Rendering 4K ProRes Formats

ned-cordery wrote on 6/23/2017, 5:59 PM

I have a test 18 minute 4K UHD edit on the timeline of Vegas Pro 14 latest build. Two video tracks; video and titles; one audio track. Total 22 GB. Attempts to render to apparently compatible ProRes CoDecs result in an unplayable file. (VLC). Render to the Internet 4K works perfectly. I have QT 7. Asus i7-4770, 16 gb, nvidia 4gb. win 10

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fr0sty wrote on 6/24/2017, 3:36 PM

The 4K ProRes files work on my system, but they do not open in Final Cut Pro, causing headaches when it comes time to swap video with other editors I work with who use macs. I don't remember VLC ever being able to open the ProRes clips I rendered, though, have you tried Quicktime?

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Systems:

Desktop

AMD Ryzen 7 1800x 8 core 16 thread at stock speed

64GB 3000mhz DDR4

Geforce RTX 3090

Windows 10

Laptop:

ASUS Zenbook Pro Duo 32GB (9980HK CPU, RTX 2060 GPU, dual 4K touch screens, main one OLED HDR)

NormanPCN wrote on 6/24/2017, 4:33 PM

I just tried a simple render to Prores 422 from Vegas14. VLC played the file. VLC will not play a Prores 444 file. In Vegas the XQ setting is 444.

Shinra Bansho wrote on 6/25/2017, 7:12 AM

I just rendered a piece of a UHD multicam footage (GH5, 2 x WX970M's & AX55) in ProRes XQ from Vegas Pro 14, and imported the file into FCPX which seems to play/edit it fine. (I just started to use FCPX and haven't done much editing so I am afraid I do not know if there's anything odd with the ProRes file created by Vegas Pro.) QuickTime on Mac plays the file beautifully. I confirm that VLC on Windows does NOT open this ProRes XQ file.

PC 1: ASUS ROG Strix B-760i Gaming Wifi, 64GB RAM (DDR5), i5 14600K, 2TB M2.SSD, ASUS RTX-4070 (12GB), Windows 11 Pro Version 24H2

PC 2: ASUS Prime H570-PLUS MB, 32GB RAM, i7-10700K, 1TB SSD (M.2), 8TB HD, NVidia RTX3080 10GB, Windows 11 Home 24H2

Gears: Panasonic GH4/GH5, Sony FDR-AX100/A7C/A74/FX30

ned-cordery wrote on 6/25/2017, 3:17 PM

Thank you for the responses. I rendered UHD to ProRes 422; it will not play properly with VLC and when imported into Vegas Pro 14 appears pixellated. When i moved from FCP7 to Vegas I archived old material (1920x1080) as ProRes 422 files; these open and play perfectly in Vegas 14. At this stage I can bypass a need to render in ProRes. So; moving on.

Ned Cordery