preview video jumpy

Mike Kujbida · August 4th, 2009, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff Harper

Mike's advice is always great.

Except this time by the sounds of it :-(

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In my case however I was displeased with upshift. The quality of the decoded files was poor, and I've heard others make the same complaint.

C'mon Jeff. Tell us how you really feel about it :-)
I've come to trust your opinions so I'll stop recommending it.

Mike Kujbida · August 4th, 2009, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Kenzie delaTorre

We purchased 8 about a month before 9.0 came out, so it's kind of frustrating.

If it was less than month before 9 came out, you were supposed to get 9 for free.
Check your bill of sale and, if that is the case, contact Sony Customer Service, let then know and see what they can do for you.

Jeff Harper · August 4th, 2009, 06:39 PM

Wow, I'm impressed that Vegas 9 worked is handling AVCHD so well out of the box for you. I found the 64 bit version (updated version) did handle AVCHD a bit better.

GPU decoder doesn't work on the 64 bit version at all, unfortunately.

If you are running Vegas 32 bit version you will know it's installed by the watermark over your video in the preview window.

If you don't see the watermark then it's not installed correctly or you're running 64 bit version, which won't show it at all.

Mike, I don't know about Upshift, not really. I never gave it a fair shot. But I was so disappointed with it. First the demo only did 10 second clips, and that irritated the heck out of me. Secondly what little I could see looked pretty bad.

I have to say that I found the same thing with the free Panasonic decoder. Very poor avi files. I think that the conversion must be extremely complicated and to get a really good conversion you might have to go with something more expensive. Maybe Cineform does it well, I don't know.

Kenzie delaTorre · August 5th, 2009, 11:22 AM

yes it is 64bit. That makes sense.
I must not have read that part on their site.

I will contact Sony, thanks for the advice, maybe they will do something for us.

Jeff Harper · August 5th, 2009, 11:58 AM

Install the 32 bit version of Vegas. It won't cause you any problems as far as co-existing with aother versions, and you can still test GPU decoder.

Kenzie delaTorre · August 17th, 2009, 07:04 AM

update:
Called sony, and even though we were 40 days purchased before 9.0 came out, they wtill gave us the upgrade for free!
Very cool of them!
And thank you for suggesting me ask them!

9.0 has fixed my issues.
Also my integration of hmc150 and 5d II works awesome on the same timeline, were before it did not.

Mike Kujbida · August 17th, 2009, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Kenzie delaTorre

update:
Called sony, and even though we were 40 days purchased before 9.0 came out, they wtill gave us the upgrade for free!
Very cool of them!
And thank you for suggesting me ask them!

Glad I suggested it and kudos to Sony for coming through for you!!

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9.0 has fixed my issues.
Also my integration of hmc150 and 5d II works awesome on the same timeline, were before it did not.

Great news.
Have fun editing :-)

August 4th, 2009, 06:39 PM	#18
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	Wow, I'm impressed that Vegas 9 worked is handling AVCHD so well out of the box for you. I found the 64 bit version (updated version) did handle AVCHD a bit better. GPU decoder doesn't work on the 64 bit version at all, unfortunately. If you are running Vegas 32 bit version you will know it's installed by the watermark over your video in the preview window. If you don't see the watermark then it's not installed correctly or you're running 64 bit version, which won't show it at all. Mike, I don't know about Upshift, not really. I never gave it a fair shot. But I was so disappointed with it. First the demo only did 10 second clips, and that irritated the heck out of me. Secondly what little I could see looked pretty bad. I have to say that I found the same thing with the free Panasonic decoder. Very poor avi files. I think that the conversion must be extremely complicated and to get a really good conversion you might have to go with something more expensive. Maybe Cineform does it well, I don't know.

August 5th, 2009, 11:22 AM	#19
Kenzie delaTorre New Boot Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Houston, Tx Posts: 23	yes it is 64bit. That makes sense. I must not have read that part on their site. I will contact Sony, thanks for the advice, maybe they will do something for us.

August 5th, 2009, 11:58 AM	#20
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	Install the 32 bit version of Vegas. It won't cause you any problems as far as co-existing with aother versions, and you can still test GPU decoder.

August 17th, 2009, 07:04 AM	#21
Kenzie delaTorre New Boot Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Houston, Tx Posts: 23	update: Called sony, and even though we were 40 days purchased before 9.0 came out, they wtill gave us the upgrade for free! Very cool of them! And thank you for suggesting me ask them! 9.0 has fixed my issues. Also my integration of hmc150 and 5d II works awesome on the same timeline, were before it did not.