New Video Pro X user having issues

Scenestealer wrote on 9/3/2020, 6:53 PM

Hi and welcome to the forum.

Have you tried letting the export run to see how long it does take to complete? I presume you looked at the export mix down window in the first few minutes of encoding - often this can show a much bigger time estimate than what it eventually takes as it gets a "feel" for the complexity of the timeline and of the actual rate of encoding. The time to completion can reduce quite quickly a little way into the encode.

Otherwise - can you see that "hardware encoding" is active in the mix down window?

Peter

CubeAce wrote on 9/5/2020, 3:16 AM

@Daniel-Mercado

Hi Daniel.

Looking at your processor specs (I was thrown off by the F after the K) it seems it does not have an Intel GPU That VPX heavily relies on for hardware acceleration when exporting most file types. Even with the use of your 2070 super, exports are going to be slower than with a system that has an appropriate Intel GPU.

Ray.

Daniel-Mercado wrote on 9/9/2020, 3:47 PM

Yeah, I left for around 10 minutes and it did not change the export time. I tried one just with crossfades and some cuts and it took 1 minute. @Scenestealer I'm still not sure what caused it then.

@CubeAce what should I do then? Should I still stay with Video pro X or go with Movie Studio 16. I currently have both. I want to edit the videos I'll be uploading to TikTok like the image below.

Which program should I use? I learned how to use Premiere pro and after effects but I can't afford them anymore.

CubeAce wrote on 9/9/2020, 4:13 PM

@Daniel-Mercado

Hi Daniel.

Have you tried exporting files as HEVC where your nvidia GPU would be able to kick in with Hardware acceleration?

Alternatively try unticking these two boxes and making the processor do all the work? Sometimes that improves things for other file format exports.

To be truthful though I have both Intel and nvidia GPUs active and a 4K video at 50fps takes just under twice the complete time length of a given video to encode, slightly shorter if there is no additional processing to do short of cross-fades. The difference in time taken between the 'Best' and 'Balanced' settings is negligible. Your nvidia card is more powerful than mine so it is worth trying the HEVC export.

I can't really advise on the choice of editor for you as I don't have a Vegas product to compare to.

Ray.

Scenestealer wrote on 9/9/2020, 5:21 PM

@CubeAce @Daniel-Mercado

The difference in time taken between the 'Best' and 'Balanced' settings is negligible.

My experience is a little different on that Ray - depending on the complexity (or simplicity even!) of the timeline, with HWA it can be up to 40% slower on Best or Better, whilst Balanced and Good seem about the same.

BTW Daniel - which version of VPX are you using?

Peter

Daniel-Mercado wrote on 9/11/2020, 5:02 PM

@CubeAce I think I'm using mpeg4 since that one is compatible with youtube and tiktok. And yeah I have both boxes checked. But I'll try using that one to see how it will go.

@CubeAce I'm using VPX versiopn 17.0.3.63

johnebaker wrote on 9/12/2020, 6:59 AM

@Daniel-Mercado

Hi

. . . . VPX versiopn 17.0.3.63 . . . .

You are missing a patch - the last I had was 17.0.3.68, try updating to the last patch available - Help, Update online - however that will not fix the encoding times which are going to be slower for the reasons @CubeAce gave - ie the i9-9900KF does not have an integrated GPU for hardware acceleration when exporting most file types and the RTX will only be used for HEVC export which TikTok does not support.

There are other potential issues with TikTok, from what data I can find on their video requirements.

the maximum file size appears to be limited to 500 MB which is roughly equivalent to 4 to 5 mins run time for 1920 x 1080 mp4 video.
The TikTok video dimensions should be 1080×1920 (portrait) - although they say they support landscape it is not clear if this is adjusted or cropped - and may mean your video does not look like what you uploaded or is shrunk to fit in the portrait format as shown below

John EB

Daniel-Mercado wrote on 9/12/2020, 7:57 AM

My luck with video pro x just keeps on going down the drain. I tried starting a new project. The dimensions were already setup portrait for tiktok. I imported an mkv file under a gb and video pro x is stuck loading. I can't click anything on it.

btw @johnebaker I tried updating with help < Updated online but it never opened anything.

CubeAce wrote on 9/12/2020, 11:45 AM

@Daniel-Mercado

Hi Daniel.

If the file is stuck on importing how much spare drive space do you have on your C: drive?

Ray.