Anyone else having problems with the rendering times for Video Studo 9. The times are ridiculous to say the least.
I made a small movie from a home movie transfer from 8mm, recorded it from my Cam Corder to my desktop DVD recorder on a RW DVD. I then loaded it into Video Studio V 9 (the new version), and did my editing, adding effects etc, this part works out just great. Afer i was done with the editing, i went onto the next step, create the disk, i did that, then went to burn the DVD.
The movie was only 20min long, it took Video studio 9, almost 12 hrs to render it and burn it on the disc??
Is this normal?? Man this is long. I am working on another project which each RW DVD i am loading (2 of them) the discs are almost 1hr long. I hate to see how long this one will take to render and burn onto disc??
Anyone got some ideas on this, Is there a way of speeding up the rendering, it seems the engine running this program is somewhat slow.
I have also used Uleads Pictureshow 3 the new one, both versions i have bought and are the full ones and it did the same thing, took about 12hrs to render.
Any help or ideas on this would be greatly appreciated very much.
Thanks in advance.
Transferman509
Video Studio V 9 Rendering Times??+
Moderator: Ken Berry
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a2barmby
Transferman509.
We need more information. Specifically, what hardware in your PC do you have............. ie processor/memory and hard disks etc ?????
If you have a Pentium 3 running at say 350Mhz, it would take an age to render. But, if you have an all singing all dancing Pentium4, 3Ghz with hyperthreading and 2 gb base memory and 2x hard disks with 200 Gb each running at 7200 rpm with 8Mb cache onboard............well that would be an overly long time.
Get my point
We need more information. Specifically, what hardware in your PC do you have............. ie processor/memory and hard disks etc ?????
If you have a Pentium 3 running at say 350Mhz, it would take an age to render. But, if you have an all singing all dancing Pentium4, 3Ghz with hyperthreading and 2 gb base memory and 2x hard disks with 200 Gb each running at 7200 rpm with 8Mb cache onboard............well that would be an overly long time.
Get my point
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Transferman509
Well:
I am using a Pentium III 550 pc, with 400mb of Ram, a Gforce 420mmx 64 meg video card. I do have a large hard drive with 7200rpm.
I relize that after i posted that last message, i probably thought it could be my processor, and am going to try it out on my brother in laws P4 and see what differnce it makes.
I have used some other programs that dont seem to take that long, maybe it is my processor, not sure just yet.
I will tell u though, i am so pleased with this program i would recommend it to anyone, and will do what i have to get a better PC, if thats what it takes.
I can get away with using my pc with your program, but just takes a while.
If i get a P4 and get it loaded to the teeth like you say. Will it make a difference. I am trying to start up a small business transferring Home movies from 8mm, super 8mm, and need something that is a little faster than the 12hrs i got from the last rendering job with Video studio 9.
Thanks for the fast reply so far.
Regards Transferman509
I am using a Pentium III 550 pc, with 400mb of Ram, a Gforce 420mmx 64 meg video card. I do have a large hard drive with 7200rpm.
I relize that after i posted that last message, i probably thought it could be my processor, and am going to try it out on my brother in laws P4 and see what differnce it makes.
I have used some other programs that dont seem to take that long, maybe it is my processor, not sure just yet.
I will tell u though, i am so pleased with this program i would recommend it to anyone, and will do what i have to get a better PC, if thats what it takes.
I can get away with using my pc with your program, but just takes a while.
If i get a P4 and get it loaded to the teeth like you say. Will it make a difference. I am trying to start up a small business transferring Home movies from 8mm, super 8mm, and need something that is a little faster than the 12hrs i got from the last rendering job with Video studio 9.
Thanks for the fast reply so far.
Regards Transferman509
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jchunter
Your rendering time is way out of line. Sounds like you tried to burn a DVD directly from your project in the timeline. Follow the procedure recommended in the top sticky post, which avoids this annoying Video Studio bug.
John
BTW, a faster system is highly desireable if you are planning to do a lot of video editing. If I were getting a new system today, I would consider using two 10,000 rpm disks in a Raid0 setup, along with a very large 7200 drive to use as an archive.
John
BTW, a faster system is highly desireable if you are planning to do a lot of video editing. If I were getting a new system today, I would consider using two 10,000 rpm disks in a Raid0 setup, along with a very large 7200 drive to use as an archive.
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maddrummer3301
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>If i get a P4 and get it loaded to the teeth like you say. Will it make a
>difference?
An Intel P4 3.2 Ghz 800fsb, 1 gig ram, 2 harddisks (1 for system & programs)(1 for video/data) & descent Nvidia AGP or PCI-Express Video Card will be
about 6 times faster approx.
There are a few tricks to editing mpg2 files so make sure to read the first
sticky post for VS9.
Hope this helps,
MD
>difference?
An Intel P4 3.2 Ghz 800fsb, 1 gig ram, 2 harddisks (1 for system & programs)(1 for video/data) & descent Nvidia AGP or PCI-Express Video Card will be
about 6 times faster approx.
There are a few tricks to editing mpg2 files so make sure to read the first
sticky post for VS9.
Hope this helps,
MD
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a2barmby
I endorse all of what jchunter & maddrummer3301 say.
Editing video is very (read VERY here) CPU and memory intensive. So much so, that even on very high specification machines with other processes running in the background such as internet access and firewalls and anti-virus programmes etc, these are system overheads which slow down even these machines.
Definately read and then re-read the top posts in this forum, to make sure you are following TO THE LETTER the instructions on how to capture, edit, and burn your project.
You can also try and stop all the trace resident memory programmes running in the background on your Prentium 3 machine.
Use a programme like "End it all" which is free and readily available on the net to download.
You will have to experiment on which processes you can stop before your system stops running. But it is well worth it !
I believe someone posted on here a list of processes a Microsoft XP system should be running. Can anyone help locate this thread....?
As a note, a lot of people have a dedicated video PC with no internet or anti virus or any other programmes running on it except Video studuio, just so they get maximum speed whilst burning............
But try and decrease your system overheads by using "End it all" and following the first post in this forum and see what happens.............?
You might just get away with not replacing your PC.
Editing video is very (read VERY here) CPU and memory intensive. So much so, that even on very high specification machines with other processes running in the background such as internet access and firewalls and anti-virus programmes etc, these are system overheads which slow down even these machines.
Definately read and then re-read the top posts in this forum, to make sure you are following TO THE LETTER the instructions on how to capture, edit, and burn your project.
You can also try and stop all the trace resident memory programmes running in the background on your Prentium 3 machine.
Use a programme like "End it all" which is free and readily available on the net to download.
You will have to experiment on which processes you can stop before your system stops running. But it is well worth it !
I believe someone posted on here a list of processes a Microsoft XP system should be running. Can anyone help locate this thread....?
As a note, a lot of people have a dedicated video PC with no internet or anti virus or any other programmes running on it except Video studuio, just so they get maximum speed whilst burning............
But try and decrease your system overheads by using "End it all" and following the first post in this forum and see what happens.............?
You might just get away with not replacing your PC.
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Transferman509
Thanks for the help
Hey guys, thanks for the help:
I went and read the above thread on how to render edit and burn to DVD in Video Studio 9 and it works great!!!!!
I again tried the same project i was working on and mentioned in my first thread, and after following the steps, i had the home movie, edited with a motion menu and some transitions, rendered, and burned to DVD in less than an hour.
This same project when i went the normal way i mentioned without knowing of this way, took about 12hrs to render and burn.
Thanks again for the help. I know now at least until i can afford a new monster machine i can perform with Video 9 like it should and with my slow machine.
Regards Transferman509
I went and read the above thread on how to render edit and burn to DVD in Video Studio 9 and it works great!!!!!
I again tried the same project i was working on and mentioned in my first thread, and after following the steps, i had the home movie, edited with a motion menu and some transitions, rendered, and burned to DVD in less than an hour.
This same project when i went the normal way i mentioned without knowing of this way, took about 12hrs to render and burn.
Thanks again for the help. I know now at least until i can afford a new monster machine i can perform with Video 9 like it should and with my slow machine.
Regards Transferman509
Hey Guys,
To add some of my own and recent experience --
I've just updagrded my PC froma 1.7Mhz 388mb ram -- 60gig disk based system running Windows ME too -->
3.8Mhz, 2gig Ram, 2 x 200Gb disk running Windows XP.
The differnece is incredibale.
I have used Video Studio (am using VS9 now) for a little while now and it helps to know the steps in producing the files from the "SHARE" tab so I fully endorse reading the sticky but also hardware plays a part.
When I render a file, it's very very quick -- OK I've a nice machine (now) but it's not every day we updage.
I also installed VS9 on my new PC as one of the 1st programs to avoid confictls with other software.
I'm very pleased with VS9 -- from what I've heard and read many of the competing products have simialar issues to those on this baord and much of the time issues are resolved with users and experiecne.
Not sure I've helped any but worth reading as much as you can and having the right tools for the job.
Cheers,
Brian
P.S. Last thought, I think some of the software vendors understate the requiremnets of video editting software and requirements to run.
To add some of my own and recent experience --
I've just updagrded my PC froma 1.7Mhz 388mb ram -- 60gig disk based system running Windows ME too -->
3.8Mhz, 2gig Ram, 2 x 200Gb disk running Windows XP.
The differnece is incredibale.
I have used Video Studio (am using VS9 now) for a little while now and it helps to know the steps in producing the files from the "SHARE" tab so I fully endorse reading the sticky but also hardware plays a part.
When I render a file, it's very very quick -- OK I've a nice machine (now) but it's not every day we updage.
I also installed VS9 on my new PC as one of the 1st programs to avoid confictls with other software.
I'm very pleased with VS9 -- from what I've heard and read many of the competing products have simialar issues to those on this baord and much of the time issues are resolved with users and experiecne.
Not sure I've helped any but worth reading as much as you can and having the right tools for the job.
Cheers,
Brian
P.S. Last thought, I think some of the software vendors understate the requiremnets of video editting software and requirements to run.
True, but people with "slower" setups can help themselves a lot by doing each step separately and creating a new project file at each step. I worked with both VS7 and VS8 on an Athlon 1.3 500MG (amazing to me now) and ONLY had the problem of lengthy renders. I did those at night.
The original poster left me with the impression that he was trying to render and burn all in one step. Nice to read that the "sticky" set him right.
The original poster left me with the impression that he was trying to render and burn all in one step. Nice to read that the "sticky" set him right.
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maddrummer3301
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- Location: US
Even on a slow machine if you do NOT edit the video you can create a
dvd in a short time.
1. Import the video(s) using the DVD-DVD-VR import feature.
2. Note the imported video(s) file locations on the harddisk.
3. Do not edit them cut/trim etc.
4. Go directly to the SHARE -> create disk module.
5. If the Icons show up in the "Create Disk" screen delete them, this
will not delete the videos on the harddrive. You need to start the Create Dvd screen with an EMPTY timeline.
6. Import the videos from the harddrive.
7. Make sure the option "Do not convert Mpg compliant Files" is checked.
Again do not edit them or combine them etc.
8. Make chapters,
9. Make Menu's
10. Burn a dvd/iso file/dvd folder
MD
dvd in a short time.
1. Import the video(s) using the DVD-DVD-VR import feature.
2. Note the imported video(s) file locations on the harddisk.
3. Do not edit them cut/trim etc.
4. Go directly to the SHARE -> create disk module.
5. If the Icons show up in the "Create Disk" screen delete them, this
will not delete the videos on the harddrive. You need to start the Create Dvd screen with an EMPTY timeline.
6. Import the videos from the harddrive.
7. Make sure the option "Do not convert Mpg compliant Files" is checked.
Again do not edit them or combine them etc.
8. Make chapters,
9. Make Menu's
10. Burn a dvd/iso file/dvd folder
MD