Hi There,
Any solution on how to work GH5 AVC MP4 4:2:2 4K 10Bit LongGOP files on Vegas 18 Pro Build 373 (latest)?
Thank you!
Yes, a digital proxy or intermediate on your timeline.
https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/important-information-required-to-help-you--110457/
Hi Musicvid, I appreciate your effort to resolve this issue. I am not familiar with digital proxy neither with intermediate on timeline. Your help is highly appreciated. Thank you!
I assume the issue is that it plays but is slow? No idea what your system specs are, which would be useful to know.
To elaborate, for a proxy file, right click on media and "create proxy file."
You can also just convert it to a more editing friendly format using software like Handbrake or using Vegas to render it to a format like Magix Intermediate (or the excellent, but paid, MagicYUV).
Proxy file allowed me to preview at full frame rate using "Preview=Auto" setting only. As soon as I switch to "Preview=Full" or "Preview=Half" the preview lags again. Thank you!
I am using a powerful Dell Precision M3800 laptop. Thanks
I am using SSD drive as well. Thanks
I installed Magicyuv without doing anything else; then I closed and reopened Vegas 18 Pro, and now my preview FPS is much better. Thank you very much for your help! Perhaps there is something else I can do to improve my preview FPS more. Thank you!
Update: I bought the full version of MagicYUV Ultimate and now everything works great! Thank you! This case is closed!
I'm confused. Did you convert the files to 10-bit MagicYUV? If not, you haven't actually done anything.
Preview/auto will prioritize a good frame rate, even on weaker systems.
I don't know the specs for that laptop. Is it older? If the GPU has less than 4GB of ram, there isn't proper support for it. GPU makes big difference for playback speed.
Of course, can work around this limitation by making proxy files or transcoding the original.
Hey Roger, you are right to be confused, I am confused too! LOL
Regarding your first question, I did not convert the files to10-bit MagicYUV. I have just installed the latest version of MagicYUV (MagicYUV_Ultimate_v2.3.1_win.exe) - commercial paid version. Then, I found that my preview FPS improved a little bit, probably because MagicYUV installs some "hidden" decoders in Vegas, not sure.
However, I found that the real "demon" here is the new color grading tool in Vegas 18, which dramatically reduces FPS even with Preview/Auto settings. GPU is NVIDIA Quadro K1100M, GDDR5 with 2 GB of RAM. I disabled that tool and everything works well with Preview/Auto and Preview/Half only.
I would appreciate it very much if you could offer your guidance on how to convert my GH5 Mp4 10bit files to 10-bit MagicYUV in batch mode. Thank you very much!
Okay, I think this is placebo effect. MagicYUV only decodes MagicYUV.
Yes, many Fx will degrade preview performance. I recommend editing the project first and then doing color last. If you want to edit again you can always hit the disable Fx button next to the preview window that bypasses all Fx temporarily. Or you can reduce preview quality to preview/auto, for example.
That card isn't supported in VP 18 I believe- does it show up under GPU acceleration? The nice thing about MagicYUV is that you don't need to use the GPU for smooth playback.
As far as how to rerender files as MagicYUV, someone else might have a better idea. Presumably a script or software like HOS could do this. I'm a simple user and just dump the files I want to convert on the timeline in a 32-bit project and then select them and rerender to one long video. (MagicYUV RGB 10-bit or the like to preserve the quality of your originals.) There are other threads here about MagixYUV where the developer also comments on best practices.