10 hours of rendering??? at DVinfo.net

Ian Planchon · June 29th, 2009, 10:58 AM

I rendered a 50 minute 1080 24p project last night, it took 10 hours to render.

I rendered as a WMV 6.4mbps project.

anyone else have that kind of render time??

Edward Troxel · June 29th, 2009, 11:06 AM

That is certainly possible depending on the source format, the output format, and what effects are used on the project.

Jeff Harper · June 29th, 2009, 11:23 AM

Ian, you did not say what you're running. A Pentium 4 might take a day to render your project, and an i7 will take only a fraction of the same amount of time...

Ian Planchon · June 29th, 2009, 11:23 AM

sorry, forgot to add that.

I was shooting on the ex3, so it was an MXF format, and there were no effects.

Ian Planchon · June 29th, 2009, 11:24 AM

hahaha, forgot that too.

I am running a quad core pentium. no i7 as of yet.

Jeff Harper · June 29th, 2009, 11:34 AM

You're rendering time sounds normal to me. Ouch, that is a long time though.

Ian Planchon · June 29th, 2009, 11:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff Harper

You're rendering time sounds normal to me. Ouch, that is a long time though.

ok, I wont freak about it too much then. but yeah, 10 hours was crazy, and I had two projects to render out.

Jeff Harper · June 29th, 2009, 11:42 AM

If you are doing much more of these 1080 projects I can imagine you'll be upgrading your processor!

Perrone Ford · June 29th, 2009, 11:55 AM

Yep, 1080 is a long way from DV! :)

This is why I just ordered an octo-core machine. My old editing suite was set up for DV work, and it struggles mightily with the HD coming off my EX1!

Ian Planchon · June 29th, 2009, 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff Harper

If you are doing much more of these 1080 projects I can imagine you'll be upgrading your processor!

indeed I will be. just dont tell my wife!

Erick Munari · June 29th, 2009, 12:13 PM

I usually render over night as I sleep or when I'm out.

Ian Planchon · June 29th, 2009, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Erick Munari

I usually render over night as I sleep or when I'm out.

yeah, I rendered the first project when I was asleep, but forgot to check how long it took in the morning. when I saw the estimate for the second project, I got curious.

Jeff Harper · June 29th, 2009, 04:25 PM

While it is not HD, I just rendered a 01:35:00 minute project in 00:19:32. I'm still impressed by these i7s.

John Cline · June 29th, 2009, 05:53 PM

It's Windows Media Encoder that's taking so long, not Vegas.

Mel Enriquez · June 29th, 2009, 07:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Perrone Ford

Yep, 1080 is a long way from DV! :)

This is why I just ordered an octo-core machine. My old editing suite was set up for DV work, and it struggles mightily with the HD coming off my EX1!

Will Vegas take advantage of more than 4 cores? I thought it was only up to 4 cores?

How about farming or network rendering? Running on Gigabit ethernet, would 2-3 or 4 quad cores (or i7s) be better and yield lower render times? Will Vegas treat each machine like it was a single core/task and will just rely on the results that computer gives out instead of counting cores?

If not, I guess the best recourse now is to go for i7s if you want to get the best speed at this time for 4 cores.

June 29th, 2009, 10:58 AM	#1
Ian Planchon Major Player Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: an Alaskan living in Des Moines, Iowa Posts: 513	10 hours of rendering??? I rendered a 50 minute 1080 24p project last night, it took 10 hours to render. I rendered as a WMV 6.4mbps project. anyone else have that kind of render time??

June 29th, 2009, 11:06 AM	#2
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	That is certainly possible depending on the source format, the output format, and what effects are used on the project. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

June 29th, 2009, 11:55 AM	#9
Perrone Ford Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Tallahassee, FL Posts: 4,100	Yep, 1080 is a long way from DV! :) This is why I just ordered an octo-core machine. My old editing suite was set up for DV work, and it struggles mightily with the HD coming off my EX1! __________________ DVX100, PMW-EX1, Canon 550D, FigRig, Dell Octocore, Avid MC4/5, MB Looks, RedCineX, Matrox MX02 mini, GTech RAID, Edirol R-4, Senn. G2 Evo, Countryman, Moles and Lowels.

June 29th, 2009, 11:23 AM	#3
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	Ian, you did not say what you're running. A Pentium 4 might take a day to render your project, and an i7 will take only a fraction of the same amount of time...

June 29th, 2009, 11:24 AM	#5
Ian Planchon Major Player Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: an Alaskan living in Des Moines, Iowa Posts: 513	hahaha, forgot that too. I am running a quad core pentium. no i7 as of yet.

June 29th, 2009, 11:34 AM	#6
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	You're rendering time sounds normal to me. Ouch, that is a long time though.

June 29th, 2009, 11:42 AM	#8
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	If you are doing much more of these 1080 projects I can imagine you'll be upgrading your processor!

June 29th, 2009, 12:13 PM	#11
Erick Munari Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: New York Posts: 161	I usually render over night as I sleep or when I'm out.

June 29th, 2009, 04:25 PM	#13
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	While it is not HD, I just rendered a 01:35:00 minute project in 00:19:32. I'm still impressed by these i7s.

June 29th, 2009, 05:53 PM	#14
John Cline Major Player Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico USA Posts: 333	It's Windows Media Encoder that's taking so long, not Vegas.