Now using PTT to Preview - Anybody else?

Grazie wrote on 5/27/2006, 12:44 AM
[ PTT= "Print To Tape" ]

Maybe it's because I'm getting more fussy in my old age? Maybe it's 'cos I'm wanting to do more?

Well, SHIFT+B ( Build RAM Preview ) just don't cut it for me . . . I'm wanting slicker and tighter previewing.

I'm not doing extraordinary FX-ing. Maybe my timings and cutting are getting more exacting and urgent in their impact. BUT - I've started to realise that, that which I THOUGHT was a timely cut/paste/dissolve I don't appear to "see" how lax it was until I PTT.

I now do several PTT sessions, when I'm draft finalise an event, even tiny sections - 30 seconds - to get a real-world feel for a piece I've just cut. I'm needing to go to draft more often than I wish.

I really do hope V7 has more Previewing "ummph" than I have at present. Guess it wont though. Sys specs here are 3.2gHtz 2gig fast ram. - You lot gonna say I need to upgrade? Or I should turn off Media Manager?

Hacking on . .

Grazie

Comments

jaegersing wrote on 5/27/2006, 2:48 AM
Hi Grazie. I usually don't bother with previews, except sometimes if I have effects that I know didn't render well in the past. It's usually a jerkiness or timing problem that doesn't show up on preview, and I only see it after rendering. Normally I use the Render To New Track function to create an AVI file of the suspect section, and just play the timeline out to external monitor.

Richard
Grazie wrote on 5/27/2006, 2:58 AM
Yes Richard, I can also do this too. More files .. more confusion . .more . . How about Previewing getting better?

Grazie
fldave wrote on 5/27/2006, 5:19 AM
In the Project settings, I always have my Prerendered Video Files folders specified to a special folder on a separate drive. Then I Prerender sections. Basically the same thing as render to new track, without the clutter. All my prerendered files are centralized in that folder/drive. I mostly use RAM preview, though.

That's why so many people are screaming for the GPU assisted render/preview.

Unfortunately, Grazie, the only thing that will help with realtime increase is the fastest CPU, and even then I don't think you're going to see full frame rate due to multiple effects. When Vegas goes to Directx, instead of the old Video For Windows (VFW) architecture (Vegas 7 ??? hope!), that's probably when the GPU assist and greater efficiency gains will be had.
Grazie wrote on 5/27/2006, 6:21 AM
Prerendered Video Files folders specified to a special folder: CHECK

Then I Prerender sections. Basically the same thing as render to new track, without the clutter: CHECK

All my prerendered files are centralized in that folder/drive. I mostly use RAM preview, though. CHECK

So, I see I just have to lump it. Yeah?

Grazie


fldave wrote on 5/27/2006, 6:45 AM
"So, I see I just have to lump it. Yeah?" - Probably...

I am intrigued by those add-in RAM cards, creates a RAM drive on your system that acts like a standard SATA disk drive. They come in 4GB or 8GB versions. Point your Prerendered Video Files folder to that drive, just like a very large RAM Preview.

http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=2480
Grazie wrote on 5/27/2006, 7:07 AM
Eh?? I don;'t see it on their site? Did seach for RAM card . . ?

G
fldave wrote on 5/27/2006, 7:57 AM
Gigabyte may have sold the technology to someone else.

Here's another article:
http://techreport.com/reviews/2006q1/gigabyte-iram/index.x?pg=1
"In fact, because the i-RAM behaves like a standard hard drive, you can even combine multiple i-RAMs together in RAID arrays"

I found it for sale at NewEgg, use them all the time:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815168001