[Nigel O’neill]

Tom

My system is purpose built for video editing.

· Intel S1366 Core i7 970 3.2 GHz Six Core CPU
· ASUS S1366 P6T Deluxe Motherboard v2
· DDR3 6GB Corsair 1600MHz PC12800 RAM Kit
· DDR3 6GB Corsair 1600MHz PC12800 RAM Kit
· 500GB Seagate 7200rpm 32M Serial ATA HDD 24×7
· 500GB Seagate 7200rpm 32M Serial ATA HDD 24×7
· 500GB Seagate 7200rpm 32M Serial ATA HDD 24×7
· 500GB Seagate 7200rpm 32M Serial ATA HDD 24×7
· 500GB Seagate 7200rpm 32M Serial ATA HDD 24×7
· ASUS 9800GT 512MB PCIe Video Card
· Antec Titan 650 Server Case Black with 650 Watt PSU
· ASUS 20x Lightscribe DVD Burner IDE Black
· ASUS 20x Lightscribe DVD Burner IDE Black
. LG GGW-H20N/L Blu-Ray Writer
· Integrated Sound Card
· Integrated Gigabit Network Connection
· MS Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit OEM
· Zalman 92mm Case Fan
· Zalman 92mm Case Fan
· Generic 120mm Case Fan

I also added my own Promise 200 SATA controller and hooked it up to an external drive caddy. It runs using Vista drivers!

The board also has an eSATA controller which is hooked up to a 1.5TB external drive for backing up purposes.

Drive configuration is:

C: 500GB
D: 2 x 500 GB (mirror)
E: 2 x 500 GB (stripe)

The drives are undersized, but at the time they were what was available and affordable. I primarily edit in HDV, so this config allows me to have about 5 projects on the go.

The PSU may seem a tad underpowered, but it is a good quality PSU. The business I purchase from a very clued up and check for incompatible parts and underpowered components.

Regarding performance boost tips, buy the fastest CPU on the planet if you want silky smooth previews in Vegas.

I no longer edit to try and make a living. It is a professional hobby now. I make enough dough to keep paying for new toys and computers, that’s it. If I get a decent offer for a paying gig, I’ll do it. I am not retired, just don’t do video for a living anymore. I still do a lot of volunteer camera work and editing to keep my skills up to date.

My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 10e (x32/x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6

[Nigel O’neill]

But when the target is a Full HD file and the .avi for a 12 minute video ends up with over 100GB? What is wrong? Other 1920×1080 files as WMV have 560MB but with AVI the rendering takes ages and the file size is humungous

Ivan I don’t understand what you are trying to do. Why do you want a “full HD” file?

My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 10e (x32/x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6

[Nigel O’neill]

If your render is still aborting mid-way, then you still have a problem. If you watch the render, might be able to pick out where it is crashing and replace the media or reimport it.

It is unusual for Vegas to be instructed to manually rebuild proxy files upon each opening. The last time I would have experienced this was in a version 8 project, and only for 1 project. I have not had it occur since.

Have you tried copying to new project or nesting veg files in a new project?

My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 10e (x32/x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6

[Nigel O’neill]

Jeff

Yes, it is a custom build. I stopped physically assembling systems after I blew up my 80286 years ago. The business I deal with does not charge for assembly. I just research the components. We have a magazine here called Atomic (I think they have a web site too with lots of online content) that does a lot of bench testing. Although their focus is mainly aimed at gamers and PC enthusiasts, the stresses they put on their systems are very similar to video in some respects.

I don’t know what other specs you are interested in. What do you want to know?

My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 10e (x32/x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6

[Nigel O’neill]

1) As you will effectively be re-rendering compressed footage (the imported DVD video), don’t expect your DVD output quality to look identical to the original.

2) You are also effectively resizing from 4:3 to 16:9, which means you will probably end up cropping your video to get rid of the black bars, unless you want them there on the sides. Doing so will mean another video quality hit.

Render your video to MainConcept MPEG2 with any of the DVD Architect … templates that match your location and videos aspect (NTSC or PAL and 16:9 Widescreen). Then render your audio as Dolby Digital AC3 with the Stereo DVD template. These are the files that you should use when authoring your DVD with DVD Architect.

My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 10e (x32/x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6

[Nigel O’neill]

Mark

What O/S are you using and version of Vegas? 64 bit versions of windows and Vegas Pro 64 do take advantage of the additional memory.

If you are running 32 bit versions of Windows XP or Windows 7, the maximum memory addressable is 4GB.

If you are still running Vista, the best patch you can apply for it is Windows 7 🙂

My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 10e (x32/x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6

[Nigel O’neill]

For shows under 70 minutes, a CBR of 8,000,0000 is OK.

For shows exceeding 70 minutes, you show be looking at 2 pass VBR, using Mark’s bit rate calculator to determine what your min, max and avg bit rate should be. Taking a guess at what the CBR settings should be will not yield the best results. Search this forum for 2 pass variable bit rendering or Mark’s bit rate calculator to take the guess work out. The calculator can also just use CBR settings, but with 2 pass VBR, you get better results.

Let’s say you’re trying to fit 2 hours on a disc, this would require a bitrate of about 4.7Mbits/sec. If you used a CBR of 4.7Mbps, then the high motion areas would be starved for bits and display compression artifacts and the low motion areas would have too many bits and would be wasted. VBR intelligently allocates the bits to maintain video quality. The first pass of a 2-pass VBR reads the program and calculates how to allocate the available bits during the second pass. It allocates more bits to high motion sections and fewer bits to low motion areas in order to maintain the average bitrate which you have set.

The only downside of 2 pass VBR is the time penalty added to the render process (typically takes twice as long).

My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 10e (x32/x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6

[Nigel O’neill]

Or Click on View, Rebuild Audio Peaks (shift+F5)

My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 10e (x32/x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6

[Nigel O’neill]

Yes. I use DVDA to create the disc (but not burn it). I then use Nero’s DVD Video functionality to create a DVD.

I just copy whatever is in the VIDEO_TS folder of my DVDA output to the Nero VIDEO_TS compilation folder. I leave the audio folder alone. DVDA sometimes creates another file in the root folder of the DVD called (SPSS.SS or something similar, I am at work so I cannot check). I ignore that file.

I have found that some DVD’s/Blu-rays discs will not play audio in certain PC DVD readers/blu-ray readers. I put it down to hardware. Generally, I have found if the audio plays in DVDA preview, the disc will play audio on a clients player.

I have come across some clients with older DVD players that do not switch automatically between PCM and AC3 audio. Depending on how you encode your audio on your DVD, it may be a case of asking your clients to check their DVD player audio setup and set it manually to the format your encoded your DVD in: AC3 or PCM. Or kindly suggest that their 1999 vintage Pioneer DVD player is in need of updating 🙂

My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 10e (x32/x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6

[Nigel O’neill]

Simon

I don’t think Avid will solve your problems. Judging by some of the issues/questions being raised on this Avid forum, I would suggest that the MC Adrenaline/capture tool makes an absolute mess of what should be pretty straightforward.

https://cstest.avid.com/forums/p/87776/498747.aspx

Perhaps you need to search the Creative Cow Avid forum or submit your question there.

https://forums.creativecow.net/avidediting

As an aside, Vegas HDV capture typically gives you an m2t file. I have been given HDV MXF files off a Sony EX1 camera, but that was via the XDCAM Explorer tool.

My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 10e (x32/x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6