Hey David, thanks for all the info! I’ll definitely give all your suggestions a shot.
I’ve rendered with both GPU accel on and off with same results. However, I’ll have to check to see if I have the latest drivers. Sometimes I let video drivers fall by the wayside.
The footage I use is .m2ts from either a NEX-VG20 or a Hauppauge PVR. I’ve used this file type countless times before with no issues, albeit on an older version and older computer.
I never even thought about changing the thread settings, but I’ll give it a go. Also, I’ll change the memory buffer. I think it’s set to 300 at the moment.
And finally, I’ll try the simplest first and render to an HDD instead of an SSD. I got the SSD specifically for quicker rendering times, but I’d much rather have a completed product that takes longer to render than nothing at all.
Thanks again for everybody’s input thus far.