Yeah i know, seriously Off Topic, but i'd just thought i'd share.
I was rendering a simple no effects 4k project with Vegas, once it crashed halfway through render, once it stopped about 80% through render, the final time it finished render but gave an unusable 0mb file 😒 (this happens more often than i'd like), (& Vegas crashed a couple of times while i was creating/editing this project, luckily i had Live Save on because crashing is just part of Vegas)
So I quit Vegas n went back to the cheaper & less 'Pro' MEP Platinum.
I have many files to edit so i tend to break up my projects into parts when the project starts getting to a certain length, then i join those parts to render as the full finished video, Vegas was/does take roughly the same time to render as the length of the project, ie. a project of 14mins takes about 14mins to render, sometimes a little quicker but not a lot quicker.
All render/export settings are the same as Vegas, I've already tested & had conversations in posts about that, but whatever the settings in MEP it doesn't make much difference to the export times, it still beats Vegas in time a stability by a long way.
MEP 13min 4k project exported in 3mins 👍
MEP 14min 4k project exported in 3mins
These two pics are the export of a couple of part projects combined,
MEP 24min 4k project exported in 4.43mins
& MEP 27min 4k project exported in 5.16mins
MEP will play 4k at a good screen res & play transitions first time no prob, Vegas often needs to loop play once or twice before it will play a simple crossfade seamlessly,
MEP didn't crash once all night when i created & exported four 25mins-ish videos that inc titles, pics & was using variable phone camera footage.
Most of my Boris plugins will only work correctly in Vegas, so i still need Vegas but recently it has become more of an effects piece of software for me.
btw i read every post on here, a lot of which are complaints with the usual replies of help & i've tried every setting possible in Vegas to try & get the best from it ...... I do like Vegas but it needs a serious upgrade.
This isn't a rant or a complaint as such, it's more of an observation which i feel Vegas/Magix should address & that some of the diehards on here should be aware of when they defend Vegas with such vigor or ignorance when 'regular people' complain about Vegas on here...