V9 still to wait, anything else?

Addo wrote on 7/20/2009, 10:54 PM
I got an extended email offer to buy V9 until 7/31. I have a SR-11 and and this pro (trial) program can not play files from this "less- pro cam" or it can if you do not mind jerky movement that personally drives me nuts. Is there any program out there that can do mt2 files? If not, I gotta wait for at least V10 cause I do not think any version by then will fix this sole thing I want to be fixed in order to buy it.

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John_Cline wrote on 7/20/2009, 11:22 PM
AVCHD is very CPU intensive to decode and play. You don't list your system specs but the jerky movement which drives you nuts is probably the result of an underpowered computer, not any specific fault of Vegas.
Tollaksen wrote on 7/20/2009, 11:36 PM
Yea, What John said.
Addo wrote on 7/21/2009, 1:24 AM
If you check System Requirements for V9 it said
1 GHz processor (multicore or multiprocessor CPU recommended for HD)…
what I translate -we guarantee your computer will work right with these minimum (tested) specs but I have two different 2 GHz Core2Due processor computers and apparently they should work with no problem.

I assume that most of us have better computer specs here then required. Therefore the computer question should never be brought up (unless you talk rendering time) or maybe I’m missing something here? Anyway I’d also appreciate different inputs.
farss wrote on 7/21/2009, 2:18 AM
Why don't you simply transcode the AVCHD to an easier to edit codec. This can be done while you do other things.

Bob.
apit34356 wrote on 7/21/2009, 3:02 AM
Addo, Farss suggestion is the way to go for now. But if you have an additional 99$, check out John Cline's thread about a GPU accelerator for AVCHD. Otherwise transcode AVCHD to Sony's MXF or if you own CIne.
blink3times wrote on 7/21/2009, 4:23 AM
"1 GHz processor (multicore or multiprocessor CPU recommended for HD)… "

What they post are the minimum specs recommended..... as what they all do. Vegas however is all cpu and memory so the more you have, the better it will work

I run a q6600 quad core on vista 64 with 8 gigs ram and I can play (with the sr11) at full frame rate until I start adding transitions/effects at which point I must start to rely on Dynamic ram play back (about 1gig is required for a more complex 3 second spice master transition)

For the most part though.... it's simply the nature of avchd. I have premiere pro which has some hardware acceleration.... and it plays a little smoother but there is still a lot of jerkyness on the transitions and such.

If it drives you crazy then searching for other programs isn't really going to help much..... converting to something else first though (as already suggested) is the best way to go.

I will add however that the smoothest complex playback (transitions and such) that I have seen thus far out of all the various programs that offer native avchd editing.... is Sony Vegas while using dynamic ram playback. It's a pain to use and takes a bit of time to load an effect.... but it plays back at 100% framerate every time. Best thing I've seen so far in doing transitions/effects with avchd
ronhurt wrote on 7/21/2009, 4:47 AM
Blink, I've been editing avchd on a dell duo-core, 2 gig laptop for nearly a year but didn't know about shift-b until you started mentioning it here, so thanks.
Is there a way to get vegas to recognize more than 1 gig of RAM in my computer so I can devote more to dynamic ram? Setting it at 256 allows it to render only a few seconds.
blink3times wrote on 7/21/2009, 5:31 AM
Go to "internal settings" (hold the shift key while choosing "preferences" and you will see an extra tab come up marked "internal settings"). In that mess somewhere you will find the dynamic ram max setting. I have found that you can crank it up to 3 gig without issues.... provided of course you have enough actual ram. I keep mine set on 2 gig though for time line work and then drop it back to 256 for rendering.