High bit rate video from Nikon 7 Zii in Vegas Pro 18.

Nikolay-Serov wrote on 8/1/2022, 11:28 AM

Hello All! I tried to edit Nikon 7 Zii footage in Vegas Pro 18. The files has 2160x3840 resolution at 60 fps. They are mp4 8 bit color files with a high bit rate - about 308 Megabit per second. The files was imported to Vegas, but I was not able to edit them because of Vegas crashes. Does this files exceed Vegas limits? What is a good way to work with them? Thank you in advance!

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john_dennis wrote on 8/1/2022, 11:58 AM

@Nikolay-Serov

Post Mediainfo Text Report and/or upload a sample file to a cloud share and post the link in this thread.

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jetdv wrote on 8/1/2022, 12:07 PM

Updating to a newer version of VEGAS might also be helpful...

Nikolay-Serov wrote on 8/1/2022, 12:27 PM

Here is media info from VLC player, Data rate 309084 kbps, Total bit rate 309340 kbps, Codec H-624 - MPEG-4 (part 10) (avc1); Video resolution 3840X2160; Buffer dimensions 3840x2178; Frame rate 59.940060; Decoded format Planar 4:2:0 YUV full scale; Orientation Top left; Color primaries ITU-R BT.709; Color transfer function ITU-R BT.709; Color space ITU-R BT.709 Range Chroma location Left.

Musicvid wrote on 8/3/2022, 12:39 PM

For future reference, MediaInfo is a utility that you download from SourceForge.

If you shoot your video at a reasonable bitrate, say 100 Mbps, does the same thing still happen?

The reason I ask is because the highest allowed bitrate for AVC 3840x2160 @60fps is 240 Mbps (Level 5.2).

fr0sty wrote on 8/3/2022, 3:43 PM

Does it crash while editing, or as soon as you drop it onto the timeline? It may just be a case of needing proxies. Proxies are lower resolution files that decode easily which VEGAS creates in order to make timeline editing smoother. Once you create proxy files for your media, if you set your preview quality to "preview" or "draft", VEGAS uses the proxy file in place of your original media when playing it back on the timeline (don't worry, it automatically swaps it back with your original file as soon as you render). This makes working with hard to decode files much easier.

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Geforce RTX 3090

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Nikolay-Serov wrote on 8/3/2022, 4:40 PM

@Musicvid No problem with 160 Mbps files from Canon XF400, Now I know the limit, thank you for the info; @fr0sty I created proxy, in some places instead of original video it shows - for instance - all orange frames. Vegas hangs if I wanted just to render not edited video.

Former user wrote on 8/3/2022, 5:08 PM

@Nikolay-Serov Hi, the MediaInfo tool mentioned , download it, it's quick & free https://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo
After downloading, right click on the media in your Windows folder, open MediaInfo, choose Text from the View option at the top, select all, copy & paste in a comment here,

fr0sty wrote on 8/3/2022, 7:22 PM

Red frames can indicate GPU driver trouble. Run the driver update utility in the Vegas help menu.

Nikolay-Serov wrote on 8/4/2022, 8:12 AM

@fr0sty After your advice I run NVIDIA driver update. Now all my projects not works. Before uninstall preview window in HDR was black or orange. Full screen HDR preview was OK. After reinstall both - preview and Full screen are orange. So I broke working system. I didn't find any place on Magix web site when I can open support ticket. Please help. I am all set - deleting everything including registry keys and reinstalling solved my problem.

vkmast wrote on 8/4/2022, 12:09 PM

For VEGAS products you need to try and contact VEGAS Support (linked on the black bar above ("SUPPORT"). More advice here https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/customer-support--132075/#ca823263