Why does my videos turn out blurry?

david-h7456 wrote on 2/14/2019, 7:13 AM

Hey guys, I'm having some issues with my Vegas Movie Studio 13. Everything I run through it turns out blurry and exposed, almost like i put a filter on it or like it's been upscaled from the wrong resolution.

 

The clips im putting in are 1080/60fps but they come out like this:

Adding this clip for reference, this is how clear it looks when I don't put it through Vegas editor:

 

Does anyone know what the problem could be? I've tried a few solutions but none of them have worked and I'm just a casual editor really! :)

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Steve Grisetti wrote on 2/14/2019, 7:21 AM

Most likely it's related to your source video, which appears to be from software used to capture video from your computer screen.

Try this as an experiment. Use the free download Handbrake to convert one of your original videos to an MP4 with 30 fps and a constant frame rate. See if you get the same results when you use this new MP4 in Movie Studio project.

david-h7456 wrote on 2/14/2019, 9:41 AM

Most likely it's related to your source video, which appears to be from software used to capture video from your computer screen.

Try this as an experiment. Use the free download Handbrake to convert one of your original videos to an MP4 with 30 fps and a constant frame rate. See if you get the same results when you use this new MP4 in Movie Studio project.

Correct, it's Shadowplay. I'll try your solution later today and update you on the results!

Eagle Six wrote on 2/14/2019, 10:47 AM

@david-h7456 can you post screenshots of your Project settings, your Render Format Template settings, and for good measure the Shadowplay source media specs using Mediainfo in text mode?

System Specs......
Corsair Obsidian Series 450D ATX Mid Tower
Asus X99-A II LGA 2011-v3, Intel X99 SATA 6 Gb/s USB 3.1/3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Core i7-6800K 15M Broadwell-E, 6 core 3.4 GHz LGA 2011-v3 (overclocked 20%)
64GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200
Corsair Hydro Series H110i GTX 280mm Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
MSI Radeon R9 390 DirectX 12 8GB Video Card
Corsair RMx Series RM750X 740W 80 Plus Gold power pack
Samsung 970 EVO NVMe M.2 boot drive
Corsair Neutron XT 2.5 480GB SATA III SSD - video work drive
Western Digitial 1TB 7200 RPM SATA - video work drive
Western Digital Black 6TB 7200 RPM SATA 6Bb/s 128MB Cache 3.5 data drive

Bluray Disc burner drive
2x 1080p monitors
Microsoft Window 10 Pro
DaVinci Resolve Studio 16 pb2
SVP13, MVP15, MVP16, SMSP13, MVMS15, MVMSP15, MVMSP16

Musicvid wrote on 2/14/2019, 12:00 PM

One easy fix for Shadowplay footage is to run it through Handbrake.

david-h7456 wrote on 2/14/2019, 6:34 PM

Most likely it's related to your source video, which appears to be from software used to capture video from your computer screen.

Try this as an experiment. Use the free download Handbrake to convert one of your original videos to an MP4 with 30 fps and a constant frame rate. See if you get the same results when you use this new MP4 in Movie Studio project.

One easy fix for Shadowplay footage is to run it through Handbrake.


You guys were dead on. It looks fine after I run it through Handbrake then edit it! Any idea why this happens?

 

Thank you guys a million times over by the way.

Musicvid wrote on 2/14/2019, 6:45 PM

Yes, it always has variable frame rate, which only a few Windows editors support yet.

Feel free to mark one if the replies as a solution, if you wish.

Musicvid wrote on 2/14/2019, 7:02 PM

Recommended settings for OBS, a favorite around here:

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/faq-what-obs-studio-settings-work-well-with-vegas-pro--109925/

Malix82 wrote on 2/15/2019, 5:43 AM

imo, that looks like resampling. Shadowplay records at 60 fps, but most render presets are 59.94 fps (also the mentioned variable framerate plays a part here), movie studio does some "inbetween" frames which are resampled from sequential frames.

You can turn it off by rightclicking the video on the track -> switches -> disable resampling. screenshot

I've used several shadowplay/obs/etc files in movie studio, this has always been the thing to do with them. Never needed handbrake to fix these.

I really wish there'd be an option to automatically disable resampling on every clip brought to the project, instead of doing this per clip.

3POINT wrote on 2/15/2019, 5:52 AM

In VMS you can disable resampling for all selected clips at once. No need to do this per clip.

Malix82 wrote on 2/15/2019, 6:05 AM

In VMS you can disable resampling for all selected clips at once. No need to do this per clip.

Yea, of course. But the main point was that it would be nice to have an option to have the "disabled" as default

david-h7456 wrote on 2/15/2019, 6:12 AM

imo, that looks like resampling. Shadowplay records at 60 fps, but most render presets are 59.94 fps (also the mentioned variable framerate plays a part here), movie studio does some "inbetween" frames which are resampled from sequential frames.

You can turn it off by rightclicking the video on the track -> switches -> disable resampling. screenshot

I've used several shadowplay/obs/etc files in movie studio, this has always been the thing to do with them. Never needed handbrake to fix these.

I really wish there'd be an option to automatically disable resampling on every clip brought to the project, instead of doing this per clip.

In VMS you can disable resampling for all selected clips at once. No need to do this per clip.

 

I'll try this too, you guys are lifesavers. Thank you for explaining what the issue is aswell, learning about these things from an amateur perspective is like reading moonrunes at first! :D