I've released RENDERTEST-2010.VEG, it is an updated version of RENDERTEST-HDV.VEG which I originally released on May 8, 2007. This new VEG will run in Vegas v8 and higher.
The fastest render time when I released the original test was 120 seconds on an Intel 2.66Ghz Core2 Quad Extreme. Recently, the render times have been in the 30-40 second range using the latest Intel i7 processors. The new RENDERTEST-2010.VEG should take four times longer to render than the last version so there should be some correlation between these results and the results from the original test.
The render parameters are the same as the original file: render it to HDV using:
Save as Type = "MainConcept MPEG-2"
Template = "HDV 1080-60i"
Select the "Custom" button and make sure "Video Rendering Quality" is set to "BEST."
Here's the exciting part: Steve Mann has created an online database where your results can be posted and compared to other results. Steve's work is a significant improvement over having to make some sense of the nearly 500 posts in the original RENDERTEST-HDV thread on the Sony Vegas forum.
The URL to download the RENDERTEST-2010.ZIP and post your results to Steve's database is:
http://www.mmdv.com/sonyvegas/rendertest
The password is "vegasuser"
Enjoy,
John Cline
The fastest render time when I released the original test was 120 seconds on an Intel 2.66Ghz Core2 Quad Extreme. Recently, the render times have been in the 30-40 second range using the latest Intel i7 processors. The new RENDERTEST-2010.VEG should take four times longer to render than the last version so there should be some correlation between these results and the results from the original test.
The render parameters are the same as the original file: render it to HDV using:
Save as Type = "MainConcept MPEG-2"
Template = "HDV 1080-60i"
Select the "Custom" button and make sure "Video Rendering Quality" is set to "BEST."
Here's the exciting part: Steve Mann has created an online database where your results can be posted and compared to other results. Steve's work is a significant improvement over having to make some sense of the nearly 500 posts in the original RENDERTEST-HDV thread on the Sony Vegas forum.
The URL to download the RENDERTEST-2010.ZIP and post your results to Steve's database is:
http://www.mmdv.com/sonyvegas/rendertest
The password is "vegasuser"
Enjoy,
John Cline