Rebuilding peaks...PC unuseable?

MyST wrote on 12/18/2004, 6:43 AM

I can see why some/most users hate the fall/spring time change.
Rebuilding audio waveforms is a time consuming affair. Just a half-hour, 86 clip video took about 13 minutes.

I have an Athlon XP 2800+
512megs of RAM.
ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe motherboard

Is it normal that my PC becomes unuseable during the rebuilding of the waveforms? I can't do anything else while this is going on. Minimizing Vegas alone takes about 15 seconds, only to see it slowly "roll down" as it minimizes.
When booting up my PC, it shows a bus speed of 166Mhz. Shouldn't that be 333Mhz? Is it possible the tech who put it together missed something?
I'm looking for answers as to why my PC can only do this one operation at a time. Is it normal, or should I start the troubleshooting?

Thanks for your time.

Mario

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OdieInAz wrote on 12/18/2004, 6:51 AM

There are a couple things you can do. This from the V4 help :

"Vegas uses 16-bit peak files by default. If you want to build peaks quickly and don't plan to zoom in horizontally, you can select the Build 8-bit peak files check box on the General tab of the Preferences dialog."

Also, consider using Windows Task Manager to set vegas to BelowNormal priority. With this, you can run vegas tasks background while you do something else real time. This way, Vegas background task (typically rendering) will get slightly reduced CPU cycles while other things will get their immediate, but few cycles.

MyST wrote on 12/18/2004, 6:55 AM

I'd forgotten to mention that I had selected 8-bit.
Using Vegas 4e.

I'll try the Below Normal priority suggestion.
I'm just wondering if this is typical or not. Also being unsure about the 166/333Mhz thing got me thinking maybe it had something to do with it.

Thanks

Mario

farss wrote on 12/18/2004, 7:01 AM

Vegas does spend a LOT of time doing this and yes you can't do anything else while it's at it. Add a large ac3 file to DVDA and you face the same issue.
T/L thumbnails are another thing that can bog you down if you've got lots of high res stills.

Bob.

amemain wrote on 12/18/2004, 9:01 AM

"Also being unsure about the 166/333Mhz thing got me thinking maybe it had something to do with it."

166Mhz is normal, there is a multiplication factor x2 involved.

MyST wrote on 12/18/2004, 9:23 AM

Thanks for clearing this up for me guys, much appreciated!

Mario