Hello Alex, thanks for your video, always a pleasure to watch. I am producing videos in 5.3k @60fps and even using the methods you describe Vegas won't play even a unaltered file in the editor without a lot of lag. However, I use the settings you suggest and have the Project set to 5.3k. I use multiple (2 or 3 5.3k) videos at the same time in the timeline and always set them to create proxies. The proxies take some time to compile but its worth it because you can skip about on the timeline very quickly. Once edited, in order to view the video, I then render it in 1080 60fps to view it. This new version of Vegas (19) renders it very quickly (about a quarter of the time of full quality). Once I'm happy with it, I render it out at the project setting quality. Just some additional info for anyone trying it at this resolution, so you know what to expect.
Omg thank you I didnt have nvidia selected under hardware decoder and as soon as I selected that and restarted it ran so smoothly I was just floored, makes so much of a difference thank you
Thanks for this... great tips. I especially loved the final tip about the script that converts all media to the project's resolution. I've lost count of the number of times I've manually selected elements and changed them! Wish I knew this sooner!
I've been lagging out for 2 weeks straight on a huge project using 4k settings, only now to realize for my audio editing I can set it to 1080p so the video will actaully have a load to it, and then back to 4k for my rendering, Thankyou for the important information!
I edit some of 1080p videos and some videos for some reason are really laggy on preview. Just solo video without anything. It's like depends on the format of the video.
Hi Alex! Do you know how to make a custom shape for the iris transition effect in Vegas Pro? Transitions -> Iris & let's say that instead of a circle shape I wanted to put a custom shape like a black & transparent drawing of a crab as my transition between 2 images. How to do this?
aw man I've no idea, all the setting are using the gpu supposedly but the 1080ti gets no usage during playing the timeline and the cpu goes 100 percent and I have terrible lag
To avoid compression, you can increase the bit-rate number. 100Mb/s prolly sufficient enough to avoid compression look. Voukoder is very good in ensuring the render output stay sharp and keeping the file size magically small.
Even using all those settings with Vegas 19.0 and 4K clips along with proxy files, and a i7-11700 processor, NVIDIA RTX 3060 Ti, 64GB of RAM and a fast SSD, my playback is still horrible. If I use DaVinci Resolve there is no problem playing back 4K. Just wish Magix could 'resolve' the playback issue. About to jump ship with using Magix Vegas. It's unstable & crashes often.
im so confused I have a extremely high end PC. I have a rtx 4080, 32gigs of memory, and a ryzen9 7950x3d CPU and I cant preview a single clip in the lowest setting without it stuttering? even if I put it in the lowest resolution nothing changes. its still just as laggy.
What type of footage you dealing? What kind of storage you use? Take note if ur shooting using HEVC/AVC in either 8 or 10 bit especially with 4:2:2 sampling, none of these 2 company (AMD and Nvidia) support hardware Encoding/Decoding. So far only Apple M1/M2 and Intel recent 13th Gen CPU and ARC GPU have a proper video engine for the format I mentioned.
Hi alex,unfortunately,my vegas pro 19 doesnt detect old legacy nvidia NVS150M graphic cards than my filmora X, do you had any clue how to enabling it for legacy users?
Thank you for the tutorial! i have a question: in method 1, in the File I/O tab, i can't see any NVDIA options in hardware decoder to use. I have an NVDIA GPU (MX330 - but i don't need to see 4k in the preview, my target is 720p) but the only options i see is INTEL QSV. I tried this options and it improves the render speed but doesn't affect the playback... any ideas?
Hey there, mine was greyed out as well...I had to turn off the two "enable legacy...." boxes for the dropdown box to be available then I could select my Nvidia setting
Thanks for watching this video, if you want to download the latest version of this software. SO the link is given below!!! softwarezguru.com/sony-vegas/
Excellent information, clearly demonstrated. Please keep doing these tutorials.
Hello Alex, thanks for your video, always a pleasure to watch.
I am producing videos in 5.3k @60fps and even using the methods you describe Vegas won't play even a unaltered file in the editor without a lot of lag. However, I use the settings you suggest and have the Project set to 5.3k. I use multiple (2 or 3 5.3k) videos at the same time in the timeline and always set them to create proxies.
The proxies take some time to compile but its worth it because you can skip about on the timeline very quickly.
Once edited, in order to view the video, I then render it in 1080 60fps to view it.
This new version of Vegas (19) renders it very quickly (about a quarter of the time of full quality). Once I'm happy with it, I render it out at the project setting quality.
Just some additional info for anyone trying it at this resolution, so you know what to expect.
Omg thank you I didnt have nvidia selected under hardware decoder and as soon as I selected that and restarted it ran so smoothly I was just floored, makes so much of a difference thank you
Once again well explained, always look forward to Aliff's tutorials. Please keep doing them.
Thanks for this... great tips. I especially loved the final tip about the script that converts all media to the project's resolution. I've lost count of the number of times I've manually selected elements and changed them! Wish I knew this sooner!
Thank you very much, Method 2 helps a lot!
you are the best. No one knew how to solve the video preview flickering problem in vegas.
You are an excellent teacher my friend
Very helpful, thanks. One suggestion for future videos, if it's easy for you to do, try to say "K" less often. 👍
I've been lagging out for 2 weeks straight on a huge project using 4k settings, only now to realize for my audio editing I can set it to 1080p so the video will actaully have a load to it, and then back to 4k for my rendering, Thankyou for the important information!
so useful 👍👍
You are awesome!
Thank you.
yea but when editing m,ultiple clips (like 80-90 clips) vegas goes south real fast... i cant edit my project unless i stay under 10 clips!
I edit some of 1080p videos and some videos for some reason are really laggy on preview. Just solo video without anything. It's like depends on the format of the video.
Thanks man, this really helped me a lot.
helpful and fast thanks
Hi Alex!
Do you know how to make a custom shape for the iris transition effect in Vegas Pro?
Transitions -> Iris & let's say that instead of a circle shape I wanted to put a custom shape like a black & transparent drawing of a crab as my transition between 2 images. How to do this?
aw man I've no idea, all the setting are using the gpu supposedly but the 1080ti gets no usage during playing the timeline and the cpu goes 100 percent and I have terrible lag
Thanks Alex (again lol).
Any advice on how to render 1080p footage to 1440p (to avoid yotube compression) using Voukoder?
To avoid compression, you can increase the bit-rate number. 100Mb/s prolly sufficient enough to avoid compression look. Voukoder is very good in ensuring the render output stay sharp and keeping the file size magically small.
Great video Mr Alex , And i need a help from toi. How WE CAN edit different resolution ( 4k +1080p ) together in Vegas pro ? Plse help me
Even using all those settings with Vegas 19.0 and 4K clips along with proxy files, and a i7-11700 processor, NVIDIA RTX 3060 Ti, 64GB of RAM and a fast SSD, my playback is still horrible.
If I use DaVinci Resolve there is no problem playing back 4K.
Just wish Magix could 'resolve' the playback issue. About to jump ship with using Magix Vegas. It's unstable & crashes often.
1st methood keeps crashing my vegas
bro i have a rx 7900 xtx and a ryzen 7 7700x and its lagging ..
im so confused I have a extremely high end PC. I have a rtx 4080, 32gigs of memory, and a ryzen9 7950x3d CPU and I cant preview a single clip in the lowest setting without it stuttering? even if I put it in the lowest resolution nothing changes. its still just as laggy.
What type of footage you dealing? What kind of storage you use?
Take note if ur shooting using HEVC/AVC in either 8 or 10 bit especially with 4:2:2 sampling, none of these 2 company (AMD and Nvidia) support hardware Encoding/Decoding.
So far only Apple M1/M2 and Intel recent 13th Gen CPU and ARC GPU have a proper video engine for the format I mentioned.
Hi alex,unfortunately,my vegas pro 19 doesnt detect old legacy nvidia NVS150M graphic cards than my filmora X, do you had any clue how to enabling it for legacy users?
OK?
Thank you for the tutorial! i have a question: in method 1, in the File I/O tab, i can't see any NVDIA options in hardware decoder to use. I have an NVDIA GPU (MX330 - but i don't need to see 4k in the preview, my target is 720p) but the only options i see is INTEL QSV. I tried this options and it improves the render speed but doesn't affect the playback... any ideas?
Hey there, mine was greyed out as well...I had to turn off the two "enable legacy...." boxes for the dropdown box to be available then I could select my Nvidia setting
how do you make your sony vegas full screen without windows bar at the bottom?
You can hide taskbar
my problem is while rendering the video, Gpu usage is like 20% and Cpu 99%. i3 9100f, 16gb ddr4, Gtx 1650, ssd, etc
make sure you render using graphics card encoder. For Nvidia it's Nvenc, not sure what the AMD equivalent is.
im an intel guy lol
Thanks for watching this video, if you want to download the latest version of this software.
SO the link is given below!!!
softwarezguru.com/sony-vegas/