Hi,
First, let me say I like Vagas alot, as does Mr. Cheung at Tom's Hardware:
http://www.tomshardware.com/video/20040524/index.html . I bought Vegas to use with my GR-HD1, and it works as advertised. Thank you Sony and JVC.
Second, I am struggling with the decision to upgrade from 4 to 5. So, I wanted to pass on to Sony what would make me want to upgrade to 6. I realize some of this is beyond their control, but here goes:
I'd like the Main Concept High Definition MPEG encoder to run on 64-bit Windows XP and take advantage of Athlon64 processors to speed encoding and the quality and speed of the UI update. I hate to say this, but on my 2400 AthlonXP system, Vegas is a dog. It takes 10 minutes to load a 30 minute HD project, it takes many seconds to update the thumbnails on a page scroll over, it takes many seconds to update the media pool thumbnails after adding anything to it. With 521 MBytes of RAM, my WindowsXP page file expands to more than 2.5 GBytes, before refusing to render. Another anoyance is any switch to any other application causes a 25 to 40 minute delay while apparently Vegas switches out and back into memory.
Sony needs to publish recommended system specs that are based upon the size and other attributes of the projects that are anticipated. My 22 minute Yosemite High Definition project will load, barely edits, and will not render. My 1 hour high definition Disneyland project will not even load. If I was told to have one or two gigs of system memory per hour of project, I would have planned for this.
I would like to believe that a 64-bit version of Vegas could be twice as fast and handle projects of unlimited size with no UI update waiting.
Another wish list item would be for Vegas to support a second monitor for the Preview window. I would send it out the DVI port of a ATI Radeon converted to component to my HDTV.
Another wish list would be for Sony, if it wants to push Blue Ray DVD, to bundle a Vegas 6 upgrade with a HD Blue Ray burner, saving us a few bucks...oh...and in time for Christmas!
Another would be to support the WindowsXP Media Edition controller in some way that would speed editing.
All that said, I can not thank Sony enough for this great software. I wish you could see the joy and pride on my wife's face as she creates and show's of our movies to her friends and family. I like the 21st century!
-Tom Schaefer
First, let me say I like Vagas alot, as does Mr. Cheung at Tom's Hardware:
http://www.tomshardware.com/video/20040524/index.html . I bought Vegas to use with my GR-HD1, and it works as advertised. Thank you Sony and JVC.
Second, I am struggling with the decision to upgrade from 4 to 5. So, I wanted to pass on to Sony what would make me want to upgrade to 6. I realize some of this is beyond their control, but here goes:
I'd like the Main Concept High Definition MPEG encoder to run on 64-bit Windows XP and take advantage of Athlon64 processors to speed encoding and the quality and speed of the UI update. I hate to say this, but on my 2400 AthlonXP system, Vegas is a dog. It takes 10 minutes to load a 30 minute HD project, it takes many seconds to update the thumbnails on a page scroll over, it takes many seconds to update the media pool thumbnails after adding anything to it. With 521 MBytes of RAM, my WindowsXP page file expands to more than 2.5 GBytes, before refusing to render. Another anoyance is any switch to any other application causes a 25 to 40 minute delay while apparently Vegas switches out and back into memory.
Sony needs to publish recommended system specs that are based upon the size and other attributes of the projects that are anticipated. My 22 minute Yosemite High Definition project will load, barely edits, and will not render. My 1 hour high definition Disneyland project will not even load. If I was told to have one or two gigs of system memory per hour of project, I would have planned for this.
I would like to believe that a 64-bit version of Vegas could be twice as fast and handle projects of unlimited size with no UI update waiting.
Another wish list item would be for Vegas to support a second monitor for the Preview window. I would send it out the DVI port of a ATI Radeon converted to component to my HDTV.
Another wish list would be for Sony, if it wants to push Blue Ray DVD, to bundle a Vegas 6 upgrade with a HD Blue Ray burner, saving us a few bucks...oh...and in time for Christmas!
Another would be to support the WindowsXP Media Edition controller in some way that would speed editing.
All that said, I can not thank Sony enough for this great software. I wish you could see the joy and pride on my wife's face as she creates and show's of our movies to her friends and family. I like the 21st century!
-Tom Schaefer