Craig Yuill
February 9th, 2015, 02:25 PM
I have been trying out a trial version of Vegas Pro 13 on a Windows 7 laptop I have access to. The laptop has an i5 processor, 4 GB of RAM, and integrated video graphics (Intel HD 3000, I think). I am thinking of purchasing a Windows laptop with much better specs (i7 quad core processor, 16 GB RAM, decent dedicated video card). I was thinking of using Vegas Pro 13 as my video editing program, but...
Most of the video clips I produce are from a Nikon camera that outputs full HD clips as AVC .MOV files. I have encountered problems when using Vegas Pro 13 - the well-documented black preview screen and rendering problems after adding more than two or three clips to the timeline. I have also tried various well-documented remedies that are supposed to fix the problem, like the following:
- Uninstalling the current version of Quicktime and installing version 7.5. (Turned the clips green in the preview panel.)
- Turning the quality of the preview to "Preview (Auto)" or "Draft (Auto)".
- Setting "GPU acceleration of video rendering" to OFF in the Preferences - Video tab.
- Setting "Close media files when not the active application" in the Preferences - General tab.
- Setting "Disable resample" in the Switches menu for all clips in the timeline.
- Rendering individual files as intermediate .MXF files, then reimporting into a new project. (Saved intermediate files seem to be made up of only a few frames each second that have been repeated several times each.)
I have also been trying out trial versions of PowerDirector 13 and Video Studio X7, and have been able to preview edited footage and also produce rendered output files from both, without hassles. (I have, however, not been entirely satisfied with the quality of the output files from those programs.) I figured Vegas Pro 13 would better suit my needs - but it won't if it fails to work properly.
I want to like Vegas Pro 13. I have a feeling that machine specs might be at the heart of the issue. I am wondering if Vegas Pro users could tell me if improved specs like those listed above should allow Vegas Pro 13 to work properly, or if there are other settings I still need to change to make it work.
Most of the video clips I produce are from a Nikon camera that outputs full HD clips as AVC .MOV files. I have encountered problems when using Vegas Pro 13 - the well-documented black preview screen and rendering problems after adding more than two or three clips to the timeline. I have also tried various well-documented remedies that are supposed to fix the problem, like the following:
- Uninstalling the current version of Quicktime and installing version 7.5. (Turned the clips green in the preview panel.)
- Turning the quality of the preview to "Preview (Auto)" or "Draft (Auto)".
- Setting "GPU acceleration of video rendering" to OFF in the Preferences - Video tab.
- Setting "Close media files when not the active application" in the Preferences - General tab.
- Setting "Disable resample" in the Switches menu for all clips in the timeline.
- Rendering individual files as intermediate .MXF files, then reimporting into a new project. (Saved intermediate files seem to be made up of only a few frames each second that have been repeated several times each.)
I have also been trying out trial versions of PowerDirector 13 and Video Studio X7, and have been able to preview edited footage and also produce rendered output files from both, without hassles. (I have, however, not been entirely satisfied with the quality of the output files from those programs.) I figured Vegas Pro 13 would better suit my needs - but it won't if it fails to work properly.
I want to like Vegas Pro 13. I have a feeling that machine specs might be at the heart of the issue. I am wondering if Vegas Pro users could tell me if improved specs like those listed above should allow Vegas Pro 13 to work properly, or if there are other settings I still need to change to make it work.