Rendering - yet another dumb question

im.away wrote on 1/3/2010, 12:31 AM
Hi all,

sorry for this, as it's probably a really dumb question......

I am creating a project shot in 1440 x1080 .m2t and want to create a PAL DVD for distribution. I have done this in the past and am quite happy with the result, it's just that the time taken to render the project is inordinate.

I'm trying to get my head around smart rendering but the terminology is baffling to me. My (possibly dumb) question is this.... I have two separate PC's both loaded with Vegas 9.0C. I have two hard drives that are synchonised and hold the same data, but are mounted separately on each PC. Thus each PC has the .veg file and the project media available to it independently. So, can I open the project on each PC, render half of the project on each and then join those halves with only a re-render happening on the join? This would, in theory, almost halve the time it takes to render the whole project.Is that what smart rendering is all about?

Cheers

Russ

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xberk wrote on 1/3/2010, 1:54 AM
Yes. Your plan should work as long as you have enabled no-recompress long-GOP. Here's what the Vegas help has to say.

In order to perform smart rendering, the width, height, frame rate, field order, profile, level, and bit rate of the source media, project settings, and rendering template must match. Frames that have effects, compositing, or transitions applied will be rendered.

You can clear the Enable no-recompress long-GOP rendering check box on the General tab of the Preferences dialog to turn the feature off.

The combined smart render should go very quickly.

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PeterDuke wrote on 1/3/2010, 1:58 AM
"Smart rendering" means that source code compatible with the output is not rendered unnecessarily. "Dumb" video editing software such as Premiere Elements always renders whether you like it or not.

If you are able to partition your project into chunks which neither overlap nor leave gaps then it should work. Just combine the rendered chunks when you are authoring or otherwise "sharing", using a program such as DVDA or Vegas that does smart rendering.
ritsmer wrote on 1/3/2010, 3:01 AM
You are aware that Vegas Pro can do Distributed Rendering on more machines via a network?
im.away wrote on 1/6/2010, 3:08 AM
Hi,

sorry for the delay in responding. Yes I have looked into distributed rendering but I'm limited to 100mb/s ethernet speed on one of the PCs, thus making dedicated usb2.0 drives on each PC a faster propsition. Thanks, though.

Cheers

russ