Making a movie

robert-m wrote on 1/20/2024, 7:21 PM

I want to make a movie that will be 90 to 120 minutes long. It will be in 1080p. I won't be doing anything in post or adding effects, but there will be over 200 clips. The recording format I'd be using takes up 22 gb for each hour of video (xavc s hd). I have an i5 11th gen with 6 cores and 12 threads. I have 16 gb ram. I would be fine increasing my ram, but would that be enough so that it will be a good editing experience, ie, not laggy? Is 32 gb enough or do I need more? I'm using VP21. Thanks for any help on this. I

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RogerS wrote on 1/20/2024, 7:44 PM

Just edit, you should be fine. I edit similar media on a 7th gen Intel laptop.

robert-m wrote on 1/23/2024, 12:26 PM

Thanks, Roger, that's good to know. I've made three long movies, but that was twenty years ago. I wasn't sure if my current system was good enough, even though I'm only doing HD.

RogerS wrote on 1/23/2024, 8:59 PM

Movie length shouldn't be a problem, for playback it's how much is stacked up at one point on the timeline that causes issues. I mainly edit xavc s 4K from my Sony cameras.

If the project is so complicated that it starts slowing down you can divide it into parts, each with their own veg file, and then create an overall veg that ties each veg together ('nesting').

For your question on ram, newer versions of VEGAS can make use of more- if it's easy to add 16GB to get to 32 (empty slot) I would do so. My laptop has 32GB and desktop 64GB. 32GB seems adequate for what I do.

robert-m wrote on 1/25/2024, 10:53 PM

Thanks again, Roger!