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How do I make my video editing faster?

Cappuccino

Cappuccino

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Hello everyone. Basically. What do I need to upgrade for faster rendering all the the video editing jazz? Do I need more RAM? Sorry I'm really newbie when it comes to pc/laptop knowledge 🙂

Here's my MSI Laptop (NOT PC)

GPU - GTX 770M
CPU - i7 4800MQ @ 2.7GHz
RAM - 16GB
SSD - Samsung 250GB
OS - Windows 8

So a 10 minute video takes around 1 hour to render, that's insane 🙁
Really appreciate the help. Thank you! ^^
 
OK, next time you run it, look at task manager. See how much RAM the app is using, how much RAM you have free, how much CPU is being used, and if all cores are about even.

Also, I don't know if you have tried this, but reboot the computer and start a conversion right after it finishes booting. Is it any faster?
 
ketchup79 said:
OK, next time you run it, look at task manager. See how much RAM the app is using, how much RAM you have free, how much CPU is being used, and if all cores are about even.

Also, I don't know if you have tried this, but reboot the computer and start a conversion right after it finishes booting. Is it any faster?
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I tell you in 1 hours time, I'm going off now. I give you the results when I come back. Thank you!
 
If that is what you are seeing under load, it looks like your system is fine. Your software just isn't pushing it.

So, to answer your question: you need better software.

Tell us what you are doing with the software now, and maybe we can suggest something that will work better.
 
ketchup79 said:
If that is what you are seeing under load, it looks like your system is fine. Your software just isn't pushing it.

So, to answer your question: you need better software.

Tell us what you are doing with the software now, and maybe we can suggest something that will work better.
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I'm just editing and rendering? I can't see any programs that is better than Sony Vegas. :wub:
 
I'm sorry I don't have any better suggestions than those already offered but, all of my experience rendering is with animation and I would be absolutely delighted if a ten minute clip only took an hour to render.
 
I'm rendering an Adobe Premiere project to MP4 video as I type this with an i7 2.93Ghz rig with 16G RAM, I wish it would go faster. Welcome to the club.
Faster rendering: Get a faster CPU
Faster editing: Get more RAM(and a faster CPU for better HD previews)
An SSD for your boot/programs drive will help make things faster overall, an SSD boot/programs drive and an SSD scratch drive would be nice, but an SSD boot drive and 7200rpm HD scratch drive and "save to" drive is good too.
When rendering from the project timeline, my rig runs about 40-50% CPU and RAM usage.
 
ronbo613 said:
I'm rendering an Adobe Premiere project to MP4 video as I type this with an i7 2.93Ghz rig with 16G RAM, I wish it would go faster. Welcome to the club.
Faster rendering: Get a faster CPU
Faster editing: Get more RAM(and a faster CPU for better HD previews)
An SSD for your boot/programs drive will help make things faster overall, an SSD boot/programs drive and an SSD scratch drive would be nice, but an SSD boot drive and 7200rpm HD scratch drive and "save to" drive is good too.
When rendering from the project timeline, my rig runs about 40-50% CPU and RAM usage.
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What's a good CPU better than mine? Remember mine is a laptop not PC and what about RAM? 16 not enough?
 
hhhd1 said:
Looks like your software is only using a singal core out of the 4 cores of the core i7 quad core.

I suggest try find some settings or a different software that would use all cores
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Huh? Sorry that's alien what you just said. Can you tell me how to use 4 cores instead of the 1? Where can I access my core settings? 😕
 
Cappuccino said:
What's a good CPU better than mine? Remember mine is a laptop not PC and what about RAM? 16 not enough?
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IMO, for most video editing, 16G of RAM should be enough. I don't mean you should go out and buy a new CPU, it's just that more processing power equals faster video rendering times. Also, some video editing software utilize a CPU's multiple cores better than others. I would think the top shelf programs like Adobe Premiere and Sony Vegas would be near the top of that list. As suggested earlier in the thread, you might try the most recent edition of these programs and see if they do a better job with your CPU, but I'd go for a trial first and see if the time you save is worth the cost of new software.
I assume your Samsung 250G drive is an SSD? I've always believed that it is faster and more efficient to have your video editing software on one drive and the scratch disc and save folders on another. I don't know if that's still the case with the most recent SSDs, but video editing will do a lot writing to a single drive, it still may be a good idea to use two drives. Of course, if you have a laptop and can only use one drive, it's not an option.
Rendering is one of those things in the computer world you have to wait for.
 
Run a test rendering...
Ctrl+Alt+Del...
Start Task Manager...
Processes tab...
Right click on rendering process...
Set priority to High...
Set affinity to All Cores

BTW, Which Vegas version are you using?
 
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ronbo613 said:
IMO, for most video editing, 16G of RAM should be enough. I don't mean you should go out and buy a new CPU, it's just that more processing power equals faster video rendering times. Also, some video editing software utilize a CPU's multiple cores better than others. I would think the top shelf programs like Adobe Premiere and Sony Vegas would be near the top of that list. As suggested earlier in the thread, you might try the most recent edition of these programs and see if they do a better job with your CPU, but I'd go for a trial first and see if the time you save is worth the cost of new software.
I assume your Samsung 250G drive is an SSD? I've always believed that it is faster and more efficient to have your video editing software on one drive and the scratch disc and save folders on another. I don't know if that's still the case with the most recent SSDs, but video editing will do a lot writing to a single drive, it still may be a good idea to use two drives. Of course, if you have a laptop and can only use one drive, it's not an option.
Rendering is one of those things in the computer world you have to wait for.
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Oh ok. Yep I have the Samsung 840 Series 250GB SSD.
 
Blain said:
Run a test rendering...
Ctrl+Alt+Del...
Start Task Manager...
Processes tab...
Right click on rendering process...
Set priority to High...
Set affinity to All Cores

BTW, Which Vegas version are you using?
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Ok done thank you. I have the latest version of Vegas.
 
Blain said:
Set priority to High...
Set affinity to All Cores
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That's how I have mine set. The Intel Turbo Boost runs the CPU at about 103%. I think I may have overclocked my CPU by a few percent at one time trying to speed up rendering times, but I don't think it made a whole lot of real world difference.
 
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