Wayne Waag
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COW Coins
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I know you are eager to find out what is my problem, but I really want to find out what others are using.
If possible, please answer my question, I can discuss my formats in another topic.No offense, but any reasonable answer depends completely on your source format and your destination format and also WHY you want to do the conversion. Poor preview performance? Use in another application? Do you need a digital intermediate? A proxy? Simply saying that I’ve used Vegas, TMPGEnc Mastering Works, FFMPEG, Vitualdub, Avidemux, Photoshop, GoPro Studio, Cineform Neoscene (I’ve used all of these) is pretty meaningless without information that others have suggested you should provide.
wwaag
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I see your problem. On your render settings, it’s 1280 x 544. Shouldn’t that be 1280 x 720? Since the vertical resolution is less than 720 YT assumes that its a low-res file, hence 480P most likely. I’ve seen this before with 1080 Renders. Anything less than 1080 and YT assumes it is 720. Always make sure that your vertical resolution is set to exactly what you want. Why it would change 5 sec later–I have no idea.
wwaag
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Once you’ve uploaded your file, there is nothing you can do regarding how YT renders your file for playback. If the uploaded file is good and the processed file that you’ve downloaded is good, then it must be a playback problem. If its blurry to begin with and then shifts to sharp focus, it may be that the initial playback is at a very low YT resolution and then it “switches” to HD. I’ve observed this type of playback behavior using small tablets such as an Ipad or kindle. For a laptop or desktop, iI is probably dependent upon the specific browser that you are using. I use Firefox with the add-on HD YouTube Plus, which gives options as to what resolution is initially selected. In any case, I’d do a search for playback problems with your particular browser. Good luck.
wwaag
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I have experienced the same thing quite a few times. This is most likely a Youtube playback problem, not a problem with your render. To confirm, download your YT file. If it plays OK, then you’ve confirmed it’s a YT issue.
wwaag
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+1 Vegas to Handbrake script. Once set up, you won’t use anything else. If you have an Intel Processor, there is an option for using QuickSync for encoding–much quicker than CPU only. Regardless of which you use, it works wells.
wwaag
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I would put most of your limited resources toward a video card.
Regarding hard drives, how are your external HDD’s connected? If they are connected by eSata or USB 3.0, then they should be OK. If not, you can pick up an internal 1TB 7200 RPM drive for around $50.
The remainder should go toward a new card which should not only improve preview performance, but rendering times as well. What seems most often recommended is an AMD R9 card–ideally an R9-390, which unfortunately may be beyond your budget and also may require a new power supply. You might try to find an R9-290 (last year’s model) on e-bay or if that’s still too much, an R9-280 or even 270 series. Whichever you can afford, you should still see a vast improvement over your current Nvidia card.
Since it’s just one last project, you might also consider simply using what you have. Use of proxies for under-powered systems can ease the editing burden. Once happy, you can then swap back to the original files and let it render overnight or even for a few days.
wwaag
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Uploaded a revised script today that should work with all RAW formats.
wwaag
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[John Rofrano]
As always, I learn something new which invariably, for me at least, suggests the need for a database of tips, tricks, and techniques. Oftentimes, these gems are buried within a thread and unlikely to be found through normal searches. How to organize and maintain such a database is another matter. Just an idea.
One other thing–what screen shot software do you use? It’s really nice
wwaag
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Done. Just download the “open stills in graphic editor.dll” file in the original location. It should work for CR2 and DNG files. Let me know.
wwaag
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Too bad that it doesn’t work for Windows 10. Seems that you are not the only one with this problem. I’m still on Win7, so I didn’t know it was an issue.
Do you think that’s it’s possible to set up your script to recognize main raw file extensions (cr2, nef, etc…)
Of course it’s possible, but I’d have to give some thought as to how it should best be implemented. In the interim, it would be very easy to do a “one-off” for just a single format or two that you are currently using. Just let me know which ones and I can upload the files to a new Dropbox folder.
wwaag