AVCHD + i7 +Vegas studio = happy?

Brad8068 wrote on 9/19/2011, 5:21 PM

I just bought a new i7 2600 3.4 ghz with 8 gig ram. I currently shoot with hdr fx-1 which shoots HDV, no problem with vegas in my experience. I need to do a two camera shoot and will buy a second camera. I would like to avoid tape. So I would like to buy a AVCHD camcorder. Questions.
Will vegas handle AVCHD and HDV, will I hate life? Nothing fancy cuts dissolves, titles.
I NOW SEE that Vegas studio isn't 64 bit, this question was answered incorrectly in another forum. It would be nice if Sony would put this fact in that nifty comparison chart they have online.
Or should I just admit I made a mistake upgrading my computer and purchase a HDV camera like the Cannon HV-40?
Thanks
Brad

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Eugenia wrote on 9/19/2011, 6:02 PM

For AVCHD is best to upgrade to Platinum 11, where its codec was updated and it's faster to decode. Make sure you shoot at the same frame rate on both the HV40 and your new camera. As for using over 2 GB of RAM will help too, since AVCHD is RAM-hungry. There are other threads on this forum where they show how to "hack" Vegas to use 3 GB of RAM instead of 2 (so it crashes less). For more RAM usage you would have to go Vegas Pro 64bit (Pro also has multi-camera editing capabilities).