Batch render Excalibur vs Ultimate S vs VeggieToolkit?

Edward Troxel · November 14th, 2009, 08:42 AM

The only things I can think of:

As you said, Neat Video must look at every pixels of every frame which, as you said, is very resource intensive.

How hard is it hitting the cpu's?

How HOT is the system getting?

All Excalibur is doing is starting a series of rendering process. If that rendering process causes Vegas to crash for some reason, naturally the process will stop.

Steven Reid · November 14th, 2009, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Edward Troxel

The only things I can think of:

As you said, Neat Video must look at every pixels of every frame which, as you said, is very resource intensive.

How hard is it hitting the cpu's?

How HOT is the system getting?

All Excalibur is doing is starting a series of rendering process. If that rendering process causes Vegas to crash for some reason, naturally the process will stop.

Temps were my very first suspect, Edward. As you can see in the screen shots below, before render (idle) CPU is essentially 0%, temps are in the 40's. During render, CPU is around 80% and temps are never more than 65*C. I can also run the Intel Burn Test until the cows come home and have no problems. To me, therefore, these parameters are fine, so I don't think I have a hardware problem.

It looks like I have Vegas and/or NeatVideo gremlins wholly separate from Excalibur. I'm open to any other suggestions, but I'm afraid that my woes have gone too astray from the OP's question to keep this alive here.

Thanks,
Steve

Seth Bloombaum · November 14th, 2009, 04:54 PM

Steven, what container format and codec are you rendering to?

Steven Reid · November 15th, 2009, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Seth Bloombaum

Steven, what container format and codec are you rendering to?

Going from avi (1440 x 1080 PAR=1.33) to avi (1920 x 1080 PAR = 1.000), both in Cineform progressive.

I think I'll start a new thread on this. I got a successful render when applying NeatVideo as a Media FX instead of Event FX. Have no idea why, but so far a test render of 11 or so clips went to completion, in contrast to the 5 or 6 that I managed before.

Stay tuned...

Steve

November 14th, 2009, 08:42 AM	#16
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	The only things I can think of: As you said, Neat Video must look at every pixels of every frame which, as you said, is very resource intensive. How hard is it hitting the cpu's? How HOT is the system getting? All Excalibur is doing is starting a series of rendering process. If that rendering process causes Vegas to crash for some reason, naturally the process will stop. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

November 14th, 2009, 04:54 PM	#18
Seth Bloombaum Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,420	Steven, what container format and codec are you rendering to? __________________ 30 years of pro media production. Vegas user since 1.0. Webcaster since 1997. Freelancer since 2000. College instructor since 2001.