Editing .mov files, rendering blu-ray

bugsalive wrote on 11/19/2014, 3:09 PM
I've been using Vegas Pro since release 8 - a happy user - recently moved from 11 to 13. I have this simple project - I have a bunch of iPhone .mov files from a recent vacation - short clips. I can't import more than about 20 to Vegas. After that, they don't fill in properly in the project media window and they show as blank on the time line. I tried editing them in 11 - same problem. I opened a problem with Sony but I'm stuck there with upload problems. So I tried a work-around to get this done by editing the files in two groups and rendering them to the Blu-ray m2v format. That worked. The rendered movies play fine. So I combined these m2v files in a new project. First I rendered to NTSC wide screen and it worked fine. Next I tried rendering the same project to blu-ray and Vegas gets stuck at 2% - the estimated time starts climbing, and if I let it run, that clock wraps. I'm frustrated. Can anyone help?

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dxdy wrote on 11/19/2014, 3:43 PM
What version of QT is installed on your system? 7.6.2 was the gold standard for Vegas in years gone by.

What NVIDIA driver are you using with your GTX570?

Have you tried this with GPU disabled?

videoITguy wrote on 11/19/2014, 4:03 PM
bugsalive, what you should be doing is rendering (we say transcoding) to a digital intermediate for use in your favorite NLE -aha VegasPro?
Now you were attempting to use .m2v streaming as a DI - that is not wise and should never be done.
A good DI would be Cineform, or AvidDNxHD, search the forum for these terms..
Once you have rendered to DIs then edit to your hearts content.
By the way the new Vegasaur 2 will work as an excellent transcoder.
bugsalive wrote on 11/19/2014, 11:25 PM
Video Driver: GeForce 344.65 11/10/2014
Quick Time 7.7.5

The mov file problem still exists, but I was able to complete my project by building it in two pieces.
I could not find the above recommended Cineform codec in my list of rendering options, but I used this one: AVI, HD 1080-60i, using Sony YUV codec, and it worked fine as an intermediate format.
I have installed the just released V13 update. Perhaps that will help with the mov files in the future.