Preview choppy in Vegas 11 but not in Premier CS5.5

[Gerald Webb]

Originally Posted by Adrian Lepki

Are there any video-Vegas oriented tests?

This would be really great, if Sony released a veg file where we could benchmark our cards.
We could then nail down card v card performance,
and,
as I suspect to be the case, see if the same cards are getting different results on different systems.

[Mike Kujbida]

Originally Posted by Gerald Webb

This would be really great, if Sony released a veg file where we could benchmark our cards.
We could then nail down card v card performance, and, as I suspect to be the case, see if the same cards are getting different results on different systems.

How about a very large (2.5 GB.) benchmark file?
Vegas Pro 11 GPU acceleration
The link is near the bottom of the page.

[Gerald Webb]

OMG 2.5 GB!!!
Sony remind me of an apprentice I used to have... Find the hardest possible way to do something so simple.
Surely there would be a way to make an animated .veg with media generators or one or 2 still images, add a few FX that are particularly hard on GPU.
A download that would be 400kb instead of 2.5GB
Might give it a go this arv.

[Adrian Lepki]

Originally Posted by Mike Kujbida

How about a very large (2.5 GB.) benchmark file?
Vegas Pro 11 GPU acceleration
The link is near the bottom of the page.

OK, 6 core, 2.4 Ghz, 24GB ram, Quadro 4000, rendered this test file:

#1. XDCAM EX HQ 1920x1080-60i 35 Mbps VBR in 125 sec., MP4 file size 188.6 MB
#2. MainConcept AVC/AAC Internet HD 1080p in 103 sec., MP4 file size 88MB

I can playback #2 using Windows Media Player or QuickTime Player.
#1 file doesn't work in those players but it opens in Vegas OK.

[Gerald Webb]

been downloading that Vegas project all afternoon, have some results soon.

Here is a fun little veg I made while I was waiting.
Its a simple test that doesnt require a massive download.
Be interested to see some other results if people could give it a go.
Rendering to Sony AVC Bluray 16Mbps 50i
I got -
Laptop i7 GT540m = 6min 8sec

Desktop 3930k i7 and GTX580 =1min34sec

[Gerald Webb]

ok, Sony's own press release project results-
3930k i7 GTX580 3GB 32GB ram
#1. XDCAM EX HQ 1920x1080-60i 35 Mbps VBR in 125 sec., MP4 file size 184 MB = 56sec
#2. MainConcept AVC/AAC Internet HD 1080p in 103 sec., MP4 file size 86.2MB = 51sec

Thats strange Adrian, my file sizes are slightly different to yours.
In comparison my i7 laptop took 5min 2sec to do the XD cam render, up till now I thought it was pretty quick.

[Adrian Lepki]

Originally Posted by Gerald Webb

been downloading that Vegas project all afternoon, have some results soon.

Here is a fun little veg I made while I was waiting.
Its a simple test that doesnt require a massive download.
Be interested to see some other results if people could give it a go.
Rendering to Sony AVC Bluray 16Mbps 50i
I got -
Laptop i7 GT540m = 6min 8sec

Desktop 3930k i7 and GTX580 =1min34sec

Gerald,

3min 24sec on my pc.

[Gerald Webb]

Thanks Adrian, be good to get a few more.
Be very interesting to see if any of the cheaper cards are offering higher than anticipated results, or vice versa with the more high end cards not delivering what you would expect.