Render Times Wrong at DVinfo.net

David Rice · May 11th, 2011, 11:10 PM

Lately when I render a project the Estimated Render Times are wrong. As an example: it will give a estimated render time 44 minutes. When the little slider reaches half way or at 22 minutes, it shuts down. Render complete. The rendered files look great. It's like the internal clock that estimates render times is wrong.

Any idea's?

Using Vegas 8c

Leslie Wand · May 11th, 2011, 11:57 PM

generally,

vegas doesn't actually know what it's rendering till it's rendering (;-)), so if your opening sequence of your 2min video is heavy with fx it'll time it according to the time taken to render the project based on that. however, if after 15secs your back to normal, it will render much quicker.... the time left is dependent on what it's actually rendering

Richard Jones · May 12th, 2011, 04:53 AM

Yes, and I find that the estimated time changes fairly regularly as my render progresses and Vegas tries to extrapolate or estimate the remaining render time.

Richard

Edward Troxel · May 12th, 2011, 06:15 AM

You're saying it stops rendering at 50% but it's done???

David Rice · May 12th, 2011, 07:39 AM

You're saying it stops rendering at 50% but it's done???

Yes, it says it's done. It looks and behaviors like it is done anyway. This strange behavior started two days ago. Never seen it before. No changes in computer or software have been made.

I just rendered a project in Virtualdub, No problems. About 70 minutes

Then rendered the same in Vegas. "Projected" render time was 1:40 minutes. The project stopped rendering at 50%. or at 70 minutes. Looks and plays the same as the render from Virtualdub.

I have tried AVI, Mpeg 2 and 4. Same problem.

Edward Troxel · May 12th, 2011, 07:53 AM

I've never heard of it stop rendering at 50%.

David Rice · May 12th, 2011, 09:31 AM

It renders fine. It's just a little spooky to watch the approximate render dialog box giving the false approximate render times.

May 11th, 2011, 11:10 PM	#1
David Rice Major Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sitka Alaska Posts: 470	Render Times Wrong Lately when I render a project the Estimated Render Times are wrong. As an example: it will give a estimated render time 44 minutes. When the little slider reaches half way or at 22 minutes, it shuts down. Render complete. The rendered files look great. It's like the internal clock that estimates render times is wrong. Any idea's? Using Vegas 8c

May 11th, 2011, 11:57 PM	#2
Leslie Wand Trustee Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: upper hunter, australia Posts: 1,410	Re: Render Times Wrong generally, vegas doesn't actually know what it's rendering till it's rendering (;-)), so if your opening sequence of your 2min video is heavy with fx it'll time it according to the time taken to render the project based on that. however, if after 15secs your back to normal, it will render much quicker.... the time left is dependent on what it's actually rendering __________________ www.lesliewand.com.au

May 12th, 2011, 04:53 AM	#3
Richard Jones Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Woking, England Posts: 116	Re: Render Times Wrong Yes, and I find that the estimated time changes fairly regularly as my render progresses and Vegas tries to extrapolate or estimate the remaining render time. Richard

May 12th, 2011, 06:15 AM	#4
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Re: Render Times Wrong You're saying it stops rendering at 50% but it's done??? __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

May 12th, 2011, 07:39 AM	#5
David Rice Major Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sitka Alaska Posts: 470	Re: Render Times Wrong You're saying it stops rendering at 50% but it's done??? Yes, it says it's done. It looks and behaviors like it is done anyway. This strange behavior started two days ago. Never seen it before. No changes in computer or software have been made. I just rendered a project in Virtualdub, No problems. About 70 minutes Then rendered the same in Vegas. "Projected" render time was 1:40 minutes. The project stopped rendering at 50%. or at 70 minutes. Looks and plays the same as the render from Virtualdub. I have tried AVI, Mpeg 2 and 4. Same problem.

May 12th, 2011, 07:53 AM	#6
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Re: Render Times Wrong I've never heard of it stop rendering at 50%. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

May 12th, 2011, 09:31 AM	#7
David Rice Major Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sitka Alaska Posts: 470	Re: Render Times Wrong It renders fine. It's just a little spooky to watch the approximate render dialog box giving the false approximate render times.