Any Other Options?

JHendrix wrote on 12/19/2009, 3:53 PM

Im reading alot of horror stories regrading mixed format editing and Im feeling the pain too.

Im almost convinced to try another platform that has some kind of hardware acceleration -- are any worthwhile that dont cost 50k??

Im thinking I can spend 5k on a new super computer for vegas - with no guarantees.... or take that 5 elsewhere...does that make any sense?

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xberk wrote on 12/19/2009, 4:55 PM

What do you mean by platform? .. Another NLE? .. And by hardware acceleration do you mean using Video Card GPU acceleration for preview and rendering? If so I wouldn't know which NLE's might do this. Vegas doesn't. But if your feeling is that your current CPU is too slow for V9 64 bit -- you don't need to spend 5k to get up to speed. Far less. Especially if you build it. Many recommendations if you search the forum. But maybe I'm missing the point on "mixed format editing"..

ushere wrote on 12/19/2009, 5:03 PM

exactly what formats?

i handle dv / hdv / avchd with no problems - the avchd i encode to mxf which works well.

leslie

9c / 32 & 64

farss wrote on 12/19/2009, 5:13 PM

" with no problems - the avchd i encode to mxf which works well"

Good advice there. Other NLEs seem to kind of force this workflow on you and it's not a bad concept, get all your ducks in a line before you start.
I find I can edit HDV reasonably well with V9.0c. Same goes for XDCAM EX. Mixing the two on the one timeline is not too pleasant. Depending on project settings one or the other will playout smoothly but I cannot find a compromise where both will.

Bob.

JHendrix wrote on 12/19/2009, 5:47 PM

"the avchd i encode to mxf which works well."

how do you do that?

JHendrix wrote on 12/19/2009, 5:55 PM

formats (about an 8 hours timeline if it were laid out consecutive);

HVX200 > P2/MXF 30 FPS 1280X720
XHA1 > HDV/M2T 30 FPS 1440x1080
HFS11 > AVCHD/MTS 30 FPS 1920x1080

If anyone has ALL of these formats please tell me how you are making it work, Im willing to invest in upgrades or just plain ol tweaking but Im at quite a loss trying to get moving with this. All I keep reading is even if you go with cineform (which I own) its still a bug fest

ushere wrote on 12/19/2009, 6:22 PM

there's a number of plugin type batch converters - however, i simply dump all my footage (eg avchd) on the t/l then render out to mxf.

JHendrix wrote on 12/19/2009, 7:08 PM

how nifty...i choose mxf in render dialog and get this:

Problem Description
Application Name: Vegas Pro
Application Version: Version 9.0c (Build 896)
Problem: Unmanaged Exception (0x80000003)
Fault Module: C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.4148_none_5090ab56bcba71c2\MSVCR90.dll
Fault Address: 0x6E7C3449
Fault Offset: 0x00073449

Fault Process Details
Process Path: C:\Program Files\Sony\Vegas Pro 9.0\vegas90.exe
Process Version: Version 9.0c (Build 896)
Process Description: Vegas Pro

but that was using the P2 Localized format.

I assume then you meant Sony MXF

is there a quality loss? I dont see any

xberk wrote on 12/19/2009, 7:24 PM

C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.4148_none_5090ab56bcba71c2\MSVCR90.dll

This DLL probably does not install with Vegas 9. At least I don't have it on my system. I googled MSVCR90 and found it was part of something called Microsoft Visual Studio. Just a guess, but this may be a conflict with Vegas.

JHendrix wrote on 12/19/2009, 7:44 PM

Orig: 2GB
Sony MXF 2.5 GB