V12 headache

V12 headache
by Mike Hinkel on Oct 21, 2012 at 3:20:00 pm

With my very first VP12 I have a 10 minute veg file that I am trying to render to mp4. The render runs up yo 4% and the timer goes to 13 minutes+ and starts counting down?????

The elapsed time keeps right on running, but there is no movement past 4%. These are .MTS file in 1080p/60 rendering down to 720p with some fx and transitions.. Any help would be appreciated.

Re: V12 headache
by John Rofrano on Oct 21, 2012 at 4:01:26 pm

The first thing I would do is eliminate the GPU from the equation. That means disable the playback GPU with Options | Preferences | Video and change GPU acceleration of video processing to OFF. You will have to restart Vegas Pro after chnagiung this. Then in your MainConcept AVC MP4 render template change Encode mode to Render using CPU only. This will turn off all GPU acceleration and eliminate that as a possible source of the problem.

~jr

Re: V12 headache
by Mike Hinkel on Oct 21, 2012 at 5:29:48 pm

Thanks John! I'll give that a shot. I never had that problem in Vegas Pro 11. I has since rendered the piece in 1080/p without a hitch, except for some 720p that looks like.^p I will let you know how that works out.

Re: V12 headache
by Mike Hinkel on Oct 21, 2012 at 6:03:23 pm

John. now it says No Compression Required after some NB Titles and goes right back to the 4% 13 min countdown thing and the preview is static.. Thinking Hew Blue is the problem. It has been getting some bad press on the boards lately.

Taking the NB Titler out of the equation it ran to 15% but the time was 7 minutes. I used a rendered clip that had a NBT animation in it and low and behold that is where it hung. I'm thinking NBT and WP12 don't play nice. Do I have to update or reinstall that application?

Re: V12 headache
by John Rofrano on Oct 21, 2012 at 6:34:46 pm

[Mike Hinkel] " I'm thinking NBT and WP12 don't play nice. Do I have to update or reinstall that application?"

I don't know I don't use the New Blue Titler. It is certainly worth creating a project without it using the same media just to be sure that the New Blue Titler is or is not causing the problem.

~jr

Re: V12 headache
by Mike Hinkel on Oct 21, 2012 at 8:10:51 pm

John,I just got finished recreating the project without the NBT from both .veg's and it went without any problems. I am going to experiment farther unto using the rendered clip and trying to use the titler again with that. No doubt in my mind that there is a problem with it. I normally use the BCC8 text tools, but went with the NBT for time sake. LOL, FAIL....

Re: V12 headache
by Mike Hinkel on Oct 22, 2012 at 12:10:08 am

Dang, using BCC8 Extruded text and I run into the same problem. I am a bit perplexed. Can anyone suggest a workaround to get my text into the project until I get some answers for this bug?

Re: V12 headache
by Mark Barton on Oct 22, 2012 at 1:27:18 am

I would look for any new log files created to get a hint at what was going wrong, but other than that I would probably try rendering to Sony MXF 720p and see if that completes and if it does throw that in a project timeline and render it to mp4 to just try and get the project done. I might also try the titles in 720p rather than 1080p, since I am assuming you set the project properties to match the source video.

Re: V12 headache
by John Rofrano on Oct 22, 2012 at 10:46:33 am

I agree with Mark, render the video without the text, then try adding the text back in a project that uses the rendered video.

Alternately you could compose the text in a separate project and render it using the QuickTime Animation codec which will give you an alpha channel. Then drop that rendered file back into your main project. This is how I work all the time with BCC8. I usually work in a separate project and then render the results to save time when rendering the final project later.

~jr

Re: V12 headache
by Mike Hinkel on Oct 22, 2012 at 3:19:23 pm

Thanks Nark and John! Both of your replies remedied the problem. I still need to clean up some of this project. I am going to incorporate your much appreciated help into a total redo and see how it goes. I'll get a better understanding of the processes no doubt. Thanks again!

Re: V12 headache
by John Rofrano on Oct 22, 2012 at 3:52:52 pm

You're welcome Mike. Glad I could help.

~jr

Re: V12 headache
by Edward Troxel on Oct 22, 2012 at 5:51:40 pm

Mike, if you're having an issue with Titler Pro, please start a help ticket at newbluefx.com.

Edward Troxel

Re: V12 headache
by Mike Hinkel on Oct 22, 2012 at 6:36:35 pm

Thanks Edward, I am still out with the jury on this. Is it VP12 or ?... I'll be sure to start a ticket with both if problems persist.