Topic: Running Vegas 9

[mmadd29]

I'm looking to purchase Vegas Pro 9.  My machine is a little older, but I don't really want to upgrade if I don't absoultley have too.

My computer specs are:

Atlon 64 3000+ Venice chip
3 GB DDR 400 (PC3200) memory
2 - 500GB SATA Drives
512 MB, Nvida video Card, AGP

Would I be better off with a back version of Vegas?

I'm using Adobe Premiere 6.5 that I bought 8 years ago, and want to move up in the world and away from the buggy Adobe software.

Thanks for all input

[beatkilla]

What operating system?

Are you using hi def footage?

If so what kind,HDV,Avchd,other?

Vegas pro 9  64 bit is working great for me on windows vista 64 bit home premium service pack 2.HP phenom quad core 2.50 ghz with 8gb ram.
Im doing HDV with 2 cams and it keeps up fine,but on my laptop dual core 2gb ram Sony Vegas 7 can not get full frame rate with 2 hdv streams not even at draft full preview.

The only fault is there is no Cineform in Vegas 9 which is needed for HD.You'd have to but Cineform Neoscene for like 120 bucks i believe.

If your doing just standard def footage than you should be all set with your current set up i'd say.

[mmadd29]

What operating system?

Are you using hi def footage?

If so what kind,HDV,Avchd,other?

Vegas pro 9  64 bit is working great for me on windows vista 64 bit home premium service pack 2.HP phenom quad core 2.50 ghz with 8gb ram.
Im doing HDV with 2 cams and it keeps up fine,but on my laptop dual core 2gb ram Sony Vegas 7 can not get full frame rate with 2 hdv streams not even at draft full preview.

The only fault is there is no Cineform in Vegas 9 which is needed for HD.You'd have to but Cineform Neoscene for like 120 bucks i believe.

If your doing just standard def footage than you should be all set with your current set up i'd say.

I'm using minidv camera, and capture in .avi   I do 16:9, but I don't use HD footage.

[beatkilla]

Than go for Vegas Pro 9....you'll be happy you did.It is the perfect editor of audio and video.Plus you can get alot of tips here as many people on this forum use Vegas.

[phanophish]

FWIW Vegas will run on some fairly moderate hardware if you are not doing HD or heavy Multicam editing.  It will just take forever to render.  The big factor on the hardware demands are the type of footage, not the version of Vegas.  I'm running a Core 2 Quad, Win7 64bit, 4GB Ram.  Rendering 2.5 hours of BluRay HD video took nearly 18 hours with no effects or other filters, just a few simple dissolve transitions.  SD footage rendering to DVD quality on the same box is about half of real time.  1 hour of video takes about 2 hours to render.

[Gordon]

SD footage rendering to DVD quality on the same box is about half of real time.  1 hour of video takes about 2 hours to render.

wow.  I'm running vegas 8 with dual core 3hgz, 4 gigs ram on xp pro and my render times are nowhere near that long.

1 hour of SD footage takes maybe 20 mins to render as mpeg2.  multi cam doesn't take much if any longer.

[phanophish]

SD footage rendering to DVD quality on the same box is about half of real time.  1 hour of video takes about 2 hours to render.

wow.  I'm running vegas 8 with dual core 3hgz, 4 gigs ram on xp pro and my render times are nowhere near that long.

1 hour of SD footage takes maybe 20 mins to render as mpeg2.  multi cam doesn't take much if any longer.

This is 1hr of 24mb/s AVCHD source to render to mpeg2.  Multicam does not take any more time to render, but does require more processor and disk IO if you are using the multicam editing with simultaneous playback.

[Gordon]

gotcha. I thought you meant just plain old SD mini dv footage.

[Gordon]

This is 1hr of 24mb/s AVCHD source to render to mpeg2.  Multicam does not take any more time to render, but does require more processor and disk IO if you are using the multicam editing with simultaneous playback.

so question for brian austin

in vegas you just take the AVCHD footage, sync edit etc and then render to mpeg 2?  that is if you want SD footage for a regular dvd.