File locations

steve-quinney wrote on 11/6/2022, 3:26 AM

Hi everyone,

I am thinking of getting an external SSD drive mainly to speed up rendering (Vegas Pro 18 build 527).

!) Is there any advantage in having the .exe file on a different drive from the data files?

2).If my .veg files are on the external SSD, will rendering to the same SSD drive be any faster than now or is there a bottleneck somewhere which will slow it down (eg. USB transfer speed or reading the project data files from the internal hd)?

I'm running Windows 10 with a Ryzen 7 2700X processor, 16Gb RAM. The video files are HD 50 fps.

Any advice will be welcome. Many thanks,

Steve.

Comments

jetdv wrote on 11/6/2022, 7:12 AM

1. no

2. no

The EXE file and the VEG files aren't actively accessed during a render. What will help speed up the render is if the SOURCE files are on a different drive than the RENDER file.

diverG wrote on 11/6/2022, 2:41 PM

Essentially you need your media on say an internal drive D: and if possible an internal drive E: for the render files. Can be a problem with laptops. Forget USB drives if you need speed.

steve-quinney wrote on 11/7/2022, 12:15 PM

Thanks for your responses jetdv and diverG, they were very interesting. I'll try re-organising my files. Thanks agin.