo core 3.4 gb usable ram with XP. I will do more checking and post the results.

Larry

[Larry Rantapaa]

Thanks, Bob.
Do you use Intensity Pro? How do you monitor your output from the time line?

Larry Rantapaa