Patrick Mckenna
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Hi John,
Just verified there that my processor is actually a 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo processor so it’s not as slow as we thought but does it still match up to HD video? One thing that I did check before I got Vegas Movie Studio 10 was if my system had all the specific requirements to run the program.One thing still bothers me though. Do you have any idea why the system might be someway tempramental in the playback of the 720p HDV mpeg files (one day it plays back smoothly and then the next day it doesn’t)? And why is it that Vegas can play back the original footage (MOV – mpeg) no problem without any stutter? Was there something that I did in the rendering of the original scene when converting it to 720p HDV mpeg (m2t file) that causes the stuttering??
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Yeah, my processor is a 2.2 GHz Core Duo and I have 3MB RAM so I was thinking that was the issue. Insofar as the playback, in a previous post you advised me to render parts of my project out and bring them back in as the 720p HDV mpeg2, which I did because when I tried to edit the original footage on the one project, I was getting a lot of red screen crashes. The footage of the actual project was shot in MOV format (mpeg2) and when playing the original scenes on the timeline when they are in MOV format, the playback on Vegas is fine. What is it about the 720p HDV mpeg that causes the stuttering?
Another thing is how is it on other previous occasions, the footage (720p HDV mpeg) played back smoothly on Vegas but now it doesn’t?
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Hi John,
Thanks for the reply. I tried both changing the project to 30fps and converting the footage to 29.970fps and it doesn’t really improve the playback at all. I am assuming that the problem doesn’t just lie with Vegas because when I try to view the .m2t footage on VLC media player, I am having the same problem. It looks like the media player is unable to keep up with the footage and it freezes every few frames like the footage is “buffering”.I am guessing that my processor isn’t strong enough but the interesting thing is that I played back the entire project on the Vegas timeline one evening last week and it played through with no problem, then the following day it was stuttering.I had the same issue the previous week; the footage stuttered so I reboot my computer and it played back fine then. Unfortunately, rebooting the computer now no longer seems to resolve the issue.
I have read that the playback lag on Vegas isn’t a fault in the actual project and that when rendering it onto DVD or whatever should be ok but it is the whole headache of not having a fluid playback when trying to put the music on the timeline.
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Oh, I forgot to mention about the crashing….
When I let the playback play throughout the project, all the way through, even though it is choppy and skipping, at the end of the prject, the entire program freezes and the only command it will allow for is to close the program down. Please please help…. -
Hi John,
Sorry for being late in getting back to you. I took your advice in relation to rendering to MPEG-2 using the HDV 720-30p template. I can’t really see any great loss in quality when I use that one and render time is a lot quick and the files are much smaller. However, I have started to import each of these individual rendered files back into Vegas Movie Studio for the purpose of “stitching them together” before rendering them out as the final project. However, I think I am already starting to encounter problems here. The first file that I imported back into Vegas took surprisingly long to import compared to importing other files into Vegas. And then when I have all the files imported and on the timeline in the correct sequence that I want, when I hit play to view on the Vegas preview window, the playback is kind of stuttering. It could playback smootgly for a few seconds and then it starts freezing a different intervals like hundred frames. It’s like Vegas is struggling to playback smoothly. Can you help me with this?
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Hi John,
Just to say that I really appreciate your helpful replies on this. Just in relation to the render setting that you told me in Sony YUV, I chose the HD 1080-60i setting and changed the frame size to HDV 720 (1,280×720). The automatic frame rate that comes up is 29.970 (NTSC) which I assume is the frame rate you are refering to. I just have one query in relation to this; I’m based in Ireland which is PAL land. I’m just wondering if using this frame rate (NTSC frame rate) would effect the project? -
Hi John,
Just replying to your advice on rendering into AVI using Sony YUV. I took your advice and did all of the above. The only thing is that I left the frame rate at 23.976p. Who I have been coorect to leave the frame rate as this or should I have changed it to 30fps seeing as the footage was shot at 30fps. If you could let me know…
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Hi John,
I’m always very grateful for your helpful replies. I’m guessing that it could be something to do with my DVD burner or player, because I tried burning the file on my laptop with Windows DVD writer and it burnt fine using that. However, I think Windows DVD writer is very basic and I only used it as a test.There is one thing that I noticed using windows DVD writer and of course DVD Architect; when I watch back the DVD on a DVD player, it appears that the DVD picture is slightly too big for the TV! The TV is a widescreen 16:9. I’m in the world of PAL. I think that I read that PAL mpg files are rendered at 720×576 compared to NTSC 720×480. Could this be the cause of this problem?
The reason that I ask is that I have been working on a project recently and when editing it in Vegas I have had to use the full width and height of the screen for different shots as it displays on the Vegas preview playback screen. My big fear is that when I render it out to DVD, the screen will have cropped slightly at the edges which will make some of the various shots in this roject look really poor, to such an extent that it will cut some of the subjects out of the picture. Any suggestion on how I can fix this problem??
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Hi John,
Just to reiterate, I went back into my project in Vegas and when I click on the “Make Movie” button is gives me the options of either:
-Save it to my hard drive
-Burn it to a DVD or Blu Ray disc
-Upload it to Youtube
-Save it to my camera or portable device
-Email itI click on “Burn to a DVD or Blu Ray disc” option and it brings up a window of selecting “DVD” or “Blu Ray” option and I select the “DVD” option.
Next window has the “Video File Path” and “Audio File Path” along with other “tick box” option such as stretch video to fill output frame size, save project as path reference in rendered media, save project markers in media file, use widescreen DVd format. When I click next, the file starts to render as MPG file. Where in Vegas do I find the option of changing the bitrate when encoding the file?? I really do appreciate your help on this and sorry about being a nuisance with all the questions but I’m new to Vegas and I’m still trying to get to grips with the whole rendering side of things.
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Thanks for the replies John.
What if I were to render them out in MOV format? The camera that the footage was shot on is a Panasonic GH1. I know some people have advised me to stay away from MOV formats or anything to do with Quicktime but I don’t see the problem with MOV. I’ve rendered out smaller projects before in MOV and, even though the files size is huge, the quality looks quite good.