Am I using my project settings incorrectly?

SnarfConsortium wrote on 11/3/2023, 11:36 AM

Hello all,

 

My primary use of Vegas Pro is editing video game footage from livestreams and local recordings via the use of OBS. When I record the content I have two video streams that get captured, the primary canvas that gets beamed out and live streamed and the canvas of just the game itself via the use of a Source Record filter.

 

The first video file is in the format of 1080p60 and contains multiple audio channels so I can separate individual microphones, soundboard notifications and and game audio that is auto-ducked to the level of the mics making 80% of that audio useless for post editing.

The other video file is in the format of 2160p60 and has just the game audio that is not touched by the auto-ducking that gets sent out to the livestream. Due to how the filter works to get the footage, I can't tell it to capture anything less than the source of the footage so it's always at 4k.

 

When I edit, I am using the 2160p footage first and set my Vegas Pro canvas to match, then I drag in my other elements. My PC tends to run a little slow when scrubbing footage though and I believe its because of the 4k footage(When I need to see a specific point or a section with any type of transition of effect I have to highlight about 8-12s of footage and shift-B to ensure it's what I want). My end export for all projects is 1080p59.94fps. Since I am going to just export 1080p and not 4k, would it be better to keep the canvas at 1080p while using the 4k footage?

Primarily edit footage captured via OBS from video games, with some live action bits mixed in.

Vegas Pro 23 (VP21 also installed for previous project that uses Vegas Effects heavily)

Win 11 Pro 24H2 (Build 22631.5909)

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12 cores

32GB DDR4 2133 MT/s

Nvidia RTX 2080-ti 11gb

Gigabyte X570 Aorus Ultra

Sony a6600, a5100,

OBS - 2560x1440, HDR, 60fps, HEVC, CQP @ 20, Main-10

TASCAM 16x08 US, Behringer ADA8200

Rode Podmic, Rode Procaster, Shure sm7b, AT-2020, AT-2035, AT-875R

Comments

Former user wrote on 11/3/2023, 1:57 PM

@SnarfConsortium Yes I think. Ideally your project should be the same as your export choice, this way what you see & do in editing should be correct when you come to render.

RogerS wrote on 11/3/2023, 9:11 PM

If you have no plan to export at 4K I don't see any issue with editing at 1080p.