Vegas Pro 18 - Slowdown and Stuttering Issue

StageGhost wrote on 4/25/2023, 10:59 PM

I'm having a couple issues, and it seems primarily that the program just cannot keep up with what I'm doing.

I have two video projects: one is just under 2 and a half minutes, the other is just over a minute.

The first project timeline is almost completely filled with cut clips. Effect wise, I have an instance of animated text, a couple of transitions, an overlay of one clip over another, and an instance of masking. I also have a handful of clips less than a second long each that are meant to play in rapid succession. If I'm lucky, I might get a single solid play-through when I first open the program. Most of the time, it lags, certain clips don't show, effects are delayed. I've pre-rendered it to see if that helps, but I still have this problem, in addition to the rapid succession clips disappearing entirely, and having a section of clips in the middle where the preview shows a stuttering instance of the very first clip instead of what's actually on the timeline.

My guess was that it was just too long of a project to go with so I started the second project. I'm still having problems.

In the second project, I haven't even fully filled the timeline with clips. I added the Sapphire effect Film Damage and the color effect Sepia to a clip that is 1.09sec. When I play the clip from 5 seconds before the effect, it appears, but there's a stutter of delay. If I play from the beginning of the timeline, the preview blacks out that clip most of the time, and the next clip appears delayed. Pre-rendering ends up with the same issue as with the first project: preview showing something it's not supposed to.

I don't mess with any of the settings when I start a new project - I leave them all at the default HD 1080-60i (1920x1080, 29.970 fps), and I've made sure the frame-rate of my clips matches the project settings. I've tried emptying my temp folders a couple times to no avail.


Version & Specs
Vegas Pro 18

Windows 10
64-bit OS
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 4-Core Processor
32 GB RAM

Comments

RogerS wrote on 4/25/2023, 11:35 PM

What's the GPU? What are the settings in preferences/ file io?

What's the media you're having the most issues with? https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/faq-how-to-post-mediainfo-and-vegas-pro-file-properties--104561/

Is your media really 60i? If not stick to a progressive timeline (project settings).

StageGhost wrote on 4/26/2023, 7:57 PM

What's the GPU? What are the settings in preferences/ file io?

What's the media you're having the most issues with? https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/faq-how-to-post-mediainfo-and-vegas-pro-file-properties--104561/

Is your media really 60i? If not stick to a progressive timeline (project settings).

 

My GPU is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060.

I don't really know a whole lot about project and media settings, tbh. I really have no idea how this program works beyond the drag-and-drop to create, so...how do I change the project settings? What should I try instead?

I...don't really understand what you're asking me for by sending me the link, so have two things ig-

This one is from one episode media that I use, done with the MediaInfo thing:

General
Complete name                            : C:\Users\dysto\Videos\Media\Cybersix\Cyber6 EP 01 - Mysterious Shadow.mp4
Format                                   : MPEG-4
Format profile                           : Base Media
Codec ID                                 : isom (isom/iso2/avc1/mp41)
File size                                : 82.0 MiB
Duration                                 : 24 min 12 s
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 473 kb/s
Frame rate                               : 29.970 FPS
Writing application                      : Lavf59.34.102Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High@L3
Format settings                          : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames        : 4 frames
Codec ID                                 : avc1
Codec ID/Info                            : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                                 : 24 min 12 s
Bit rate                                 : 338 kb/s
Width                                    : 650 pixels
Height                                   : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 4:3
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 29.970 (29970/1000) FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.036
Stream size                              : 58.5 MiB (71%)
Writing library                          : x264 core 164
Encoding settings                        : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / lookahead_threads=2 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=abr / mbtree=1 / bitrate=337 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Color range                              : Limited
Color primaries                          : BT.601 NTSC
Transfer characteristics                 : BT.601
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.601
Codec configuration box                  : avcCAudio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : AAC LC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity
Codec ID                                 : mp4a-40-2
Duration                                 : 24 min 12 s
Source duration                          : 24 min 12 s
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 128 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Channel layout                           : L R
Sampling rate                            : 44.1 kHz
Frame rate                               : 43.066 FPS (1024 SPF)
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 22.0 MiB (27%)
Source stream size                       : 22.0 MiB (27%)
Title                                    : ISO Media file produced by Google Inc.
Language                                 : English
Default                                  : Yes
Alternate group                          : 1

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And this is from the VEGAS properties window, from a different media, but it's from the same source (youtube playlist uploaded by the same official company), so I think they're all consistent across each other.

General
  Name: Cyber6 EP 02 - Data-7 & Julian.mp4
  Folder: C:\Users\dysto\Videos\Media\Cybersix
  Type: AVC
  Size: 83.41 MB (85,416,216 bytes)
  Created: Saturday, March 25, 2023, 8:25:48 PM
  Modified: Saturday, March 25, 2023, 8:27:45 PM
  Accessed: Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 7:44:55 PM
  Attributes: ArchiveStreams
  Video: 00:24:10.350, 29.970 fps progressive, 650x480x32, AVC
  Audio: 00:24:10.363, 44,100 Hz, Stereo, AACSummary
  [TCFM]: 6ACID information
  ACID chunk: no
  Stretch chunk: no
  Stretch list: no
  Stretch info2: no
  Beat markers: no
  Detected beats: noOther metadata
  Regions/markers: no
  Command markers: noMedia manager
  Media tags: noPlug-In
  Name: so4compoundplug.dll
  Folder: C:\Program Files\VEGAS\VEGAS Pro 18.0\FileIO Plug-Ins\so4compoundplug
  Format: AVC
  Version: Version 1.0 (Build 8532)
  Company: MAGIX Computer Products Intl. Co.

 

john_dennis wrote on 4/26/2023, 10:39 PM

@StageGhost

Based on your unusual source media, consider using these Project Properties...

... and custom Render Template.