PastorSteve

Thanks for the suggestions, but I may be switching to Premiere despite the much higher cost. I downloaded it and played with it for a couple hours this evening. It seems to handle the big files without a hiccup, no caching time. And there's an automated multi-camera sequence function that will automatically sync two or more clips according to the audio track waveforms. Then one can just play the sequence and press control 1, 2, 3, etc. to switch between the video tracks wherever one wants. No splitting, transparency effect, deleting bits of the tracks, or any of that. If I can climb the learning curve it will be worth it to me. I learned some of the ropes on VideoPad, but it may be time to move on.

Thanks for the suggestions. It's a brand new system (less than a week), but it looks like there is a GPU driver update which I will try. DirectX is latest (12). I know about caching and the green line. Note that a long time to cache is really THE issue and most intense processor usage if I try to load the big files into VideoPad. I do clear the cache before starting. But caching two or more big files takes so long that it is really unmanageable. I can wait several minutes (or longer) for caching to happen, then try to edit. But then changes like adding an auto level effect to the video tracks sets off another cache which I have to wait out once again. And each bit of editing just seems to make the re-caching happen slower and slower until it more or less just stops responding and caching never finishes. I explored proxy editing, but wouldn't there still be a long wait and possible no-response on caching when the big files are swapped back in? The long cache time using the big files is also why it is practically impossible to generate and back up to folder the project I want to create. I can do such a back up with a second-best project created with converted, smaller video files, if that would help make things clear. Again, the problem is caching time for 2 large 4GB files plus two 2GB files at 60fps and a high bitrate as well. Caching just takes forever. And once a number of edits (splits for transparent bits, overlaid images on another track, etc.) are in place it seems like caching slows even further to an impossible crawl while driving the processor at 100%. P.S., I'm running the latest version of VideoPad, just downloaded Friday.

We've been using VideoPad for several months to create our on-line church services. About 6 weeks ago we purchased a new camera that records in 1080p MP4 at 60 fps. The largest piece of the service is the sermon, which is typically one 4GB file plus another 1-2GB file. I edit that, export it as 1080p MP4 at 30 fps, then pass it on to our final editor to include in the larger piece. We recently decided to try a second camera (the old one) for closeups, shooting MP4 at 30 fps. I edit using two video tracks and make the top one transparent at points to let the other track appear. I also add various images at points. The problem is that processing the large files when loading them into VideoPad maxes out the processor (Ryzen 7 3700x) on my machine, and editing becomes almost impossible (sluggish sometimes, but mostly totally unresponsive). Reducing video file size by lower level conversion, keeping 1080p at 30 fps but at much lower bitrate before loading into VideoPad lets me get the job done. But the additional steps are frustrating and the end product seems a bit fuzzier than when using the original camera files. Would a faster processor (like a Ryzen 9) make a difference and make things fast enough to use the original files? Would it speed up rendering even when I use the smaller, converted files? Performance meter shows that the VideoPad hit is mostly on the processor. The GPU (Geoforce GTX 1660) is not doing much of the work at all. I have 32 GB of fast RAM. Thanks for any advice you may have for me.