Pro 19 Slomo plugin problems

Douglass-Ray wrote on 12/30/2022, 10:45 AM

On Vegas Pro 19, I've always had great results with the slomo plugin -- as slow as 10%, with perfect results. But now slomo has gone haywire. Attached are three clips: (1) the original clip, shot in 60 fps mts and stabilized (to mp4); (2) the same stabilized clip, stretched here on timeline to 6 seconds; and (3) the same same stabilized clip, with slomo plugin set to 47% (resulting in length of 6 seconds). Strangely, #3 (using the plugin), despite the interpolated fill-in frames, is terrible. This never happened before this week, and now it happens every time, even with the plugin set to 90%. What's gone wrong? Thanks!

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Douglass-Ray wrote on 12/30/2022, 10:47 AM

Addition to previous post:

Specs:

Intel i7-7700K CPU @ 4.20 GHz
Operating system: - Windows 10
Memory: - 32 GB
Graphics Card: - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Vegas program is loaded on internal SSD

Douglass-Ray wrote on 12/30/2022, 10:59 AM

Re: my previous posts --The problem with the plugin shows in the left clip below

john_dennis wrote on 12/30/2022, 11:13 AM

You keep talking about "MTS clips" but we still don't know what's in the source media.

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/velocity-ramp-working-on-mp4s-but-not-on-mts-clips--138815/#ca867420

Douglass-Ray wrote on 12/30/2022, 12:29 PM

Here's the clip info:

General
ID : 1 (0x1)
Complete name : C:\Users\dougray\Desktop\!Passthrough\00449.MTS
Format : BDAV
Format/Info : Blu-ray Video
File size : 24.8 MiB
Duration : 8 s 495 ms
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 24.5 Mb/s
Maximum Overall bit rate : 28.0 Mb/s
Recorded date : 2019-08-19 09:37:01-05:00
Writing application : Panasonic

Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.2
Format settings : CABAC / 2 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames : 2 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=30
Codec ID : 27
Duration : 8 s 475 ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 23.1 Mb/s
Maximum bit rate : 25.0 Mb/s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 59.940 (60000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.186
Stream size : 23.4 MiB (94%)

Audio
ID : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Commercial name : Dolby Digital
Codec ID : 129
Duration : 8 s 512 ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 kb/s
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel layout : L R C LFE Ls Rs
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 31.250 FPS (1536 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : -33 ms
Stream size : 399 KiB (2%)
Service kind : Complete Main

Text
ID : 4608 (0x1200)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : PGS
Codec ID : 144
Duration : 7 s 944 ms
Delay relative to video : -33 ms

j-v wrote on 12/30/2022, 2:03 PM

@Douglass-Ray
I'm using the same MTS files of my Panasonic cam, but 50p.
I'm not seeing your problems.
Which buildnumber of Vegas Pro 19 do you use?

Douglass-Ray wrote on 12/30/2022, 2:37 PM

It's VP 19, build 648. I've never had this problem before -- and to test, I downloaded VP 20 trial, and the slomo plugin works perfectly there. (I don't need/want VP 20 - but want to get VP 19 slomo plugin working again)

j-v wrote on 12/30/2022, 2:50 PM

OK, the same as mine so that cannot be the reason.
My MTS event was first analysed and corrected by the Mercalli Stabilizer FX and than I added the Slomotion FX, after "Adjust Event Lenght" I added the Velocity Envelope and made 12 points with different velocity.
After all it played well and after rendering the same.

DMT3 wrote on 12/30/2022, 2:52 PM

Make sure your project properties are progressive and that your render file is progressive.

Douglass-Ray wrote on 12/30/2022, 6:10 PM

DMT3 -- I feel pretty stupid -- I've always used a 1080p template for rendering. But in a recent reinstall, in my hurry, I selected 1080i -- which only becomes obvious on slomo. Thanks for making me pay attention!

EricLNZ wrote on 12/30/2022, 6:25 PM

But in a recent reinstall, in my hurry, I selected 1080i -- which only becomes obvious on slomo. Thanks for making me pay attention!

@Douglass-Ray Easily done and thanks for reporting back. I've marked DMT3's post as the solution.