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What j-v said. We can't help at all without know what render settings you used.

I'm using hero8 4k video pretty much all the time and vp 17 renders it just fine using the Magix targets

Thanks for the input. I think I figured it out from what you are telling me. After I finished the video, I was selecting "create movie". I was not going through the "Render as" menu. Im rendering again under the Magix HEVC. It looks like it will be a 12 gig file instead of the 7 gig file I had. Im hoping this does the trick.

@Jeff-reishus
You still don't tell which version of the program and buildnumber you are using.
Very important for the renderpossibilities.
You still did not tell which your projectproperties are and thatswhy we can say nothing about the rendering because that depends heavy on those projectproperties.
You also have to tell exactly the hardware and possible extra's you are using.
Look how to tell those items here: https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/important-information-required-to-help-you--110457/

Also, the first render took 1 hour 15 minutes. This time around it says it will take 9 hours 50 minutes.

@Jeff-reishus
You still don't tell which version of the program and buildnumber you are using.
Very important for the renderpossibilities.
You still did not tell which your projectproperties are and thatswhy we can say nothing about the rendering because that depends heavy on those projectproperties.
You also have to tell exactly the hardware and possible extra's you are using.
Look how to tell those items here: https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/important-information-required-to-help-you--110457/

Thanks for the additional info. I am locked out of the software right now while it is rendering. I'll post that when its done.

Now this item has been moved to VegasMovieStudio section and the create Movie option was selected. The easiest way to create a MP4 of your Gopro Hero 8 4k project is just to select the MP4 render option. VMS automatically detects and sets your project to the first clip imported and the MP4 render option automatically selects the rendertemplate for that project. For example if your Hero 8 media is 3840x2160p60, VMS sets the project settings to 3840x2160p60 and the MP4 renderoption selects the 3840x2160p60 rendertemplate.

So here is the info

Version 17, Build 143.

Project properties, I selected america and japan for region and for video settings I selected to "match media settings"

Rendering - Format: MAGIX HEVC/AAC MP4. Template: internet UHD 2160p 29.97 fps (intel QSV)

These are the settings I did the second time and it turned out MUCH better but there are still a couple issues. The footage I took was my Gopro Hero 8 mounted on the front of my ATV following a motorcycle down a winding trail. I took it at 4K 24fps. I think the 24fps was a mistake for such fast motion. On the original video you can see the frame rate isn't quite fast enough so it tends to "click" during fast turns and such. On the rendered version, its obvious that motion blur was added and I don't like how that turned out. My guess is that this will all be fixed when I take the video in 60fps and match that on the render. I couldn't find in the project settings or in the rendering how to turn off motion blur. I have watched some youtube videos where people can select the type of motion blur but it looks like that is on older versions of the software.

Final question is that I have a computer with a graphics card built into the motherboard. I watched one youtube video where in the rendering process he was able to select using his graphics card. The drop down menu does not offer that for me. If I were to buy a better graphics card, would it then show up in the drop down menu? The video I watched he said rendering the particular video he was working on took 32 minutes using his CPU and 7 minutes using his graphics card. This video I just rendered took over 9 hours for a 45 minute video. I would love to be able to cut that down.

Are you sure it is Vegas Pro 17 build 143?

Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 17, build 143.

When you see added motion blur on the rendered output than smart resampling has become active. Smart resampling becomes active when input framerate is different from output framerate, means you selected wrong rendertemplate.

Recording fast motion with 24fps is definitely the wrong way. Better record at a lower resolution, for example 2k7 and use a high framerate like 60 or 120 fps. Gives afterwards perfect slow motion when needed.