Vegas consumes 95% of CPU

RogerS wrote on 6/21/2024, 3:20 AM

VEGAS should consume nearly 100% of the CPU if you choose to render to CPU-only formats. Try not mulittasking during renders.

The way to lower CPU usage is to use GPU decoding. I don't know what your system is as you don't have anything in your post or signature. Assuming you have a GPU, render to MagixAVC or MagixHEVC using VCE, NVENC or if you must (not recommended) Intel QSV. The GPU's dedicated encoding circuitry will do the encoding stage and your CPU will work with your GPU to send finished frames for it to encode.

To see the differences between render modes try one of the benchmarks in my signature.

gorGaram wrote on 6/21/2024, 3:21 AM

Can you expand the vegas tab and show what consumes resources? In the 21st version, you can configure the processor load output in the program itself.

bvideo wrote on 6/21/2024, 10:24 AM

@MaraGema-MateosVera Other apps should not crash just because Vegas uses 100% CPU. Other apps can always compete on an equal basis and get some CPU time. They might slow down a little. But it is possible that Vegas uses up so much memory that another app when it needs more memory crashes when the system refuses. Memory usage in your task manager snapshot doesn't show any problem, though.

Note that limiting your swap file is tantamount to limiting "available" ram, so if task manager ever shows your memory is full, you might want to check your swap file settings.

Another possibility is your system temperatures go too high when your CPU gets busy. That could be bad for the health of your hardware. To check that, you may need to install hardware monitor software of some kind (like CPUID HWmonitor).

mark-y wrote on 6/21/2024, 11:48 AM

Don't multitask. I surf my tablet while rendering, sits right next to my desktop computer.

Zaither-P wrote on 6/21/2024, 10:53 PM

In the 21st version, you can configure the processor load output in the program itself.

👀 you can? where is this at? When I render in Vegas it only uses like 20% of my cpu and renders at 2fps

gorGaram wrote on 6/22/2024, 12:32 AM

In the 21st version, you can configure the processor load output in the program itself.

👀 you can? where is this at? When I render in Vegas it only uses like 20% of my cpu and renders at 2fps

Gid wrote on 6/22/2024, 1:01 AM

In the 21st version, you can configure the processor load output in the program itself.

👀 you can? where is this at? When I render in Vegas it only uses like 20% of my cpu and renders at 2fps

@gorGaram I don't think 'configure' is the correct word, that is just a performance monitor, there's nothing you can do with it to configure anything.

& for me it doesn't show anything during render

gorGaram wrote on 6/22/2024, 1:24 AM

In the 21st version, you can configure the processor load output in the program itself.

👀 you can? where is this at? When I render in Vegas it only uses like 20% of my cpu and renders at 2fps

@gorGaram I don't think 'configure' is the correct word, that is just a performance monitor, there's nothing you can do with it to configure anything.

& for me it doesn't show anything during render

As I said above "...you can configure the processor load output in the program itself...".

Gid wrote on 6/22/2024, 1:32 AM

@gorGaram Where tho?

gorGaram wrote on 6/22/2024, 1:34 AM

@gorGaram Where tho?

@Gid I didn't understand the question, I'm sorry.

Gid wrote on 6/22/2024, 1:37 AM

As I said above "...you can configure the processor load OUTPUT in the program itself...".

@gorGaram Where in the program can you configure the processor load? That is what @Zaither-P asked & what I'm curious about?

gorGaram wrote on 6/22/2024, 1:40 AM

As I said above "...you can configure the processor load OUTPUT in the program itself...".

@gorGaram Where in the program can you configure the processor load? That is what @Zaither-P asked & what I'm curious about?

@Gid Not to adjust the load (although this is probably possible with third-party programs), but to display the current load. I'm sorry, I can't exactly write in English.

Gid wrote on 6/22/2024, 1:45 AM

@gorGaram Thanks, that's what I was trying to say that 'configure' is the wrong word to use 👍

BTW, Capitals is seen as shouting, use the Bold option or underline at the top of a comment to highlight a word 👍

RogerS wrote on 6/22/2024, 11:53 PM

Sorry, most post above has an error- should be you can reduce CPU load by using "GPU encoding", not decoding (though decoding can also help).