Mark Barton
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I have the Nvidia GTX 570. At the time Sony Vegas Pro only supported CUDA and that was why I went with Nvidia. The price has dropped down some and the drivers are more stable now that it has been out for a couple years. Whether you pick Nvidia or AMD, make sure you have a good power supply in the system. Most pre-built systems do not put in a good power supply to keep up with the GPU. I have an 800W gold series power supply. If you have a power supply that cannot keep up, then you will be plagued with errors that will be hard to track back. I think NVidia recommends a 550W supply for that card, but it also depends on how many internal devices you have also competing for power.
Basically continue to do some research, because upgrading one hardware component can lead to a domino effect that impacts the other components. That was the main reason I recommended the software upgrade over the GPU based on the impression I got with your budget.
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I just tried with version 12, but with Production Assistant 2 Montage tool and it worked for me. Although the png file I used was created with Vegas Pro 12 from the Video Preview window.
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Look in the follow directory on the system and see if the log files have any errors that point you in the right direction.
“C:/Users/(your login name)/AppData/Local/Sony/Vegas Pro/11.0/”
Is there any information for the crash, some dialog or does it just hang?
I have also configured my antitvirus software to exclude my source media folders.
What build of SVP 11 are you using? Is it 701?
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I still find it very strange that the NewBlue site still does not mention version 2. That was the main reason I did not upgrade NewBlue with my SVP 12 upgrade.
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Trying other media source types was a way to narrow this down. I have rendered mts files with SVP 11 64bit on Windows 7 just fine from my Panasonic TM900 camcorder.
Windows Version:7 64-bit
RAM:12gb
Processor:icore 7 970 3.2GHz x 6 cores
Video Card:Nvidia GTX 570 driver version 310.33
Sound Card:Realtek integrated 6.0.1.6037
Video Capture:IEEE1394
CD Burner:
DVD Burner:Samsung SH-S203N ATA and HP bd340 (Bluray burner)
Camera:Panasonic HDC-TM900 1080/60p SDXC 64GB Class 10
Add. Comments:P6X58D-E Coolmaster 800W PS Gold rated I used the IEEE1394 only when I need to capture miniDV tape -
Have you tried other media for source rather from that camera? We need to narrow this down some. It looked like two months ago you did render something after clearing the temp files. Failing at 20-50% could even be a power management function where the system is inadvertently turning off some devices when it thinks they are not in use. The other thing if it is related to just mts files, could be the codec registered on your system. Reinstalling Vegas does not correct codecs installed by other applications. I had a problem when I installed Adobe Photoshop Elements and it registered its codec as the preferred one. That worked fine until I uninstalled Photoshop Elements and it left the codec registered but removed the codec itself.
I used the CodecTweakTool to see where the problem was.
https://www.codecguide.com/download_other.htm#codectweaktool
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In version 12 they have a feature to create video proxy files within the Project Media tab. People have used proxy files in the past but it usually required other software and you had to go through a process to switch back to the originals. It sounds like Sony streamlined this process, but I have not had a chance to try it out personally. If you try this, then Sony will use the more efficient proxy file when the preview quality is set to Draft or Preview and switch back to the original media when the quality is set to Good or Best.
When the project properties match the source media, then SVP has an easier time displaying the preview, otherwise it is trying to match the project properties real time.
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I would say that if it is a GPU or the upgrade, rather than both, then going with the upgrade to version 12 is the safer bet. The proxy editing feature may save you more time than just the GPU. There were cases with version 11 where I needed to turn off the GPU to get around certain undesirable results. Many of these were video driver related and it got better over time. You also still have about a day to save $50 on the upgrade from Sony (during the month of October).
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Sony posted the archive of the Intro to Vegas Pro 12 webinar.
https://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/vegaspro12introwebinar
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I think the decision was based on the tablet market bringing in much more money than the PC market. Tablets are useful, but they are not a computer replacement yet. Unfortunately the money in the market will dictate where the resources are placed. If this trend continues, then it may mean that desktops as we know them today will increase in price as the mainstream volume decreases due to tablets. I hope I am wrong on this though!